(JTA) — A new excavation has unearthed parts of the Great Synagogue of Vilna, once the oldest and most important building for Lithuanian Jews before it was destroyed by the Nazis and razed by ...

The letter pertains to the matter of the ordinance concerning polished knives used during shechitah, a ruling instituted by ...

Karis and Herzog have been pen pals for several years but had not met face-to-face until Wednesday; the two first spoke after ...

Remaining in Lithuania after the war, she became a keeper of the flame of the city’s once illustrious Yiddish culture. Lithuania’s Jews and Yiddishists around the world are mourning the ...