Culture

ART – History seen from above
in Giorgio Albertini plates

In occasion of the Casale Comics & Games Festival, a event dedicated to comics in Piedmont region, the Fondazione Casale Ebraica (Jewish Casale Foundation) inaugurated “History, seen from above,” an exhibition dedicated to the works of Giorgio Albertini. Passionate about …

FÚTBOL – Turín recuerda a Erbstein,
el entrenador de los Invencibles

Para los aficionados al fútbol, el estadio Filadelfia de Turín representa el símbolo del Grande Torino. Aquí se ha consagrado la leyenda de los Invencibles, que terminó trágicamente el 4 de mayo de 1949. Aquí el once granate, liderado por …

UNIVERSITY – Diana Di Segni is a Knight of Merit

Diana Di Segni is a young lecturer in Medieval Jewish and Arabic Philosophy at the University of Milan La Statale, an expert on Moses Maimonides (1138-1204). A critical edition of the Latin translation of the second book of the Dux …

MILAN – Rhodes and the Shoah, an Italian story

A forest of wires descends from the ceiling of the Shoah Memorial in Milan. There are 1,817 of them to be exact, almost all white, and with different lengths. The audience is invited to cross them to understand the magnitude …

MEMORY – Farewell to Masal Pas Bagdadi, psychotherapist and writer

Psychotherapist and writer Masal Pas Bagdadi, who passed away at 86 last week, has dedicated many books to her work and life experiences. In A piedi scalzi nel kibbutz (Barefoot in the Kibbutz), published by Bompiani, she recounted her escape …

TURIN – Houses of Remembrance, youth work awarded

The Remembr-House/Case di Memoria project, promoted by the National Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah in Ferrara, along with the Compagnia di San Paolo’s 1563 Foundation for Art and Culture, aims to raise awareness about the years of Nazi-Fascist …

BOOKS – Jewish Senators,
44 stories of people who made Italy

Forty-four figures – from Ugo Ancona of Ferrara to Alessandro Lustig Piacezzi of Trieste – show the relevant contribution that left a mark in the events after the unification of Italy in 1861, at least until the fascist regime’s antisemitism …

TURIN – At the book fair with Pagine Ebraiche

Thousands of readers, authors, and publishers gathered at the 36th Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino, Italy’s largest book fair. From May 9 to 13, the Salone featured international guests, public events, workshops, and kids’ activities. As in the past, …

CULTURAL HERITAGE – The FBCEI Council ends its mandate

In the coming months, the Italian Touring Club, in collaboration with the Foundation for Jewish Cultural Heritage in Italy – FBCEI, will publish a guide to some of the most relevant Jewish sites in the country. It should be released …