In 1910, the city had over 100 synagogues, along with Jewish schools, publications, and charitable and political organizations. “The Jewish community is an integral part of Vilnius’ past and ...

The Israir airline will be launching three direct flights from Tel Aviv to European cities starting in late April – to ...

During that time, 95% of Lithuania’s Jews were murdered, including 70,000 Jews from the Vilnius ghetto, who were executed and ...

In 1944, after months of using spoons to dig an escape tunnel beneath their barracks, 40 prisoners managed to crawl through the passage and flee the largest Nazi killing site in Lithuania.

The parliament in Vilnius passed amendments that scrap a law preventing easy naturalization for applicants or their descendants who left before 1940. (JTA) — Lithuania’s parliament passed ...