Yiddish journalist and teacher Dr. Kobi Weitzner, 67, died in Warsaw on September 20. Last year he lectured at a seminar, conducted by WJC Yiddish Center in Vilnius
On July 20, WJC YC academic director, Dr. Yushkovsky, in collaboration with the Vilnius Jewish Public Library lectured about exclusively Vilnius' Jewish culture
In the Yiddish culture and history, this year is remarkable for the 70th anniversary of the tragic death of the outstanding theater and cinema figure Solomon Mikhoels