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Jewish community betrayed

Jul 09, 2008
By Abdul Turay

AT PRAYER: Lithuania’s Jewish community today is keeping alive centuries-old traditions in the face of intransigence, apathy and hostility.

VILNIUS - Jewish community leaders on two continents have united to emphatically condemn the Lithuanian government for reneging on its promise to restore stolen Jewish property and for pandering to anti-Semites in Lithuania. Jewish leaders claim that the Lithuania authorities promised to return property stolen from murdered Jews during World War II in return for Jewish support for Lithuania’s EU and NATO membership efforts. Jewish leaders say that since gaining membership, Lithuania has broken ...

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