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Exploring Vilnius: the Jerusalem of Lithuania and its Jewish past

A walk through Vilnius reveals a city of cobbled streets and cafés layered over Jewish heritage, from the Vilna Gaon’s legacy to the ruins of the Great Synagogue.

THE FORMER Romm Widow printing house, where the famed Vilna Shas edition of the Talmud was printed.
Colombia's President Gustavo Petro gestures as he speaks during an interview with AFP at the Casa de Narino Presidential Palace in Bogota in June, 2026.

Heil Hitler? Petro links Israel to ‘Nazi’ tactics in Latin America

‘Sausages,’ Stav Rozental (see Saturday).

Jerusalem highlights: June 5-11

Siddur from 1934, found hidden under the floorboards of an attic in what used to be Bedzin's Jewish Ghetto, May 27, 2026.

Star of David band, siddur found under attic floorboards in building from Bedzin's Jewish Ghetto


Peruvian president claims Jews pushed Germany into war because 'they controlled banks'

The comments were made on Tuesday during a speech at a ceremony for the 138th anniversary of the Chamber of Commerce of Lima.

JOSE BALCAZAR leaves the Faustino Sanchez Carrion building after he was elected as interim president, following a session by Peruvian lawmakers to choose a new leader of Congress to assume Peru's presidency, in Lima, Peru, February 18, 2026.

Son of Holocaust survivors, granddaughter of a Nazi confront their separate inheritances

“Inheritance: Love, Loss and the Legacy of the Holocaust,” written by a Holocaust survivor and the granddaughter of a Nazi, is based on family letters, archival research, and visits to Europe.

Charlie Scheidt and Kat Rohrer are the co-authors of “Inheritance: Love, Loss and the Legacy of the Holocaust.”

New ‘information center’ in Polish town denies murders of Jews by local Poles in 1941

The information center was installed earlier this month and celebrated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, which Wojciech Sumlinski, a right-wing Polish activist, shared online.

A container installed near the site of the Jedwabne pogrom proclaims in Polish, "The earth doesn't lie." The container, installed in April 2026, promotes the narrative that Nazis, not Poles, killed the Jews of Jedwabne in 1941.

Were your ancestors Nazis? New research tool allows people to find out

Soon after the publication of the search engine, users took to social media to share their discoveries of Nazi ancestors.

A mass rally of Berliners took place in the Sportpalast, where Nazi Reich Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda and Gauleiter of Berlin, Dr. Joseph Goebbels, with ruthless frankness, described the danger facing Europe, 1943.

Congress removes deadline for Holocaust-looted art claims, opening door to more restitution

The controversial "sunset clause" of a 2016 law led watchdogs to believe that those owning looted works were purposefully obscuring them from public view until the deadline had passed.

A judge ruled in 2026 that Amedeo Modigliani's "Seated Man with a Cane," shown here in part, must be returned to the family of the man who owned it before the Holocaust.

From Lithuania to Jerusalem, a Holocaust survivor shares his story with diplomats

At the event organized by Zikaron Basalon and the Anti-Defamation League at the latter’s Jerusalem office, Clevs brought the diplomats back in time to when he was eight years old.

A Zikaron Basalon event held at the Anti-Defamation League office in Jerusalem on April 14, 2026.

Florida Jewish community says kaddish for children killed in Holocaust

The Conservative synagogue calls the program "Remember a Child," and at least a third of the members in the 150-family congregation participate.

RENEE ALBERSHEIM was murdered during the Holocaust. A Jewish couple in Florida has said the Mourner's Kaddish for her daily for years.

The shadow of Aushchwitz's Angel of Death: The horrors of Dr. Mengele

The blood-soaked history of the twentieth century remembers no darker medical figure than Josef Mengele. His atrocities included the severe torture of twins and people with disabilities.

Josef Mengele. Took pride in his twisted deeds

Antisemitism is returning – and the world is silent, again - opinion

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer statements suggesting that a confrontation with Iran is not Britain’s concern, raise serious questions about whether the West is willing to learn from history.

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a press conference at Downing Street in London, Britain, April 1, 2026.

Grapevine, April 10, 2026: Toxic antisemitism

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

PEOPLE ATTEND a vigil organised by the Campaign Against Antisemitism and Chabad UK to honour victims of the Bondi attack in Sydney and mark the second night of Hanukkah, in London, Britain, December 15, 2025.