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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View ArticleDouble 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,...
View ArticleJoseph 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...
View ArticleJoe Melamed, Litvak Champion (Images from the Last Years)
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View Article21st 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) ◊...
View ArticleTwo 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...
View ArticleTake 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...
View ArticleChief Rabbi of Israel Pleads with Lithuania’s President to Abandon Plans for...
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View ArticleAn 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...
View ArticleLingering Discussions of Netanyahu’s 23-26 August 2018 Visit to Lithuania
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View ArticleSept. 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...
View ArticleIsrael’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...
View ArticleIsrael’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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View ArticleCould 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...
View ArticlePainfully, 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...
View ArticleYad 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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