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AlantaUnknownUkmergės 3a19th centuryWoodRecently reconstructedxSep 2022Lithuanian Jewish CommunityFully restored in 2021. The plan is to use the building for cultural events
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AlsėdžiaiFormer Beit MidrashPlatelių 81934WoodAgriculturalAug 2017PrivateLast visited in August 2017. As far as I know there are no plans to restore the building
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AlytusUnknownKauno 91911BrickMultipurpose buildingxJan 2021Alytus MunicipalityFully restored and now open as a small Jewish museum and cultural centre
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AnykščiaiFormer Shoemakers’ KloyzDaukanto 7a1922BrickAwaiting reconstructionxSep 2022PrivateBought by a woman from Anykščiai living in the United States who plans to restore the building and turn it into a centre of remembrance. IC4LP visited in September 2022, and saw no obvious signs of work
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AnykščiaiUnknownŠaltupio 11UnknownBrickSocial Services officeSep 2022Anykščiai Municipality
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BalbieriškisFormer New Beit MidrashSalomėjos Nėries 241938BrickPrivate guesthouseAug 2017Private
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BiržaiFormer Great SynagogueŽemaitės 22UnknownBrickPrivate houseAug 2024Private
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BiržaiFormer Great Beit MidrashKaraimų 15UnknownBrickPrivate apartmentsAug 2024Private
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BiržaiFormer Hasidic SynagogueDagilio 141938BrickPrivate apartmentsAug 2024Private
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ButrimonysUnknownUnknownUnknownBrickCar servicen/aUnknownNever visited
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ČekiškėUnknownAteities 16c.1900BrickUnder reconstructionxMay 2024Kaunas Jewish Religious CommunityRecently renovated. Couldn't see inside the last time I visted
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DaugaiUnknownVytauto 381927BrickAbandonedAug 2017Unknown
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EišiškėsFormer Great SynagogueKaštonų 519th centuryBrickAbandonedxAug 2017Private
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JonavaFormer Great Beit MidrashSodų 1219th centuryBrickEmptyxNov 2023Private
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JonavaFormer Peddlers' KloyzKlaipėdos 28UnknownBrickConvenience storeNov 2023Private
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JoniškėlisFormer Beit MidrashVytauto 819th centuryWoodPrivate apartmentsAug 2017Unknown
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JoniškisFormer Red SynagogueMiesto a. 4ac.1911BrickCultural centrexAugust 2024Joniškis Municipality
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JoniškisFormer White SynagogueMiesto a. 4b1865BrickCultural centrexAugust 2024Joniškis Municipality
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JoniškisUnknownVilniaus 8UnknownBrickShopn/aUnknownWith apartments upstairs. Information found on the Lithuanian Wikipedia page about the town's Former White Synagogue. Source unknown
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JurbarkasFormer Beit MidrashKauno 64UnknownBrickPrivate apartmentsn/aUnknown
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KaltinėnaiUnknownKražių 41938WoodAbandonedMay 2024Lithuanian Jewish CommunityAlmost completely desrtoyed. Original wooden Star of David designs in several windows about to be lost forever
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KalvarijaFormer Beit MidrashSodų 161865BrickEmptyxJun 2022Lithuanian Jewish CommunityOccasionally used for cultural events
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KalvarijaFormer Great SynagogueSodų 161803BrickPartially reconstructedxJun 2022Lithuanian Jewish CommunityEmergency work carried out during the autumn of 2019 to stop what's left of the building from falling down.
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KaunasFormer Butchers’ SynagogueDaukšos 27a19th centuryBrickArt academy May 2024Lithuanian StateOwned by the Lithuanian Ministry of Education
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KaunasFormer Hasidic KloyzGimnazijos 61880BrickEmptyMay 2024Lithuanian StateOwned by the Lithuanian Ministry of Education. Workers boarded up most of the windows in November 2020. There are constant rumours about bringing this building back to life somehow, but it continues to lie abandoned
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KaunasFormer Knesset Israel YeshivaPanerių 511934BrickOfficesMay 2023UnknownRecently renovated for commercial use, the owner removed the memorial plaques from the front of the building and has refused to put them back. Note that it was never used for its intended purpose
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KaunasFormer Nahalat Israel KloyzGedimino 26bc.1860BrickSocial centreNov 2023Kaunas Jewish Religious Community
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KaunasFormer Neviazher KloyzZamenhofo 7c.1851BrickEvents spaceMay 2024Private
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KaunasFormer New Beit MidrashBirštono 141862BrickCar serviceMay 2024Kaunas Jewish Religious CommunityAlso home to a hairdresser. Vehicles in the car service centre are hoisted into the air on a lift that's situated in-between the former bimah columns. The owner is obviously quite happy with the situation
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KaunasFormer New Šančiai SynagogueSodų 361932BrickEmptyxAug 2023Lithuanian StateIt took me 18 months to get the Cultural Heritage Department to carry out emergency work on the building. What remains of the unique Art Deco interior is slowly rotting away
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KaunasOhel Yaakov Choral SynagogueOžeškienės 13c.1873BrickSynagoguexMay 2024Kaunas Jewish Religious CommunityCurrently having its exterior renovated (June 2024)
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KaunasUnknownVaisių 30UnknownBrickPhotography studioxMay 2024Kaunas Jewish Religious CommunityAlso used as a dubious party venue, at least the person who rents the building is looking after it
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KaunasUnknownGintariškių 13UnknownBrickEmptyMay 2023Kaunas Jewish Religious CommunityLike most of the buildings owned by the KJRC, this empty building is (unofficially) for sale
