Finland
Community members pray in Helsinki, Finland. (Photo by Adam Reinherz)
November 24, 2025, 3:14 pm
In Finland, small Jewish community seeks sizable engagement
Helsinki's Jewish community totals fewer than 900. Growth isn't simply a numbers game, leaders say. It's about creating a cooperative of co-owners connected 'as a community and to the wider Jewish world'
By Adam Reinherz
Fox Chapel resident Mario Czonstkowsky heads toward his mother's and grandparents' former street in Kaunas, Lithuania. (Photo by Adam Reinherz)
September 26, 2025, 11:34 am
Connecting past and present: A seminar bridges Jewish history across northern Europe
Curricula addressing the Holocaust or European Jewry often include 'Auschwitz and Poland.' Less mention is made of post-war Soviet life and the struggles and strengths experienced today. With stops in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland, a Classrooms Without Borders seminar wants educators to know 'this is the place'
By Adam Reinherz
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