Lithuanian jews
Exploring Vilnius: the Jerusalem of Lithuania and its Jewish past
A walk through Vilnius reveals a city of cobbled streets and cafés layered over Jewish heritage, from the Vilna Gaon’s legacy to the ruins of the Great Synagogue.
From Lithuania to Jerusalem, a Holocaust survivor shares his story with diplomats
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
Why do we mourn on Tisha Be'av? - opinion
Tisha Be’Av asks the ultimate questions, the same ones which Job confronted: Why do we lose what is most precious? Why do we suffer?
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.
