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.
From Vilna to Eretz Yisrael: One Holocaust survivor's journey to Israel
Lithuania ruling party to stay in coalition with political ally convicted of hatred against Jews
Marching to Ponary: Remembering the Lithuanian Jewish Community
Two Holocaust memorials smeared with antisemitic, pro-Russian slurs
"The Ponary massacre" took place between 1941 and 1944 near the railway station at Ponary (now Paneriai), About 100,000 Jews, Poles and Russians, were murdered.
Antique machzor makes aliyah
150-year-old machzor finds its way home
Lithuania's speaker talks on her first visit to Israel
Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, who is also a chess grandmaster, talks about her first visit to Israel.
Uncovering a family's tragic Holocaust story
Like many of my generation, brought up in the safe confines of South Africa during and after the Second World War, I assumed that my whole family was as fortunate as my father and his siblings.
Vilnius: Step back in time to Jewish Vilna and marvel at modern Lithuania
The Jerusalem Post Podcast - Travel Edition, Episode 20
Lithuania, March of the Living to march in memory of Holocaust
A memorial ceremony will see the participants march from the Rudninku Square in Vilnius, which was the site of the Jewish ghetto during the Holocaust and concluded at Ponar, the site of a mass grave.
Remains of Torah Ark destroyed by Nazis found in Lithuania
A Torah ark is what holds the Torah scrolls. The bimah refers to a raised platform with a reading desk in a synagogue.
Activist turns anti-Nazi act into commodified digital art
The renegade human rights activist has turned his destructive political art performance into a non-fungible token - a digital piece of art that can be bought and sold.
Israel-Lithuania relations and the year of the Vilna Gaon - opinion
The Lithuanian Parliament dedicated 2020, the 300th anniversary of the Gaon’s birth, to commemorate this world famous sage, and the country's 700-year-old Jewish history.
Lithuania mints first euro coin with Hebrew letters
The heads side of the coin features the Hebrew letter shin, followed by the acronym in Hebrew of Gaon Rabbi Elijah.