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Lithuania places popular far-right symbol on coin celebrating Jewish heritage

The hijacking of the ancient sign by the far right should not exclude its use, a leader of Lithuanian Jewry argued following criticism.

By Cnaan Liphshiz November 22, 2019 9:56 am

Lithuanian Jews rally to demand fair internal elections

The Vilnius protest against the contested community leader was the first gathering of its kind in decades in Europe.

May 29, 2018 8:16 am

Poland isn’t the only country trying to police what can be said about the Holocaust

Countries such as Ukraine, Lithuania and Latvia have also been accused of whitewashing the past. But they haven't received the widespread condemnation that Poland has.

February 6, 2018 4:35 pm

Lithuanian president ignores congressmen’s protest over planned project atop Jewish graves

August 14, 2017 12:01 pm

Lithuanian nationalists celebrate Holocaust-era quisling, Pepe the Frog near execution site

February 17, 2017 7:29 am

Chabad rabbi, followers ejected from prayer space in Lithuania

November 18, 2016 2:53 pm

Why scientists are fighting about the origins of Yiddish – and the Jews

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 25, 2016 11:40 am

New book prompts soul-searching in Lithuania about Holocaust-era complicity

By Cnaan Liphshiz February 17, 2016 2:43 pm

Lithuanian nationalists march in memory of Nazi collaborators

February 16, 2016 7:01 pm

It’s Jew vs. Jew (and rabbi vs. rabbi) in fight over Lithuanian site

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 2, 2015 5:24 pm

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