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


A threat too serious to ignore

Israel should take action on Holocaust-related issues as some "culprits" likely to take over EU presidency.

Vilnus Holocuast memorial

Politicians eulogize former MK Marina Solodkin

PM Netanyahu and MKs pay tribute to former MK Marina Solodkin who died in Riga Saturday night.

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Politicians eulogize former MK Marina Solodkin

PM Netanyahu and MKs pay tribute to former MK Marina Solodkin who died in Riga Saturday night.

Solodkin 370

Party leaders pay tribute to MK Marina Solodkin

PM Netanyahu and MKs pay tribute to former MK Marina Solodkin who died in Riga Saturday night.

Solodkin 370

Former MK Solodkin found dead in Latvia hotel

Ex-Yisrael B'Aliya, Likud and Kadima MK had been at anti-fascism conference in Riga when she felt ill and returned to hotel room.

Solodkin 370

Latvia FM: EU should avoid 'lecturing' on settlements

In interview with the 'Post,' Rinkevics says it's difficult to lecture another country on such a complex situation.

Latvian Foreign Minister Edgar Rinkevics 370 (R)

Liberman says Israel will never leave the Golan

Foreign minister says he views Golan Heights just as he does TA, Netanya, Holon, "ceding them would be suicidal."

Golan Border (R370)

A tiny nation losing its character

The Latvian phenomenon provides food for thought for other small peoples, whose larger neighbors gaze toward their territories, with an eye toward swallowing and assimilating them.

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The death of a Nazi-hunter

It is a shame that Cukurs’ many heinous crimes were never presented to a court of law, but at least he was not able to escape punishment.

Nazi salute neo-Nazi 370

Clinton presses Latvia to give back Jewish property

Property, whose owners were killed by the Nazis, was seized by the Soviet Union; rare point of contention between the allies.

Hillary Clinton speaking 311 R