Lithuania
Lithuanian students retrace Holocaust history on memorial day, confront country's role in massacres
Around 600 non-Jewish Lithuanian students participated in the March of the Living commemorations held in Vilnius and Ponary, Lithuania, where 70,000 people were killed during the Holocaust.
Lithuania prepares evacuation plans as PM warns of growing Russian threats
Russia hits truck near Polish border in latest strike near NATO
How a new tool in Lithuania helps people read letters from their Jewish ancestors
US antisemitism envoy pressures Lithuania to stop construction over Vilnius Jewish cemetery
US antisemitism envoy Yehuda Kaploun urged Lithuania to block renewed development at Vilnius’s historic Snipiskes Jewish Cemetery, warning that thousands of Jewish graves remain beneath the site.
Lithuania's Jewish partisan bunkers caught between Holocaust memory and military expansion
Lithuania was for centuries a center of rich Jewish thought, religious life and secular culture; Vilna, as the capital was known in Yiddish, was nicknamed the “Jerusalem of the North.”
The Baltic country's secret trick: How to visit top attractions for free
On the last Sunday of every month, museums, castles, and heritage sites across Lithuania offer free admission, from Vilnius to Trakai and Kaunas.
HRF petitions Lithuanian court to investigate Israeli dental student for alleged Gaza war crimes
In its March complaint to Lithuanian authorities, the HRF claimed that S.G. served in the “Vampire Empire” company of the 52nd Battalion in the 401st Armored Brigade.
Grapevine, June 24, 2026: Reliving the nightmare - opinion
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
Exploring Vilnius: the Jerusalem of Lithuania and its Jewish past
A walk through Vilnius reveals a city of cobbled streets and cafés layered over Jewish heritage, from the Vilna Gaon’s legacy to the ruins of the Great Synagogue.
NATO will not collapse and US will defend its allies, Estonian minister says
US President Donald Trump this month threatened to pull the US out of the alliance over European members' refusal to send ships to unblock the Strait of Hormuz near Iran.
From Lithuania to Jerusalem, a Holocaust survivor shares his story with diplomats
At the event organized by Zikaron Basalon and the Anti-Defamation League at the latter’s Jerusalem office, Clevs brought the diplomats back in time to when he was eight years old.
From Vilna to Eretz Yisrael: One Holocaust survivor's journey to Israel
Dov Levin escaped the Kovno Ghetto, fought in the forests, and crossed war-torn Europe alone to reach Israel - documenting every step of a journey defined by loss, resilience, and purpose.
‘In Lithuania, there is institutional and legal antisemitism’
The Lost Shtetl Museum in Seduva opens as antisemitism resurfaces in Lithuania’s governing coalition.
