OPINION | OLD VILNA JEWISH CEMETERY AT PIRAMÓNT: THE SAGE OF 2015-2025 | EARLIER OPPOSITION | 2023-2024 “WORKING GROUP” ON VILNA CEMETERY | LIST OF MEMBERS | MOUNTING OPPOSITION TO NEW “MUSEUM PROJECT” | USCPAHA (UNITED STATES COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S HERITAGE ABROAD) | THE CPJCE (COMMITTEE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF JEWISH CEMETERIES IN EUROPE) | THE AJC (AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE) | THE CER (CONFERENCE OF EUROPEAN RABBIS) | THE GWF (GOOD WILL FOUNDATION) | CEMETERIES & MASS GRAVES | HUMAN RIGHTS
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VILNIUS—The eminent Lithuanian journalist Arvydas Jockus, an alfa.lt correspondent and commentator, today became the first in years to inform Lithuanian readers of the mainstream media here that there is Another Side to the debate about the Old Vilna Jewish Cemetery at Piramónt (in Shnípishok, today’s thriving Šnipiškės district of beautiful modern Vilnius, a thriving, successful EU capital). This follows on his being the only journalist to provide accurate information on the subject for many years (e.g. 2020; 2021).