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KavarskasFormer Beit MidrashBudrių 520th centuryBrickCar serviceSep 2022PrivateA Jewish-themed centre/museum appears to be operating at the back of the building
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KėdainiaiFormer Great Beit MidrashSenosios Rinkos 121857BrickMulticultural CentrexMay 2024Kėdainiai Municipality
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KėdainiaiFormer Great KloyzSmiglos 13c.1875BrickArt schoolxMay 2024Lithuanian Jewish Community
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KėdainiaiFormer Great SynagogueSenosios Rinkos 12a1807BrickArt schoolxMay 2024Kėdainiai Municipality
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KlaipėdaUnknownŽiedų 3c.1910BrickSynagogueSep 2022Klaipėda Jewish CommunityLocated inside the city's former beit tahara and used by the local Jewish community
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KrekenavaFormer Great Beit MidrashVytauto 61883BrickPrivate apartmentsAug 2017Unknown
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KrekenavaUnknownVytauto 819th centuryBrickSports hallAug 2017Unknown
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KupiškisFormer Great SynagogueL. Stuokos-Gucevičiaus a. 3a18th century?BrickPublic libraryAug 2017Kupiškis MunicipalityThe library reopened in 2022 after extensive restoration. Some original internal elements exist
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KupiškisFormer Hasidic Beit MidrashL. Stuokos-Gucevičiaus a. 3b19th centuryBrickUnknownAug 2017Unknown
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KurkliaiUnknownSalomėjos Nėries1936WoodUnder reconstructionxSep 2022Lithuanian Jewish CommunityFully restored in 2021. The plan is to use the building for cultural events
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LaukuvaFormer Beit MidrashTaikos 61928WoodEmptyJun 2023PrivateSlowly deteriorating. The owner has expressed an interest in selling the building. I was inside in 2022. Dangerous
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LazdijaiFormer Beit MidrashVilniaus 6UnknownBrickCultural centreAug 2012Lazdijai Municipality
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LinkuvaFormer Beit MidrashUgniagesių 21890BrickEmptyxAugust 2024Lithuanian Jewish Community
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LygumaiUnknownUpės 219th centuryBrickAbandonedxAug 2017PrivateA Vilnius-based organisation known as the Commemoration Foundation for the Litvaks of The Šiauliai Region is trying to raise money to buy and restore the building
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MarijampolėFormer Beit MidrashKauno 4c.1890BrickUnknownAug 2017Marijampolė Municipality
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MarijampolėFormer Great SynagogueSenoji 1c.1820BrickUnknownAug 2017Unknown
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MarijampolėFormer Hakhnasat Orhim SynagoguePranciškos Butlerienės 51899BrickArt galleryxSep 2022Marijampolė Municipality
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MerkinėFormer KloyzSeinų 14UnknownBrickSchool hallAug 2017Unknown
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PakruojisUnknownKranto 81801WoodLibrary and museumxAugust 2024Lithuanian Jewish Community
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PanevėžysFormer Torah Society SynagogueValančiaus 4c.1910BrickAbandonedxNov 2017Lithuanian StateCurrently in the possession of the State organisation Turto Banka's. The local Jewish community is interested in taking it over. The building is also known by some as the Hasidic Synagogue
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PasvalysFormer Beit MidrashPetro Avižonio 4a1922BrickBuilding supplies shopAug 2017Private
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PrienaiFormer Beit MidrashVytauto 251903BrickPrivate apartmentsAug 2017Unknown
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PušalotasUnknownTaikos 51913BrickEmptyMar 2018Lithuanian Jewish Community
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RaguvaFormer Beit MidrashNevėžio 91864BrickFurniture factoryxAug 2017Unknown
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RamygalaFormer Beit MidrashVadoklių 14c.1931BrickCultural centreAug 2017Unknown
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RietavasFormer Beit MidrashLaisvės 3c.1900BrickEmptyAug 2017Private
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RozalimasFormer Beit MidrashSalomėjos Nėries 2UnknownWoodAbandonedAugust 2024UnknownTwo more winters and it's extremely likely that this rare wooden building will be a patch of grass
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SalantaiUnknownAntano Salio 319th centuryBrickCultural centre2021Unknown
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SedaFormer Beit MidrashBaranausko al. 1c.1886WoodDestroyedxn/aLithuanian Jewish CommunityThe remains of this building will be incorporated into the Lost Shtetl Museum in Šeduva, when It finally opens
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ŠėtaFormer Beit MidrashKėdainių 11890sBrickEmptyxNov 2023Kėdainiai MunicipalityThe owner has tried to sell this building on more than one occasion. The last attempt (for just €3,000) failed
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ŠiauliaiFormer Frenkel’s Factory SynagogueVilniaus 68c.1914BrickEmptyxAugust 2024Aušra Museum
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ŠiauliaiUnknownStoties 3c.1900BrickPrivate apartmentsn/aUnknown
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ŠiauliaiUnknownTrakų 4319th centuryBrickSewing factoryAug 2024Private
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ŠilalėFormer Beit MidrashMaironio 21914BrickBuilding supplies shopAug 2017Private
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SimnasUnknownLaisvės 41905BrickEmptyxAug 2017Alytus Municipality
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ŠirvintosUnknownVilniaus 3719th centuryBrickShopAug 2017Unknown
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SkaudvilėFormer Beit MidrashMalūno 419th centuryBrickPrivate apartmentsAug 2017Unknown
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ŠvėkšnaUnknownLiepų 121928BrickUnder reconstructionxOct 2020Šilutė MunicipalityRestoration work on the outside of the building was recently completed. The interior (in which I attended a concert in October) should be finished in 2021. The owner is still deciding what to do with it when the work is complete.
