Are Lithuanian Jews’ descendants, Litvaks, asking too much — citizenship?

  • 2016-05-19
  • By Linas Jegelevicius
Things could perhaps be straightened out with the snap of a finger if Litvaks, Jews of Lithuanian origin, complained to the Israeli government about the difficulties they bump into along the road to Lithuanian citizenship. But Faina Kukliansky, the chairperson of the Jewish (Litvak) Community of Lithuania, just won’t resort to it yet. “I won’t do it, as the problem we are dealing with is an issue of the state of Lithuania. Lithuania is in the shoes to resolve it itself,” she told The Baltic Times. Justices follow 2013 Constitutional Court ruling...
 
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