Lithuanian jews
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.
Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community feels misunderstood. Here’s why - opinion
Exploring Vilnius: the Jerusalem of Lithuania and its Jewish past
From Lithuania to Jerusalem, a Holocaust survivor shares his story with diplomats
Experiencing the Jewish past, present in Vilnius, Riga - opinion
My experiences in Jewish Vilnius and Riga on the ground, although brief, gave me an extraordinary opportunity to discover meaningful aspects of Jewish life in both places.
Israeli med students abroad: 'we'll be forced to take exams on Yom Kippur'
Jewish students at LSMU University shared that they were "forced to participate in classes and/or exams on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, against their traditions and beliefs."
Why do we mourn on Tisha Be'av? - opinion
Tisha Be’Av asks the ultimate questions, the same ones which Job confronted: Why do we lose what is most precious? Why do we suffer?
Two Holocaust memorials smeared with antisemitic, pro-Russian slurs
"The Ponary massacre" took place between 1941 and 1944 near the railway station at Ponary (now Paneriai), About 100,000 Jews, Poles and Russians, were murdered.
Antique machzor makes aliyah
150-year-old machzor finds its way home
Lithuania's speaker talks on her first visit to Israel
Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, who is also a chess grandmaster, talks about her first visit to Israel.
Uncovering a family's tragic Holocaust story
Like many of my generation, brought up in the safe confines of South Africa during and after the Second World War, I assumed that my whole family was as fortunate as my father and his siblings.
Vilnius: Step back in time to Jewish Vilna and marvel at modern Lithuania
The Jerusalem Post Podcast - Travel Edition, Episode 20
Lithuania, March of the Living to march in memory of Holocaust
A memorial ceremony will see the participants march from the Rudninku Square in Vilnius, which was the site of the Jewish ghetto during the Holocaust and concluded at Ponar, the site of a mass grave.
Remains of Torah Ark destroyed by Nazis found in Lithuania
A Torah ark is what holds the Torah scrolls. The bimah refers to a raised platform with a reading desk in a synagogue.
