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July 9, 2018 - Tamuz 25, 5778

news

Holocaust Survivor and Senator Liliana Segre Asks Minister of Interior to Prevent Neo-Fascist Gathering

By Pagine Ebraiche staff*

Liliana Segre, Italian Holocaust survivor and senator has asked the Minister of Interior and Northern League leader Matteo Salvini to prevent a gathering organized by the far right group Lealtà e azione (Loyalty and Action).
“It is requested to know whether the Minister is aware of the danger of the mentioned event; and whether he does not think it necessary to revoke the authorization. This, in order to avert the carrying out of an initiative of a clear anti-Constitutional nature that offends the fundamental values of our Republic and of any form of civil coexistence”, Segre wrote.
Notwithstanding, the gathering called “Festa del Sole” (Sun Festival) took place on July 6 and 7 in the town of Abbiategrasso, on the outskirts of Milan in a public location.

news

Israeli Ambassador Meets
with Minister of Interior

By Pagine Ebraiche staff*

Israeli ambassador to Rome Ofer Sachs met with the Minister of the Interior and deputy Matteo Salvini at the Viminale palace last week.
Among the topics they discussed were cybersecurity, the fight against crime and terrorism and immigration issues.
“It was a very positive meeting that confirmed the high level of cooperation between our two countries in many fields”, Sachs told Pagine Ebraiche.
The ambassador invited Salvini to Israel. “For now it is only an invitation, there is no date yet, but it should happen in the next few months”.
“I would like to hold a bilateral conference between our governments to strengthen all aspects of our relations. We already have a good cooperation in the security sector, a cooperation that I intend to expand. A trip to Israel is among the priorities on my international agenda and it should happen in the fall at the latest”, commented Salvini, as reported in a statement by the Ministry.

features

Pisa, the Jewish Heritage by the Leaning Tower

By Austin Marques*

The city of Pisa, Italy is one of the centers of European medieval art and home to impressive architectural structures. The Piazza dei Miracoli (Square of Miracles) is home to four Catholic monuments: the Cathedral, the Baptistry, the Campanile (known in English as “the leaning tower”), and the Monumental Cemetery. But few people know that Pisa has played a very significant role in the Jewish heritage of Italy.
It is thought that Pisa is the first city in the Tuscany region in which Jewish families settled. Historical records show the purchase of a house by a Jewish merchant in the year 850. Another telling piece of evidence is Benjamin of Tudela’s account of his journey from his native Navarre to Jerusalem. In his book he mentions that he came across 20 Jewish families living in Pisa when he stopped there in 1165 on his way to the Holy Land.

*Austin Marques is a student at Muhlenberg College (Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA).

NEWS

AJC Expressed Condolences over Death
of Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran

By Pagine Ebraiche staff

The American Jewish Committee expressed condolences for the death of Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, who for many years served as the president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
“I would like to express, on the part of AJC, Religions for Peace, and my own, our profound sadness at the passing of a great soul, a significant figure in the history of interreligious dialogue and in that of our common commitment to working for peace in the Middle East and the world,” reads message sent by Lisa Palmieri-Billig, AJC representative in Italy and Liaison to the Holy See, and Honorary president of Religions for Peace/Italy.
“Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran has always been on the side of justice, of human rights and dignity in a great battle for righting the wrongs of our times and hastening the arrival of peace for all peoples, nations and religions. His heart was always in his actions; he never engaged in sterile formalities,” she added, before remembering the Cardinal’s commitment to interreligious dialogue and Holocaust Remembrance.

bechol lashon - Español

Perseguidos

David Bidussa*

El salmista dice: «… ya no hay justos, porque ha desaparecido la fidelidad entre los hombres. Mentira habla el uno al otro, con lenguaje adulador, hablan de manera distinta de lo que piensan. Destruya el Señor todos los labios aduladores, la lengua que habla sumamente, de los que dicen: nos haremos fuertes basándonos en nuestra lengua, nuestros labios están con nosotros, ¿quién podría gobernarnos? Por el hecho de que se explotan los pobres, por el hecho de que los miserables gimen ahora. Me levantaré para juzgar, dice el Señor, diré al perseguido, Te salvaré». [Salmos, 12, 2-6].

*David Bidussa, historiador social de las ideas. Traducción de Anna Zanette, estudiante de la Escuela Superior para Intérpretes y Traductores de la Universidad de Trieste, de prácticas en la oficina del periódico de la Unión de las Comunidades Judías Italianas.

Leia mas

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Dealing with more than One Internal Voice

By Yaakov Mascetti*

My friend Mendel, who refuses to be boxed into the term haredi so I will refrain from doing so, is one of a kind – he lacks, from what I can see from outside, the internal struggles, the vicious strife between more than one force driving his actions. Of course he has his issues, and of course not everything is perfect in his world, and he deserves my respect and care because, like all of us, he is leading his own personal battles. It’s just that my friend Mendel leads his own personal daily battles with more of a sense of equilibrium, instead of falling on one side and then lapsing onto the other – which is, of course, the way I deal with things.

*Yaakov Mascetti holds a Ph.D. and teaches at the Department of Comparative Literature, Bar Ilan University.

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ITALICS

The Wonderful Cookie Called 'Pizza ebraica'

By Rachel Rummel*

Rome’s Jewish quarter isn’t perfumed by the aromas of savory pizza dough. Rather, caramelizing sugars, just-burnt nuts, raisins, and candied citrus waft along the cobblestone. Italians call this creation pizza ebraica, which means “Jewish pizza,” even though it’s a bar cookie. (Technically, the literal translation is “Hebraic pizza.”)
Today, only one kosher bakery specializing in pizza ebraica remains in the former Jewish ghetto. The family-owned Pasticceria il Boccione has been in operation for nearly two centuries. The owners suspect that Jews fleeing the Spanish Inquisition brought the dish to Rome via Sicily, which was then-ruled by the Spanish. At the time, pizza simply meant “pie,” which doesn’t specify a sweet or savory leaning.

*This article was published in Atlas Obscura.

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