By Pagine Ebraiche staff
Israeli author David Grossman attended the Jewish Book Festival that took place in Ferrara on Sunday.
The Festival celebrated its tenth edition with many events hosted at the Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah (MEIS) …
By Adam Smulevich
The Auschwitz Memorial built to remember the Italian victims of deportation found a new home in the city of Florence.
Originally set up in a lager by the National Association of ex-deportees in Nazi camps in 1980, …
By Daniel Reichel
Contrary to what some might believe, the future of books is not in danger. Books have undergone a metamorphosis, adapting themselves to a faster society, but reading is still a widespread practice, explains historian David Bidussa.
“Reading …
By Daniela Fubini*
To a simple visitor, Beit Italia looks like a complex consisting of little buildings that could act as a school, thanks to its being continuously kept tidy with renovations and structural improvements.
There is a courtyard in …
By Rossella Tercatin
The Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah in Ferrara was featured in a long article in New York Times on Wednesday.
“The history of Jewish life in Italy might seem like one long saga of suffering …
By Alice Fubini*
A small exhibition of original unpublished documents stored in many files and collections was the backdrop to a conference in Turin last week – a dialogue between Chiara Pilocane, director of Terracini Archive, and Cristina Zuccaro, responsible …
By Pagine Ebraiche staff
The Committee for the Centennial of the birth of Shoah survivor and world renowned author Primo Levi presented the program of the initiatives for the anniversary last week in Turin.
“As Italian President Sergio Mattarella highlighted …
By Pagine Ebraiche staff
A selection of artwork by over 60 Israeli and Italian artists is on display at the Jewish Museum in Bologna.
Titled, “Unforgettable childhood”, the exhibition aims at depicting children and adolescences according to different artistic interpretations …
By Ada Treves*
“See you in Bologna” – this is the typical way children’s books professionals say goodbye to one another. You can hear it echoing in the different languages spoken at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair every year, an …
By Pagine Ebraiche staff*
Several dozens of architectural design projects from different Italian, European and non-European cities have been submitted to build a monument in memory of the Jewish boys who were offered protection at Villa Emma, in Nonantola, in …