“A heartbreaking pain compounded by the shock and anguish that has exhausted us since October 7, as we grapple with the brutal murder of over 1,200 Israeli citizens by Hamas terrorists and the 247 hostages (including 30 children) held in …
Achinoam Nini, better known as Noa, is one of the most renowned Israeli artists globally. Her concert, titled “The voice of peace,” will conclude the current edition of the Balagan Café festival in Florence on the evening of September 5. …
Registrations are now open for the UCEI’s three-year University Degree in Jewish Studies. Established in 2000 as an extension of the Italian Rabbinical College, this program will soon celebrate its 25th anniversary during the new academic year 2024-2025, which corresponds …
“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, …
Uneasy, preoccupied, and at times disoriented, yet resolute to combat for the future for European Jews. This is how Jewish leaders and professionals are portrayed according to the sixth survey conducted by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC). Conducted …
Italian Judaism is not limited to the peninsula. For decades, a significant part of it has been growing in Israel. “Now the Italkim (Italians in Israel) have surpassed in number the community in Italy. We are 25,000 and maintain the …
A new guidebook, Viaggio nell’Italia ebraica. Le meraviglie di una cultura millenaria (A Journey Through Jewish Italy: the Wonders of a Millenary Culture), is set to hit bookstores soon. Curated by the Touring Club Italiano in collaboration with the Foundation …
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 …
On July 21, 1997, lawyer Oreste Bisazza Terracini was in court in Rome for the conclusion of the first-degree trial of former SS captain Erich Priebke who commanded the unit responsible for the Ardeatine Massacre in Rome on 24 March …
In one of his recent public statements, Israeli Ambassador to the Holy See Raphael Schutz called for a “healing through dialogue” between Jerusalem and the Vatican to address the ongoing issues. Some of them have been unresolved for decades, while …
An expert in Jewish musical tradition and a composer and artist as well, the president of the Jewish Community of Florence Enrico Fink has embarked on a quest to find a 16th-century piece written by a distinguished rabbi and scholar …
“I had long envisioned the core of the story: a country with a Muslim majority and a significant Jewish presence, the interaction between the two communities, and I wanted children as main characters,” said Benedetta D’Incau. Known as BeneDì, …
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 …
*By David Jager
I dislike moralizing in art. In truth, I bristle when anyone tells me how I should feel about anything. Blame it on my father’s childhood under Nazi occupation, or my post-punk childhood in suburban California. As Oscar
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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 …