Latvia

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


Experiencing the Jewish past, present in Vilnius, Riga - opinion

My experiences in Jewish Vilnius and Riga on the ground, although brief, gave me an extraordinary opportunity to discover meaningful aspects of Jewish life in both places.

 BOYS SELL newspapers in the Jewish quarter of Vilnius, prior to World War II. It’s part of the urban-art project ‘The Walls Remember.’ The image from the original photo was transferred to an exterior building wall within the Jewish quarter to showcase conspicuous vestiges of everyday life.

Israeli Digital Art on display at Waterpieces International Video Art Festival in Riga

 Israeli Digital Art on display

Yemen Blues lights up Latvia


Private Cessna aircraft crashes off coast of Latvia

The Austrian-registered Cessna 551 aircraft was flying from Spain but without a set destination. At around 17:37 GMT, the aircraft was listed on the tracker as rapidly losing speed and altitude.

A Cessna 172 aircraft (illustrative).

Come to This Court & Cry: A problematic Holocaust story - review

The events of the Holocaust ended 77 years ago, but we are still dealing with its implications, in courts, in classrooms, and in the public arena.

 Come to This Court & Cry

Latvia designates Russia a state sponsor of terrorism over Ukraine war

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said he was grateful for the Latvian parliament's resolution.

National flag flutters over Latvian central bank headquarters in Riga, Latvia April 9, 2019.

Marching across Europe to mark 80 years since the onset of the murder of European Jewry

 From left to right: Yacov Livne, Israel Ambassador to Poland, Monika Krawczyk (Director of JHI), Minister Wojciech Kolarski, Secretary of State in the Chancellery of the President of Poland, Ms. Rachel Kesselman (Radomsko Kesselman Museum), Michel Gourary (Director of EMOTL).

Holocaust in Latvia Marked with Special March of the Living

 March of the living Latvia

The expulsion of Jews from Lithuania and Courland in 1915

In the town of Kuzhi, the local Jews were accused of hiding German troops in their homes prior to a German attack on that town.

The Jewish cemetery of Šeduva, a Lithuanian town once home to a majority of Jews

Ukrainian prime minister visits White House

The Biden administration announced the same day that there will be a new program for Ukrainians who are interested in immigrating to the United States.

 RUSSIA’S FOREIGN MINISTER Sergei Lavrov shows the way to UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan during a meeting in Moscow last month.