Chief Lithuanian rabbi opposes construction over ruined cemetery The rabbi said he opposed the proposed construction on the former grounds of the Snipiskes cemetery because “it risks massive destruction of human remains.”
Israel opens embassy in Lithuania An Israeli diplomat says the countries are joined by the Jewish past, whose tragic elements have in the past strained relations.
Remove Jewish headstones from church stairs, says chief Lithuanian rabbi Failure to remove the headstones during recent renovations is part of ‘deplorable state’ of neglect of Jewish heritage, says Rabbi Chaim Burshtein.
Global For Lithuania, $50 million Holocaust compensation a step forward, but Jewish bitterness remains