Lithuanian jews

Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community feels misunderstood. Here’s why - opinion

If haredim see that they are treated with understanding, respect, and sensitivity, they will more readily change and adapt in the service of the greater good

Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) people in Tel Aviv in June.
THE FORMER Romm Widow printing house, where the famed Vilna Shas edition of the Talmud was printed.

Exploring Vilnius: the Jerusalem of Lithuania and its Jewish past

A Zikaron Basalon event held at the Anti-Defamation League office in Jerusalem on April 14, 2026.

From Lithuania to Jerusalem, a Holocaust survivor shares his story with diplomats

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


Israeli researcher to attend opening of Gandhi-Kallenbach ‘monument of friendship’ in Lithuania

Statues of Gandhi and Kallenbach have been placed near a historic synagogue on a river bank in the small western town of Rusne, near the Russian border.

THE STATUES of Mahatma Gandhi and Hermann Kallenbach due to be unveiled on October 2

Lithuania posthumously strips Nazi collaborator of honors

Pranas Končius-Adomas is stripped of the Order of the Cross of Vytis "in response to an appeal by the Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania.”

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

Vilnius announces plan to buy land parcel in Jewish graveyard

Jewish groups slam statement issued over Rosh Hashana.

The old Jewish cemetery in Vilnius, circa 1922

Lithuanian PM to Post: Vilnius one of Israel’s ‘strongest partners’ in EU

Butkevicius says ‘no equation’ between Holocaust and Soviet-era crimes and repression.

Algirdas Butkevičius

Lithuania and the rewriting of history

The Lithuanian government ties to minimize the highly significant role of local Nazi collaborators in Holocaust crimes.

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

Cemetery controversy ‘Much Ado about Nothing,’ say Lithuanian Jewish leaders

The Lithuanian organized Jewish community minimized the concerns of opponents of the plan, calling it the “best way to honor the memory of the dead."

Vilnius, Lithuania

Rabbinic delegation asks Lithuania to cancel planned conference center in Vilna cemetery

The government plan to develop the complex in the middle of the ancient Snipiskes Cemetery in Vilnius has aroused spirited opposition.

Vilnius, Lithuania

Lithuanian PM: Sports complex in Jewish cemetery to be built with ‘proper respect'

Wiesenthal Center’s Zuroff: It’s a case of cover-up in the desecration of the ancient facility.

Vilnius, Lithuania

Lithuanian chief rabbi fired over cemetery dispute

Burstein calls community chairwoman ‘dictator’ and demands to know what financial arrangements were made between Jewish representatives and Vilnius authorities

Vilnius, Lithuania

Anger flares over Lithuania sports complex planned over Jewish graveyard

"The many thousands buried here have no descendants or relatives to stand up for the integrity and dignity of their graves precisely because of the Holocaust," says a Vilnius-based scholar.

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