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Following Rabbi Kook’s footsteps through Latvia and Lithuania to the roots of religious Zionism

Walking the lush, quiet Baltic landscapes where Rabbi Kook’s towering spiritual legacy was born.

RABBI ABRAHAM ISAAC KOOK, 1924
National flag flutters over Latvian central bank headquarters in Riga, Latvia April 9, 2019.

Latvia issues air threat alert, rescinds after fighter jets shoot down drone

(Illustrative) Tactical, autonomous robotics systems developer XTEND secured extension to $70 million Series B funding

XTEND expands in Europe with Latvia's Atlas, adding thousands of robotic platforms to portfolio

El Al and Latvian airline airBaltic launch a codeshare agreement, June 15, 2026.

El Al signs codeshare deal with Latvian flag carrier airBaltic, expanding northern European network


Israel has failed to fight Latvia, Lithuania's Holocaust distortion - opinion

A number of acclaimed films have shone a spotlight on the Holocaust in the Baltics. But Latvia and Lithuania have responded with Holocaust distortion.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu holds a news conference with then-Latvian prime minister Maris Kucinskis, in 2018.

There is no antisemitism in Latvia, Riga City Council deputy chair says

Linda Ozola, deputy chair of the Riga City Council, talked to the Magazine about antisemitism, Latvian Jewry and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

 LINDA OZOLA, deputy chair, Riga City Council.

Russian OSCE delegates walk out after 'Russian warship' quote

A Latvian delegate repeated the now famous quote the Ukrainian defenders of Snake Island made to an attacking Russian warship.

 Protestors stand outside Hofburg Palace as a Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) takes place in Vienna, Austria, February 23, 2023.

Fire breaks out at Latvian factory providing drones to Ukraine

Latvian media reported that employees at the drone production facility had said that the fire broke out after an explosion.

 A view shows a fire at the Edge Autonomy drone factory in Marupe, Latvia, February 7, 2023, in this picture obtained from social media.

NATO's Baltic States, Russia remove ambassadors as diplomatic relations downgraded

Estonia and Latvia have been among a group of NATO allies arguing strongly for Germany to provide Leopard battle tanks to boot Ukraine in fighting Russia.

NATO and Russian flags are seen through broken glass this illustration taken April 13, 2022.

Lithuania-Latvia gas pipeline hit by explosion, operator says

A gas pipeline connecting Lithuania and Latvia was hit by an explosion, no injuries have been reported as of yet.

 View towards Nord Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline and the transfer station of the Baltic Sea Pipeline Link in the industrial area of Lubmin, Germany, August 30, 2022.

Are neo-Nazi Russian groups planning attacks on NATO countries? - report

New developments suggest that the Kremlin may lose ties with far-right paramilitary organizations.

 NATO HEADS of states and governments look at a digital installation after posing for a photo during the NATO summit at the alliance’s headquarters in Brussels in June 2021.

Ukrainian-Israeli Evgeny Merman art exhibition shown in Riga

 The Israeli ambassador Sharon Rappaport-Palgi and the artist Evgeny Merman

Latvian President Egils Levits on his state visit to Israel

Levits is one of three heads of state in the world who are of known Jewish descent. The other two are Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and Israel's President Isaac Herzog.

 Latvian President Egils Levits speaks during a news conference in Kaunas, Lithuania November 25, 2022.

Russia claims NATO attempted to fly drones into Russia

The drones were allegedly flown near the Pskov region, which is located along Russia's border with Estonia and Latvia.

NATO and Russian flags are seen through broken glass this illustration taken April 13, 2022.