Mourners Throng to Pay Final Respects to Torah Sage, Largest Funeral in Israel's History
Torah Sage, Reb Chaim Kanievsky was prominent advocate for restoring the Snipiskes Jewish cemetery, in Vilnius, Lithuania.
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150+ Rabbis United in Request to Endorse Authorized Rabbinical Authority
150+ rabbis appeal to Lithuanian government to appoint an authorized Rabbinical authority.
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Democrats and Republicans Inaugurate Congressional Caucus for Advancing Torah Values
Members of the US House of Representatives met to support the launch for Caucus supporting Torah values.
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Restoration Remains Priority
A litany of memoranda and international agreements preclude the Lithuanian government from building further on sacred ground.
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PM Ingrida Šimonytė defines new watershed moment in Lithuanian thinking
At a conference in the memory of Holocaust survivor, Irena Veisaitė, Lithuania's Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė made a bold call for...
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Notice Served: Turto Bankas in Violation of Law
The Save Vilna Coalition representing the cause of 15 Jewish leading Jewish authorities and organizations together with 44 Human Rights...
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Why preserving the Šnipiškės Jewish cemetery is so important
About 1,750 miles North-northeast of Jerusalem as the crow flies, lies a city Vilnius. Today it is the capital of Lithuania. This was...
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How I became lead plaintiff in a class-action suit to protect a Jewish cemetery
(By Itzik Pines) As a direct descendent of the Vina Gaon, our connection to this lineage is extremely meaningful. This is true for me, as...
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In the Courtyard of the Gra
by Linda Feinberg The Vilna Gaon stated that the most challenging mitzvah to fulfill is the mitzvah to rejoice throughout the entire...
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The Jews of Vilna at the Beginning of the 20th Century
As published by YAD VASHEM Review full ONLINE EXHIBITION The Schulhof Synagogue Courtyard in Vilna, 1930s Jews settled in Vilna from the...
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The Japanese Pastor and the Vilna Gaon
(Extract as it appeared in the Ami Magazine) It’s hard to believe that just two decades ago, Rabbi Hattori served as a Christian pastor...
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The Enduring Legacy of Avraham ben Avraham
(As it appeared in the Hamodia) When the Ribbono shel Olam offered the Torah to the nations of the world — and they promptly turned it...