Sweet eyes and melancholy painted on the face of a kind and gentle man. “But behind that apparent docility, the Italian filmmaker Daniele Segre, known for his documentary films, hid a determination and an extraordinary strength. His career proves it: …
The tragedy of the Einstein Mazzetti family massacre by the Nazis during WWII remains in the background of the exhibition “After Images,” open at the Milan Shoah Memorial until February 25th. The photographs by Eva Krampen Kosloski, the protagonists of …
Liliana Picciotto is one of the most prominent Shoah scholars in Italy. A guest speaker at the University of Padua, she gave a lectio magistralis on “Resisting Extermination. Jews in Italy during the Fascist Occupation,” which she opened addressing the …
Four novels will compete for the 24th edition of the literary prize of the Association of Jewish Women of Italy (Adei), dedicated to the memory of Adelina Della Pergola. In the main section, “Madre” (On Division) by Goldie Goldbloom and …
After centuries of oblivion, in 2023 Hanukkah’s lights beamed again in Catania, the historic port city on Sicily’s east coast. It was an exciting new beginning, said to Pagine Ebraiche Moshe Ben Simon, an Israeli who moved to Sicily some …
Italian linguist Tullio De Mauro once argued that “the destruction of language is the premise for any future destruction.”His words were quoted by Saul Meghnagi, coordinator of the UCEI Culture Committee, during the presentation of the project “Il significato delle …
Accused of plagiarism, criticized for her handling of incidents of anti-Semitism on her campus, Claudine Gay recently announced her resignation from her post as dean of Harvard. The first black woman to lead the Ivy League institution, Gay fell “victim …
After centuries of oblivion, in 2023 Hanukkah’s lights beamed again in Catania, the historic port city on Sicily’s east coast. It was an exciting new beginning, said to Pagine Ebraiche Moshe Ben Simon, an Israeli who moved to Sicily some …
For centuries synagogues have been a defining mark of Italian cities fabric. They may be monumental as those built during the Emancipation era or occult as those going back to the period of ghettos, when the constant menace of forced …
Both a poetess and a translator, Giovanna Bemporad is a cornerstone of the Italian culture in the 20th century. A hundred years after her birth and a decade since her passing, this brilliant and unconventional; figure, who miraculously survived anti-Jewish …