VILKAVISKIS
a small town in Southern Lithuania
Where the Jewish Community is no more
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PART 2
2009 04 23
March - July of Flew all night, and tired, we are still welcoming Clara and the ETF Pustopeckių apartment neužmigome. How rested and breakfast leave for excursion to inspect Aškelono resort to the Mediterranean Sea. Pakelėse there grows wild oranges, palm trees are the green top, meadow nuklotos rings carpet. Aškelonas - the city-resort, which sometimes reaches one another in Gaza launched rocket Arabic. Streets, stations, many soldiers, boys and girls with weapons. Walking to the store or the bus station, checked baggage, and the body apieškomas metal detectors. The Mediterranean in mid-March - the sunny, wind where neužpučia - hot, the water temperature such as we Palangoje July. Seaside sun įdegusių glad some girls. Sea legs pamirkėme we, from the snow-covered atskridę Lithuania. Clara said that they are going to swim only when the water is šiltut šiltutėlis as a bath. Ragaujame delicious oriental coffee and return to Rehovot (suburb near Tel Aviv), where we are waiting from the evenings to prepare dinner Clara.



Kitchen Features Israeli cuisine - extremely diverse. After all, many live in countries where Jews from the former Soviet Union, Asia, Africa, South America. Clara prepared the Moldovan south: Borshch, pies with meat, rice, stuffed peppers, a lot of salads, fresh fruit and, of course, humus, dyed with pita (bread, cake). Humus valg
ėme daily. Klara offered his recipe: soak lentils and beans cooked, mash them, add sesame paste, garlic, parsley, salt, and beat everything. If you studied the dish served, in the middle of the recess after adding the olive oil. Paint and eating from one dish.



Exiles at home At the end of dinner suskambo phone. We have already searched the Lithuanian language miss a vilkaviškietis - 95 years, father of the ETF. According to son, grandfather of Vilkaviškio awaited the guests of the day, when only knew that going to come. But it was October. Old Pustopeckis live near one of the son and grandson home. Immediately after opening the door, high trust, strong man and the beautiful Lithuanian language according to an old custom called partake of bread and salt. A table decorated with fruit, sweets and champagne. Upon apsikeit
ėme gifts. Sat. Pustopeckis didžiuodamasis spread of the Lithuanian Embassy in Israel, received a letter that he returned to Lithuania citizenship. Will soon be served Lithuanian passport. "We wanted to wait for 68-year-old, that I surrendered citizenship. Probably not what was such a day "- šmaikštavo grandfather. Siberian deportees, Lithuania branginančiam name and the heart of it all nešiojusiam of the oldest vilkaviškiečių Mayor A. Bagušinsko submitted on behalf of the municipality Vilkaviškio mark, the old and contemporary images Vilkaviškio albums, souvenir Vilkaviškio Bakeries "Savas" homemade black bread kepalėlį. Grandfather and the sledge to Gloucester. Revived many memories of days of youth. Algis Vaškevičiaus photo.: Museum published the book "the edge of Vilkaviškio 1918 - 1923 year Lithuanian military volunteers vardynas", which brought A. Zilinskas, Sat. Pustopeckis (left) found their familiar faces of people.
This site was created by Ralph Salinger
of Kibbutz Kfar Ruppin. Israel