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השלט בכניסה למחנה הריכוז וההשמדה אושוויץ
Lithuanian man fined $550 for Nazi salute at Auschwitz, local police say
Museum security detained the 26-year-old Lithuanian on Saturday and summoned police; he admitted to promoting Nazism, a criminal offense in Poland punishable by a fine or up to three years in prison, and prosecutors were notified of the incident
Itamar Eichner | 10.14.26
העיר העתיקה של וילנה
‘Don't wait for tragedy’: Lithuania's Jewish leader warns of rising antisemitism
After three threats to bomb a synagogue and kill Jews, community chair Faina Kukliansky warns that unarmed volunteers protect Jewish schools and religious sites, while vital security alerts come from abroad rather than Lithuanian authorities
Itamar Eichner | 10.10.26
העיר העתיקה של וילנה
A medieval blood libel about Jews resurfaces in Lithuania, exposing Europe's oldest hatred
A respected Lithuanian broadcaster felt compelled to debunk a medieval blood libel about Jews and Passover, a disturbing reminder that old-fashioned antisemitism is resurfacing across Europe alongside growing hostility toward Israel
Ron Ben-Yishai | 10.10.26
רוסיה בחירות פרלמנט נשיא ולדימיר פוטין
Russian nuclear strike threat against Lithuania sparks alarm, then disappears
A Kremlin-linked column threatened Lithuania with a blitzkrieg and nuclear strike before being removed as inconsistent with Russia's official position, alarming the Baltics; Putin dismissed Western fears, saying Moscow has no plans to attack
ynet | 09.26.26
בית הקברות היהודי בווילנה ב-1922
US envoy blasts plan for conference center on historic Vilnius Jewish cemetery
Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun warns Lithuania that redeveloping the Snipiskes cemetery site would deepen its desecration and insult 600 years of Jewish history
Itamar Eichner | 09.05.26
צילום מסך
Blogger in Vilnius spits at 3 Israeli rabbis, shouts antisemitic epithets
'Get out of Lithuania, go home,' shouted suspect Gintaras Liutkevičius, arrested on suspicion of inciting national and religious hatred; Jewish leaders called the incident serious but rare, warning such rhetoric could spur further attacks
Itamar Eichner | 07.12.26
ראש ממשלת ליטא אינגה רוגיניינה
Eastern Europe on edge: Lithuania closes Belarus border, could invoke NATO Article 4
Lithuania shut its border with Belarus after weeks of smuggling balloons drifted into its airspace, calling the launches part of a 'hybrid war' against Europe; Vilnius says it may call NATO consultations as tensions with Moscow and Minsk intensify
ynet, News Agencies | 10.27.25
אחד הבתים של משפחת לפין, לפני השואה
Lithuania pays symbolic compensation for stolen Jewish property
Some 340 Holocaust survivors of Lithuanian descent or their heirs have received about €20,000 each from the government; One recipient says the sum 'barely scratches the bottom threshold of compensation and doesn’t come close to the property’s value'
Itamar Eichner | 07.15.25
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Holocaust survivor Aharon Barak: 'Israel is the safest place for Jews'
Former President of the Supreme Court of Israel recounts about his life as a child in the Kovno Ghetto, antisemitism and resilience
Havatzelet Damari | 04.23.25
האמנית דובילה דאגיינה
Lithuanian artist commemorates children of Vilna ghetto by embedding their photos on plants
Artist and photographer Dovilė Dagienė says that, like plants, these children tried to adapt to the harshest conditions in the ghetto
Shmuel Munitz | 06.24.24
Ponar march: Prime Minister of Lithuania, Ingrida Šimonytė along with other senior Lithuanian Government officials and the International Commission
Remembering Lithuania's Ponary massacre
Marking 80 years since the liquidation of the Vilnius Ghetto: a march from the Jewish Ghetto in Vilnius to the mass grave at Ponary where most of Lithuanian Jews were murdered between 1941-1943
Hod Bass | 09.21.23
מטבע
Lithuania to issue first-ever euro coin featuring Hebrew inscription
Coin will be issued in honor of the 'Year of the Vilna Gaon and the History of the Jews of Lithuania'; critics claim Menorah symbol on coin's obverse used by far right, neo-Nazi groups in Baltic state
Itamar Eichner, Ilan Levinsohn | 11.20.19
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