Lithuanian jews

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.
The Ninth Fort Memorial for Kovno Ghetto Jews executed by the Nazis, in Kaunus (Kovno), Lithuania.

From Vilna to Eretz Yisrael: One Holocaust survivor's journey to Israel

Dawn of Nemunas Party leader Remigijus Zemaitaitis attends a press conference after general election in Vilnius, Lithuania October 28, 2024.

Lithuania ruling party to stay in coalition with political ally convicted of hatred against Jews

March of the Living from Vilnius to Ponary

Marching to Ponary: Remembering the Lithuanian Jewish Community


Lithuania's Jews request halt to WWII mass grave excavation over 'humiliating' methods

The issue of potentially finding human remains was brought to the city’s attention before road construction began; Some 700 people are buried at the site.

A memorial candle

Lithuanian Jewish cemetery restored

“Murderers could not kill our memory. We are back because our memory is stronger than their bullets."

The Jewish cemetery of Šeduva, a Lithuanian town once home to a majority of Jews

Books: The Vilna Vegetarian Cookbook

A 1938 vegetarian Jewish cookbook gets a new life – and a translation from Yiddish.

Fania Lewando proves that Ashkenazi food is more than meat and potatoes.

Israel opens its first embassy in Lithuania, pre-war home to 250,000 Jews

“Flying a flag here in Vilnius carries a special significance. This is a country which is a cornerstone in Jewish heritage, where some of the great Jewish thinkers came from”

Vilnius, Lithuania

Lithuanian fascists march beneath swastikas near execution site of 10,000 Jews

“This march is particularly offensive because it is taking place where locals and Nazis murdered more than 10,000 Jews in one day.”

A man walks past a sign at a commemoration place during the March of the Living to honor Holocaust victims in Paneriai near Vilnius, Lithuania

Lithuanian Jews, Zuroff spar over Holocaust research center

Zuroff has been a harsh critic of the Baltic states’ approach to the Holocaust, accusing countries such as Lithuania of rewriting the narrative to create equivalence between Soviet and Nazi crimes.

Efraim Zuroff

Travel: Let’s take it slow in Lithuania

Lithuania is a land where nature comes to the forefront and time, occasionally, comes to a stop.

Vilnius, Lithuania

April 11: Hatred and Chuptzah

After the Germans invaded the Soviet Union, the Lithuanians were so eager to see the Jews in Wirballen (and a great many other places) dead that they did not wait for the Germans to show up.

Letters 370

Jewish leadership in the Baltic states

The end of Soviet/Communist oppression and persecution presented a wonderful opportunity for the type of meaningful Jewish life taken for granted elsewhere in the Jewish world.

A man walks in the Jewish cemetery near Vilnius.

The Lithuanian link

Sara Manobla explores her family roots in the town of Zagare.

THE LAST Jew of Zagare, Isaac Mendelssohn, poses with his wife, Aldona