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| By: Israel Insider staff |
| Published: August 23, 2007 |
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The Lithuanian government is planning to build an office block over an ancient Jewish cementary where the Vilna Gaon was buried in 1797, according to Haaretz. European Jews are outraged at the government's disregard.
"Unfortunately the Lithuanian government and the Vilnius municipality are not sensitive to such an important issue. This could not happen in a [western] European state," said the Chief Rabbi of Lithuania, Chaim Burshtein.
Orthodox Jews in Lithuania, Belgium, and other countries across the European Union rallied outside of EU headquarters in Brussels to protest plans for construction.
"The group's conclusion should come by the end of this year," said Vilius Kavaliauskas, an adviser to Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas. He had earlier said the government was concerned and seeking a solution
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