An irreverent self-analysis
By Ada Treves
Telling world in the surroundings and telling about oneself, one panel a week, one problem at a time. This is how “The Realist”, a blog by Asaf Hanuka was born. Originally, it was published in Israel on …
Culture
From Israel to Italy, portraits of daily grind by the artist Asaf Hanuka
On the occasion of CasaleComics&Games, the Jewish community in Casale Monferrato (Piedmont, Italy), hosts an exhibition dedicated to one of the internationally most renowned Israeli cartoonists: Asaf Hanuka. Forty panels will be shown in cooperation with Bao Publishing and mON …
Abraham B. Yehoshua (1936-2022)
Abraham B. Yehoshua has passed away at the age of 85, he was one of the biggest interpreters of Israelian literature and a multiple Nobel Prize candidate. Among his best-known titles we can find The Lover, A Late Divorce, Five …
Shoah Memorial and CDEC, together for a new start
In the heart of Milan, a place of Remembrance, to carry out historical research, teach, where to debate and reflect on our society. Last week, when new spaces were inaugurated and the new headquarters of the Centre of Contemporary Jewish …
„Rita Levi-Montalcini und ihr Meister”
„Rita Levi-Montalcini und ihr Meister”, der schöne Band von Marco Piccolino, Piera Levi-Montalcini, Maria Gattone, Michele Luzzati, Alberto Cavaglion, Giacomo Magrini, Isabel Murray und Pietro Calissano, wurde gestern auf der Internationalen Buchmesse in Turin unter der Leitung von Piero Bianucci …
Des nouvelles anciennes
Par Gadi Luzzatto Voghera*
La Vénérable Bibliothèque Ambrosienne a imprimé une précieuse édition d’un extraordinaire texte hébraïque médiéval, dont elle conserve une copie manuscrite décorée. Il s’agit du Meshal Ha-Qadmonì, composé par Yitzhaq Ibn Sahula à Guadalajara entre 1281 …
A new website for students and teachers to learn about anti-Jewish persecution in Italy
A new website by the Museum of the Shoah Foundation in Rome was launched last week. Titled www.studiarelashoah.it, it is aimed at teachers and students of first and second grade secondary schools and illustrates “the historical roots and evolution …
Sharing the legacy of Jewish Italian liturgy: the extraordinary challenge dedicated to Leo Levi
The history of the music of Italian Jews is a rich and complex one. Every Jewish community in Italy, be it large or small, maintained its own musical tradition up to the early 1900s. It is an extremely diversified heritage …
Two new Rabbis for Italian Jewry
By Adam Smulevich
Over the past few days, Rabbi Paolo Sciunnach and Rabbi Ariel Finzi, already members of the Italian Rabbinical College with the title of Maskil, have achieved a goal that was celebrated with great enthusiasm in Italian Jewry: …
A synagogue for Palermo, fundraising soon to be launched
The pandemic slowed down the project, but the commitment to give Palermo a synagogue never stopped. On the contrary, it recently gained momentum with an international crowdfunding campaign soon to be launched in order to support the initiative. The plan …