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Prime Minister Kirkilas is greeted by YIVO Executive Director Carl Rheins; in the background, Vaclovas Šalkauskas, Head of the Lithuanian Government’s Foreign Policy Division. |
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On the way to the rare book room, the group viewed YIVO’s current exhibition, “From Dream to Reality: Zionism & the Birth of Israel.” From left to right, Valdemaras Sarapinas, Chancellor of the Government of Lithuania; Prime Minister Kirkilas; Saul Kagan, of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany; H.E. Audrius Brūzga, Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania to the U.S.; H.E. Petras Vaitiekūnas, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Carl Rheins. |
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A display of posters from the exhibition. Left to right, Carl Rheins; Saul Kagan; Prime Minister Kirkilas; Ambassador Brūzga. |
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Head Librarian Aviva Astrinsky displays books in the Rare Book Room, including the “DP Talmud” published in Munich in 1948 by the U.S. Army; it was the first Talmud published in Europe after the Holocaust. Left to right, Saul Kagan; Carl Rheins; Prime Minister Kirkilas; Foreign Minister Vaitiekūnas; Aviva Astrinsky. |
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Examining a volume of the famous Vilna Talmud, published by Romm in 1886. Left to right, Saul Kagan; Prime Minister Kirkilas; Vilius Kavaliauskas, Advisor to the Prime Minister; Aviva Astrinsky. |
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Archivist Leo Greenbaum showing the visitors pages from a century-old manuscript on folklore written in Lithuanian, an item in YIVO’s Bund Archives. Left to right, Foreign MinisterVaitiekūnas; Vilius Kavaliauskas; Leo Greenbaum; Prime Minister Kirkilas. |
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Project Director Jeffrey Edelstein presents a set of The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe to the prime minister at the end of his visit. In the background is Ambassador Brūzga. |
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