What is the ninth largest city in Lithuania that Jewish Poet Israel Davidson was born?
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Israel Davidson Israel Davidson (1870, Jonava, Lithuania - 1939, Great Neck, New York) was an American Jewish writer and publisher and has been recognized as one of the leading American Hebrew writers in his era. His magnum opus was the four volume "Otsar ha-shirah veha-piyut" = "Thesaurus of Mediaeval Hebrew Poetry" (NY, 1924–1933).
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Jonava Jonava ( , Yiddish: יאנאווא, Polish: "Janów" , German: "Janau" ) is the ninth largest city in Lithuania with a population of ca 30,000.
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Šiauliai Ghetto The Šiauliai or Shavli Ghetto was a Jewish ghetto established in July 1941 by Nazi Germany in the city of Šiauliai (Yiddish: שאַװל‎ , "Shavl") in Nazi-occupied Lithuania during the Holocaust. The ghetto comprised two areas – one in the Kaukazas suburb and one on Trakai Street. Both were liquidated by July 1944, and their inhabitants were killed or transferred to Nazi concentration camps. In 1939, one quarter of the population of Šiauliai was Jewish, about 8,000 persons. By the end of World War II, only about 500 Jews of the city had survived.
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Mordehai Dubin Mordehai Dubin (Latvian: "Mordehajs Dubins" ;January 1, 1889, Riga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire — 1956, Tula, USSR) was a major Jewish spiritual and political leader in Latvia. He served as a Member of Parliament ("Saeima") for the Agudas Israel party. He headed the Jewish community in Latvia until 1940, when it was annexed by the USSR.
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Priekulė, Lithuania Priekulė ( , German: "Prökuls" ) is a small city in Klaipėda district municipality, Lithuania. It is located in the former curonian landscape Lamotina on the banks of Minija River about 20 km south of Klaipėda. Priekulė is the seat of Priekulė elderate. Priekulė was part of East Prussia for most of its history and became part of Lithuania from 1923–1938 and after World War II in 1945.
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The Holocaust in Lithuania The Holocaust in Nazi-occupied Lithuania resulted in the near total destruction of Lithuanian Jews (Litvaks), living in "Generalbezirk Litauen" of Reichskommissariat Ostland within the Nazi-controlled Lithuanian SSR. Out of approximately 208,000-210,000 Jews, an estimated 190,000–195,000 were murdered before the end of World War II (wider estimates are sometimes published), most between June and December 1941. More than 95% of Lithuania's Jewish population was massacred over the three-year German occupation — a more complete destruction than befell any other country affected by the Holocaust. Historians attribute this to the massive collaboration in the genocide by the non-Jewish local paramilitaries, though the reasons for this collaboration are still debated. The Holocaust resulted in the largest-ever loss of life in so short a period of time in the history of Lithuania.
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Lake Asveja Lake Asveja or Dubingiai Lake (Lithuanian: "Asveja" or "Dubingių ežeras" ) is the longest lake in Lithuania (length: 21.9 km or 29.7 km counting the Žalktynė, Vyriogala and Dubingiai bights). It covers 9.78 km² area and reaches a depth of 50.2m which makes it the third deepest lake in Lithuania. It lies partly in Molėtai district, Švenčionys district and Vilnius district. The alternative name comes from the historical Dubingiai Castle, constructed on the former island, and the small town of Dubingiai situated on the lake. The town is a popular tourist destination. Žeimena River flows south of the lake and people rent boats or kayaks to go down the river to the Neris River.
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Radomsk (Hasidic dynasty) Radomsk (Hebrew: רדומסק‎ ) is a Hasidic dynasty named after the town of Radomsko in Łódź province, south-central Poland. The dynasty was founded in 1843 by Rabbi Shlomo Hakohen Rabinowicz (the "Tiferes Shlomo"), one of the great Hasidic masters of 19th-century Poland. His son, grandson and great-grandson led the dynasty in turn, attracting thousands of followers. On the eve of World War II, Radomsk was the third largest Hasidic dynasty in Poland, after Ger and Alexander.
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Vilnius Old Town The Old Town of Vilnius (Lithuanian: "Vilniaus senamiestis" , Polish: "Stare Miasto w Wilnie" , Belarusian: Стары горад Вільні , Russian: Старый город в Вильнe ), one of the largest surviving medieval old towns in Northern Europe, has an area of 3.59 square kilometres (887 acres). It encompasses 74 quarters, with 70 streets and lanes numbering 1487 buildings with a total floor area of 1,497,000 square meters. The oldest part of the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius, it has developed over the course of many centuries, and has been shaped by the city's history and a constantly changing cultural influence. It is a place where some of Europe's greatest architectural stylesgothic, renaissance, baroque and neoclassicalstand side by side and complement each other.
