“Neutrality and inactivity in the face of evil are by itself evil”. So Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, President of the Conference of European Rabbis, called to action against the false religious prophets who revive “barbaric and inhuman practices from over a …
On Sunday 10 October, Padua will be the leading Italian city of the 22nd European Day of Jewish Culture, which this year is dedicated to the theme of “Dialogues”, a theme that lends itself to a range of possible declensions. …
Three were the synagogues once in operation in Padua. In addition to the German one, once damaged by the Fascists and seat of the Jewish Padua Museum today, also the Sephardi one, converted into a private home, and the Italian …
Davide Romanin Jacur – council member to the financial statements of the UCEI with a career as councillor spanning forty years and one as president spanning fourteen – has many stories to tell. His first thoughts go to Rav Achille …
“The greatest heritage of the Jewish Community of Padua does not consist of its objects, albeit beautiful and highly valuable. It consists of the people who lived there”. This is the idea behind the Museum of Jewish Padua, inaugurated in …
“I am very honored but also deeply impressed. It is an opportunity to meditate on my long and painful path of reconciliation with Germany”. So Senator for life and Holocaust survivor Liliana Segre welcomed the Order of Merit of the …
Fifty-five years ago, this week Pope Paul VI promulgated Nostra Aetate, the declaration that marked a historical change in Christian-Jewish relations. Among others, it exonerated the Jewish people of the collective blame of Jesus’ death – one of the main …
By Pagine Ebraiche staff*
“We’re living in a moment of great conflict, including in the Middle East. All of this is creating an atmosphere in which many discriminations will probably continue to thrive. We need a lot of work at …
Pagine Ebraiche staff
Era un amigo del pueblo judío, una persona con la mente abierta y con la que era posible mantener un diálogo franco, tenía una profunda sensibilidad religiosa. Algunas voces del judaísmo italiano han querido recordar así en …
By Noemi Di Segni*
This year’s European Day of Jewish Culture will involve as many as eighty-one localities from the north to the south of Italy, featuring hundreds of cultural initiatives. This increasingly-successful event, established eighteen years ago, is promoted …