About
The Litvak Studies Institute (LSI) is an interdisciplinary academic and arts center devoted to the language, literature, history, culture and future of Lithuanian Jewry.
Based within the Jewish community in Vilnius, the international non-profit institute works to support, strengthen and extend the vitality of Lithuanian Jewish heritage, as well as its future and contemporary life. This uniquely vibrant community thrived for over six centuries before being nearly annihilated during the Holocaust—it remains fragile in the present day.
Today, the LSI serves as a resonant local and international voice for contemporary Lithuanian Jewish issues, and provides unique resources about Litvak culture and the global diaspora of Jews of Lithuanian descent.
An educational and creative epicenter for Litvak Studies, the LSI offers a spectrum of projects, initiatives, and partnerships, including the annual publications, public affairs advocacy, Lithuanian Yiddish programs, heritage tours, Holocaust survivor advocacy, and much more.
The Institute will also work to counter the reemergence of anti-Semitic trends in the region (including Holocaust revisionism and “Double Genocide”), and will be a stalwart and loyal advocate for the surviving Litvak communities in the region and the world.
