Lithuanian jews
Lithuania ruling party to stay in coalition with political ally convicted of hatred against Jews
The founder of the populist Nemunas Dawn party, Remigijus Zemaitaitis, was fined 5,000 euros ($5,800) last week for a series of social media posts against Jews and downplaying the Holocaust.
Marching to Ponary: Remembering the Lithuanian Jewish Community
Vilna Jewish leadership betray their heritage - opinion
Lithuania scraps planning by Jewish groups to convert sports complex into Jewish heritage site
Books: The Vilna Vegetarian Cookbook
A 1938 vegetarian Jewish cookbook gets a new life – and a translation from Yiddish.
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”
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Lithuanian link
Sara Manobla explores her family roots in the town of Zagare.
Accepting Zagare
This is a story of facing and coming to terms with history. Accepting Zagare was something all of us found ourselves doing – in Zagare – on July 13, 2012.
Lithuanian Jewish writer Icchokas Meras dies in Israel, aged 79
Decorated writer was a Holocaust survivor who was saved as a small boy by a Lithuanian family.
