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 ...