search

The latest Jewish News

Read this week’s digital edition

Click Here
More issues
Vilnius
Pic: Susannah Fields
September 10, 2024, 11:47 am
Edgware Torah scroll delivers lifeline to Lithuanian community
Progressive congregation in Vilnius will celebrate Rosh Hashanah with its own scroll for the first time since before the Second World War
By Michelle Rosenberg
Shmuel Zygielbojm
March 9, 2023, 6:53 pm
Millions of Bund pages to be digitised for posterity
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research will make publicly available papers of Jewish labour movement founded in Lithuania, including speeches delivered by anarchists and revolutionaries
By Jenni Frazer
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 Old Town of Vilnius, Lithuania
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'
The Old Town of Vilnius, Lithuania
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
Jonas Noreika
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
Benjamin Netanyahu in the Choral Synagogue in Vilnius during a visit to Lithuania. Credit: Israeli PM on Twitter
August 8, 2019, 9:50 am
Only functioning shul in Lithuania’s capital shuts down amid security concerns
European Jewish Congress calls on the government to take stronger action to protect Jews in Vilnius amid the closure
By JTA
The Old Town of Vilnius, Lithuania
July 28, 2019, 11:49 am
Vilnius mayor orders removal of plaque honouring alleged war criminal
Memorial honouring Jonas Noreika, a high-ranking police officer believed to have overseen the murder of Jews, was taken down in the Lithuanian capital
By JTA
The Old Town of Vilnius, Lithuania
July 25, 2019, 12:09 pm
Lithuania’s capital votes to rename street after antisemitic Nazi collaborator
Council of Vilnius sees motion to honour Kazio Skirpos pass by 21 to 16, with mayor Remigijus Simasius saying he was pleased with the result.
By JTA
While excavating the premises of the Great Synagogue of Vilna in Vilnius Old Town, archaeologists have unveiled two out of four pillars that were surrounding the pulpit (Credit: Vilnius City Municipality.)
July 19, 2019, 1:36 pm
Archaeologists discover pillars of bimah during excavation of Vilna synagogue
Historians expressed their delight this week in what they describe as “significant findings”, in what was once a hub of European Jewish life
Pope laying a wreath before praying at the site
September 26, 2018, 3:37 pm
Pope prays at site of former Vilnius Ghetto to mark 75-years since liquidation
Catholic leader offered prayers in the presence of survivors and members of the local Jewish community
By JTA
Pope Francis (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
September 24, 2018, 9:08 am
Pope Francis warns against rebirth of antisemitism that fuelled the Holocaust
Catholic leader marks annual remembrance for Lithuania's Jewish community on the second day of his Baltic tour
Jonas Noreika
August 3, 2018, 1:49 pm
Lithuanian national hero was ‘enthusiastic’ Jew killer, local Jews say
Community urges local authorities to take down plaque honouring anti-Soviet fighter Jonas Noreika
By JTA
Video shows recreation of the Bimah at the old Vilna shul
July 27, 2018, 1:48 pm
Archaeologists unearthed the bimah of the Great Synagogue of Vilnius
International team find 17th century relic that saved from the site of a building destroyed by the Nazis and Soviets
By JTA
The Old Town of Vilnius, Lithuania
December 28, 2017, 12:02 pm
Lithuanian court nullifies Jewish community elections
Ruling by Vilnius judge challenges the current Jewish leadership's legal authority
By JTA
Load More