On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27, at 9:30 a.m., a seminar will be held at Beit Vlna, in cooperation with members of the Israeli Navy. We will hear from Boris Mafzir, who documented the Holocaust of the Jews of the Soviet Union, and we will hold a memorial ceremony for the fallen of the submarine INS Dakar. We will also hear Mrs. Hava Giladi-Barakai, the widow of the submarine’s commander. Admission is free. For registration: 052-8846726.

A tour of Riga, Kaunas, and Vilnius, guided by Prof. Moti Zalkin and Yulek Gorevitz, will take place on May 3–9, 2026.
To register for the tour, please visit: https://jerulita.com/tour/tour-to-latvia-and-lithuania/

Beit Vilna and Vicinity, dedicated to the commemoration and heritage of Litvaks, will be open for visits on Sundays from 10:00 to 14:00 and on Wednesdays from 12:00 to 16:00.
For scheduling additional visits, please call 03-5616706.

We address each and every one of you, second and future generations of Vilna and Lithuania Holocaust survivors, to send us personal and family stories, family memorials etc. so we can publish them on our web site.