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Excavations reveal decorated floor of Vilna’s Great Synagogue

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Excavations of the Great Synagogue of Vilna, Lithuania, destroyed by the Nazis during the Holocaust, have revealed the floor of the main prayer hall, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Thursday. The uncovered sections...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greets his Lithuanian counterpart Ingrida Šimonytė in Jerusalem, June 12, 2023. Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO.

Netanyahu touts ‘excellent relations’ in meeting with Lithuanian premier

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė in Jerusalem on Monday. "Lithuania and Israel have excellent relations, which are going to become even stronger, even better in your visit. And you're indeed...
Stone in memory of Jonas Noreika, Šukioniai, Pakruojis district in Lithuania. Credit: Vilensija via Wikimedia Commons.

Jewish students protest Lithuania’s glorification of Nazi collaborator

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More than 100 students and teachers from the Rambam Mesivta High School in Lawrence, N.Y., protested outside New York City’s Lithuanian Consulate in mid-March. Their signs proclaimed “No Honor for Noreika” and “Noreika—Is He...
Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis visits the Garden of the Righteous at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, March 2, 2023. Courtesy of the Lithuanian Embassy.

Lithuanian FM pays respect to great-grandmother honored by Yad Vashem

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The foreign minister of Lithuania on Thursday honored the memory of his great-grandmother, who had been recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations for risking her life to save a Jewish girl during the...
Flags of European Union member nations near Europa Square in Vilnius, Lithuania. Credit: Šarūnas Burdulis via Wikimedia Commons.

Conference of European Rabbis signs religious services agreement with Lithuania’s Jewish community

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The Conference of European Rabbis and the Jewish community of Lithuania signed an agreement stipulating that the Orthodox rabbinical alliance will be consulted regarding all communal and religious matters in the country. “The Conference of...
A Lithuanian policeman with Jewish prisoners, July 1941. Source: Bundesarchiv/Wikimedia Commons.

WJRO welcomes Lithuania’s move to partially compensate Holocaust victims

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The World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) on Sunday welcomed Lithuanian legislation addressing Holocaust survivors’ restitution claims, the organization announced in a statement. The new legislation, introduced by Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė, would provide over...
Jonas Noreika with his future wife Antanina Karpavičiūtė, c. 1936 / Photo: Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania

The Holocaust and Lithuania’s family secret

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Silvia Foti grew up hearing praises of her grandfather. Jonas Noreika—known affectionately as “General Storm”—is still hailed in Lithuania as a war hero and anti-Soviet partisan who fought for Lithuania’s independence at the height...
Chiune Sugihara at his desk in Vilnius, Lithuania. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Honoring the Japanese diplomat who saved thousands of Jews from Holocaust

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Ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27, a virtual event on Monday honored a hero often referred to as the “Japanese Schindler” for helping to save thousands of Jews from the Holocaust. Chiune...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu displays a frame containing special stamps issued by the Lithuanian postal authority within the framework of the “Year of the Vilna Gaon,” on Dec. 8, 2020. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.

Lithuanian ambassador presents Netanyahu with coin, stamps honoring Vilna Gaon

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Lithuanian Ambassador to Israel Lina Antanaviciene presented Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a new Lithuanian coin on Tuesday bearing the name of the Vilna Gaon, Rabbi Elijah ben Solomon Zalman. The ambassador also...

One more year until book on Jonas Noreika published!

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A deathbed promise leads to a daughter discovering her famous grandfather General Storm of Lithuania wasn’t just a war hero—he was a Nazi war criminal. Never in my wildest dreams did I think it would...