Israel Rosenson — Association of Jews of Vilna and vicinity in Israel

Inauguration of a series of events on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the birth of the Vilna Gaon

Professor Israel Rosenson, former president of the Efrata Teachers College, a researcher of Lithuanian Jewry, was warded the Exemplary Educator Award. Congratulations on the Award

In February 2018, Professor Rosenson lectured on the history of the Vilna Synagogue, named in honor of the Vilna Gaon, located on Hayarkon Street in Tel Aviv

 "Praying on the Seashore of Tel Aviv: The Gaon Synagogue - Biography and Remembrance" (Carmel Publishing, 2018)

A journey following the amazing history of the Vilna Gaon Synagogue on Hayarkon Street in Tel Aviv, where the religious heritage of the Gaon from faraway Lithuania, restored for the Land of Israel, has been preserved for many years - on the Tel Aviv beach, of all places

"On the Way to the City: Sha'ar HaGai, a Place of Remembrance" ("Carmel", 2017)

A journey following the memorial sites in the Sha'ar HaGai region on the way to Jerusalem, the sites of the attempts to break through to Jerusalem during the War of Independence

Eli Eshed, editor-in-chief of the online cultural magazine Yakum Tarbut, lectured on Rabbi Eliyahu Landa, the great-grandson of the Vilna Gaon, protector of the legacy and publisher of the writings of the Vilna Gaon, and one of the founders of the Vilna Gaon Synagogue on Hayarkon Street

The event was dedicated to the memory of the late poet Haim Gouri, and the memory of the late Mussa and Meira Eshed