Lithuania / Kaunas

Jewish Community of Kaunas

Practical info

Type of location: Jewish Community / Center

Jewish Community of Kaunas

Vytauto 50, Kaunas

Tel +370 61403100

gabai@kaunasjews.lt

kaunasjews.lt

Historical description

Kaunas

Nothing of the Jewish presence in Kaunas remains but the synagogue, whereas before the war there was a yeshiva, a kosher slaughterhouse, and a prison. The birthplace of Emmanuel Levinas, Kaunas was before the Shoah a major center of European Judaism, with a ... Read more