Nusakh Vilne Memorial

Sunday Sep 22, 2019 1:00pm
Peddlers under the arch on Jatkowa Street in the Jewish Quarter,
Vilna, c. 1920s-30s. YIVO Archives.

 

Annual Nusakh Vilne Memorial Program

Sponsored by Nusakh Vilne


Admission: Free

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Join us for our annual event commemorating the Jewish community of Vilna through poetry, music, and presentation including readings and performances by Rivka Augenfeld, Shifee Losacco, Ellen Perecman, Ruth Baran-Gerold, Binyumen Schaechter, and Mikhl Baran. Chaired by Elliot Palevsky, the program will include a presentation on the forthcoming YIVO Bruce and Francesca Cernia Slovin Online Museum by the museum's Chief Curator, Karolina Ziulkoski. The presentation will showcase material from YIVO’s Edward Blank YIVO Vilna Online Collections project, including newly discovered material and the story of Bebe Epstein.

A reception will follow the presentations.