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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 527

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Screenshot of Eliyahu Rips speaking to a Czechoslovakian news channel on January 19, 2019. (Ivysilani, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 31, 2024, 11:29 am
Eliyahu Rips, mathematician who claimed to find hidden code in Bible, dies at 75
Born in Latvia to Holocaust survivors in 1948, Rips moved to Israel in 1972; his research led to Michael Drosnin’s debunked bestseller ‘The Bible Code’
By ToI Staff
Karen Frostig has been working for nearly two decades to build a memorial at Jungfernhof, the Latvian site where the Nazis likely murdered her grandparents. (Courtesy Mike E. Dunne/ via JTA)
June 19, 2024, 1:50 am
Artist fights for memorial to 4,000 Jews who died at Jungfernhof Nazi camp in Latvia
For 17 years Karen Frostig worked for recognition of the mostly German and Austrian Jewish victims who died at the poorly-documented site. Latvian officials are now showing support
By Deborah Lynn Blumberg
The Holocaust in Skede, Latvia, 1941. (Yad Vashem)
September 22, 2023, 4:46 am
Harrowing Šķēde massacre photos help reframe Holocaust in German-occupied Latvia
New multi-disciplinary volume probes Holocaust massacre images taken on Šķēde Beach, where 2,749 Jewish women, men, and children were murdered by German and Latvian firing squads
By Matt Lebovic
Members of a Latvian militia unit assemble a group of Jewish women for murder on a beach near Liepāja, December 15, 1941. (Bundesarchiv bild)
August 26, 2023, 9:43 am
With new technology, researchers find mass grave of Jews murdered by Nazis in Latvia
Grave contains victims of 1941 massacre in Liepāja that was filmed by a German soldier; Jewish museum director says site should be marked as a memorial
By Jackie Hajdenberg
'70 Years of Exile' by Karen Frostig (courtesy)
April 20, 2023, 5:16 am
Obscure Nazi concentration camp in Latvia put back on map by art professor
Karen Frostig’s ‘Locker of Memory’ project unites Jungfernhof survivors and descendants, officials in Latvia, around Holocaust ‘memory work’ including plan for on-site memorial
By Matt Lebovic
FILE - A bridge straddles Ivangorod, Russia, left, and a border crossing in Narva, Estonia, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo, File)
September 8, 2022, 8:14 pm
Four nations bordering Russia to restrict entry to Russians, citing ‘growing influx’
New measures from Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to take effect September 19; Estonian PM: ‘We believe that this is becoming a serious threat to our public security’
By JAN M. OLSEN
Men wearing protective gear exhume the bodies of civilians killed during the Russian occupation in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
April 13, 2022, 9:12 pm
Polish, Baltic presidents visit Ukraine in ‘strong message’ of support
Leaders visit Borodyanka, where evidence of alleged Russian atrocities was found: ‘This is where the dark side of humankind has shown its face,’ Lithuanian president says
By Adam Schreck and OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI
People gather at The Memorial of Victims of Communism to mark the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism, also known as Black Ribbon Day, in Tallinn, Estonia, Aug. 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Raul Mee)
February 24, 2022, 4:17 pm
As Russia invades Ukraine, Baltic states fear they might be next
In Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, Russian belligerence has some worried they could be in Kremlin’s sight, with tensions bringing back memories of dictatorship and oppression
By LIUDAS DAPKUS and Karl Ritter
The memorial on the ruins of the Riga Choral Synagogue burned to the ground by Nazis in 1941, in memory of those who perished in the blaze, seen in Riga, Latvia, on February 10, 2022. (Roman Koksarov/AP)
February 10, 2022, 7:47 pm
Latvia passes long-awaited Holocaust restitution law, aims to revitalize Jewish life
Parliament approves spending $45 million over ten years on its 9,500-strong Jewish community; will provide social and material assistance to survivors
By AP
Illustrative: Wreaths placed at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe on the International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Berlin, Germany, on January 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
January 27, 2022, 10:25 pm
German soccer club fans unveil plaque dedicated to Jews deported from local area
Schalke supporters, working with the Gelsenkirchen municipality, local historians, and Jewish community, bring attention to deportation of 500 Jews to Nazi-ruled Latvian ghetto
By Ciaran Fahey
A man stands inside the Riga Ghetto Museum in Riga, Latvia, January 11, 2014. (Fishman/Ullstein via Getty Images via JTA)
October 10, 2021, 6:43 pm
Latvia grants $46m in Holocaust restitution, but says state wasn’t at fault
Parliament brands payment ‘goodwill compensation’ rather than reparations, with the bill placing the blame for WWII theft of Jewish property on Nazis and Communists
By Cnaan Liphshiz
The statue "Latvian Beehive" in Zedelgem, Belgium. (Okupacijas Muzejs via JTA)
August 12, 2021, 6:09 am
Belgian town square to remove references to Nazi collaborators after uproar
Following allegations that Briviba Square honored Latvian soldiers part of Nazi SS forces, site will get new name; plaque about ‘Latvian Beehive’ will be taken down
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Riga Ghetto Museum des Vereins Shamir in Riga, Latvia (Fishman/ullstein bild via Getty Images via JTA)
October 30, 2020, 6:17 pm
Riga Holocaust museum to remain open after city waives rent
Latvian capital scraps plans to charge Ghetto Museum about $12,000 after 10-year lease expires
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Riga Ghetto Museum des Vereins Shamir in Riga, Latvia (Fishman/ullstein bild via Getty Images via JTA)
October 22, 2020, 8:48 am
After rent hike, Holocaust museum in Latvia could close
Riga decides to begin charging Ghetto Museum about $12,000 after 10-year lease expires
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Sasha Lurje, left, leads the Yiddish rock band Forshpil. (Marlene Karpischek via JTA)
August 31, 2020, 8:13 am
Yiddish psychedelic rock band Forshpil brings electric guitar to the shtetl
As Latvian band releases second album, front-woman Sasha Lurje speaks about its inspirations, transition from klezmer, and its new album’s ‘dark love stories’
By Joe Baur
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