Lithuania
The decorated floor of the Great Synagogue of Vilna, discovered in an archaeological dig in Lithuania, in a photo released on July 25, 2024 (Photo courtesy of Israel Antiquities Authority)
August 1, 2024, 4:01 pm
Uncovered floor of Vilnius’s Great Synagogue bears witness to Nazi, Soviet devastation
Researchers find one of synagogue’s columns collapsed on its side; 17th-century prayer house, at center of Jewish metropolis, was looted by Germans, razed by Russians
By TOI Staff
Rabinowitz Torah (Photo courtesy of David Nadoff)
November 14, 2022, 9:47 am
A Torah’s journey: From Lithuania to Pennsylvania to Israel
The Torah’s story began in 1863 in Lithuania, where it was used for 50 years before it was shipped to Westmoreland County in 1913. Now, it's headed to Israel.
By Justin Vellucci
Gov. Wolf pays respects at the Paneriai Memorial Museum in Lithuania. Photo courtesy of The Office of Governor Tom Wolf
September 18, 2019, 1:55 pm
Gov. Wolf visits Auschwitz-Birkenau, Lithuania
Pennsylvania governor memorializes local victims abroad.
By Adam Reinherz
Silvia Foti while visiting a friend in Vilnius, Lithuania in 2013. (Photo by Ina Budryte)
October 12, 2018, 12:40 pm
Lithuania pays attention to Chicago teacher’s Nazi collaborator grandfather
Silvia Foti is fulfilling an old promise that’s become her life’s work: to write a biography of her late grandfather
By Cnaan Liphshiz JTA
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