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AUGUST 2020: JURIS KAZA REPORTS IN MEDIUM.COM AND IN LAVANGUARDIA.COM. ANDRIUS KULIKAUSKAS BRINGS THE CEMETERY SAGA TO THE HEART OF LITHUANIAN NATIONALIST MEDIA, AND REPORTS ON HIS GROUP’S 29 JULY LAYING OF HEBREW-LETTERED STONES ALONG THE CEMETERY’S HISTORIC BOUNDARIES, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE VILNIUS JEWISH COMMUNITY.

JULY 2020: TURTO BANKAS & VILNIUS CITY COUNCIL TRIUMPHANTLY ANNOUNCE IMMINENT START OF WORKS, INCLUDING “LARGE NEW RED ANNEX” ON TOP OF GRAVES; EXPANSION FROM 15,600 TO 18,000 SQUARE METER SEATING. In English: Delfi and BT. Julius Norwilla (Vilnius) reports in DH. Rabbi Baron (Jerusalem) responds. Rabbinical court issues notarized English text of rabbinic ban on “the cemetery convention center”…. Yated Ne’eman publishes major new edict signed by leading Litvak rabbis in Israel.

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