From July 8-13, 2019 the summer school “Challenging the Past: Jewish Heritage Study” was held in Latvia and Lithuania. It was organized by the Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Latvia in cooperation with the “Jews in Latvia” Museum, International Centre for Litvak Photography (Kaunas), Litvak Cemetery Catalogue “Maceva” (Vilnius), Šeduva Jewish Memorial Fund (Vilnius/Šeduva) and Paideia– The European Institute for Jewish Studies in Sweden (Stockholm).

The school’s programme consisted of impressive series of diverse lectures, workshops, visits and cultural events, held in six Latvian and Lithuanian towns and cities. It was aimed at giving participants the opportunity of seeing how Jewish history has influenced local culture and vice versa, to explore Jewish life and culture today and to immerse themselves in Jewish heritage and history.

In this leaflet, you can find summer school information and results.

The summer school program was supported by the Nordplus and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.

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