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The heart of Lithuania’s capital came alive with music, speeches, and powerful personal stories as thousands gathered on Saturday for the “Žygis už gyvybę” (“March for Life”), an event dedicated to ...

When he was 27 years old, Bernard Meyer moved from the U.S. to Lithuania: the world's happiest country for young people. After over a decade in northeastern Europe, he says earning less money is worth ...

Today, Vilnius’ Jewish population stands around 5,000, having sustained tremendous loss of culture and life during the three-year Nazi occupation of Lithuania, from 1941 to 1944. During that time, 95% ...

Aktyvus jaunimas (Active Youth), a youth group based in Vilnius, is trying to give newly arrived refugees a taste of their new home at the reception centre in Rukla, near Kaunas, Lithuania‘s second ...

In the Vilna Ghetto, amid unspeakable suffering, Jewish prisoners sang a Yiddish song called “Vilna,” expressing their deep love for the Lithuanian city that Jews had called home for at least 600 ...

Yet as Lithuania struggles to confront its past, antisemitism is once again finding legitimacy in the country’s present. Seduva, a town of just 2,400 people located about a two-hours’ drive north of ...

If one city could be said to be the home of Yiddish, the traditional language of Ashkenazi Jewry, it would not be New York or Jerusalem, in many minds, but Vilnius, the capital of modern-day Lithuania ...