Etymology
{{further, Lithuanian Yiddish, Ostjuden TheEthnicity, religious customs and heritage
{{further, Timeline of Jewish history in Lithuania and BelarusHistory
{{main, History of the Jews in Lithuania Jews began living in Lithuania as early as the 13th century.{{citation needed, date=December 2012 In 1388, they were granted a charter byLitvaks in the Second World War
{{More citations needed section, date=April 2014 The Jewish Lithuanian population beforeCulture
Litvaks have an identifiable mode of pronouncing Hebrew and Yiddish; this is often used to determine the boundaries of Lita (area of settlement of Litvaks). Its most characteristic feature is the pronunciation of the vowelGenetics
{{further, Genetic studies on Jews The Lithuanian Jewish population may exhibit a geneticNotable people
Among notable contemporary Lithuanian Jews are: * Mendele Mocher Sforim, was a Jewish author and one of the founders of modern Yiddish and Hebrew literature *Brothers Emanuelis Zingeris (a member of the LithuanianSee also
* :People of Lithuanian-Jewish descent *Notes
{{Reflist, 2References
* ''Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora: Origins, Experiences, and Culture. Themes and Phenomena of the Jewish Diaspora, Volume 1''. Avrum M. Ehrlich, ABC-CLIO, 2009. {{ISBN, 978-1-85109-873-6.Further reading
* Dov Levin, ''The Litvaks: A Short History of the Jews of Lithuania''; translated from the Hebrew by Adam Teller. New York: Berghahn Books, 2001, {{ISBN, 965-308-084-9 * Alvydas Nikžentaitis, Stefan Schreiner, Darius Staliūnas, Leonidas Donskis, ''The Vanished World of Lithuanian Jews'', Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2004, {{ISBN, 90-420-0850-4 * Dovid Katz, ''Lithuanian Jewish Culture''. Vilnius: Baltos lankos and Budapest: Central European University Press, 2010, {{ISBN, 978-9639776517 * Dovid Katz,External links