Lithuania

‘In Lithuania, there is institutional and legal antisemitism’

The Lost Shtetl Museum in Seduva opens as antisemitism resurfaces in Lithuania’s governing coalition.

LITHUANIAN SOLDIERS lay a wreath during the Lithuanian-Jewish genocide commemoration ceremony honoring Holocaust victims, in Paneriai, near Vilnius.
 The main entrance to the Vilnius Ghetto in Lithuania during World War II.

Holocaust education: Why telling Lithuania’s Jewish story matters more than ever - opinion

ZALGIRIS GUARD Maodo Lo (in red), a veteran of top European clubs and a regular member of the German national team, brings extensive international experience into tonight’s Euroeague matchup against host Maccabi Tel Aviv.

‘It’s a marathon, not a sprint’: Zalgiris, Lo eye big night vs Maccabi Tel Aviv

Prominent Jewish communal leader Rabbi Julius Berman dies at 90.

Orthodox rabbi Julius Berman, who influenced secular and observant Jewish institutions, dies at 90


Mikvahs unearthed at Vilnius synagogue destroyed by Nazis

Archaeologists unearthed parts of the Great Synagogue of Vilnius, with one of the main findings being two mikvahs, or ritual baths, the Israel Antiquities Authority revealed on Thursday.

Synagogue 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

Israel takes center stage as U18 FIBA Challenger Tournament tips off in Tel Aviv

The Under-18 Israel National team will be hosting a FIBA Challenger tournament this week in Tel Aviv.

IDO MENCHEL will star for Israel in this week’s FIBA Challenger event in Tel Aviv.

German soldiers dismissed from service for singing antisemitic songs

The soldiers were in Lithuania as part of NATO's Enhanced Forward Presence mission providing protection to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia by deterring Russia.

Soldiers of the German armed forces Bundeswehr train for "Voluntary military service in homeland security" in Berlin, Germany, April 27, 2021

Ten things you didn’t know about Hayyim of Volozhin on his 200th yahrzeit

The great Lithuanian rabbi passed away on May 25, 1821.

VOLOZHIN YESHIVA, in what is today Belarus.

Grapevine May 26, 2021: Politicization of the court?

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu meets with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas in Jerusalem in 2015.

Belarus scrambles jet to force plane to land and arrests opponent, sparking fury

Law enforcers detained activist Roman Protasevich, 26, who had been put on a wanted list after last year's mass street protests following an election in which Lukashenko claimed a landslide victory.

A Ryanair Boeing 737-800 plane

Israelis and Lithuanians compete in chess event to strengthen ties

The event, which was held online, was attended by 191 participants from both countries.

A screenshot from the Israel-Lithuania chess event.

Yad Vashem opens exhibition 80 years since Operation Barbarossa

A new online exhibition tells unpublished accounts of Jewish families caught up in the horror of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union and the onset of the Holocaust.

The Bernstein Family from Ylakiai in Lithuania during the Holocaust.

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