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]]> By: Zvi http://www.t52.org/blog/2008/05/the-centre-of-europe/#comment-14239 Zvi Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:32:54 +0000 http://www.t52.org/blog/?p=963#comment-14239 Shalom >Karaites are an Ethnic minority originating from Baghdad, of which there are not many left in Lithuania. Qaraites are adherents of Qaraite Judaism, a Jewish religious movement that first asserted itself in Mesopotamia and rejects the so-called Rabbinic oral Law's divinity. Qaraite Jews are not an ethnic element. The Lithuanian "Karaites" and other Eastern-European counterparts are descended from Qaraites who severed all connection with the Jewish religion and people, hence they're non-Jews. Shalom

>Karaites are an Ethnic minority originating from Baghdad, of which there are not many left in Lithuania.

Qaraites are adherents of Qaraite Judaism, a Jewish religious movement that first asserted itself in Mesopotamia and rejects the so-called Rabbinic oral Law’s divinity. Qaraite Jews are not an ethnic element.

The Lithuanian “Karaites” and other Eastern-European counterparts are descended from Qaraites who severed all connection with the Jewish religion and people, hence they’re non-Jews.

]]> By: June Kontvis http://www.t52.org/blog/2008/05/the-centre-of-europe/#comment-14130 June Kontvis Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:06:38 +0000 http://www.t52.org/blog/?p=963#comment-14130 Thank you for sharing the story of your travels. I visited Lithuania in 1997 and saw many of the same things that you have writen about. I did not see the execution room in the museum of the genocide of the Lithuanian People. I did see the room with the tiny platform that would be filled with water. At that time there were still unidentified remains of political prisoners stored, sealed up in one of the rooms. The Lithuanian government was trying to identify them so their families could be notified and figure out how to bury and honor them properly. I was really amazed because that night after visiting this museum I went to a night club called Gelezinis Vilkas (The Iron Wolf). This was a Soviet "themed" club full of kitchy Red Army nostalgia. Bartenders wore Soviet uniforms and called everyone "comrade" and served up white Russians. The dj booth was the cockpit of a Soviet fighter plane. When you flushed the toilet in the bathroom a recording of one of Stalin's speeches would play. The contrast between the 2 places was mind boggling. I thought it was impressive how the Lithuanian youth culture was using humor and kitsch to minimize the horrors of the past. Thank you for sharing the story of your travels. I visited Lithuania in 1997 and saw many of the same things that you have writen about. I did not see the execution room in the museum of the genocide of the Lithuanian People. I did see the room with the tiny platform that would be filled with water. At that time there were still unidentified remains of political prisoners stored, sealed up in one of the rooms. The Lithuanian government was trying to identify them so their families could be notified and figure out how to bury and honor them properly.
I was really amazed because that night after visiting this museum I went to a night club called Gelezinis Vilkas (The Iron Wolf). This was a Soviet “themed” club full of kitchy Red Army nostalgia. Bartenders wore Soviet uniforms and called everyone “comrade” and served up white Russians. The dj booth was the cockpit of a Soviet fighter plane. When you flushed the toilet in the bathroom a recording of one of Stalin’s speeches would play. The contrast between the 2 places was mind boggling. I thought it was impressive how the Lithuanian youth culture was using humor and kitsch to minimize the horrors of the past.

]]> By: James http://www.t52.org/blog/2008/05/the-centre-of-europe/#comment-10337 James Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:28:32 +0000 http://www.t52.org/blog/?p=963#comment-10337 Thank you for clearing that up! Thank you for clearing that up!

]]> By: Glenda Kanashige http://www.t52.org/blog/2008/05/the-centre-of-europe/#comment-10336 Glenda Kanashige Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:54:44 +0000 http://www.t52.org/blog/?p=963#comment-10336 The Tei Kobayashi you mention is not a man, and does not work for Fujifilm. She is a female artist of Irish-American and Japanese extract, who now resides in Japan. Her work in Lithuania was sponsored by Fujifilm. The Tei Kobayashi you mention is not a man, and does not work for Fujifilm. She is a female artist of Irish-American and Japanese extract, who now resides in Japan. Her work in Lithuania was sponsored by Fujifilm.

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