Culture

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 …

Books in a suitcase/ Toulouse, writing not to forget

“Nothing was ever the same again”. A sentence you could hear very often when – the last year on March 19th, with the speech of President Macron and of the highest officials of the République – France stopped to commemorate …

Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe Autumn 2022 Grant Programmes

Applications are open for the Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe’s Autumn 2022 grant programs and welcome in several categories with deadline September 12. In the category Archives and libraries, the goal is to increase access to documents that will enhance future …

The man who saved Yiddish literature

It was defined as one of the biggest efforts of cultural rescue in Jewish history. It was Aaron Lansky, a then-young student of Yiddish language and literature, who set it up in the 70s. Failing to find books in Yiddish …