JeruLita - Emotional Travel

03/04/2024

We are thrilled to announce an upcoming Jewish Heritage Tour to the historic lands of Lithuania and Poland, guided by the esteemed Hugh Raichlin. This unique 8-day journey from September 12th to 19th, 2024, offers an immersive experience into the rich Jewish history and heritage of these countries.

September 12-19 2024 | Vilnius, Kaunas, Warsaw, Lublin, Krakow, and the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial.

01/04/2024

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26/03/2024

I love it ...

Briusly - is an old, unsightly place from the street, but still trendy. Which is rare. Usually, a cafe appears, attracts a crowd, then disappears and a novelty takes its place. But - not in this case! Briusly, located at 4 Islandijos Street in Vilnius, has been open and on the fashion wave for 20 years. It is loved by the locals.
The food here is delicious, it's very noisy, .... people, ... dogs 😊 - and loud music. In summer, the patio - a summer terrace - completes the ensemble. And in the style of the place, of course - DJ!
What to try? - Thai, Japanese, Korean, or Malay cuisine?
Whatever you like - everything is delicious.
- Sake Donburi; Kaeng Kari King; Spring Rolls - stand-out dishes for under 13 eur
https://app.greet.menu/menu/m1GWeoxyarMW1Efb

Briusly

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24/03/2024

I love it...

A Taste of Authentic Spanish Cuisine in district.

El Pulpo & Tapas Bar - Middletown (Stiklių g. 16, Vilnius) - It's cozy, but there is not much space, so I recommend booking a table earlier. If it's summer and the sun is shining (which is rare, it's not Spain after all 😊), then make yourself comfortable on a small terrace, which is located near a crowded street, it will add the feeling of Spain, order a glass, relax, watch the passers-by... What beautiful people.... aren't they?

What to try here? Tapas, of course!
• PADRON PEPPERS, FRIED PADRON PEPPERS WITH CRYSTAL SALT - 7.5€
• CHUPADEDOS OLIVES, TEMPURA OLIVES SERVED WITH HOMEMADE HERB YOGURT - 7€
• PULPITOS A LA ANDALUZIA FRIED BABY OCTOPUS WITH AOLI SAUCE -11.5€
• PREMIUM IBERICO MEAT PLATTER, SELECTION OF PREMIUM IBERICO MEATS, SERVED WITH GRILLED BREAD14€
• CHURROS GIGANTES, CHURROS “PULPO” STYLE - CRUNCHY OUTSIDE, VERY SOFT INSIDE, SERVED WITH HOME MADE MELTED CHOCOLATE - 7€
https://pulpo.lt/en/

Disfrute de la comida, enjoy! 🍽️

El Pulpo & Tapas Bar - Middletown
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20/03/2024

I love it ...

Neringa Hotel - Looking for quality and uniqueness? This hotel is for you.
Although the hotel is fresh after a complete renovation, the historical heritage has been preserved and reflected in many details. Everything here serves a purpose; every detail has been carefully considered. From the pattern of the carpeting to the carnations in vases on the tables.

The town of Neringa is located on the Baltic coast, famous for its golden sand, dunes, sea breeze, and tall grass bent by the wind. All these elements are beautifully reflected in the hotel’s interior design. The rooms are classic, spacious, and bright.
For breakfast, they serve items you won’t find in a chain hotel: classic salad “Olivier,” rustic cottage cheese with honey from a local farm, black bread from the oven with cumin, and jam made from forest berries. This is where the Lithuanian soul truly shines 😊.
In the summer, the pleasant atmosphere is enhanced by the rooftop terrace. Be sure to go up, look around, and feel the charm.
The superior double room with one bed (DBL) is priced at 120 euros per room per night.

Neringa Hotel

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13/03/2024

I am pleased to announce and invite you to participate in Jerulita’s new 11-day Jewish heritage and World War II history and folklore tour of Poland and Germany based on and inspired by the internationally published book Monsters and Miracles: Horror, Heroes and the Holocaust. The book gives fascinating insights into how the Holocaust happened and the rise of antisemitism today. The tour, August 25-September 4, 2024, is timed to coincide with the 85th anniversary of the Nazi’s September 1, 1939, invasion of Poland.

Unique tour led by the author!

The tour is based on the internationally published book Monsters and Miracles: Horror, Heroes, and the Holocaust by Ira Wesley Kitmacher (2022).

https://irawesleykitmacher.com/about
https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0B2KQTWHG

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Jewish Heritage Tour of Poland and Germany - a cinematic view of the Heritage, Culture, and Holocaust. The forces of good overcome those of evil.

