On the World Children’s Day, a new solidarity initiative promoted by the Jewish Community of Rome recalled the 38 minors held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza under the slogan “Bring them home now”. Portraits of the hostages were displayed …
The more the conflict with Hamas terrorists continues, the more the approval of Italians towards Israel’s actions drops. This is what was registered in the last survey by the SWG research institute, which shows that since the outbreak of the …
In Devarim/Deuteronomy we find the first biblical mention of Gaza, spoken by Moses. In his first speech to the sons and daughters of Israel, he who freed the Jewish people from the Egyptian enslavement in fact mentions the Avvim, a …
The synagogue of Pisa illuminated on the night of November 9-10, 2023. The Jewish community of Pisa also joined the UCEI initiative to light up the lights of Italian synagogues on the 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht (November 9, 1938).…
Terror and empathy. These are the two emotions that Hamas, since the massacres of October 7, has been trying to spread with its videos through public opinion. “Hamas terrorists talk to two different worlds. With the videos of the massacres, …
A summit between Israel and Italy was scheduled for October in Jerusalem. It would have been the first in ten years and would have been an opportunity to sign new economic, cultural, and scientific agreements between the two countries. “As …
Since the conflict between Israel and Hamas broke out, Israel’s national first aid service Magen David Adon is working with every available resource. The operating means are almost 1.400, including common ambulances, armored ones, mobile intensive care units, and motorcycle …
17% of Italians are “closer to the Israeli community”, while 14% are “closer to the Palestinian community.” 34% express closeness to “both”, while 22% “to neither.” 13% choose not to take a side. These figures, among others, come from the …
A considerable number of illustrious people rest in the Jewish cemetery of Rožna Dolina in Nova Gorica, such as the philosopher Carlo Michelstaedter, the glottologist Graziadio Isaia Ascoli and the journalist Carolina Luzzatto, the first woman in Italy to run …
Contar para os mais jovens o que aconteceu em Israel é uma tarefa delicada. Queremos protegê-los da brutalidade das ações dos terroristas de Hamas, mas não podemos evitar a questão do conflito. Especialmente nas escolas judaicas, onde a conexão direta …
The history of the Jewish ghetto of Florence, which existed in the city between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, becomes an exhibition organized by the Uffizi Galleries. Arranged in the Gallery of Modern Art of Pitti Palace and curated by …
Oito anos após a sua morte, o legado artístico de Eva Fischer (1920-2015) continua vivo em vários projetos e iniciativas. A mais recente é um bom livro editado pelo seu filho, Alan David Baumann, cujas páginas devolvem com bom gosto …
Historian and partisan Marc Bloch, one of the greatest intellectuals of the 20th century, wondered: “In order to act reasonably, isn’t it necessary to understand first?”. This is the question we find in the epigraph of the new book “La …
The exhibition “Houses of life – Synagogues and cemeteries in Italy”, recently inaugurated at the MEIS – National Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah in Ferrara devotes a significant attention to events and testimonies of Jewish Rome. From the …
Fermé depuis 2012 à la suite des dommages causés cette année-là par le séisme dans la région italienne d’Émilie-Romagne, le Musée juif de Ferrare se trouve au dernier étage du complexe muséal de Via Mazzini, où sont situées les trois …