The "President of World Jewry" and board chairman , Norman Meyer (R) with his brother, Alec Meyer (L) and cousin, Mervyn Shapiro |
The Board of Directors, as before, plus Ian Rogow |
Michelle Fendel & Cassy |
Roni Meyer & Noam Rogow |
Cousins: Ronnie & Michelle Fendel, Cassy, Ken Sachar |
Reuven Monowitz recounting a history in Hebrew, flanked by Ian & our guide Regina Kopilevich |
At the Jewish Museum, Vilnius - Memorial to Chiune Sugihara |
Ronnie listening to a moving story |
Ronnie, Michelle & Cassy |
Hilda (Dworetz) and Clive, Moss |
Sadie (Mofsowitz) , Michael & Zvi Symon |
Alec, under stress (giving instructions for the luggage arrangements for the next day ) |
Ronnie telling an amusing tale |
Ziva Bittan singing on the bus (lovely voice) |
Wooden Synagogue at Zeizmariai |
A thin guy walks towards the Synagogue |
Donna & Adele Jacobs, Eli Symon & Harris Jacobs inside the Synagogue |
Ronnie & others listen to Sami Ymar |
Ian & Regina |
Sami talks and the Mishpocha listen, Noam Rogow & Jennette Dick video |
Noam Rogow & Mervyn Shapiro video while Harvey Sherzer takes it all in |
Sadie Symon sings Hatikvah with the mishpocha |
Synagogue entrance from the inside, with Mezuza mark |
Kovno (Kaunas) shul, Aron Kodesh |
Kovno (Kaunus)shul, Bimah & Aron Kodesh |
Kovno (Kaunus)shul, entrance from the inside |
Kovno (Kaunus)shul, ceiling decorations, ladies gallery |
Memorial to children killed in the Holocaust, rear, Kovno (Kaunus)shul |
Ponavehz, the building that housed the school attended by Ronnie's mother, Miriam (Sachar) Fendel |
L to R: Ava Abraomvitz, Dina Serra, Molly Tatel, Mia Serra, Cleo Serra, Ken, Michelle, Cassy & Ronnie |
Ronnie, Kupiskis official videographer, Zvi Symon & Tuvia Kessel |
Ken, Michele, Cassy & Ronnie. The first Sachar family members in Kupishok since before the war |
Tuvia Kessel, born in Kupishok, received help from the Kupishok Benevolent Society of Cape Town, Regina being David Bailey |
The shul in Kupishok, now the town library, cleared for our Shachrit service. |
The shul in Kupishok, women's gallery |
The shul in Kupishok, women's gallery |
The shul in Kupishok, annex. |
Ronnie & Cassy, first Sachar family members back in the shul in Kupishok since before the war |
Model of the original Ponavehz Yeshiva. Part of an exhibition of models and art work done by the schoolchidren of Kupiskis |
The Memorial Wall of names of the Jews of Kupishok murdered by the nazis and their local accomplaces in the summer of 1941 |
Norman & Beryl Meyer, grandaughter Kerry Brodie and daughter Fay-Ann Brodie. Thank you Norman and the Meyer Family |
The Wall, another view |
The candles we lit in memory of our dear ones. |
The wall and candles |
Memorial to Kupishok victims of the Holocaust at the free thinkers cemetery where many were killed |
The refurbished memorial; Ann Rabinowitz and members of the group |
The memorial plaque, also in Hebrew, Yiddish and Lithuanian |
Clive and Jan take photographs and video |
Ronnie, Cassy & Ann share a painful history with Eugenija Urbaniene a current resident of Kupiskis |
The refurbished memorial; other members of the group |
Ann Rabinowitz, handing gifts of Judaica from Kupishokers worldwide, to Genadij Kofmann, head of Panevezys Jewish Community |
Susan & Harvey Sherzer |
Mia Serra filming and smiling |
Michelle & Rene (Litzky) Kaufman |
Ann Rabinowitz, the encyclopaedia of Kupishok, & Cassy drink L'chaim |
Ann, Cassy & Ken - Am Yisrael chai! |
Am Yisrael Chai v'kayam! |