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By Liam Hoare eJewish Philanthropy My journey through the Balkans last autumn came to an.

Albanians’ strong traditions inspired them to save their nation’s Jews during the Holocaust. Albania, the only Muslim-majority country in Europe, was also the only European nation to emerge from the Holocaust with a larger Jewish population.

In 1943, when Refik Veseli, a photographer’s apprentice, smuggled his mentor Moshe Mandil and Mandil’s family across Albania to escape the Nazis, he didn’t see himself as particularly heroic.

Even in the darkest times, there are heroes—though sometimes they may be the people we least expect.

The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee Campus The event celebrates the rescue of thousands of European.

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian police say they have taken extreme steps to secure the.

At a meeting with the World Jewish Congress-Israel and the Israel Council on Foreign Relations (ICFR) in Jerusalem, Albanian Foreign Minister Ditmir Bushati spoke of his country’s friendship for Israel and also its wartime history as a sanctuary for Jews fleeing the Holocaust.

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.