(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 ...

Joy is a very holy pursuit. And no day exemplifies this more than Purim.

This year also marks the 80th anniversary of the liquidation of the Vilna Ghetto, once the heart of a thriving Jewish community. (JTA) — Legend has it that in the early 14th century, the grand ...

Jewish society as an active protagonist in the story of the ... the Białystok community and ghetto to several other major communities, including Warsaw and Vilna, makes the volume an even richer ...

Vilna, Warsaw, Prague, Vienna, Berlin, Paris, and too many others to count,” wrote Newhouse, editor-in-chief of Tablet, a Jewish magazine of news and culture. “In all of those places ...