Lithuanian jews

Marching to Ponary: Remembering the Lithuanian Jewish Community

Holocaust Survivor Arnold Cleves: "The Jews contributed so much to Lithuanian culture [...] but unfortunately we were not treated well. Don't make the same mistake again: Help the state of Israel."

March of the Living from Vilnius to Ponary
 Vilnius, Lithuania

Vilna Jewish leadership betray their heritage - opinion

The Vilnius Palace of Concerts and Sports.

Lithuania scraps planning by Jewish groups to convert sports complex into Jewish heritage site

 Social Democrats leader Vilija Blinkeviciute and a member Gintautas Paluckas attend a press conference after party winning at the general election in Vilnius, Lithuania October 28, 2024.

Lithuania government to include party whose leader is on trial for antisemitism


March of Living marks Memorial Day for Genocide of Lithuanian Jews with Kaunas and Vilnius marches

Lithuanian Prime Minister Šimonytė: "The hatred that destroyed millions of lives in the past is still alive. We cannot allow the shadows of the dark past to return to our daily lives."

 Holocaust survivor Eli Gotz  at March

Fania Brantsovsky, last living Vilna ghetto partisan resistance fighter, dies at 102

Fania Brantsovsky, the last survivor of the Vilna ghetto and a Yiddish culture advocate, died at 102, mourning a rich Jewish past.

 Vilnius, Lithuania

‘Megillat Ruth’: The diary of a young woman from Vilna

This extraordinary book affords readers the privilege of joining Ruth as she navigates her perilous path through the Holocaust.

 FOUR GENERATIONS of the Engles family attend Eva and David Engles’ 50th wedding anniversary celebration, in Jerusalem, 2021.

Archeologists rediscover Vilna's lost Jewish heritage

Archaeologists uncover the Great Synagogue of Vilna's ornate floors and monumental pillars, revealing Lithuania's vibrant Jewish past.

 Dr. Jon Seligman of the Israel Antiquities Authority on the colourful floor of the main prayer hall of the Great Synagogue of Vilna.

A Zionist story from the founding days of the State of Israel

'I am experiencing the birth pangs of the state... This time I am fighting for my country, for my homeland, not just words,' Levin wrote.

 DAVID BEN-GURION officially declares the State of Israel, in Tel Aviv’s Independence Hall, May 14, 1948.

By ignoring radical Islamic ideology, 'we will pay for this mistake' Jewish Lithuanian MP says

Member of Parliament Emanuelis Zingeris speaks candidly about the evolution of the Islamic State group, the weakening of democracies, and the absence of student demonstrations.

 People demonstrate on the day of a vote on the motion calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in London, Britain, February 21, 2024.

Latvia, Lithuania pay Holocaust survivors and heirs for their stolen property

Both of the Baltic nations contained rich centers of Jewish life and history before World War II.

 The flags, from left to right, of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania at a ceremony in Riga, Latvia, in 2012.

Vilnius marks 700 years, but Lithuanian Jews reflect on darker era

Vilnius 700 events are scheduled through the end of the year, ensuring that the tensions over history and memory in the city continue to simmer.

 LITHUANIA’S PRESIDENTIAL palace in the foreground, as seen from the tower of Vilnius University.

Yad Vashem chairman 'encouraged' by Holocaust remembrance in Lithuania

Dayan was invited as the keynote speaker for a special meeting of the Lithuanian Parliament and to participate in commemorative activities honoring the Holocaust victims in Lithuania.

 Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan speaking at the Lithuanian parliament, September 21, 2023.

Russian media releases declassified documents on the Holocaust – report

Russia has released new documents claiming that Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were highly involved in the murder of Jews during the Holocaust.

 Members of Latvian Auxiliary Police assemble a group of Jews, Liepāja, July, 1941.

Rabbi Edelstein's death starts era of decentralized rabbinic leadership - analysis

Edelstein was the latest in a long line of gadolei hador, senior haredi rabbis, in Israel. But there are no official heirs to the throne anymore. The inheritance wars have begun.

 A crowd of ultra-Orthodox Jews are seen at the funeral of Rabbi Gershon Edelstein in Bnei Brak, Israel, on May 30, 2023.