Tag: Latvia
Herzog Meets Latvian Counterpart, Hails Three Decades of Bilateral Ties
“Israel places great importance on continuing to enhance and deepen our bilateral relations with Latvia as well as all three Baltic states,” says the Israeli president.
Ohr Torah Stone Launches Jewish Education Grants to Small European Communities
The first recipients of the grant will help strengthen seven small European communities in Helsinki, Finland; Riga, Latvia; Oslo, Norway; and Warsaw, Szczecin and Wroclaw, Poland.
For the First Time Since Hannah Szenes IDF Paratroopers Jump in Eastern Europe
The IDF paratroopers are participating in joint training with the 173rd Brigade of the European Command of the US Army.
A First: IDF Participating in NATO Eastern European Exercises
Nineteen countries participate in the maneuvers, with about 18,000 soldiers spread around Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.
Yad Vashem Online Presents Touching ‘Last Letters From the Holocaust’
There are thousands of personal letters in the Yad Vashem Archives, which were sent by Jews – adults and children – to their relatives and friends from their homes, the ghettos and the camps.
Peres Flying to Lithuania, Will Thank Blacklisting Hezbollah
President Shimon Peres is flying on Sunday to Latvia and Lithuania, temporary president of the European Union whom he will thank the European Union...
Latvian Minister Resigns in Protest of Holocaust Restitution to Jews
Latvian Justice Minister Gaidis Berzins has resigned in protest of plans to offer restitution for Jewish property seized after the Holocaust.
Berzins, chair of the...