Culture

Joshua Cohen: “In Brody, looking for Roth”

By Adam Smulevich

Joshua Cohen was in Jerusalem at the time it was announced that he had won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Just a few minutes later, he said, “my house was surrounded by reporters. None of them had …

Erfahrungen und Welten im Vergleich

Shaul Bassi, Dozent an der Universität Venedig und Seele der Vereinigung Beit Venezia- Haus der jüdischen Kultur, schlägt uns zwei Bücher vor. Das erste ist ein Roman des israelischen Schriftstellers und Dramatikers Roy Chen, Anime, dessen italienische Ausgabe demnächst beim …

Italian Rabbinical College, the academic year kicks off

The academic year had its start on Sunday at the Italian Rabbinical College, the school that as primary duty has the education of rabbis e Jewish subjects’ teachers, with a lecture by Director Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni. The school provides …

Geschichten aus Polen, jenseits von Klischees

Von Anastazja Buttitta*

Es ist keine Neuigkeit, dass Polen viel Literatur und viele Nobelpreisträger hervorbringt. Der aktuellste Fall – Olga Tokarczuk – erhielt den berühmten Preis auch dank ihres Buches “Die Jakobsbücher”, das ein großer Erfolg beim Publikum zu …

Jewish cultural heritage, a year of important challenges

To plan and implement the multi-year programs in progress and to launch new projects. These the two fronts on which the Jewish Cultural Heritage Foundation in Italy will focus in the coming months, and they are equally “important for a …

“The screaming silence
on my brother’s death”

“My brother’s name was Stefano, Stefano Gaj Taché. He was barely 2 when, on October 9th 1982, he was killed by a group of terrorists while he and his family were leaving Sukkot’s party in the Great Synagogue of Rome. …

Books in a suitcase/ Being a pirate in a bathtub

Sami is a young pirate. He crosses the oceans in his bathtub. To accompany him, his three trusted and loved ducks. Until one morning he receives the unexpected call from the International Pirate Association’s representative. “Dear Sami, to be a …

Ferrara, a symbol of vitality and renewal

Renewing oneself as an individual, as a community, as a country. It was the central theme of the 23rd edition of the European Days of Jewish Culture that took place Saturday in Italy. Promoted by the Union of the Italian …