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
Meet the Ambassador: An ambassador at home in Israel
Lithuanian envoy Edminas Bagdonas marks his year representing his country in Israel by organizing visits from his prime minister and president.
Speakers at anti-Semitism confab accused of Holocaust distortion
“As far as combatting anti-Semitism, local institutions can be characterized as totally worthless in terms of fulfilling their ostensible function in Lithuanian society.”
Israeli researcher to attend opening of Gandhi-Kallenbach ‘monument of friendship’ in Lithuania
Statues of Gandhi and Kallenbach have been placed near a historic synagogue on a river bank in the small western town of Rusne, near the Russian border.
Lithuania posthumously strips Nazi collaborator of honors
Pranas Končius-Adomas is stripped of the Order of the Cross of Vytis "in response to an appeal by the Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania.”
Vilnius announces plan to buy land parcel in Jewish graveyard
Jewish groups slam statement issued over Rosh Hashana.
Lithuanian PM to Post: Vilnius one of Israel’s ‘strongest partners’ in EU
Butkevicius says ‘no equation’ between Holocaust and Soviet-era crimes and repression.
Lithuania and the rewriting of history
The Lithuanian government ties to minimize the highly significant role of local Nazi collaborators in Holocaust crimes.
Cemetery controversy ‘Much Ado about Nothing,’ say Lithuanian Jewish leaders
The Lithuanian organized Jewish community minimized the concerns of opponents of the plan, calling it the “best way to honor the memory of the dead."
Rabbinic delegation asks Lithuania to cancel planned conference center in Vilna cemetery
The government plan to develop the complex in the middle of the ancient Snipiskes Cemetery in Vilnius has aroused spirited opposition.
Lithuanian PM: Sports complex in Jewish cemetery to be built with ‘proper respect'
Wiesenthal Center’s Zuroff: It’s a case of cover-up in the desecration of the ancient facility.