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.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2026|BySHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA

The Malisoff family sits for a photo in 1907. Pavel Malisoff and his wife Michla sit in the center.

The old Jewish cemetery in Vilnius, circa 1922

US antisemitism envoy pressures Lithuania to stop construction over Vilnius Jewish cemetery

US antisemitism envoy Yehuda Kaploun urged Lithuania to block renewed development at Vilnius’s historic Snipiskes Jewish Cemetery, warning that thousands of Jewish graves remain beneath the site.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2026|ByALEX CARSON

Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) people in Tel Aviv in June.

Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community feels misunderstood. Here’s why - opinion

If haredim see that they are treated with understanding, respect, and sensitivity, they will more readily change and adapt in the service of the greater good

AUGUST 11, 2026|ByMOTI LEITNER

THE FORMER Romm Widow printing house, where the famed Vilna Shas edition of the Talmud was printed.

Exploring Vilnius: the Jerusalem of Lithuania and its Jewish past

A walk through Vilnius reveals a city of cobbled streets and cafés layered over Jewish heritage, from the Vilna Gaon’s legacy to the ruins of the Great Synagogue.

JUNE 13, 2026|ByJACOB MAOR

Letters to the editor: August 28, 2018

AUGUST 28, 2018ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Haredi parties split up in Jerusalem elections, first time in 30 years

The two haredi parties run on the joint ticket of United Torah Judaism in many municipalities around the country and have run together nationally in the UTJ alliance since 1992.

AUGUST 23, 2018ByJEREMY SHARON

MK Moshe Gafni (UTJ) speaks at a finance committee meeting on January 15th, 2018

Lost Shtetl Museum breaks ground in moving ceremony

Lithuanian president: The museum will bring back the names and faces of many families, friends and neighbors

MAY 10, 2018ByILANIT CHERNICK

Lithuanian students to lay the memorial capsule into the foundation of The Lost Shtetl Museum

Lithuanian bill would ban books critical of the country

The proposed law is said to be "one of the most blatant and harshest" laws curtailing free speech in Europe.

APRIL 3, 2018ByJTA

From darkness to the light

Lithuanian Jews helped build the country, and their legacy remains an integral part of Lithuanian history.

FEBRUARY 12, 2018ByLINAS LINKEVICIUS

A RED ROSE is pictured during the March of the Living to honor Holocaust victims in Paneriai, near Vilnius, Lithuania, in 2012.

Japan PM Abe honors 'Japanese Schindler' in Lithuania

The visit to Lithunia is the first by a Japanese prime minister and comes as Japan seeks greater cooperation with countries that were former adversaries in World War Two.

JANUARY 14, 2018ByREUTERS

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits a former home of Chiune Sugihara, a Jew-saving Japanese diplomat in Kaunas, Lithuania.

Lithuanian court nullifies Jewish community elections

The Dec. 21 ruling is the latest development in the fight against what many Lithuanian Jews consider a power grab by the community’s president, Faina Kukliansky.

DECEMBER 28, 2017ByJTA