The return of a Jewish Ambassador to Lithuania brings forth many questions and memories about Lithuania’s Jewish history. What impact did Lithuanian Jewry have on the world? What is it like celebrating a Bar Mitzvah today in Vilna’s great synagogue? What is the Legacy of the great Yeshivot of Lithuania? How does the impact of Vilna’s partisans inspire Israeli life? What is it like to be both Jewish and a diplomate in a city with so many memories of joy, tragedy, and scholarship? Ambassador Hadas Wittenberg Silverstein, Israel’s Ambassador to Lithuania, in a conversation with Rabbi Elchanan Poupko, a descendent of Lithuanian Jews, shares what being back is like.
The return of a Jewish Ambassador to Lithuania brings forth many questions and memories about Lithuania’s Jewish history. What impact did Lithuanian Jewry have on the world? What is it like celebrating a Bar Mitzvah today in Vilna’s great synagogue? What is the Legacy of the great Yeshivot of Lithuania? How does the impact of Vilna’s partisans inspire Israeli life? What is it like to be both Jewish and a diplomate in a city with so many memories of joy, tragedy, and scholarship? Ambassador Hadas Wittenberg Silverstein, Israel’s Ambassador to Lithuania, in a conversation with Rabbi Elchanan Poupko, a descendent of Lithuanian Jews, shares what being back is like.