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Netanyahu touts ‘excellent relations’ in meeting with Lithuanian premier
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...
Jewish students protest Lithuania’s glorification of Nazi collaborator
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...
Lithuanian FM pays respect to great-grandmother honored by Yad Vashem
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...
Conference of European Rabbis signs religious services agreement with Lithuania’s Jewish community
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...
WJRO welcomes Lithuania’s move to partially compensate Holocaust victims
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...
The Holocaust and Lithuania’s family secret
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...
Honoring the Japanese diplomat who saved thousands of Jews from Holocaust
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.
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Lithuanian ambassador presents Netanyahu with coin, stamps honoring Vilna Gaon
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!
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...
Lithuania parliament drafts bill absolving nation, leaders from Holocaust crimes
A Lithuanian parliament committee is drafting legislation declaring that neither Lithuania nor its leaders as participating in the Holocaust, a lawmaker working on the bill said last month at a conference.
“The Lithuanian state did not participate...