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Latvia Today - Overview
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The Jewish Community Building in Riga Latvia,
The building was a Yiddish Theatre before WWII.
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INTRODUCTION
Today Latvia’s
Jewish community is rebuilding. The majority of Latvian Jews and Jewish
institutions are in the capital city of Riga. Much smaller communities
exist in Daugavpils (Dvinsk) and elsewhere. Latvia's Jewish population
of 12-15,000 is a fraction of the 85,000 that lived there before WWII.
If you live in
a community with Jews from the former Soviet Union, you may be familiar
with the types of support and services that are needed to build new
lives in a new country. In Latvia, such immigrants are a majority of
the Jews. Many of us are familiar with the struggles of the elderly.
A portion of Riga’s Jews, and the majority in some of the smaller Jewish
communities such as Daugavpils, are elderly.
COMMUNITIES
OVERVIEWS
Jewish
Communities of the World - World Jewish Congress
Jewish
Communities of the Former Soviet Union - Latvia
Lauder
Foundation Activities in Latvia
Restitution
of Jewish Property - by Stuart Eizestat
NCSJ - Advocates on Behalf of Jews in Russia, Ukraine, the Baltic States
and Eurasia
ACCOUNTS
Interview
- Grigoriy Krupnikov, leader of the Jewish Community in Latvia
Jewish Observer of the Ukraine, November 2001
Latvia's
Community Reborn - Jews Foster Renewed Hopes
Jewish News of Greater Phoenix - December 2002
VISITING LATVIA
Lonely
Planet World Guide - Latvia
Latvia
In Your Pocket
A guide for tourists. Available in booklet form at the Riga airport.
U.S.
State Department Information Sheet
Consular information sheet for U.S. citizens traveling to Latvia. Also
useful to citizens of other countires.
Latvian
Embassy in the U.S.A.
CIA
Factbook-Latvia
The CIA profiles foreign countries in its The World Factbook 2002,
which may be accessed on the web. This is interesting and useful information
for those planning travel.
Guidebook
to Jewish sites in Riga
The Jews in Riga: Fragments of the Jewish History of Riga
a brief guide-book with a map for a walking tour
Marger Vesterman
Riga: Museum and Documentation Centre of the Latvian Society of Jewish
Culture, 1991.
Russian
Edition
Evrei v Rige: fragmenty evreiskoi istorii na karte Rigi
kratkii putevoditel
Marger Vesterman
Riga: Izd. Muzeia i dokumentatsionnogo tsentra Latviiskogo ob-va evreiskoi
kultury, 1992.
English or Russian version may be purchased at Jewish
Museum housed within the Jewish Community Building, 6 Slokas Street,
Riga LV-1322 Latvia.
Secular
Museums in Latvia
If
you plan to visit Latvia, also visit pages for the various communities
as well as the virtual tours of the Rumbula
Memorial and Bikernieki
Memorial just outside of Riga.
This
site links to information on the web about Rumbula and related topics.
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