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NORMAN GERSHMAN – There is more than meets the eye
By Rabbi Yisroel Finman
Norman Gershman passed away recently. I am very grateful to have met this special person.
Norman is probably best known for his photo journal book, Besa.
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He will probably become even more identified with this book as the story of the Albanian people’s response to the Jewish refugees from Nazi persecution is more well know.
I was privileged to meet Norman exactly once, on February 19, 2019.
We met in The Palace, an aptly named assisted living facility in Coral Gables. Having made phone contact a few weeks prior to my visit, I introduced myself as a New York rabbi living in Albania. He became as eager to meet me as I was to meet him.
We spent three hours together.
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The more we talked, the closer we became. Two old souls reconnecting from a past that neither of us were aware of.
Most of the talk was about Albania. He recounted how he became involved. He fondly reminisced about some of the harrows