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\u2018They Must Be Separated in the Eyes of Society from Other People\u2019: Visual Practices of Jewish Separation and Disguise in Lithuania and Europe<\/em><\/p>\n Dr Jurgita Verbickien\u0117<\/p>\n 22 April,\u00a0 5:30 PM<\/p>\n Second Commandment of the Decalogue. Why Did a Negative Attitude Towards Jewish Art Came to Be?<\/em><\/p>\n Dr Vilma Gradinskait\u0117<\/p>\n 23 April,\u00a0 5:30 PM<\/p>\n Between Text and Image. Artistic Expression of Jewish Cultural Modernisation in the 18th\u201320th Centuries <\/em><\/p>\n Dr Lara Lempertien\u0117<\/p>\n 13 May 5:30 PM<\/p>\n Signs of Everyday Life and Eternity in Synagogue D\u00e9cor<\/em><\/p>\n R\u016bta Ostrovskaja<\/p>\n 20 May, 5:30 PM<\/p>\n Early Lithuanian Photography: Jews on Both Sides of the Lens<\/em><\/p>\n Dr Dainius Junevi\u010dius<\/p>\n 27 May, 5:30 PM<\/p>\n Jewish Vilnius Through the Eyes of Moi-Ver<\/em><\/p>\n Dr Arnaud Bikard<\/p>\n 2 September, 5:30 PM<\/p>\n Conversation with Eugenijus Bunka<\/em><\/p>\n Moderator Dr Jurgita Verbickien\u0117<\/p>\n 9 September, 5:30 PM<\/p>\n Remembering the Unknown: Jewish Heritage in Today’s Vilnius<\/em><\/p>\n Dr Giedr\u0117 Mick\u016bnait\u0117<\/p>\n Documentary Film Screening at the French Institute in Lithuania<\/strong> (1 Did\u017eioji St., Vilnius)<\/p>\n Secrets of the Great Synagogue of Vilna <\/em>\u00a0(dir. Lo\u00efc Salfati)<\/p>\n 16 April, 5:30 PM<\/p>\n 10 September, 5:30 PM<\/p>\n Free tour with exhibition curators*<\/p>\n 29 May, 5:30 PM<\/p>\n Free Sunday tour with the museum guide* **<\/p>\n 6 April, 1:00 PM<\/p>\n 11, May, 1:00 PM<\/p>\n 8, June, 1:00 PM<\/p>\n Registration for free tours with exhibition curators and Sunday tours with museum guides takes place one week before the event<\/p>\n * Free tour participation requires purchasing a museum visitor ticket<\/p>\n ** A tour with a museum guide can also be booked individually, by prior arrangement via email at gidai.vpg@lndm.lt or telephone at +370 681 90\u00a0329<\/p>\n 26 April, 1:00 PM<\/p>\n Life Celebrations<\/em><\/p>\n 17 May, 1:00 PM<\/p>\n Journey Through Books<\/em><\/p>\n Registration for public education sessions takes place one week before the event.<\/p>\n Life Celebrations<\/strong><\/p>\n People have celebrated joyful life events \u2013 children\u2019s coming of age, weddings, symbolic and calendar transitions of the year, etc. \u2013 communally since ancient times, regardless of the practised religion, residency, or spoken language. When Jewish communities celebrated these holidays, the rules specified in Judaism\u2019s religious texts were observed. Walking through the exhibition, we will discover together how European artists saw and captured the local Jewish celebrations and related attributes, and we will discuss how the images of Jewish culture and daily life depicted in the works can be understood. We will pause longer at Wincenty Smokowski\u2019s 19th-century painting Jewish Wedding<\/em>. We will treat this painting as a historical source that tells the story of the everyday life of Lithuanian and Polish Jews. During a practical session, remembering the traditional Jewish wedding contracts (ketubahs) seen and discussed in the exhibition, we will write and decorate our friendship agreements (formed with a classmate, sister, grandfather, etc.).<\/p>\n Intended for pupils in 3rd\u20138th forms, but can be adapted for upper-form students as well. Particularly recommended for 6th-form pupils who are introduced to the history, religion, culture, and traditions of the Lithuanian Jewish community as part of their history subject curriculum.<\/p>\n Journey Through Books<\/strong><\/p>\n Reading books individually and in the community is inseparable from Jewish religious tradition and secular culture. During this educational session, we will become acquainted with the main Jewish religious texts \u2013 the Torah and Talmud \u2013 and learn how they are read. Together we will embark on a journey through the evolution of books \u2013 from manuscripts, incunabula, to the first publishing houses and the popularisation of secular literature. We will evaluate historical women\u2019s relationship with reading in Jewish communities and the children\u2019s early encounter with the world of books in traditional Jewish culture. In the practical part of the education, we will become familiar with the Hebrew alphabet, learn how the Eastern European Jewish language \u2013 Yiddish \u2013 differs from Hebrew, and try to write our names using the letters of the Hebrew alphabet. Did you know that Hebrew letters are also used to write numbers? Together we will unlock this code and write our birth dates using Hebrew letters.<\/p>\n Intended for pupils in 5th\u20139th forms, but can be adapted for upper-form students.<\/p>\n YIVO on the World Map<\/strong><\/p>\n The famous 20th-century scientists Sigmund Freud and Albert Einstein did not particularly like each other, but one thing united them \u2013 YIVO. The YIVO \u2013 Institute for Jewish Research \u2013 which opened its first doors in Vilnius exactly one hundred years ago, was more than a local phenomenon from the very beginning; it connected Vilnius with Jews who valued the Yiddish language and culture all over the world, and Freud with Einstein became members of YIVO\u2019s honorary praesidium. However, the institute, troubled by the 20th-century unrest, like its valuable collections of books and artworks, had to constantly seek new and safe refuge. Such refuge was found in New York during World War II. This time, we will begin our educational walk from the last exhibition hall, where we will become acquainted with the thriller-worthy history of YIVO and its creators, then visit other spaces, searching like detectives for works that YIVO lent from its repositories for this exhibition, and consider how they relate to YIVO\u2019s original mission \u2013 to preserve and nurture the Yiddish language and the culture created in it. We will complete our introduction to YIVO with an educational entertainment-game \u2013 divided into two groups, we will have to mark YIVO\u2019s connections with the world on pre-prepared maps as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n Intended for pupils in 9th\u201312th forms and adults.<\/p>\n Registration to the education sessions via telephone at +370 682 45 314, and email at augustina.ivanauskaite@lndm.lt<\/a><\/p>\n VILNIUS PICTURE GALLERY<\/strong><\/p>\n 4 Did\u017eioji Street, Vilnius<\/p>\n Phone +370 5 261 1685, email vpg@lndm.lt<\/a><\/p>\n Follow us on social media:<\/p>\nTours<\/h6>\n
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