The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/vilna-gaon/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Sun, 14 Jun 2026 19:51:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Vilna Gaon | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/vilna-gaon/ 32 32 Uncovered floor of Vilnius’s Great Synagogue bears witness to Nazi, Soviet devastation https://www.timesofisrael.com/uncovered-floor-of-vilniuss-great-synagogue-bears-witness-to-nazi-soviet-devastation/ Thu, 25 Jul 2024 11:52:19 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3339502 Researchers find one of synagogue's columns collapsed on its side; 17th-century prayer house, at center of Jewish metropolis, was looted by Germans, razed by Russians

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]]> Lithuania scraps plan for swish $25M conference center on old Jewish cemetery https://www.timesofisrael.com/lithuania-scraps-plan-for-25-million-conference-center-on-old-jewish-cemetery/ Mon, 16 Aug 2021 20:25:35 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2600944 Official says Piramont Cemetery project abandoned due to COVID-19 changing the conference tourism market

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]]> The Torah, the paupers, and the Vilna Gaon https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-torah-the-paupers-and-the-vilna-gaon/ Thu, 05 Nov 2020 10:52:58 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2423273 A Yiddish story offers a crucial lesson on extending open hospitality to the poorest among us, one that has not faded in the hundreds of years since it was first told (Vayera)

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]]> Lithuania mints first-ever EU coin with Hebrew letters, honoring Vilnius scholar https://www.timesofisrael.com/lithuania-mints-first-ever-eu-coin-with-hebrew-letters-honoring-vilnius-scholar/ Sat, 24 Oct 2020 19:51:37 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2414811 Bank of Lithuania unveils coin celebrating 300th anniversary of birth of Elijah ben Solomon Zalman, the 'Vilna Gaon,' who spent his life in Lithuanian capital of Vilnius

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]]> Graves, guilt and genius: Inside Lithuania’s struggle with its checkered past https://www.timesofisrael.com/graves-guilt-and-genius-inside-lithuanias-struggle-with-its-checkered-past/ Sun, 04 Aug 2019 07:17:58 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2116932 Once an epicenter of Jewish life, the Baltic state still refuses to come clean about its dark history, critics charge. But recent developments show it is a work in progress

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]]> Lithuania rejects Israeli request for remains of Vilna Gaon https://www.timesofisrael.com/lithuania-rejects-israeli-request-for-remains-of-vilna-gaon/ Fri, 01 Feb 2019 23:18:36 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2010801 Government adviser says famed 18th-century rabbi an 'inseparable part' of the history of Lithuania's once thriving Jewish community

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]]> Diggers in Lithuania unearth complex that housed Vilna Gaon’s synagogue https://www.timesofisrael.com/diggers-in-lithuania-unearth-complex-that-housed-vilna-gaons-synagogue/ Fri, 15 Jul 2016 17:04:41 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1427885 The site used to be the center of one of Eastern Europe’s largest and most prominent Jewish communities

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]]> Netanyahu reveals his roots go back to Spain https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-reveals-roots-go-back-to-spain/ Wed, 25 May 2016 14:42:00 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1398297 PM says DNA check on his brother shows some of family, thought to be of Eastern European extraction, goes back to Iberian Peninsula

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