Lithuania

NATO will not collapse and US will defend its allies, Estonian minister says

US President Donald Trump this month threatened to pull the US out of the alliance over European members' refusal to send ships to unblock the Strait of Hormuz near Iran.

Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur looks on during an interview in Vilnius, Lithuania, April 16, 2026.
A Zikaron Basalon event held at the Anti-Defamation League office in Jerusalem on April 14, 2026.

From Lithuania to Jerusalem, a Holocaust survivor shares his story with diplomats

The Ninth Fort Memorial for Kovno Ghetto Jews executed by the Nazis, in Kaunus (Kovno), Lithuania.

From Vilna to Eretz Yisrael: One Holocaust survivor's journey to Israel

LITHUANIAN SOLDIERS lay a wreath during the Lithuanian-Jewish genocide commemoration ceremony honoring Holocaust victims, in Paneriai, near Vilnius.

‘In Lithuania, there is institutional and legal antisemitism’


Lithuania, March of the Living to march in memory of Holocaust

A memorial ceremony will see the participants march from the Rudninku Square in Vilnius, which was the site of the Jewish ghetto during the Holocaust and concluded at Ponar, the site of a mass grave.

March in memory of Holocaust in Lithuania, September 2021

On This Day: Nazis liquidate Vilnius Ghetto, slaughter Lithuanian Jews

Lithuania lost around 95% of its Jewish population during the Holocaust, more than any other country. The day is marked as their National Memorial Day for the Genocide Victims of Lithuanian Jews.

 The main entrance to the Vilnius Ghetto in Lithuania during World War II.

Remains of Torah Ark destroyed by Nazis found in Lithuania

A Torah ark is what holds the Torah scrolls. The bimah refers to a raised platform with a reading desk in a synagogue.

Synagogue in Vilnius, Lithuania

Mikvahs unearthed at Vilnius synagogue destroyed by Nazis

Archaeologists unearthed parts of the Great Synagogue of Vilnius, with one of the main findings being two mikvahs, or ritual baths, the Israel Antiquities Authority revealed on Thursday.

Synagogue in Vilnius, Lithuania

Lithuania abandons plan to build conference center atop former Jewish cemetery

Lithuania cancelled plans to build a conference center on top of what used to be the Piramont Cemetery after an outcry from the country's Jewish community.

A monument honoring the victims of the Ponary massacre near Vilnius, Lithuania

Israel takes center stage as U18 FIBA Challenger Tournament tips off in Tel Aviv

The Under-18 Israel National team will be hosting a FIBA Challenger tournament this week in Tel Aviv.

IDO MENCHEL will star for Israel in this week’s FIBA Challenger event in Tel Aviv.

German soldiers dismissed from service for singing antisemitic songs

The soldiers were in Lithuania as part of NATO's Enhanced Forward Presence mission providing protection to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia by deterring Russia.

Soldiers of the German armed forces Bundeswehr train for "Voluntary military service in homeland security" in Berlin, Germany, April 27, 2021

Ten things you didn’t know about Hayyim of Volozhin on his 200th yahrzeit

The great Lithuanian rabbi passed away on May 25, 1821.

VOLOZHIN YESHIVA, in what is today Belarus.

Grapevine May 26, 2021: Politicization of the court?

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu meets with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas in Jerusalem in 2015.

Belarus scrambles jet to force plane to land and arrests opponent, sparking fury

Law enforcers detained activist Roman Protasevich, 26, who had been put on a wanted list after last year's mass street protests following an election in which Lukashenko claimed a landslide victory.

A Ryanair Boeing 737-800 plane