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The Beit Israel Synagogue in Jurmala, Latvia on Oct. 30, 2019. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

In Latvia, luxury synagogue opens in a beach resort for oligarchs

Beit Israel is only the third synagogue in Latvia and caters to some of the wealthiest Jews in the Russian-speaking world.

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 19, 2019 1:06 pm

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Latvian Presidnet Egils Levits in Riga in 2013. (Toms Norde/Wikimedia Commons)

Son of Jewish engineer elected president of Latvia

Jurist Egils Levits said he does not regard himself as Jewish, but as a “Latvian like all Latvians.”

May 29, 2019 10:56 am

Haredi Orthodox mother of 5 from Jerusalem wins Riga half-marathon

Beatie Deutsch, 29, reportedly is the first haredi woman to win an international athletics competition.

May 20, 2019 3:21 pm

Nazi SS veterans hold an annual march in Latvia. Here’s how one woman is fighting back.

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 17, 2018 5:31 pm

Russian is ‘language of Zionism,’ nationalist Latvian lawmaker says

January 5, 2018 6:00 am

Youths smash dozens of headstones in Serbian Jewish cemetery

December 22, 2017 2:16 pm

Senior Latvian lawmaker says ‘smart’ Jews working to undermine country

March 18, 2016 2:42 pm

Nazi Waffen SS veterans join ultranationalist march in Latvia

March 16, 2016 7:13 am

Latvia to return 5 buildings to Jewish community

February 25, 2016 5:14 pm

Latvian school features ‘Jew-free’ sign

May 9, 2014 10:29 am

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