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Both sides of a commemorative 10 euro coin celebrating the 300th birthday of the Vilna Gaon in Lithuania. (Courtesy of the Bank of Lithuania)

Lithuania mints euro coin with Hebrew letters

The coin celebrates the 300th anniversary of the birth of the Vilna Gaon, an 18th-century rabbinical luminary.

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Lithuania’s genocide studies center engages in Holocaust denial, local Jews say

The accusation comes amid a legal dispute over the extent of Nazi collaboration in the the Baltic nation.

Pope Francis urged to speak out against construction atop a Vilnius Jewish cemetery

Local Jews are split over the project, which some say won't disturb Jewish remains.

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Lithuanian Jews rally to demand fair internal elections

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Hidden blueprint leads diggers to ancient ritual baths of Vilnius synagogue

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Chabad rabbi banned from Lithuania’s main synagogue

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Chabad rabbi, followers ejected from prayer space in Lithuania

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This Lithuanian concentration camp is now a wedding venue

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Diggers in Lithuania unearth complex that housed Vilna Gaon’s synagogue

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Lithuania lifts major obstruction to citizenship applications by Jews

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