About two thousand university professors throughout Italy have signed on to boycott relations with Israeli universities. About sixty or so teach at the University of Turin, which is at the center of national headlines after the academic Senate ended a …
Los Maestros enseñan que “todas las fiestas algún día se anularán, mientras que los días de Purim permanecerán eternamente”. Por lo tanto, el Purim constituye una celebración especial en la tradición judía. Igual de especial es la historia de su …
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 …