Lithuania

The tiny silver Yad survived destruction at the hands of the Nazis and Soviets (Photo: Israel Antiquities Authority)

August 26, 2021, 3:52 pm

Archaeologists unearth tiny Torah pointer in ruins of Lithuanian synagogue

The Great Synagogue of Vilna had been destroyed by the Nazis and bulldozed by the Soviets

By Michael Daventry

The run-down Palace of Culture and Sport in Vilnius sits atop a former Jewish cemetery. (Wikimedia Commons)

August 18, 2021, 10:25 am

Lithuania abandons plan to build conference centre atop former Jewish cemetery

Government shelved controversial plans to build flashy conference centre on a former Jewish cemetery containing thousands of bodies — including many Jewish luminaries

By JTA

February 19, 2021, 8:57 am

How UK-Israel collaborations are transforming fintech

The pandemic has increased our reliance on innovation. Candice Krieger looks at UK-Israel partnerships and companies revolutionising the finance technology sector

By Candice Krieger

Both sides of a commemorative 10 euro coin celebrating the 300th birthday of the Vilna Gaon in Lithuania. (Courtesy of the Bank of Lithuania via JTA)

October 23, 2020, 5:40 pm

Lithuania mints first euro coin with Hebrew letters

10-euro coin was minted as a limited-edition commemorative collector’s item celebrating the 300th anniversary of the birth of the Vilna Gaon

By JTA

September 4, 2020, 3:14 pm

Monument to righteous gentiles planned in Vilnius

The city’s municipality and the Lithuanian Culture Ministry said the £220,000 project on Ona Šimaitė Street would be 'guided by principles of historical justice'

Hezbollah supporters in Beruit
(Credit Image: PROPA Images/ZUMAPRESS.com)

August 15, 2020, 7:04 pm

Lithuania bans Hezbollah-affiliated persons from entering its territory

Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius thanked Lithuanian and Israeli national security agencies for information that led to the decision

By JTA

July 17, 2020, 10:50 am

Top Shoah historian says Israel ‘collaborated’ with Holocaust distortion

Yehuda Bauer, 94, says Israel 'accepted the Polish narrative completely' over the Shoah, in order to protect the 'political and economic and security relationship' with the country

By Jewish News Reporter

June 26, 2020, 9:39 am

50,000 sign petition against centre being built on 500-year-old Vilnius cemetery

'It is sacred ground and should be restored as a cemetery and memorial park to which pilfered gravestones that turn up all over the city can be returned'

By Jewish News Reporter

April 24, 2020, 9:47 am

You can now take a virtual tour of Great Synagogue of Vilna under lockdown

Those who are house-bound because of the pandemic can “visit” the famous shul online after researchers recreated the site

By Jewish News Reporter

January 10, 2020, 12:54 pm

Lithuania to mark Year of the ‘Japanese Schindler’

2020 will honour Chiune Sugihara, a diplomat who saved almost 6,000 people from the Nazis while serving as an official in Europe during the Shoah

By Jewish News Reporter

December 7, 2019, 3:35 pm

Thirteen countries vote against a UN anti-Israel motion for the first time

Representatives from states including Germany, Greece Brazil and Colombia switch their positions

By JTA

September 16, 2019, 3:46 pm

Swastika of dirt and flowers placed in front of Lithuanian community HQ

Nazi symbol placed near the building in Vilnius with suggestions online it was intended to both intimidate and offend

By JTA

September 9, 2019, 12:32 pm

Demonstrators hang plaque honouring Lithuanian Nazi collaborator

Nationalists mounted memorial for Jonas Noreika on the external wall of the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences

By JTA

Smart t-shirt designed at ORT Herzl Technological School

September 6, 2019, 12:17 pm

Students from around the world show off teamwork in innovative projects

Prizes are awarded in memory of the late Gina and Joseph Harmatz, who played pivotal roles in ORT’s history.

By Jenni Frazer

Benjamin Netanyahu in the Choral Synagogue in Vilnius during a visit to Lithuania. Credit: Israeli PM on Twitter

August 11, 2019, 7:36 am

Lithuanian community reopens Vilnius shul days after contested closure

Synagogue u-turns decision to close after criticism that the move 'did not lead to greater unity'

By JTA

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