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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.

By Cnaan Liphshiz October 23, 2020 11:21 am

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Chairs with fake money notes standing next to the decaying Palace of Concerts and Sports of Vilnius, Lithuania on May 1, 2020. (Courtesy of the display's organizers)

Chairs with fake money placed atop former Jewish cemetery in Lithuania

The display was meant to protest delays in constructing a convention hall on the grounds, a plan that Jewish groups oppose.

May 3, 2020 8:55 am

The interior of the Choral Synagogue in Vilnius, Lithuania (Wikimedia Commons)

Vilnius, a hub of Torah study destroyed by Nazis, to get new yeshiva

The rabbi set to lead the new institution said it’s the first to open in Lithuania since the Holocaust.

September 23, 2019 7:12 am

Swastika of dirt and flowers placed in front of Lithuanian Jewish community headquarters

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 15, 2019 10:19 am

Lithuanian Jewish community reopens Vilnius synagogue 2 days after contested closure

By Cnaan Liphshiz August 8, 2019 2:20 pm

Archaeologists unearth an important discovery at Nazi-destroyed Vilnius synagogue

July 26, 2018 12:35 pm

Century-old Boston synagogue receives $500,000 in city funds for historic preservation

By Penny Schwartz June 25, 2018 10:43 am

Hidden blueprint leads diggers to ancient ritual baths of Vilnius synagogue

August 18, 2017 10:26 am

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

July 15, 2016 3:40 am

Grandson of Vilna rabbis awarded prestigious science award

January 10, 2016 7:02 am

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