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by Miriam Davids – Tirana, Albania Do you know your Jewish trivia? Try this: Which.

The Albanian Muslims truly live by the Quranic principle, which is also cited in the Talmud, “If one saved a life, it would be as if he saved all humanity.”

Albania and Israel have long discussed opportunities for co-operation in the fields of education, science.

Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman traveled to Albania on Wednesday to inaugurate Israel’s newest embassy.

In 1912, Jews participated in the struggle for independence. After 1928, when Albania became a monarchy, many Jews moved there from Greece, again especially from Ioannina. They included pharmacists, doctors and merchants. The 1930 census shows 204 Jews.

http://embassies.gov.il/un/NewsAndEvents/Pages/FM-Liberman-to-inaugurate-new-embassy-in-Albania.aspx

This article was published in the January/February 2006 issue of Congress Monthly, the magazine of the American Jewish Congress (New York, New York).

Though a relatively recent independent country, Kosovo can trace its Jewish history back to the 15th century when Jews first started coming to the Balkans.

Avirama Golan 28.04.2009 March 1999. Within days, tens of thousands of Kosovars fleeing the heavy-handed.

The Federation, Jewish Communities of Western Connecticut, is playing host to the exhibit, called “BESA-A Code of Honor-Muslim Albanians Who Rescued Jews During the Holocaust.