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A HOMAGE FOR THOSE KILLED IN AN ANTI-SEMITIST ATTACK IN PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA The dreadful massacre that took place against the Jews, in a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where 11 Jews were killed, 6 others wounded, is a strong alarm bell for all mankind that opposes anti-Semitism. We Albanians are in the forefront of the world’s noble men who defended Jews […]
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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 […]
