For more than ten years, I am helping visitors from all over the world discover and reconnect with Lithuania’s Jewish past. In this conversation, she shares how to plan a Jewish heritage or family roots trip to Lithuania, what a typical three-day journey looks like, and how even independent travellers often find deeper meaning through her personalized itineraries.
Category Archives: Vilkaviškis
Sonia Gaskell: The Litvak Who Shaped Dutch Ballet
Born in 1904 in Vilkaviškis, Lithuania, Sonia Gaskell (Sara Gaskelytė) rose from her Litvak roots to become one of the leading figures in Dutch ballet and a teacher of Audrey Hepburn. Founder of the Dutch National Ballet, she lived by her motto: “I always move forward.”
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