A historic Jewish cemetery in Lithuania could be destroyed amid a building renovation project – and activists want the Trump administration to step in

Top rabbis and Brooklyn activists are in a heated battle to protect from desecration a historic 16th-century Jewish cemetery in Lithuania amid planned renovation of a dilapidated building atop the sacred burial ground.

The Lithuanian government aims to restore the long-abandoned Palace of Concerts…

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