First Chief Rabbi for the 150-member Jewish community of Albania

The inauguration of Rabbi Joel Kaplan, formerly the Chabad emissary in Thessaloniki, Greece, is the result of a meeting held a few months ago in Brussels between Prime Minister Berisha and the Rabbinical Centre of Europe (RCE), an organization dedicated to meeting the needs of Jewish communities in Europe.

During the meeting the RCE expressed to Berisha its gratitude for the fact that the Albanians helped in sheltering and saving many Jews during the Holocaust.

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