David Klein

Oct 13, 2024 | theadvocate.com | David Klein

If one city could be said to be the home of Yiddish, the traditional language of Ashkenazi Jewry, it would not be New York or Jerusalem, in many minds, but Vilnius, the capital of modern-day Lithuania. Walking through the snaking avenues and alleys of Vilnius’ Old Town today, it’s hard to imagine that the Lithuanian capital, with its high churches and pork cracklings in nearly every local dish, was once teeming with Jewish life.

Oct 13, 2024 | nola.com | David Klein

If one city could be said to be the home of Yiddish, the traditional language of Ashkenazi Jewry, it would not be New York or Jerusalem, in many minds, but Vilnius, the capital of modern-day Lithuania. Walking through the snaking avenues and alleys of Vilnius’ Old Town today, it’s hard to imagine that the Lithuanian capital, with its high churches and pork cracklings in nearly every local dish, was once teeming with Jewish life.

Sep 24, 2024 | flipboard.com | David Klein

(JTA) — Lithuania’s Jews and Yiddishists around the world are mourning the passing of Fania Brantsovsky, the last surviving member of the Jewish …

Sep 23, 2024 | jta.org | David Klein

Lithuania’s Jews and Yiddishists around the world are mourning the passing of Fania Brantsovsky, the last surviving member of the Jewish underground in the Vilna ghetto and a keeper of the flame of the city’s once glorious Yiddish past, who died at the age of 102 on Sunday in Vilnius. Brantsovsky escaped the ghetto in 1942 and fought against the Nazis and their local collaborators in the Rudninkai forest with a group of Jewish partisans under the command of Abba Kovner.

Sep 10, 2024 | mondaq.com | David Klein

Recently, a Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA") case was filed against Sunflora, Inc. ("Sunflora") in the Middle District of Florida for allegedly violating the prerecorded voice provisions of both the TCPA and Florida Telephone Solicitation Act ("FTSA"). The TCPA is a federal statute that restricts certain types of telemarketing communications.