Lithuanian jews
How a new tool in Lithuania helps people read letters from their Jewish ancestors
The tool also has the potential to support the descendants of Jews who were persecuted during the Holocaust as they prepare materials to confirm their eligibility for repatriation or citizenship.
US antisemitism envoy pressures Lithuania to stop construction over Vilnius Jewish cemetery
Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community feels misunderstood. Here’s why - opinion
Exploring Vilnius: the Jerusalem of Lithuania and its Jewish past
Lithuanian chief rabbi fired over cemetery dispute
Burstein calls community chairwoman ‘dictator’ and demands to know what financial arrangements were made between Jewish representatives and Vilnius authorities
Anger flares over Lithuania sports complex planned over Jewish graveyard
"The many thousands buried here have no descendants or relatives to stand up for the integrity and dignity of their graves precisely because of the Holocaust," says a Vilnius-based scholar.
Lithuanian gov’t did not attempt to deport Chief Rabbi, spokesman says
"Such things do not happen," community leader tells 'Post'.
Lithuanian chief rabbi accuses government of deportation threat
The rabbi theorized that the government was attempting to deport him was due to his opposition concerning the destruction of an old Jewish cemetery.
Lithuania's Jews request halt to WWII mass grave excavation over 'humiliating' methods
The issue of potentially finding human remains was brought to the city’s attention before road construction began; Some 700 people are buried at the site.
Lithuanian Jewish cemetery restored
“Murderers could not kill our memory. We are back because our memory is stronger than their bullets."
Books: The Vilna Vegetarian Cookbook
A 1938 vegetarian Jewish cookbook gets a new life – and a translation from Yiddish.
Israel opens its first embassy in Lithuania, pre-war home to 250,000 Jews
“Flying a flag here in Vilnius carries a special significance. This is a country which is a cornerstone in Jewish heritage, where some of the great Jewish thinkers came from”
Lithuanian fascists march beneath swastikas near execution site of 10,000 Jews
“This march is particularly offensive because it is taking place where locals and Nazis murdered more than 10,000 Jews in one day.”
Lithuanian Jews, Zuroff spar over Holocaust research center
Zuroff has been a harsh critic of the Baltic states’ approach to the Holocaust, accusing countries such as Lithuania of rewriting the narrative to create equivalence between Soviet and Nazi crimes.
