In collaboration with the Museum of the Liberation of Rome in via Tasso, in 2016 the University of Rome Tor Vergata created and launched the virtual platform ViBiA (Virtual Biographical Archive) with the aim of learning more about the stories …
The roots of the Ospedale Israelitico (Israelitic Hospital) go back centuries. In 1600, almost half a century after Roman Jews were confined to the ghetto, a first Opera Pia Ebraica (Jewish Religious Charity) was set up. Its purpose was to …
“Sotah” (Suspected adulteress) will be released in bookstores on March 22. This is the tenth tractate of the Babylonian Talmud to be translated into Italian in accordance with the memorandum of understanding signed in 2011 by State institutions and the …
One day, a friend of Francesco Maria Colombo showed him some pictures of the synagogue of Casale Monferrato. “I was impressed by its beauty and by the fact that I had never heard of it before. I asked myself, as …
Su título es Nell’oceano dell’ebraismo. Brevi navigazioni tra Talmud e filosofía (En el océano del judaísmo. Breves navegaciones entre Talmud y filosofía). Se trata de una recopilación de textos del editorial Castelvecchi y es una antología deslumbrante que va de …
Under the sky of Turin, the Mole Antonelliana has once again turned blue. “1848: Jews and Waldensians, citizens like others”, states the white bold lettering appearing on the city’s symbol from this week. Conceived as a grand new temple for …
En ocasión del Día Internacional de Conmemoración en Memoria de las Víctimas del Holocausto de 2007, el antiguo presidente de la República italiana Giorgio Napolitano subrayó la necesidad de “luchar contra cada señal de antisemitismo, aun cuando se disfraza de …
Venetian by birth, Florentine by adoption, Mazzinian Jewess Amelia Pincherle Rosselli (1870-1954) was always at the side of her sons Carlo and Nello in the anti-fascist struggle that cost them their lives. Both were assassinated on June 9, 1937, in …
Under Nazi-fascism, not only notorious gangs, such as the Bardi-Pollastrini or the Cialli-Mezzaroma gangs, but also “ordinary” Italian citizens distinguished themselves in the denunciation of Jews. A painful chapter, addressed by the exhibition “Le parole dell’odio. Gli ebrei romani venduti …
The Turin International Book Fair is back under the new editorial direction of Annalena Benini, in the name of one of the most famous female Italian writers, who grew up right under the shadow of the Mole Antonelliana: Natalia Ginzburg. …