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YIVO exhibit of Holocaust diary shows how teen retained ‘understanding of himself as a...

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People who explored an online YIVO Institute for Jewish Research exhibit about the diary of Beba Epstein, a 13-year-old girl who survived the Holocaust after hiding in Vilna, told YIVO that prior to that...
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...
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...
Kazio Skirpos. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Lithuania votes to find new name for street heralding Nazi collaborator

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The city council in Lithuania’s capital has voted to rename a street that currently bears the name of anti-Semitic Nazi collaborator Kazio Skirpos. The final tally in the Vilnius city council decision to change the...

Jewish trove hidden from Nazis gives up its secrets

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For decades, a confessional in a church in Lithuania’s capital Vilnius kept a precious secret: a trove of documents offering an unprecedented glimpse into Jewish life in Eastern Europe before and during the Holocaust. The...

National Memorial Day for the Genocide of Lithuanian Jews commemorated in Vilnius

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The National Memorial Day for the Genocide of Lithuanian Jews was commemorated in Vilnius on 26 September. A memorial ceremony for the victims of the Genocide of Lithuanian Jews took place at the Paneriai...