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Šiauliai Šiauliai (] ) is the fourth largest city in Lithuania, with a population of 133,900. From 1994 to 2010 it was the capital of Šiauliai County. Unofficially, the city is the capital of Northern Lithuania.
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Cathedral of St. Ignatius of Loyola, Vilnius The Cathedral of St. Ignatius of Loyola (Lithuanian: "Šv. Ignoto katedra" ) also called Church of St. Ignatius ("Šv. Ignoto bažnyčia") It is a religious building of the Catholic Church that serves as the cathedral of the military ordinariate in Lithuania, is located in the capital, Vilnius.
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Warsaw Warsaw (Polish: "Warszawa" ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Poland. It stands on the Vistula River in east-central Poland, roughly 260 km from the Baltic Sea and 300 km from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population is officially estimated at 1.750 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 3.101 million residents, which makes Warsaw the 9th most-populous capital city in the European Union. The city limits cover 516.9 km2 , while the metropolitan area covers 6100.43 km2 .
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Vilnius Jazz Festival The Vilnius Jazz Festival is a jazz festival held in Vilnius, Lithuania. It provides a broad perspective on contemporary trends in jazz from all over the world.
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Belarusians in Lithuania The Belarusian minority in Lithuania (Belarusian: беларусы , "biełarusy", Russian: белорусы , "byelorusy", Lithuanian: "baltarusiai" or "gudai") numbered 36,200 persons at the 2011 census, and at 1.2% of the total population of Lithuania, being the third most populous national minority. The Belarusian national minority in Lithuania has deep historical, cultural and political relations. Many famous Belarusians lived and created in Lithuania, mostly its capital Vilnius; it was in Vilnius that the first standardized Belarusian language grammar was printed in.
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Šumskas Šumskas (Polish: "Szumsk or Szumsk Wileński" ) is a town in Vilnius district municipality, in Vilnius County, in southeast Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 919 people.
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Daina (Lithuania) Daina is the traditional name of vocal folk music in the Baltic languages, and is preserved in Lithuania and Latvia. Lithuanian "dainos" (literally, "songs") are often noted not only for their mythological content, but also for relating historical events.
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Eišiškės Eišiškės ( , Polish: "Ejszyszki" , Russian: Эйши́шки /Eishishki, Belarusian: Эйшы́шкі /Eishyshki, Yiddish: אײשישאׇק‎ /Eyshishok) is a city in southeastern Lithuania on the border with Belarus. It is situated on a small group of hills, surrounded by marshy valley of Verseka and Dumblė Rivers. Rivers divide the town into two parts; the northern part is called Jurzdika. As of 2011, Eišiškės had a population of 3416. It has a small hospital and two high schools (one for Polish and another for Lithuanian students).
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Kaunas Botanical Garden Kaunas Botanical Garden also known as the Kaunas Botanical Garden of Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuanian: "Vytauto Didžiojo universiteto Kauno botanikos sodas" ; Latin: "Hortus Botanicus Kaunensis Universitati Vytauti Magni" ), is a botanical garden in Kaunas, Lithuania. It is located in the south of the center of Kaunas city in Freda district. With an area of 62.5 ha it is the second largest in Lithuania.
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Pinsk Pinsk (Belarusian: Пі́нск , "Pinsk"; Russian: Пи́нск, "Pinsk" ; Ukrainian: Пи́нськ, "Pyns'k" ; Polish: "Pińsk" ; Yiddish/Hebrew: "Pinsk" ,פינסק‎ ‎ , Lithuanian: "Pinskas" ) is a city in Belarus, in the Polesia region, traversed by the river Pina, at the confluence of the Pina and Pripyat rivers. The region was known as the Marsh of Pinsk. It lies south-west of Minsk. The population is about 138,202.
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Joniškis Joniškis ( ) is a city in northern Lithuania with a population of about 11,150. It is located 40 kilometers north of Šiauliai and 14 kilometers south of the Lithuania–Latvia border. Joniškis is the municipal and administrative center of Joniškis district municipality.
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Judah Leib Gordon Judah Leib (Ben Asher) Gordon, also known as Leon Gordon, (December 7, 1830, Vilnius, Lithuania – September 16, 1892, St. Petersburg, Russia) (Hebrew: יהודה לייב גורדון) was among the most important Hebrew poets of the Jewish Enlightenment.
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Pasvalys Pasvalys ( ; Yiddish: פּאָסװאָל‎ "Posvol") is a city in Panevėžys County, Lithuania, located near the bank of the Svalia River. Its sister city is Götene in Sweden.