03/02/2023

Every once in a while, a good friend of mine Hugh Raichlin's Jewish Heritage Travels organizes a Jewish tour to a different locations in the world. Starting April 27th, there is an opportunity to explore Litvak world.

Explore the rich history and culture of Jewish communities in Lithuania and Poland on a Jewish heritage tour. Visit iconic sites such as the Vilna Gaon Jewish State Museum and the Jewish Ghetto of Krakow, and pay respects at holocaust-related sites including the Paneriai Memorial and the Auschwitz-B...

18/01/2022

09/02/2021

‏שלום חברים, סרקתי את העמוד הפייסבוק שלנו בנושא הצלחות של השנה שעברה וגיליתי שהוא פוסט הזה היה אחד מחמישה הכי מוצלחים.

קובנה היא עיר השנייה בליטא. היא ידוע לנו כעיר על לאה גולדברג, אברהם מפו, אהרון ברק, ישיבת סלובודקה, והרבה דברים אחרים. מדריכים של חברת ירוליטא הכינו סידרת סיטונים על העיר המאניינת הזאת. זה הראשון:

07/02/2021

😷 It has been almost a year since the beginning of the pandemic. What have we been doing since then?

📡 I would like to share with you that we have done an exciting project of filming videos about Jewish heritage sights in Lithuania and Latvia.

🎞 You can find videos on our youtube channel. It counts 75 videos so far, and this is not the end. I hope to hit 100 videos by the end of spring.

🧮 It counts 75 videos so far, and this is not the end. I hope to hit 100 videos by the end of spring.

📆 Follow us on FB and meet us on Zoom very soon.

06/02/2021

Join us on Monday February 22, 2021 for a virtual walking tour of Vilnius with local guide Daniel Gurevich (Daniel was our CSP guide when we visited Lithuania in July 2019). Vilnius, Lithuania’s largest city and capital, has been known by many names over its long and remarkable history, including, most famously for Jews, as Vilna. - https://mailchi.mp/058b539f36b9/csp-zoom-programs-week-of-april-5-4595748

31/01/2021

In 1998 the residents of Uzhupis district of Vilnius proclaimed the independent Republic of Uzhupis. Many of the “citizens” of this republic belong to the free professions: artists, musicians, poets, writers, actors, etc.

This is a real state that has all the attributes of an independent country: own flag, president, the cabinet of ministers, a constitution, an anthem, and an army of approximately 11 men.

The National Holiday is, of course, April‘s Fool Day. The visitors will find here various pieces of art, serious and funny, street exhibitions, graffiti, street concerts, and happenings.

Yulik Gurvitch, the guide of the “Jerulita Travel” company, invites for a walk in the so-called Republic of Uzhupis. This is a neighborhood in the old part o...

28/01/2021

You have not heard from us for a while? Yes, it happens when you try to play on two pianos at a time. But, we continue the project of virtual tours in Vilnius and around, and in this episode, we speak about Tarbut school and its importance in a Jewish world.

Yulik Gurvitch, the guide of the “Jerulita Travel” company, speaks about the "Tarbut" gymnasia in Vilnius (Vilna), one of the first in the Hebrew language in...

09/11/2020

As I have promised you, Kedainiai episode has a second part in which we walk on a Jewish street, visit the third synagogue, and the place where the Vilna Gaon studied Torah.

We also touch the holocaust theme by visiting memorial sight.

04/11/2020

Why Kedainiai is known in the Jewish world? Why it has become one of the travel destinations in Lithuania?

In this video episode we present mostly Jewish heritage sights of Kedainiai, part 1.
A virtual tour with a guide concentrating on the city center, market square, and culture center of Kedainiai.

01/11/2020

Unlike most of the Lithuanian towns, Janova was economically and demographically well established. A special type of personality developed in this atmosphere - healthy specimens of masculine strength who lived by the sweat of their brow--people who attended the synagogue on Saturday and did strenuous physical labor on weekdays.
They knew how to deal with the neighborhood rowdies--whether it was just "innocent boisterousness" of drunkards on market days or actual attempts at rioting bearing a deeper significance.

