VILKAVISKIS
a small town in Southern Lithuania
Where the Jewish Community is no more
 
This site was created by Ralph Salinger
of Kibbutz Kfar Ruppin. Israel
  
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The visit to Israel March 2009
Yossi Ankorion and our guests from Vilkaviskis
Our guests from Vilkaviskis
At the Diaspora Museum in Tel Aviv looking at the Vilkaviskis Albums
Antanas and his wife in Ceasera
Algis and Antanas and Rabbi Yisrael Cohen
Rabbi Yisrael Cohen and his family
Rabbi israel Cohen and his wife
On the Mount of Olives - and the Garden of Gethsemane
On the Via Dolorosa with our incredible guide Nina
In the Old City
Antanas and his wife in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher
At the Western Wall
Views from the roof of the hotel in the Old City
At the entrance to Yad Vashem with our guide Dr. Aharon Shneer
Avenue of the Righteous
Mrs. Irit Abramski explaining in Russian the activities of Yad Vashem in Lithuania
In the Valley of Destroyed Communities
Dinner at the Salingers in Kfar Ruppin
A cactus garden in Kfar Ruppin
Algis and his wife on the border - Israel and Jordan near Kfar Ruppin
At the Church on the Mount of Beatitudes with Rachel and Yossi Ankorion
The Greek Orthodox Church at Capernium
Antanas in the Jordan River - Yardenit
Avi Katzin explaining about the Roman City of Beth Shean - there is no better guide than Avi
Antanas and his wife at the Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth
The Church of the Miracle of the Wine in Kfar Cana
temp high school pictures
Newspaper articles by  Mr. Antanas Zilinskas, Director of the Vilkaviskis Regional Museum can be read here
[at the moment only in Lithuanian]