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President Isaac Herzog (right) presents the Israeli Presidential Medal of Honor to Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, April 6, 2025. Photo by Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.
Herzog awards Presidential Medal of Honor to Albanian PM
“You refused to yield to international pressure and demonstrated deep friendship and vital support for Israel,” said the Israeli president.
JNS Staff
April 8, 2025
Items from a Holocaust exhibit at the Crossroads of Civilizations Museum in Dubai. Photo by Avi Kumar.
Holocaust museums in Muslim world cited as ‘small light in the tunnel’
The UAE, Indonesia and Albania are all home to initiatives documenting the Nazi genocide.
JNS Staff
Jan. 27, 2025
On the beach in Albania. Credit: Courtesy of El Al.
El Al subsidiary launching direct flights to Albania
The majority-Muslim Balkan state is among the safest for Israelis to visit.
JNS Staff
Jan. 9, 2025
Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama during a meeting in Tirana, Sept. 12, 2024. Photo by Haim Zach/GPO.
Muslim-majority Albania to open economic mission in Jerusalem
Albania "has shown, again and again, that you stand with the people of Israel as we fight to defend our borders and our civilization," Israeli President Isaac Herzog said.
Sept. 13, 2024
Israeli President Isaac Herzog (left), hostage mother Idit Ohel and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić meet in Belgrade, Sept. 11, 2024. Photo by Haim Zach/GPO.
Herzog, hostage’s mother meet Serbian president in Belgrade
Herzog is also slated to travel to Albania, marking the first official visit of a representative of the Jewish state to the Muslim-majority nation.
Akiva Van Koningsveld
Sept. 12, 2024
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant with senior officers during a visit to the IDF Northern Command, June 6, 2023. Photo by Ariel Hermoni/Israeli Ministry of Defense.
Gallant lauds visiting congressmen for commitment to defense ties
Rep. Doug Lamborn: “I will never waver from my commitment.”
June 27, 2023
The old Jewish cemetery overlooking Pristina, Kosovo. Credit: OPIS Zagreb/Shutterstock.
Kosovo’s tiny Jewish community aims to punch above its size
Fifteen years after the country declared independence, its Jews are optimistic about their future in one of the world’s newest states.
Avi Kumar
Feb. 6, 2023
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and JNS Jerusalem bureau chief Alex Traiman at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem on Nov. 20, 2020. Photo by Ronny Przysucha/U.S. Department of State.
Top 25 most important news stories of 2022
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Iranian women protesting oppression and antisemitism coming back into fashion were just a few of the attention-grabbers this past year.
Bradley Martin
Dec. 26, 2022
An artist's conception of the planned Albanian Jewish Museum in Vlore, Albania. Courtesy: Eitan Kimmel
New museum to provide comprehensive look at Albanian Jewish life 
The Jewish population of Vlore totaled approximately 2,600 in the 1500s, when the city was a trade hub. Today, the figure has dwindled to 50-100 Albanian-born Jews.
Avi Kumar
Dec. 14, 2022