The international scientific conference “Intellectual Heritage of Vilnius Jews” will be held in Vilnius

During the conference, the problems of the intellectual heritage of Vilnius Jews in the 18th and 19th centuries, the process of intellectual modernization of Vilnius Jews and the spread of Vilnius Jews in the world will be examined.

As reported by the LMA, the conference between it and the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities was planned to be held in 2020, commemorating the year of the history of Lithuanian Jews and the Vilnius Gaon, but the then planned event of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences had to be canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This time, as Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel over the weekend, guests from Israel will attend the conference remotely due to flight restrictions.

World-renowned experts in Jewish history and culture – professors Israel Bartalis, David E. Fishman, David G. Roskies, Benjamin Brown, Alex Lubotzky, Marcin Wodzinski, Jonas Seligman, Avner Holtzman, Tsvia Walden and Mordechai (Motti) Zalkin.

Lithuanian scientists will also give presentations at the conference.

This is the first joint scientific event organized by the two academies. It aims to promote scientific cooperation between the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences and the Israeli Academy of Sciences and Humanities.