(JTA) — ELBASAN, Albania — Isaac Herzog’s visit to Albania Thursday 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 ...

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. It may be modest ...

Many might find it difficult to believe that a Muslim-majority country sheltered and saved Jews during World War II; even fewer know that one European country in particular saw a tenfold increase in ...

(JTA) — Albania’s prime minister announced plans to open a museum in Tirana dedicated to the stories of its citizens who saved Jews during the Holocaust. The museum will also honor Jewish history and ...

Sixteen-year-old Melisa Malo, a 10th-grader at the Gjimnazi Sami Frashëri here, first learned about the Holocaust four years ago when she attended an Albanian-language stage performance of “The Diary ...

Albania is the only country in Europe whose Jewish population grew during the war. It’s thanks to a code of conduct called “besa,” Naomi Tomky writes. BERAT, Albania (JTA) — Stone paths wind through ...

Albania’s sole Jewish history museum reopened in southern Berat on Sunday thanks to a businessman who rescued it from the brink of closure. The small “Solomon Museum”, which tells the remarkable story ...

The story of Albanians who assisted Jews during World War II is personal for one Oklahoman. Andi Dema, 34, grew up hearing about a Jewish man from Yugoslavia who arrived on his family's doorstep in ...

New museum will celebrate the Albanians who risked their lives to shield Jews from Nazi persecution – and whose story has remained largely untold. Albania’s government has announced plans to establish ...

Local observers blame Russia, Iran and Turkey for trying to sow unrest in the country, which is seeking membership in the European Union. Others call the antisemitism a false flag.

Most of the students at Berlin’s Refik Veseli Schule are Muslim immigrants. TIRANA, Albania — Sixteen-year-old Melisa Malo, a 10th-grader at the Gjimnazi Sami Frashëri here, first learned about the ...