30/10/2020

According to the historical chronicles Pumpenai is at least 350 years old. And almost from the first days of its existence Jews had lived here.
Pumpenai in Lithuanian, or Pumpyan in Yiddish has never been a big settlement. Even in the end of the 19th century, in the peak of its’ flourish, according to the census the total population of Pumpyan was 1480 pax only. 1017 of them were Jews.
- And what is the population today?
- 855 people
- And how many Jews are among them?
- Zero

28/10/2020

Too many long videos? Here is a really short one, describing what we do and what is our channel about.

26/10/2020

What is interesting in Žagarė? Is it worth visiting? Where is it? Why should one go to Žagarė?

What do guides do when there is no active tourism? Some record virtual tours, some are looking for an alternative jobs.

We find a lot of interesting things while going to the same place we have been many times, but this time we do it with the camera.

22/10/2020

Vandens nešėjas. Užsisakyk ekskursija Literaturinis žydų Vilnius ir sužinok daugiau.
Vienas iš reikšmingiausių M. Kulbako kūrinių yra poema „Miestas“ (liet. pavadinimas – „Vilnius“, 1926 m.), kuri laikoma giliausiu ir gražiausiu kūriniu apie šį miestą. Pasitelkdamas švelnų eleginį verlibrą, netikėtas metaforas, drąsius apibendrinimus, poetas lakoniškai ir ekspresyviai piešia Vilniaus vaizdą. Water carrier statue in Vilnius. One more amazing artwork of Kvintas.

17/10/2020

Did you know that there is a Jazz street In Kedainiai

16/10/2020

Captions from excursions in Vilnius. Here is a memorial for the labor camp. Follow us on YouTube Jerulita to see full episodes.

15/10/2020

Interesting observations in Vilnius.

08/10/2020

What can I find in a shtetl of my grandfather? Does it still exist? Has it changed a lot? Can I meet some people who remembers the Jews of a town?

There are many questions, and some of them even have clear answers.

Jerulita team goes to the small towns, in Yiddish – shtetls and looks for the remnants of a Jewish presence there.

This time we are traveling to Vabalninkas.

Visit our webpage http://jerulita.lt

What can I find in a shtetl of my grandfather? Does it still exist? Has it changed a lot? Can I meet some people who remember the Jews of a town? There are m...

05/10/2020

In the travel world, we live through a strange period, absolute uncertainty for both travelers and travel professionals.

But Jerulita team keeps being busy. We continue with a project shooting episodes about Jewish history and heritage in Lithuania.

We run the project and would like to express special gratitude to Lithuanian authorities and in particular to the Agency for Science, Innovation, and Technology, who support us.
Here is another virtual tour in Biržai.

we continue the project of shooting heritage and culture sights in Lithuania. Today we are in Biržai, one of the northern pearls of Lithuania. In this episod...

17/09/2020

For those who follow us here and celebrate Rosh Hashana we wish a happy and healthy 5781!!! Last year was a bit different from many previous ones, especially for tho those who lost their dears and for the travel professionals in an economic perspective.

We have a very good saying in Hebrew "We passed Pharaoh and we will pass this as well"
I believe that next year will bring us only better news.

In the meantime let's celebrate!!!

06/09/2020

הייתם בריגה? לא. חבל.
אבל אתם יכולים להסתובב איתי בצורה הווירטואלית.
אני מתחיל את סיור בפארק המרכזי, עובר דרך פסל החרות וממשך לעיר העתיקה.
‏עוצר ליד בית האופרה, ‏נכנס לאזור של מבצר הישן ומגיע לכנסיית פטרוס הקדוש.‏ההצהרה הבאה היא ליד בניין של שחורי הראש
‏מסיים את הסיור בכיכר הקתדרלה.
‏דניאל גורביץ׳

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

02/09/2020

‏שלום חברים!
‏בסרטון הזה אני מסתובב בעיר ריגה.
‏מתייחס להיסטוריה יהודית ואתרים שבשכונה שנקראת מוסקבה ‏בית קברות היהודי; מקום של בית הכנסת הגדול; קיר לבן להנצחה של חסידי אומות העולם; בית חולים יהודי; ואתר הנצחת השוא.
‏אנו נסיים את הסיור ביער רומבולה

!‏שלום חברים ‏בסרטון הזה אני מסתובב בעיר ריגה. ‏מתייחס להיסטוריה יהודית ואתרים שבשכונה שנקראת מוסקבה ; ‏בית קברות היהודי;בית הכנסת הגדול; קיר הנצחה של חסידי ...

28/08/2020

Still in Nida @ Nida, Lithuania