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Albania independence event on Capitol Hill honors Jews, rescuers

Jewish and Israeli officials attended an event on Capitol Hill marking Albania’s 100th anniversary in order to honor the role of Albanians in protecting Jews during the Holocaust.

By Ron Kampeas November 29, 2012 2:54 pm

Chief rabbi installed in Albania

Rabbi Joel Kaplan, the Chabad emissary to Thessalonika, Greece, has taken up the newly created post of chief rabbi to the tiny Jewish community in Albania.

December 12, 2010 11:14 pm

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Around the Jewish World: Kosovo’s Jews Battle for Survival Along with Ethnic Albanian Neighbors

“Ah, the ironies of life,” says Votim Demiri. His mother escaped from the train that carried her family to death at Bergen-Belsen. Later, she became renowned for fighting with the Yugoslav partisans against the Nazis. Fast forward to this spring. A Serb offensive in Kosovo forced Demiri, the president of Prizren’s Jews, and close to […]

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Albania independence event on Capitol Hill honors Jews, rescuers

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