lithuania

Lithuania’s Past and Present

In my last blog post, I recounted the background of Yiddish linguist Dovid Katz, who has been reporting on troubling manifestations of ...

The Shameful Distinction of Lithuania

I first came across the writings of Dovid Katz while researching what happened to my relatives in Lithuania in the ...

The Real Flavor of the Streets

There’s a district in Vilnius called Užupis, which has seceded from the rest of Lithuania and established its own republic. To ...

A Yiddishist in Vilnius

I had fun in Vilnius, despite my low tolerance for fun. Not to mention that fun in Vilnius seemed like ...