Lithuanian jews
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
Exploring Vilnius: the Jerusalem of Lithuania and its Jewish past
From Lithuania to Jerusalem, a Holocaust survivor shares his story with diplomats
From Vilna to Eretz Yisrael: One Holocaust survivor's journey to Israel
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.
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.