Latvia
Popular Israeli singer Yehoram Gaon marries partner Ella Lusa at age 86
The couple reportedly first met on Facebook, after Lusa sent Gaon a message as a fan of his work. The two began talking on Skype, eventually met in person, and started dating.
Israel struggles in World Cup qualifiers, faces 'uphill battle' after disastrous opening window
Herzog to receive credentials from six new ambassadors
'Man the Hunter' challenged: Stone Age graves show women buried with toolkits too
European rabbis conclude meetings at Riga’s only surviving synagogue
The rabbis also prayed at the memorial of the destroyed Grand Synagogue.
Grapevine: 70th-anniversary damper?
This week's social news.
Man holding poster of soldiers killing Jews arrested at Nazi SS march in Latvia
The march in Latvia is currently the only public event in Europe and beyond honoring those who fought under the banner of SS, Nazi Germany’s elite security force.
Grapevine: The Latvian connection
This week's social news.
Poland isn’t the only country censoring speech about the Holocaust
Jewish organizations, including the Simon Wiesenthal Center, said for their part that they understand the Polish frustration with terms like “Polish death camps.”
Nationalist Latvian lawmaker says Russian is 'language of Zionism'
To prove his point about Zionism, he cited Jewish-sounding last names of people he said were involved in protests against a plan to phase out the instruction in Russian in the country’s schools.
Hundreds of teens gather in Ukraine for leadership conference
JDC says event is largest gathering of Jewish teenagers from FSU.
Latvian lawmakers to participate in annual SS march through capital
Around sixty seven out of seventy thousand Latvian Jews died in the holocaust, he said.
Latvia: An unlikely escape
"Latvia is like the Daugava River running through the capital, Riga: indifferent, serene and crisp."
Baltic marches to a dangerous drum
Ultra-nationalists pitch a dangerous revision of the accepted narrative of World War II and the Holocaust.
