Starting from July, the Israeli historian and educator Avinoam Shalev is the 24th Director of the prestigious American Academy in Rome. He is currently the Riggio Professor for the Arts of Islam in the Department of Art History and Archaeology …
For Jews of Catania, Sicily, the day of June 18th 1492 marked an ultimatum. The Alhambra Decree, the Spanish edict that forced thousands to leave and others to convert to Roman Catholicism, became executive. From then on, their millenary presence, …
The names of the authors who won the eleventh edition of the Fiuggi Storia prize, created by the historian Piero Melograni and promoted by the Giuseppe Levi-Pelloni Foundation, have recently been announced. Among the winners is Marco Di Porto with …
Katharina Adler’s Ida, a historical novel set in Vienna in the first half of twentieth century, has won the XX edition of the Wizo Italy Prize, in the name of Adelina Della Pergola. The book, recently translated into Italian and …
For more than twenty years, the Sunday of Hanukkah, which this year falls on December 13th, has been the opportunity for the Jewish Community of Casale Monferrato to meet hundreds of friends in a light themed day. The date has …
By Adam Smulevich
“It is a significant sign in the short and long term”, said Ricardo Franco Levi, president of the Italian Publishers Association AIE since 2017. A piece of news – he really hoped for – has been made …
“Did you know that the European Jewish Congress has ongoing collaboration with its 41 affiliated Jewish communities? Today, we meet the Jewish Community of Italy. UCEI @ucei_it is Italy’s Jewish umbrella organization and the country’s EJC affiliate”.
So begins the …
Beginning with the establishment of the first ghetto in Venice in 1516, followed by that of Rome and other cities, the Jews had to measure themselves against this circumscribed and ambivalent place, which included them in the urban perimeter but …
By Anthony Grafton*
On July 22, 1955, the Times Literary Supplement welcomed the appearance of a new scholarly book with an enthusiasm rarely matched in its gray, closely printed pages. Pride of place, in those days, went not to the …
By Pagine Ebraiche staff
Over ninety Italian locations, from North to South, will take part in the upcoming edition of the European Day of Jewish Culture scheduled for Sunday 6 September.
The 2020 edition will focus on several topics and …