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Lithuanian bill would ban books critical of the country

The proposed law is said to be "one of the most blatant and harshest" laws curtailing free speech in Europe.

By JTA

Lithuanian court nullifies Jewish community elections

The Dec. 21 ruling is the latest development in the fight against what many Lithuanian Jews consider a power grab by the community’s president, Faina Kukliansky.

By JTA

Writer censored for accusing Lithuanian hero of Holocaust crimes

The recall of Vanagaitė’s books came one day after she revealed that she is in a relationship with Efraim Zuroff, an Israeli Nazi hunter

By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA

Volunteers, students and archaeologists excavate two recently uncovered mikves once belonging to the

Discovery in Lithuania: archeologists find ruins of Great Synagogue

Archeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority have found mikves, bathhouses, and other fascinating finds.

By TIRAN GOLDSTEIN

A RED ROSE is pictured during the March of the Living to honor Holocaust victims in Paneriai, near V

Lithuania reconsiders plans to build atop destroyed Jewish cemetery

Rabbis and activists met with the Lithuanian ambassador to the US to discuss the convention center to be built on top of the former Snipiskes Cemetery.

By JTA

Lithuanian citizenship law part of ‘healing process’ for Litvaks

While a sudden influx of Jews to Lithuania is not expected, the government’s amendment has multi-faceted ramifications.

By TAMARA ZIEVE

Lithuania easing restrictions for Jews to reclaim citizenship

South African Jewish community – home to tens of thousands of former Litvaks – lauds government decision.

By TAMARA ZIEVE,JTA

Lithuanian Jews call for government to publish list of Nazi collaborators

The Genocide Center has given the government a list containing 2,055 names of supposed perpetrators but Vilnius neither published it nor made any attempt to investigate the people concerned.

By SAM SOKOL