Jews in lithuania

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

Yad Vashem chairman 'encouraged' by Holocaust remembrance in Lithuania

 The main entrance to the Vilnius Ghetto in Lithuania during World War II.

'Lithuanian Slaughter of Its Jews': Testimonies from Holocaust survivors - review

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

Russian media releases declassified documents on the Holocaust – report


Al Jaffee, iconic Mad Magazine cartoonist, dies at 102

For cartoon consumers associated with the Chabad-Lubavitch Jewish movement Jaffee’s most important contribution came in a different publication, The Moshiach Times.

Festival special guest Sam Viviano has been art director of ‘Mad’ magazine for over 18 years

Grigory Kanovich, award-winning author who chronicled Lithuanian Jewry, dies at 93

The writer was well-known for bringing attention to the Lithuanian-Jewish experience.

A memorial candle for Holocaust Remembrance Day

Grigory Kanovich, award-winning author who chronicled Lithuanian Jewry, dies at 93

A memorial candle for Holocaust Remembrance Day

Lithuania passes law allocating nearly $40 million for Holocaust survivors

The bill passed with an overwhelming, but not unanimous majority in the country with a checkered history in Holocaust remembrance.

 A view of the Lithuanian parliament and national library in Vilnius.

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?

 The menorah from the Second Temple is depicted being carried by Romans on the Arch of Titus.

Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas is honored in a Lithuania still grappling with the Nazi era

The scene of horrific murders of Jews by locals during the Holocaust, Kaunas is at the center of an ongoing controversy over how perpetrators should be treated.

 A bicycle path passes on either side of a monument to Holocaust survivors buried in a mass grave in Šiauliai, Lithuania, pictured on Nov. 10, 2021.

Battle for 500-year-old Vilna Jewish cemetery turns a corner

“Save Vilna is currently in the process of putting together the Save Vilna Restoration Proposal, which we will be submitting to the government for consideration.”

 Demonstration outside Palace of Concerts and Sports in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Lithuania abandons plan to build conference center atop former Jewish cemetery

Lithuania cancelled plans to build a conference center on top of what used to be the Piramont Cemetery after an outcry from the country's Jewish community.

A monument honoring the victims of the Ponary massacre near Vilnius, Lithuania

Lithuanians still coming to grips with slaughter of Jews 80 years ago

Lithuania was beautiful to visit. I was, however, overwhelmed with sadness. Like most South African Jews, my ancestors came from Lithuania and my family tree has family who perished in the Holocaust.

Former Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite stands under pictures of Jews killed in the Holocaust during a visit to Yad Vashem’s Hall of Names in 2015

Activist turns anti-Nazi act into commodified digital art

The renegade human rights activist has turned his destructive political art performance into a non-fungible token - a digital piece of art that can be bought and sold.

A screenshot of Prof. Dr. Stanislovas Tomas' video in which he destroys a Nazi collaborator's plaque

Lithuania mints first euro coin with Hebrew letters

The heads side of the coin features the Hebrew letter shin, followed by the acronym in Hebrew of Gaon Rabbi Elijah.

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