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


From darkness to the light

Lithuanian Jews helped build the country, and their legacy remains an integral part of Lithuanian history.

A RED ROSE is pictured during the March of the Living to honor Holocaust victims in Paneriai, near Vilnius, Lithuania, in 2012.

Japan PM Abe honors 'Japanese Schindler' in Lithuania

The visit to Lithunia is the first by a Japanese prime minister and comes as Japan seeks greater cooperation with countries that were former adversaries in World War Two.

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits a former home of Chiune Sugihara, a Jew-saving Japanese diplomat in Kaunas, Lithuania.

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.

Vilnius, Lithuania

Who will lead the Haredim?

The future of Haredim after the passing of Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews gather during the funeral ceremony of prominent spiritual leader Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman, who died on Tuesday at the age of 104, in Bnei Brak

Memories from the ashes

Max Leibowitz recalls his roots in Lithuania

A sign in Yiddish, Hebrew and Lithuanian saying,‘In this place the Hitlerist murderers and their local helpers in the year of 1941 murdered 250 Jews, children, women and men’

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

Vilnius, Lithuania

Thousands of Jewish documents lost during the Holocaust discovered

Among the finds are letters written by Sholem Aleichem, a postcard by Marc Chagall, and poems and manuscripts by Chaim Grade.

YIVO unveils lost Jewish documents thought to have been destroyed during the Holocaust

Lithuanian FM: ‘Holocaust memory is important, but ties with Israel are the future’

Lithuania has been a staunch diplomatic ally for Israel, particularly at the UN and the within the EU.

LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER Linas Linkevicius presents Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a replica of a little girl from a Holocaust memorial in Lithuania during their meeting in Jerusalem on Monday.

‘Hatikva’ moments

Isn’t it all just bizarre? A “Hatikva moment” deluxe.

Sylvan Adams is an avid amateur cyclist whose medal haul includes five golds at Maccabiah games

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.

A RED ROSE is pictured during the March of the Living to honor Holocaust victims in Paneriai, near Vilnius, Lithuania, in 2012.