Jewish Telegraphic Agency5 年
Lithuanian Jews are split over the closing of only functioning synagogue in Vilnius
(JTA) — Lithuanian Jews are divided over a decision to close the only functioning synagogue in Vilnius purportedly for security reasons, with some communal leaders calling it disproportionate ...
来自MSN6 个月
Elaborate synagogue in Lithuania destroyed during Holocaust. Now it’s being uncovered
In Lithuania’s capital city of Vilnius, the remains of a once-great synagogue sat crumbled under a Soviet-era school. Now, decades after the center for Jewish life in the country was looted ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency5 年
The only functioning synagogue in Lithuania’s capital shuts down over security concerns
(JTA) — The Jewish Community of Lithuania temporarily closed the only functioning synagogue of the capital Vilnius, citing security issues that may be connected to a debate about the honoring of ...
RNS on MSN5 个月
Once a beacon of the Yiddish speaking world, Lithuania's Jews work to keep it alive
More than 200,000 Jews lived in the area of modern Lithuania in 1918, when the Russian Empire collapsed and the independent ...
The Forward on MSN16 天
For Finland’s tiny Jewish community, a complicated history of fighting for the czar and ...
Finland's community of approximately 1,500 Jews dates back to the 19th century when they arrived here to serve in the Russian ...