It is a challenging time for Israeli tourism. Apart from the national airline, few carriers currently operate flights to and from Israel, and active conflicts in the region further complicate the situation. “But next year will be a year of …
More than 1,500 rare printed volumes from the Jewish community of Mantua have been cataloged as part of the international I-TAL-YA Books project, led by the Union of the Italian Jewish Communities (UCEI). Architectural photographer and visual artist Giulia Flavia …
Marco Navarra, a Jewish scholar from Verona who moved to Turin in the late 18th century, is an “illustrious unknown,” says historian Asher Salah. Yet, according to Salah, a professor at the Bezalel Academy of Jerusalem, Navarra played a pioneering …
“Minimizing is a classic form of antisemitism. During the Holocaust, there was also minimization, with people saying Jews were exaggerating. We are not exaggerating. This is an extremely dangerous situation,” warned Chief Rabbi of Milan, Alfonso Arbib, speaking to a …
From Turin to Naples, from Genoa to Venice, Italian synagogues across the country lit up in remembrance on the 86th anniversary of Kristallnacht, or the “Night of Broken Glass.” This brutal pogrom, carried out by the Nazis in Germany on …
On November 4, 1966, Florence was gripped by a catastrophe when the Arno River overflowed, devastating the historic center and its priceless treasures. Volunteers from around the world came to aid, later dubbed the “Mud Angels”—a term coined by Corriere …
“Preserving the historical memory of a centuries-old heritage of culture and folk art was my uncle’s ambition,” said Guido Neppi Modona, a distinguished jurist and former judge of the Constitutional Court, at the 2010 inauguration of the Ceramics Museum in …
“I’ve been telling my story in schools for 60 years. Recently, I injured myself, so now I mostly do it through Zoom. But it is always worth it.” Holocaust survivor and writer Edith Bruck received applause from dozens of young …
“In Trieste, where sorrows abound amidst the beauty of sky and land, there is a slope called Via del Monte. It begins with a synagogue,” wrote the poet Umberto Saba in his youth, between 1910 and 1912. Years later, not …
A nation that sustains itself on war, profiting from it economically. A country that doesn’t distinguish between civilians and terrorists, indiscriminately targeting both. A nation with genocidal intentions. A political testing ground for the global far right.
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The goal was to strip away the rhetoric surrounding Liliana Segre. To move beyond the “very Italian” attempt to turn her into a symbol. And to let her speak today, offering the public a faithful portrait of her story and …
“Years later, as he approached his eighties, Niccolò Introna would feel the need to defend himself for the first time in his life. It was as if he were on trial, not them. Particularly not the two people in question, …
Ruth’s is a kosher vegetarian restaurant next to the synagogue in Florence. Its owner for over twenty years, Tomas Simcha Jelinek, is also a vegetarian. “Everyone has been here. Even the Italian steak king, Dario Cecchini. Outside his realm, he …
After living between Milan, Paris and the Far East, photographer Mario Troiani settled in Israel drawn by “the emotions that this country and its light awaken in me.” For Troiani, born in 1962, capturing Israel’s colors and characters was more …
The European Day of Jewish Culture on September 15th will be dedicated to family. And in Rome, “no place better represents this concept than the Great Synagogue, which will soon celebrate 120 years since its inauguration,” said art historian Giorgia …
Also known as Judezmo or Judaeo, Ladino is the ancient language of the Sephardic Jews, which survived the forced expulsion from the Iberian Peninsula in the late 15th century and the subsequent dispersion throughout the Mediterranean region. According to recent …
More than 800 manuscripts were in the running for the 37th edition of the Italo Calvino Prize, the most important prize for unpublished fiction in Italy. Founded by a group including philosopher Norberto Bobbio, the literary critic Cesare Cases, the …
On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Rome, Micha Ullman’s sculpture Second Home. Jerusalem – Rome was restored to its original location near the former Jewish Roman Ghetto. The Israeli artist, internationally renowned for his works commemorating historical events …
Comme l’on sait, dans la bibliothèque de Leopardi il y avait de nombreux livres en hébreu, notamment une Bible polyglotte que le poète avait commencé à feuilleter à l’âge de 15 ans. Cette lecture avait impressionné le jeune Leopardi si …