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The Great Synagogue

how the great synagogue became how it was, and the history books found.

Choral Synagogue

The only active running Synagogue left. Find out how it survived.

Jewish Life

Here we tell you the story about the Jews in Vilna

Great Synagogue Tour

Check how the

Great Synagogue of Vilnius once looked like.

Khurgin's Kloyz

Updated: Aug 3, 2020

Churgin's kloyz is a private house of worship. There have been many such houses of worship in Vilnius, there are also surviving ones, only they are no longer used for their intended purpose.

A small but beautifully decorated one-story prayer house in the inner courtyard of Churgin's house on Aguonu

street was erected in 1925 by a rich homeowner of several houses Churgin.

A small but beautifully decorated one-story prayer house in the inner courtyard of His name, unfortunately, is not known. Churgin's Prayer House was taking up a small part of the sports site of the gymnasium of Sofia Gurevich, and constantly faced the problem of broken and rattled windows.

In the autumn of 1939, the Grodno yeshiva, a spiritual seminary of Judaism who had left the occupied territory of current Belarus, settled in Churgin's kloyz. In 1942, the kloyz got ravaged. Today, the headquarters of the Afghan War Veterans Union is located at the former cloister.

Palaces In Vilnius

Sapieha Palace is in the heart of Antakalnis district of Vilnius, Lithuania.

It is the only surviving palace formerly belonging to the Sapieha family.

The palace was was built in Baroque style in 1691-1697.

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Strashun Library

Matityahu Strashun (1817-1885) was a major book collector, who owned thousands of Hebrew texts and manuscripts, including religious writings, fiction, poetry, scientific works, Jewish and Karaite historical works, travel accounts, and Hasidic texts.

The Great Synagogue

Once the heart of Judaism in Lithuania, the Great Synagogue of Vilna was founded at the end of the 16th century, but heavily damaged during World War Two and completely razed to the ground under the Soviet rule.

Jewish Hospital

The Jewish hospital was established in the mid-19th century, and was the largest of the three in Vilna. The Jewish hospital is situated right opposite the Choral Synagogue.

Mishmeret Cholim building was erected next to the hospital at the end of the 19th century.