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September 3, 2021

Excavating Vilnius’s Great Synagogue

Soviet insult and Nazi injury.

Over the past six years, a joint Israeli and Lithuanian archaeological team has made strides in uncovering the main synagogue in the city Jews called Vilna, along with the courtyard or shulhoyf that surrounded it, which, in typical East European fashion, included numerous smaller houses of prayer and study, along with other communal buildings. Livia Gershon report on their findings:

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September 3, 2021

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  5. Excavating Vilnius’s Great Synagogue

    Soviet insult and Nazi injury.