(NEWS) Lithuania Eyes Compensation For Jewish Assets

"Justice Minister Remigijus Simasius says plan to pay $52.44 million in compensation for Jewish 'religious communal' property seized by Nazi, Soviet regimes 'moral and political'.

A plan to provide compensation for Jewish communal property seized by the Nazi and Soviet regimes in Lithuania was debated on Thursday for the first time in parliament.

'It's a moral and a political, as well as a legal compensation act,' Justice Minister Remigijus Simasius told the legislative body."

(NEWS) Lithuania: Pig's Head Placed Near Synagogue

"Jewish worshippers in Kaunas find pig's head with Star of David engraved in its forehead. Community leader: Possible provocation by nationalists.

A pig's head with a Star of David engraved on its forehead was discovered at the entrance to a synagogue in Kaunas, Lithuania on Monday.

'We were praying inside when someone called us to see something in the yard. It was a real pig's head under a Hasidic hat with peyos (side-locks) attached to it,' a Jewish community leader told Ynet."