Category: Culture

Zohar, a photographic journey through Jewish Italy

One day, a friend of Francesco Maria Colombo showed him some pictures of the synagogue of Casale Monferrato. “I was impressed by its beauty and by the fact that I had never heard of it before. I asked myself, as …

El barco de Giuliani zarpa de Midrash y llega lejos

Su título es Nell’oceano dell’ebraismo. Brevi navigazioni tra Talmud e filosofía (En el océano del judaísmo. Breves navegaciones entre Talmud y filosofía). Se trata de una recopilación de textos del editorial Castelvecchi y es una antología deslumbrante que va de …

Turin: Jews and Waldensians, citizens like others since 1848

Under the sky of Turin, the Mole Antonelliana has once again turned blue. “1848: Jews and Waldensians, citizens like others”, states the white bold lettering appearing on the city’s symbol from this week. Conceived as a grand new temple for …

WWII, the denunciation of Jews on display at the Casina dei Vallati in Rome

Under Nazi-fascism, not only notorious gangs, such as the Bardi-Pollastrini or the Cialli-Mezzaroma gangs, but also “ordinary” Italian citizens distinguished themselves in the denunciation of Jews. A painful chapter, addressed by the exhibition “Le parole dell’odio. Gli ebrei romani venduti …

Jewish Rome tells its story in a book series

The first volume was published in 2012: La scomparsa della sesta Scola (“The disappearance of the sixth Synagogue”), written by Giancarlo Spizzichino. The author reconstructed the little-known history of the Portaleone synagogue, also known as “the Sixth Synagogue,” located in …