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By Tirana Times , September 8, 2017 A special person was the guest of the U.S. Embassy this week. It was the U.S. Ambassador, Donald Lu who welcomed Boaz Nash to the U.S. Embassy. Mr. Nash is the great-grandson of Herman Bernstein who served as U.S. Ambassador to Albania from 1930 to 1933. According to the Embassy, Ambassador Lu gave Boaz a […]
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Story Highlights Jonathan Brent, Ph.D., the Executive Director and CEO of The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, underlined in an exclusive interview with Tirana Times that the story of the first U.S. Ambassador to Albania, Herman Bernstein, told by the Albanian diplomat and scholar, Mr. Mal Berisha, at YIVO Institute in 2014 represented a wonderful opportunity for YIVO to demonstrate […]
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Following the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a special event, co-sponsored by the Jewish Caucus, Israel Caucus, and European Club, featuring Mr. Mal Berisha, a distinguished Albanian ambassador of career, is going to bring the Albanian – Jewish History to the fore. This event, open to the public, is entitled “A Promise and a People: The Albanian Jews and the Holocaust.” It […]
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Good evening! You Excellency Ambassador Cannon! Mrs. Cannon Speaker of Parliament Mr. Meta Dear Doctor Berisha Dear Mr. Basha, Chairman of the Democratic Party! Excellences, Ambassadors of the State of Israeli, Republic of Kosova Members of the Parliament, Dear friends Ladies and Gentlemen! I am delighted to be here tonight. Please allow me, at the outset, to express my […]