Belarus

‘Death to Jews,’ Polish nationalists shout at rally while burning book about Jews in Poland

“This is a scary and symbolically important event,” said Rafal Pankowski, a leader of the Never Again anti-racism group.

By Cnaan Liphshiz November 12, 2021 1:30 pm

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Andrei Zeltzer stands with a hunting rifle behind the door of his home in Minsk, Belarus on Sept. 29, 2021. (Maria Uspenskaya)

Death of Jewish dissident during home raid by Belarus security forces prompts protests and arrests

Andrei Zeltzer, 31, worked for an American IT company and, according to the authoritarian Lukashenko government, was shot after he resisted arrest.

October 6, 2021 2:53 pm

Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko

Belarus president says Jews got the world to ‘bow before them’ after the Holocaust

Alexander Lukashenko was making a speech about Nazi crimes in Belarus during the war.

July 6, 2021 12:24 pm

belarus Lyubov Arkhiptsova-Volchek stands at her home in Hlusk, Belarus in March 2021. (From the Depths)

‘Not too late to show gratitude’: First housing project for elderly rescuers who saved Jews in the Holocaust launches in Belarus

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 7, 2021 3:39 pm

The headquarters of the Jewish Community of Gomel, Belarus. (Jews.Bel)

Swastika, SS symbols spray-painted on synagogues in Belarus

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 17, 2021 10:02 am

The interior of the Great Synagogue of Slonim, Belarus pictured in 2007. (Wikimedia Commons)

In Eastern Europe, historic synagogues are sold for the price of a used car

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 5, 2021 10:43 am

A woman walks past the ruins of the Great Lubavitch Synagogue in Vitebsk, Belarus. (Courtesy of the Municipality of Vitebsk)

In Belarus, Marc Chagall’s synagogue is for sale to anyone willing to restore it

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 29, 2021 11:12 am

Parts of a vandalized picnic table arranged in the shape of a swastika near the Jewish cemetery of Krumbach, Germany in 2020. (AllgaeuRechtsaussen)

Bulgarian synagogue and Halle memorial targeted in spate of crimes on Jewish sites in Europe

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 24, 2020 9:46 am

A priest prays at a funeral in Maladzyechna, Belarus on August 25, 2020. (Misha Friedman/Getty Images)

Jewish poet given Christian burial in Belarus

By Cnaan Liphshiz November 5, 2020 11:41 am

Belarusian soldier guard the border to Ukraine against hundreds of Jewish pilgrims on Sept, 15, 2020. (Courtey of Shahar Eliyahu)

The Red Cross is aiding hundreds of Jewish pilgrims who have amassed at Ukraine’s closed borders

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 16, 2020 4:59 pm

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