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May 1, 2017- Iyar 5, 5777

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Italian President Mattarella Expressed Gratitude for the Jewish Brigade

By Adam Smulevich

"There were free men who landed in occupied Italy and spilled their blood for our freedom. To those fallen, from distant nations, we dedicate a grateful remembrance. Their blood is that of our brothers. Among them, we cannot forget the five thousand volunteers of the Jewish Brigade, Italian or not."
With a powerful speech held on April 25, the day Italy celebrates the anniversary of the Liberation from Nazi-fascism, the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella gave the best answer to those who, riding on hatred and hypocrisy, have tried to disregard the role of the Brigade.

events

The Exodus of Jews from Arab Countries
at the Center of Moked 5777

By Daniel Reichel

The Mokéd 5777, the traditional convention of Italian Jewry that takes place every spring in Milano Marittima, is dedicated this year to the Exodus of the Jews from the Arab world and the 50th anniversary of this painful occurrence.
Organized by the Culture and Education Area of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities directed by Rav Roberto Della Rocca, the event was an occasion to discuss several topics with international guests, such as the integration of those Jewish families in Israel as well as in Italy.

NEWS

In Pisa, A Garden to Remember Rabbi Toaff

By Pagine Ebraiche staff

The city of Pisa has dedicated a public walk and a section of a garden to the memory of Rabbi Elio Toaff two years after he passed away.
Rabbi Toaff, historic chief rabbi of Rome, where he served for many decades, was born in Livorno in 1915 but studied in Pisa at the university and graduated in 1939 after the anti-Jewish Laws had already been promulgated. From Pisa he later joined the Resistance movement in the partisan Garibaldi Brigade. The city always remained important for him.
“We owed something to the figure of Rabbi Elio Toaff, we very much wanted to dedicate a place to him,” commented the deputy mayor Paolo Ghezzi, who promoted the initiative. “The public walk that we are inaugurating is meaningful as a place for reflection; a place where people can come and think.”

questions et réponses

Les tenants de la voix blanche

Daniel Sibony*

Il y a ceux qui voteront FN, et il y a ceux qui feront passer Macron, et qui sont bien plus nombreux pour deux raisons : 1) Le vote FN est un acte de mortification qui ne peut pas être endossé par une majorité. 2) Macron est le candidat des médias, qui sont, non pas tout-puissants, mais assez forts et actifs pour faire passer le message ; ils le font très bien, de sorte que les jeux sont faits.
Mais il y a les tenants de la voix blanche, ceux qui refusent d’entrer dans ce qu’ils ressentent comme une mise en scène conçue pour les forcer à voter Macron. Ils ne voteront ni Le Pen ni Macron ; cela semble ahurissant ; y aurait-il une tierce voie ? Justement, ces gens veulent être la tierce voix, la voix silencieuse du « tiers » qui récuse non pas tel rôle mais la mise en scène elle-même. Ils trouvent qu’elle les a assez forcés depuis longtemps. Pour eux, elle est le fruit d’une collusion entre deux classes sociales, par ailleurs honorables, la classe de la politique gestionnaire et la classe médiatique, qui est très importante vu tout ce qui gravite autour. Ces gens du « tiers » en sont venus à percevoir la politique comme l’art de forcer la masse à faire ce qu’on veut qu’elle fasse. (Que Hollande s’en aille en ne laissant que ce montage et six cent mille chômeurs de plus a pu les exaspérer.)

*(Dernier livre paru Coran et Bible, en questions et réponses, Odile Jacob mars 2017)

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BECHOL LASHON - Deutsch Von Korfu nach Auschwitz von Roland Kaufhold* Viel ist es nicht, was heute an die ermordeten Juden von Korfu erinnert – ein Denkmal mit einem kleinen Jungen, der sich Schutz suchend an seinen nackten Vater schmiegt, und eine metallene Gedenktafel: »Never again for any nation: Dedicated to the memory of the 2000 Jews of Corfu who perished in the Nazi concentration camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau in June 1944.« Die Historikerin und Osteuropaexpertin Diana Siebert hat eine Studie über die Geschichte Korfus bis zum Jahr 1944 vorgelegt. Darin finden sich auch umfangreiche Darstellungen zum jüdischen Leben und zur Schoa – ein bisher von der Forschung kaum wahrgenommenes Thema. *Judische Allgemeine, 30.03.2017 Mehr	pilpul - double life Small Talk By Daniela Fubini* Soon after arriving in Israel, we learn that we must be ready to any question asked in the most random places and by the most random strangers. At point blank, you are typically asked where you are from, where are your ancestors from until the third or fourth generation, how much you earn, how much you pay for rent and why you live where you live and not in a different place. Israeli small talk is like us: practical and "tachless". That's why one thing I like about the otherwise depressing memorial season in Israel is going into the Kikar, Rabin's square, and mixing with the crowd in silence. The square is always full of people sitting on plastic chairs, always too close to one another, and most are in a very kind mood and absolutely not about to ask personal questions for pure curiosity. *Daniela Fubini (Twitter @d_fubini) lives and writes in Tel Aviv, where she arrived in 2008 from Turin via New York. Read more

IT HAPPENED TOMORROW Un credo puissant By Guido Vitale Dans le Coran, il y a un credo très puissant contre les Chrétiens et les Juifs, dont la plupart sont «pervers» et «maudits». (Daniel Sibony - "Coran et Bible" - Editions Odile Jacob) Read more	italics The Lost Legacy Of Slain Jewish-Italian Boxer Efrati By Allon Sinai* Leone Efrati was thousands of kilometers away from Europe when World War II broke out in September 1939. He should have been safe from the Holocaust. Born in Rome on May 16, 1916, the Jewish-Italian boxer moved to the United States in 1938 in the hope of advancing his career. At the height of his career, Efrati was ranked by the National Boxing Association as the No. 10 featherweight in the world. He received a title shot for the NBA featherweight crown against Leo Rodak in December 1939, losing a narrow decision. *The article was published in The Jerusalem Post on April 26, 2017. Read more

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