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The Žasliai society "Talmud Torah in the name of Salomon and Dora Shapiro"
( Talmud Tora branch )
Main office Talmud Tora
City (office) Žasliai
(See on the map)
Established 1933
Closed 1940

Activity

The objectives were to establish free educational means for the Žasliais town`s poor Jewish Children.

Additional information

It was orginally started on April 20, 1931, when the Žasliai Jews - trader, Yeine Burshtein; pharmacist, Yodide Arane; store-owner, Morduch Shmit; trader, Shmerel Veitzshtein; store owners, Motel Kot and Faivel Rom. 1936, they had 33 members (1937 - 36 members, 1938 - 38 members - at this time there was also one female member). On August 7, 1940, the Interior Affairs Minister decided to close the society.Rolandas Gustaitis, 2006, Jews of the Kaišiadorys Region of Lithuania, Bergenfield NJ, Avotaynu, 2010, translated into English by Leonas Bekeris