Posts Tagged: Lithuania
Lithuania Closes its Airspace to Russian Airlines, Ending Direct Flights to Kaliningrad Exclave
Lithuania will ban Russian airlines from using its airspace from 2200 GMT on Saturday, the government said, joining other European countries which have taken the...
Top Officials in Lithuania and Israel Pay Tribute to Vilna Gaon on 300th Anniversary of Birth
Thursday was the 300th anniversary of the birth of the Vilna Gaon, Rabbi Eliyahu ben Shlomo Zalman, and top officials in both Lithuania and Israel...
How Does One Hurt and Humiliate a Person (or a People)?
How does one hurt and humiliate a person (or a people)? By actions. 2020 has been declared “The Year of the Vilna Gaon and the Jewish Heritage”...
Lithuania’s Past, Antisemitism, and Israel
Lithuanians generally prefer to approach their own history by honoring their fighters for resisting Soviet rule -- and ignoring their active collaboration with the Nazis....
Lithuania Admits Its Citizens Murdered Jews During the Holocaust
JNS.org - The government of Lithuania has officially accepted responsibility for the mass murder of Jews carried out by Lithuanian citizens during the Holocaust, according to...
On the Trail of Japanese Holocaust-Era Hero Chiune Sugihara
A picturesque hilltop in the rustic countryside of central Japan’s Gifu Prefecture is the last place one might expect to hear Hebrew. But at the...
Hook-Nosed Jew Image Embellishes Official Invitation to Lithuanian End-of-Winter Festival
Jews in Lithuania were outraged when the official invitation to an annual end-of-winter festival in the city of Naisiai included pictures of hook-nosed Jews, Israel’s...
Lithuanian TSA Officer Tells Chief Rabbi He May Never be Allowed to Re-Enter the Country
Lithuania's chief rabbi of more than a decade, Chaim Burshtein, was held by the passport authorities at the Vilnius international airport and told he may never be...
Lithuanian Officials Skip Local Commemoration of Kaunas Pogrom, Lietūkis Garage Massacre
A somber memorial was held last week to mark the 74th anniversary of the Lietūkis Garage massacre and the Kaunas pogrom in Lithuania, in which thousands of...
Jewish Rights Group Opposes European Funding for Convention Center on Site of Lithuanian Jewish Cemetery
The Simon Wiesenthal Center said it was opposed to a Lithuanian plan to seek European funding for the construction of a convention center built on...
Twin Reports Document Desecration at Lithuanian Jewish Gravesites
Two reports emerged this week documenting the seemingly irreverent use of historical Jewish gravesites in Lithuania for urban projects in recent times. On Tuesday, a Jewish group said...
Instead of Truth about the Holocaust – Myths about Saving Jews
Neither I nor my wife Anita are specialist researchers of the Holocaust. We are simply witnesses saved by a miracle. Until the last days of...
Nazi Collaborator: “Jews Screamed Like Geese” While Being Shot
Jonas Pukas, a suspected Nazi war criminal, was interrogated by New Zealand officials in 1992 at age 78. He was a member of the 12th...
Lost In Translation – Dancing with the Devil
To my shock, I woke up on this morning to read the news that Ron Prosor, Israel's envoy to the UN, and former Ambassador to...
