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Online conference to focus on Jewish life in prewar Lithuania

Jennifer A. Stern in Forward · 10 Oct

Vilna, or Vilnius, once a central hub of Jewish spiritual and secular culture, is being celebrated in an online conference organized by the Paris Yiddish Center.

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Fania Brantsovsky, Vilna ghetto survivor and partisan resistance fighter, dies at 102

David I. Klein in Forward · 24 Sep

Fania Brantsovsky, a Vilna ghetto survivor and WWII Jewish partisan, passed away at 102.

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No Road Leading Back review: ‘hell and real heroism’

Jewish Chronicle · 20 Sep

"No Road Leading Back" by Chris Heath is a profound exploration of the atrocities at Ponar, an extermination site near Vilnius, Lithuania, where tens of thousands of Jews were executed.

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Who is Buried in the Vilna Gaon’s Tomb?

Shnayer Z. Leiman in Jewish Action · 18 Sep

The commemoration of the 200th yahrzeit of the Vilna Gaon highlighted discrepancies and myths surrounding his final resting place.

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A ‘Bachelorette’ contestant this season is the great-great-grandson of the last chief rabbi of Kovno

Jackie Hajdenberg in JTA · 15 Aug

Jeremy Simon, a contestant on The Bachelorette, reveals his Jewish heritage as the great-great-grandson of Avraham Dov-Ber Kahana Shapiro, the last chief rabbi of Kovno, who died during WWII while refusing to leave his community.

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The Moment: Issue 1024

Cindy Scarr in Mishpacha · 14 Aug

Rabbi Elchanan Baron and Rabbi Eli Meir Cohen led a group to Lithuania to preserve a Jewish cemetery in Vilkija with the help of Christian volunteers.

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The Forbidden Daughter review: A fascinating look at the legacy of the Holocaust

Jewish Chronicle · 14 Jun

"The Forbidden Daughter" by Zipora Klein Jakob is a fictionalized Holocaust biography that delves into the multi-generational impact of trauma and loss, rather than focusing solely on the Holocaust itself.

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A tale of two cities

Anthea Gerrie in Jewish Chronicle · 15 May

The article highlights the rich Jewish heritage and history present in Lithuania, particularly in Vilnius and Kaunas.

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A Holocaust Hero Under Attack

Rafael Medoff in Ami · 28 Feb

Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara, known for saving thousands of Jews during the Holocaust, is facing criticism from an Israeli professor who argues that Sugihara's recognition was orchestrated by Yad Vashem and the Israeli government to please Japan.

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In a shift, Latvia and Lithuania are paying Holocaust survivors and heirs for their stolen property

Shira Li Bartov in Forward · 19 Dec 2023

Latvia and Lithuania have enacted laws that allow Holocaust survivors and their descendants to apply for restitution of stolen property.

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Fiction // The Girl of the Comet

Molly Foster in Moment · 2 Aug 2023

"The Girl of the Comet" is a short story that revolves around a man who has returned to his small town in Lithuania after living in America.

0 Sports Gender/Identity

The Women's World Cup led her to take another shot at professional soccer — and brought her back to her Jewish roots

Tani Levitt in Forward · 28 Jul 2023

Jessica Ayers, a professional soccer player, has returned to the field with IFK Kalmar in Sweden after a hiatus, driven by a desire to improve the conditions for women's soccer and a personal reconnection with her Jewish roots.

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Researchers say Japan has exaggerated the story of Chiune Sugihara, the ‘Japanese Schindler’

BCohen in Forward · 19 Jul 2023

Researchers and Sugihara's own grandson have challenged the story of Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat who issued visas to thousands of Jewish refugees fleeing Europe during World War II.

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Sanctuary and Humiliation: The Wartime Haven in Shanghai

Harry Freedman in Moment · 18 Jul 2023

During World War II, the Mir Yeshiva students and their teachers were forced to flee Nazi-occupied Poland and Lithuania.

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A Bridge of Paper

Charlotte Friedland in Jewish Action · 19 Jun 2023

The author recounts the story of her father, Shlomo Leib, who as a child in Motole, Lithuania, was told that when the Messiah comes, there will be a bridge made of paper for all Jews to go to Eretz Yisrael.

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Songs of Sugihara’s Survivors

Karen Leon in Tablet · 5 May 2023

This article discusses the story of Chiune Sempo Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat in Lithuania during WWII who saved the lives of over 4,000 Jewish refugees by issuing transit visas to Japan.

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Chaim Grade: Portrait of the Artist as a Bareheaded Rosh Yeshiva

David E. Fishman in Jewish Review of Books · 3 Oct 2022

Chaim Grade was a prominent Yiddish writer born in Vilna, Lithuania, in 1910.

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On Chaim Grade’s Agunah

Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt in Jewish Review of Books · 9 Sep 2021

Chaim Grade's novel, "The Agunah," tells the story of a woman named Merl living in Vilna, Lithuania in the 1920s.

0 Communities Politics

Jewish Woman Elected Mayor Of Mexico City

Forward · 2 Jul 2018

Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, a Jewish woman with a background in energy engineering and physics, made history by being elected as the mayor of Mexico City in July 2018 with up to 55 percent of the vote.

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How My Grandmother’s Chutzpah Helped Rescue 6,000 Jews From Nazis

Forward · 26 Apr 2016

Alyza D. Lewin shares the story of how her grandmother, Peppy Sternheim Lewin, played a crucial role in rescuing 6,000 Jews from the Nazis during World War II.

0 Communities Gender/Identity

Maya Rudolph Traces Her Roots — All the Way Back to Vilna

Forward · 19 Jan 2016

Actress Maya Rudolph will be featured in a PBS documentary tracing the ancestry of pop culture personalities, focusing on her African American roots and Jewish heritage dating back to Europe in 1773.

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