Citizen's Voice

On the Lithuanian Heritage Trail in coal country

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X You don’t require Lithuanian heritage to appreciate a new coal region historical project. All ...
Reuters

Ethnic street signs raise old tensions over identity in Lithuania

VILNIUS (Reuters) - The Lithuanian language sign in Vilnius's former Jewish quarter reads "Jewish Street" and below hangs a Hebrew version, with Star of David. Not far away, in Cyrillic letters, is ...
Republican Herald

Lithuanian Days marks its 98th consecutive year as oldest ethnic festival in country

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X FRACKVILLE – The 98th annual Lithuanian Days held Saturday at the Schuylkill Mall had the same ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Among Lithuania’s Jews, a fight for communal control takes a nasty ethnic turn

(JTA) — Dan Sofer and his wife considered it a great honor when they became the first couple since the Holocaust to be wed in Lithuania by a chief rabbi of that country. Sofer, a Ukraine-born ...
Republican Herald

Lithuanian Days celebrates 95th year as oldest ethnic festival

FRACKVILLE – The longest-running ethnic festival in the United States returns to the Schuylkill Mall this weekend. The 95th annual Lithuanian Days celebration will be held from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday ...