The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/riga/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Thu, 11 Jun 2026 05:09:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Riga | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/riga/ 32 32 German soccer club fans unveil plaque dedicated to Jews deported from local area https://www.timesofisrael.com/german-soccer-club-fans-unveil-plaque-dedicated-to-jews-deported-from-local-area/ Thu, 27 Jan 2022 20:25:39 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2691893 Schalke supporters, working with the Gelsenkirchen municipality, local historians, and Jewish community, bring attention to deportation of 500 Jews to Nazi-ruled Latvian ghetto

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]]> Riga Holocaust museum to remain open after city waives rent https://www.timesofisrael.com/riga-holocaust-museum-to-remain-open-after-city-waives-rent/ Fri, 30 Oct 2020 16:17:08 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2419065&preview=true&preview_id=2419065 Latvian capital scraps plans to charge Ghetto Museum about $12,000 after 10-year lease expires

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]]> MPs elect ex-Soviet dissident with Jewish roots as Latvian president https://www.timesofisrael.com/mps-elect-jewish-ex-soviet-dissident-as-latvian-president/ Wed, 29 May 2019 14:46:29 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2085229 European Court of Justice judge Egil Levits and his Latvian patriot parents were expelled from former Soviet Union in 1972 because KGB viewed them as threat

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]]> Latvians march to honor troops who fought alongside Nazis https://www.timesofisrael.com/latvians-march-to-honor-troops-who-fought-alongside-nazis/ Sun, 17 Mar 2019 01:23:36 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2038031 About 1,000 gather in Riga for annual march of veterans of local Waffen SS units, with some 50 counter-demonstrators separated by police

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]]> Latvia school language reform irks Russian minority, backed by Jewish community https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-latvia-school-language-reform-infuriates-russian-minority/ Sun, 24 Jun 2018 05:59:24 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1876430 Riga's chief rabbi throws support behind plan mandating minority schools to teach in Latvian, cites 'disadvantaged' Arab students in Israel who study in Arabic

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]]> In Latvia, hundreds march in honor of SS veterans https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-latvia-hundreds-march-in-honor-of-ss-veterans/ Fri, 16 Mar 2018 14:35:30 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1811428 Man arrested for displaying a poster of soldiers killing Jews during world's sole event for former Nazi fighters

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]]> Latvian lawmaker slammed for saying Russian is the language of Zionism https://www.timesofisrael.com/latvian-lawmaker-slammed-for-saying-russian-is-the-language-of-zionism/ Fri, 05 Jan 2018 14:38:04 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1765224 Nationalist deputy speaker of parliament accused of anti-Semitism as he lobbies for removal of Russian from schools, says it is the same as Hebrew and Yiddish

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]]> Short on time, Yad Vashem packing emotion into Trump visit https://www.timesofisrael.com/short-on-time-yad-vashem-packing-emotion-into-trump-visit/ Tue, 23 May 2017 05:01:05 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1624877 Israel's Holocaust memorial to focus on the human toll through the story of one German Jewish girl, Ester Goldstein, murdered in the Riga ghetto

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]]> Top Latvian MP: ‘Smart’ Jews working to undermine country https://www.timesofisrael.com/top-latvian-mp-smart-jews-working-to-undermine-country/ Sat, 19 Mar 2016 10:30:24 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1360710 Karlis Serzants tells local radio that Jewish legal experts are skillful in operating 'on the edge' of the law

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]]> Latvian Nazi veterans join controversial annual march https://www.timesofisrael.com/latvias-nazi-veterans-join-controversial-annual-march/ Wed, 16 Mar 2016 19:26:03 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1359211 Procession through Riga includes elderly ex-fighters of Waffen SS; Jewish groups say parade glorifies Nazism

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]]> Latvian veterans who fought alongside Nazis hold parade https://www.timesofisrael.com/latvian-veterans-who-fought-alongside-nazis-hold-parade/ Mon, 16 Mar 2015 13:43:22 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1152754 1,500 participate in annual Riga march marking 1944 battle; Nazi hunter decries 'distortion of history'

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]]> Former refusenik makes first visit to St. Petersburg since 1970 https://www.timesofisrael.com/former-refusenik-makes-first-visit-to-st-petersburg-since-1970/ Sat, 29 Nov 2014 00:02:47 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1098819 Renowned 'Prisoner of Zion' Yosef Mendelevitch speaks at Russian conference 44 years after attempted hijacking of plane to Israel

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]]> Peres attends opening of Latvia museum honoring WWII Jew rescuers https://www.timesofisrael.com/peres-attends-opening-of-latvia-museum-honoring-wwii-jew-rescuers/ Tue, 30 Jul 2013 10:13:18 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=617396 Museum designed to give visitors a claustrophobic feeling, imitating victims' life in an underground pit

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]]> Former MK Marina Solodkin dies of stroke at 60 https://www.timesofisrael.com/former-mk-marina-solodkin-dies-of-stroke-in-latvia/ Sat, 16 Mar 2013 21:46:33 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=416786 Netanyahu laments death of 'upright public representative whose ear was always attuned to the problems of Israel's citizens'

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]]> Decades-old family rift ends with a phone call https://www.timesofisrael.com/decades-old-family-rift-ends-with-a-phone-call/ Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:32:38 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=377482 American relatives no longer know why a prewar dispute divided siblings across continents and decades

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