The Besa Museum will be named after the strict neighborly honor code that Albanians say motivated them to protect their Jewish neighbors during World War II. (JTA) — Albania’s prime minister announced ...
Thousands of foreign Jews found refuge in Albania during World War II. Yet youths in this once-Marxist nation of 2.6 million know nearly nothing of that unique legacy. ELBASAN, Albania — Isaac ...
Human rights activist Elsa Ballauri has assembled a collection of objects that showcase women’s changing role in Albanian society over the ages. Elsa Ballauri, an Albanian activist and journalist, has ...
On a sloped, cobblestone street in southern Albania sits a small shop, empty except for a dozen framed panels on the walls bearing photos and stories from 500 years of Jewish life. And the story it ...
TIRANA, Albania (JTA) — Hidden behind a wooden gate in Tirana’s Toptani district, construction workers are busy converting a 19th-century Ottoman mansion into the Besa Museum — a long-planned shrine ...
Vlora!” to passersby, as if to dramatize the city’s role in Albanian history. The night before and during the centenary day, hundreds of thousands of people descended on Vlora from Albania, Kosovo, ...
A celebration of Albanian culture, history and heritage will return to Bronx Little Italy on Sunday, May 4, as the 4th Annual Gjergj Kastrioti Skenderbeu Street Fair takes place at the corner of ...
(JTA) Isaac Herzog’s recent visit to Albania marked the first time an Israeli leader set foot in the only European country that ended World War II with more Jews than it started with. Albania’s role ...
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