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Society

Kaunas commemorates brutal WWII Jewish pogrom

The massacre of Jews at the Lietūkis garage 74 years ago was one of the most brutal not only in Lithuania but also Europe, Gercas Zakas, the leader of the Jewish community in Lithuania’s second-largest city of Kaunas, said during a commemoration ceremony on Friday. […]

Unique Jewish heritage site opens in Šeduva. Photo by Arūnas Baltėnas
Society

Unique Jewish heritage site opens in Šeduva

More than two years of work on the restoration and preservation of Jewish heritage in Šeduva were marked in a private ceremony at the town’s recently restored Jewish cemetery (Žvejų gatvė). More than 400 tombstones have been identified and more than 1,300 have been either painstakingly restored or preserved in a tribute to the lives of the thousands of Jews that once comprised the majority of this Lithuanian shtetl. […]

Global LT

Jewish organisations invited to participate in World Lithuanian Economic Forum

Lithuania’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mantvydas Bekešius has paid a working visit to Tel Aviv, Israel. The minister invited representatives of Jewish organisations to actively participate in the World Lithuanian Economic Forum (PLEF) which will take place in Israel in October. […]

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Society

Israeli Embassy in Lithuania awarded the Righteous Among the Nations

The Embassy of the State of Israel, together with the Lithuanian Jewish community and the Vilna Gaon Jewish State Museum, on a Day of remembrance of the Holocaust, this year marked on 16 April, awarded the Righteous Among the Nations. The State of Israel awarded six Lithuanian families, which in spite of the danger during the Second World War, saved Lithuanian Jewish people. The award ceremony was held in the Government’s Office of the Republic of Lithuania. […]

Algirdas Butkevičius
Society

Lithuanian PM: Rescuers of Jews deserve more respect and attention

Rescuers of Jews deserve more respect and attention, Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius Thursday said at a ceremony at the government’s building to honour and award Righteous Among Nations. […]

Political Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel Alon Ushpiz and Political Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Rolandas Kačinskas
Foreign affairs

Israel and Lithuania have much to offer one another, says Lithuanian official

Opening of the Embassy of Israel in Vilnius and Political consultations between two foreign ministries, led by political directors Rolandas Kačinskas and Alon Ushpiz, are signs of solid and profound relations that Lithuania and Israel enjoy today, according to Lithuania’s MFA. […]