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Jewish life in Europe was never only a story of loss, and it is not one today. Israel cannot replace the Jewish Europe that disappeared.

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Peter Kurz wears his Israel baseball shirt with pride.

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Lithuanian teenagers marched to sites where Jews from their towns were murdered during the Holocaust.

Lithuanian students retrace Holocaust history on memorial day, confront country's role in massacres

French and Lithuanian soldiers fire French self-propelled Caesar Mk-I howitzer in Pabrade training area, Lithuania September 16, 2026.

Lithuania prepares evacuation plans as PM warns of growing Russian threats


German troops arrive to reinforce Baltics amid tensions over Ukraine

The new deployments include artillery, reconnaissance troops and medics from units throughout Germany, with arrivals expected to continue throughout this week.

 Soldiers are seen during German Minister of Defence Ursula von der Leyen's visit to German troops deployed as part of NATO enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) battle group in Rukla military base, Lithuania February 4, 2019.

Israel must take stand against Russia, Lithuanian parliament speaker says

“We hope for a very clear stance that supports Ukraine and that shows a solidarity of democracies against Russian aggression,” said Lithuanian parliament speaker Viktorija Cmilyte-Nielsen.

 Lithuanian parliament speaker Viktorija Cmilyte-Nielsen and Israeli president Isaac Herzog.

Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas is honored in a Lithuania still grappling with the Nazi era

The scene of horrific murders of Jews by locals during the Holocaust, Kaunas is at the center of an ongoing controversy over how perpetrators should be treated.

 A bicycle path passes on either side of a monument to Holocaust survivors buried in a mass grave in Šiauliai, Lithuania, pictured on Nov. 10, 2021.

Battle for 500-year-old Vilna Jewish cemetery turns a corner

“Save Vilna is currently in the process of putting together the Save Vilna Restoration Proposal, which we will be submitting to the government for consideration.”

 Demonstration outside Palace of Concerts and Sports in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Uncovering a family's tragic Holocaust story

Like many of my generation, brought up in the safe confines of South Africa during and after the Second World War, I assumed that my whole family was as fortunate as my father and his siblings.

 Alka Hill monument with insets of the Hochman family. Top left: Miriam, daughter of Leib and Henia, age 3. Top right: Miriam at 13. Bottom right: Miriam’s brother, Israel, 11. Miriam and Israel were murdered with their mother at Alka Hill in August 1941.

EU leaders weigh new sanctions on Russia amid 'series of attacks'

Baltic and central European leaders said on Thursday that EU members must unite behind new economic sanctions against Russia

A view shows Russian warships on sunset ahead of the Navy Day parade in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol, Crimea July 27, 2019

Grapevine December 3, 2021: The Lithuanian legacy

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 JUDAICA COLLECTOR Zeev Zelig (L), Lithuanian Ambassador to Israel Lina Antanavičienė (C), and Schatz House manager Jimmy Lewensohn light the Hanukkah candles on Monday night.

A visit to Vilnius, Lithuania, for warm people and unexpected experiences

Welcome to Vilnius, the new Nordics. the hosts of The Jerusalem Post Podcast share their adventure to this unique city.

 A MONUMENT TO Grand Duke Gediminas in Vilnius’ Cathedral Square. He is credited with founding the Duchy of Lithuania in the 14th Century.

Lithuania halts construction of bike path near Holocaust mass grave

In Šiauliai, which was home to Lithuania’s second-largest Jewish population before the Holocaust, the future of the bike path is uncertain.

 A bicycle path passes on either side of a monument to Holocaust survivors buried in a mass grave in Šiauliai, Lithuania, pictured on Nov. 10, 2021.

Belarus must be held accountable for human trafficking, Baltic states say

'We ... condemn the actions taken by the Lukashenko regime instrumentalizing migrants for political purposes,' the presidents of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia said on Monday.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko gestures as he delivers a speech during a rally of his supporters near the Government House in Independence Square in Minsk, Belarus August 16, 2020