By Pagine Ebraiche staff
The State Archive of Turin has launched a new section on their website devoted to the collection of Jewish books and manuscripts. This will allow researchers to consult its database.
The collection comprises all the materials …
By Rossella Tercatin
The exhibit “The Renaissance Speaks Hebrew” will be inaugurated at the Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah (MEIS) in Ferrara on April 12, 2019. It will be opened until September 15, 2019.
After delving in the …
By Pagine Ebraiche Staff
Emanuele Di Porto was barely 13 years old when he managed to avoid arrest during the Nazi raid in the old ghetto of Rome on October 16, 1943. The streetcar operators of Atac, the public company …
By Pagine Ebraiche Staff
The Italian minister for Cultural Heritage, Alberto Bonisoli, visited the Jewish catacombs in Venosa, a small town in the Basilicata region last week.
The catacombs date back to a period between the third and the seventh …
By Pagine Ebraiche staff
An exhibition featuring depictions of Jewish traditions and culture in the style of manga will be inaugurated at the Venice Jewish Museum on March 20, 2019.
The artwork will include 25 panels in pen-&-ink and watercolour …
By Daniel Reichel*
“Arpad Weisz – se il razzismo entra in campo (Arpad Weisz – if racism gets on to the pitch)” is the name of the exhibition at the Shoah Memorial in Milan dedicated to Arpad Weisz, a Hungarian …
Von Thomas Steinfeld
Das Buch “Die Gärten der Finzi-Contini” (1962), der Roman, mit dem der Schriftsteller Giorgio Bassani weltberühmt wurde, beginnt mit einem Besuch auf einem etruskischen Friedhof. “Hatte man die Schwelle des Friedhofs überschritten”, berichtet der Erzähler, “wo ein …
By Pagine Ebraiche staff
The president of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella awarded Anna Foa with the official title of Commendatore (equivalent to the English Knight Commander). The title is awarded to individuals who are honored with the Order of …
Pagine Ebraiche staff
«Ein Aufruf an Deutschland für 2019: Wir wünschen, dass dieses Jahr die berühmte Vase mit Blumen des niederländischen Malers Jan van Huysum den Uffizien von Florenz zurückgegeben wird. Das Gemälde wurde während dem Zweiten Weltkrieg von den …
By Pagine Ebraiche Staff
Many are the stories of Jewish sports heroes whose careers and often lives were brought to an end when there were the Anti-Jewish laws in Italy in 1938. Few of them somehow managed to keep practising …