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TelšiaiFormer Soldiers’ Beit MidrashAukštoji 31860sBrickEmptyxNov 2020Unknown
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TelšiaiFormer Tailors’ Beit MidrashTelšės 5UnknownWoodHardware shopNov 2020Private
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TelšiaiFormer Telšiai YeshivaIždinės 111908BrickRecently reconstructedxMay 2023Telšiai MunicipalityRestoration work finished in 2020. A partially finished museum now operates inside
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TirkšliaiUnknownJuliaus Janonio 15a19th centuryWoodEmptyxAug 2017Lithuanian Jewish Community
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TroškūnaiUnknownBirutės 10UnknownWoodPrivate apartmentsAug 2017Unknown
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UkmergėFormer Beit MidrashUnknownUnknownBrickUnknownxn/aUnknown
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UkmergėFormer Great SynagogueVienuolyno 219th centuryBrickSports hallSep 2022Unknown
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UkmergėFormer Korah KloyzVilkmergėlės 13c.1890BrickIndustrial usexAug 2017Unknown
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UtenaFormer Great SynagogueRinkos a. 619th centuryBrickPrivate apartmentsAug 2017Unknown
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UtenaFormer KloyzEžero 2c.1895BrickNotary's officeAug 2017Unknown
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VabalninkasFormer Great Beit MidrashPirties 319th centuryBrickFuneral parlourxAug 2017Unknown
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VabalninkasFormer Shamashim KloyzPirties 4c.1885BrickSaunaxAug 2017Unknown
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VarėnaUnknownBasanavičiaus 141922WoodEmptyxn/aPrivate
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VeisiejaiFormer Beit MidrashJanonio 6c.1930WoodBaptist churchAug 2017Private
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VilkijaUnknownVydūno al. 1919th centuryBrickAlmost destroyedMay 2024Vilkija Municipality
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VilniusFormer Almshouse KloyzPamėnkalnio 11c.1878BrickUnknown2024Unknown
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VilniusFormer Beit MidrashŽygimantų 13c.1860BrickOffices2024Unknown
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VilniusFormer Epstein’s KloyzŠv. Stepono 41915BrickPrivate apartmentsAug 2017Unknown
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VilniusFormer Khurgin’s KloyzAguonų 5c.1925BrickNGOAug 2017Unknown
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VilniusFormer Pundik’s KloyzŽemaitijos 9c.1882BrickPrivate apartmentsAug 2017Unknown
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VilniusFormer Vilna Great SynagogueVokiečių 13ac.1663BrickArchaeological sitex2023Vilnius MunicipalityLocated on the most valuable plot of land in Lithuania, and consequently of interest to several dubious individuals and organisations
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VilniusFormer Zavl’s KloyzGėlių 619th centuryBrickUnder reconstructionx2020Lithuanian Jewish CommunityRestoration work inside never materialised after the company that was hired to do the job went bankrupt
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VilniusFormer Zarech’e SynagogueUžupio 3619th centuryBrickOfficesAug 2017Unknown
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VilniusTaharat Ha-Kodesh Choral SynagoguePylimo 39c.1902BrickSynagoguex2024Vilnius Jewish Community
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VištytisUnknownKalno19th centuryBrickAlmost destroyedAug 2017UnknownI'd be surprised to discover that this building is still standing
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ŽagarėFormer Beit MidrashTrumpoji 31UnknownBrickAgricultural2024Private
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ŽagarėFormer Great Beit MidrashP. Avižonio 5aUnknownBrickEmpty2024Joniškis Municipality
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ŽagarėFormer KloyzP. Avižonio 7aUnknownBrickFire station2024Žagarė Municipality
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ŽagarėUnknownUnknownUnknownBrickUnknownn/aUnknown