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Honest Error at German Embassy in Vilnius?

OPINION  |  USE AND ABUSE OF PONÁR  |  VILNIUS JEWISH LIFE  |  LITVAK AFFAIRS ◊ VILNIUS—“There is nothing new under the sun,” as the Good Book says (Ecclesiastes 1:9). Sure, on occasion, Irish...

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New “Litvak” Postage Stamp is Disturbing for Lithuanian Jews, Holocaust...

OPINION  |  VILNIUS JEWISH LIFE  |  LITVAK AFFAIRS  |  IDENTITY THEFT OF LITVAK HERITAGE  |  YIDDISH AFFAIRS  |  SYMBOLOGY ◊ by Dovid Katz ◊ One does not have to be a theoretical champion of Free...

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Double Genocide: New and Official Form of Holocaust Denial

OPINION  |  DOUBLE GENOCIDE  |  POLITICS OF MEMORY ◊ by Dovid Katz This article appeared today in Jewish Currents: ◊ America was jolted this past summer not only by a neo-Nazi event in Charlottesville,...

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Joseph Melamed, Major Leader of International Litvak Community, Dies in Tel...

OBITUARIES  |  LITVAK AFFAIRS ◊ See Defending History’s Joe Melamed section ◊ The Real Litvak Champion of the 21st century: Joe Melamed, who passed away Thursday in Tel Aviv at 93 was the genuine...

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Joe Melamed, Litvak Champion (Images from the Last Years)

צו די שלשים פון יוסף (יאָסקע) מלמד ז″ל ◊ Memories of Joe Melamed Defending History MORE ON JOE MELAMED (1924-2017) ◊ DEFENDING HISTORY’S JOE MELAMED SECTION. Scroll to end to review upwards in...

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21st Century Lowpoint for Israeli Diplomacy? Ambassador Poses with Photos of...

OPINION  |  ISRAEL PAGE  |  ISRAEL SECTION   |  HONORING COLLABORATORS  |  LEGACY OF JOE MELAMED  |  LEGACY OF DOV LEVIN  |  FOREIGN MINISTRIES AND THE HOLOCAUST ◊ by Dovid Katz (Vilnius) ◊...

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Two Perspicacious Comments in Today’s Issue of “The Weekly of Vilnius”

OPINION  |  MEDIA WATCH  |  FOREIGN MINISTRIES AND HOLOCAUST ISSUES  |  CHRISTIAN-JEWISH RELATIONS  |  VILNIUS JEWISH LIFE  |  ISRAEL PAGE  |  ISRAEL SECTION  |  COLLABORATORS GLORIFIED  ◊ VILNIUS—With...

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Take Note, Historians of Israeli Diplomacy: Betraying the Truth about the...

OPINION  |  ISRAEL PAGE  |  ISRAEL SECTION   |  HONORING COLLABORATORS  |  LEGACY OF JOE MELAMED  |  LEGACY OF DOV LEVIN  |  FOREIGN MINISTRIES AND THE HOLOCAUST ◊ by Dovid Katz (Vilnius) ◊ VILNIUS—We...

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Chief Rabbi of Israel Pleads with Lithuania’s President to Abandon Plans for...

  DOCUMENTS  |  OLD VILNA JEWISH CEMETERY  |  OPPOSITION TO CONVENTION CENTER PROJECT  |  PETITION   |  CHRISTIAN-JEWISH RELATIONS  |  CPJCE ◊ VILNIUS—Copies began to circulate in recent days of the...

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An Opportunity for Leaders of Israel’s “March of the Living” in Vilnius

OPINION  |  ISRAEL ISSUES  |  PONÁR  |  POLITICS OF MEMORY ◊ VILNIUS—This week, Wednesday the 23rd of May, as for a number of years, Vilnius and its Jewish community will be welcoming a group of truly...

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Lingering Discussions of Netanyahu’s 23-26 August 2018 Visit to Lithuania

ISRAEL PAGE  |  ISRAEL SECTION  |  LOWPOINT IN ISRAEL’S PROUD DIPLOMATIC HISTORY? ◊ Debbie Maimon in Yated Ne’eman on the “Pandora’s Box” Opened; Efraim Zuroff’s Critique of Netanyahu’s Acquiescence to...

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Sept. 23rd Ponár Memorial and Pope Francis’s Visit to Vilna Ghetto Memorial

OPINION  |  EVENTS  |  CHRISTIAN-JEWISH RELATIONS  |  HOLOCAUST MEMORIALS  |  VILNIUS JEWISH LIFE ◊ ◊ VILNIUS—The two major “September 23rd” events today in Vilnius were the annual commemoration...

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Israel’s Ambassador to Ukraine, Joel Lion, Speaks Out with Bold Integrity on...

◊ Ukraine: Where the Israeli Ambassador Stands Up with Integrity for What is Right ◊ See reports on HE Ambassador Joel Lion’s public stance in:  The Times of Israel  &  Kyiv Post. A “day and night...

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Israel’s Interior Minister Protests Desecration of Old Vilnius Jewish Cemetery

OPINION  |  ISRAEL CHRONICLE  |  CHRISTIAN-JEWISH RELATIONS  |  HUMAN RIGHTS  |  CEMETERIES  |  OLD VILNA JEWISH CEMETERY  |  OPPOSITION TO CONVENTION CENTER PROJECT  |  PETITION ◊ JERUSALEM—In a...

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Israel Chronicle

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Could the Israeli Foreign Ministry be More Sensitive to Yiddish Language,...

OPINION | YIDDISH AFFAIRS | LITVAK ISSUES | ISRAEL CHRONICLE | ISRAEL SECTION ◊ by Dovid Katz VILNIUS—The lovely idea to name a square in modern Vilnius for the State of Israel is a fine gesture of...

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Painfully, Yad Vashem Heads for Vilnius Event, Again ‘Legitimizing’ the...

OPINION | RED-BROWN COMMISSION (SECTION) | DOUBLE GENOCIDE | LITVAK AFFAIRS | LITHUANIA | YAD VASHEM & LITHUANIA  | ISRAEL ISSUES (SECTION) ◊ Prof. Dina Porat of Yad Vashem will chair the Vilnius...

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Yad Vashem Director Dani Dayan, Speaking in Lithuanian Parliament, Boldly...

[UPDATES TO 3 OCT. 2023] OPINION | IT PAYS TO DEFEND HISTORY | YAD VASHEM AND LITHUANIA | ISRAEL SECTION | ISRAEL DEBATE CHRONICLE ◊ by Dovid Katz ◊ The modest but resolute Defending History community,...

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