By Rachel Donadio*
What do Supreme Court justices do on their summer vacations? For Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg — longtime liberal standard-bearer, recent Donald J. Trump critic — this year’s answer is: Go to Venice, watch your grandson perform in …
The area was defined by two gates which, as pointed out by the Senate on 29 March, 1516, would be opened in the morning to the sound of the “Marangona” (the bell in St. Mark’s belfry that established the city’s …
By Pagine Ebraiche staff
The exhibit “Venice, the Jews and Europe – 1516-2016” opened on Sunday, June 19. Curated by Donatella Calabi, the exhibit portrays Jewish life in Venice at the time of the Ghetto and beyond. The venue is …
By Paolo Della Corte*
I designed “Le cose della Vita” – “The things in life” as a multimedia photographic project involving several steps. The aim of my work is to trace a collective history starting from the individual story of …
By Luigi Brugnaro*
Surely, the creation of the Ghetto of Venice was not an act of social integration; it was imposed by the Republic of Venice 500 years ago, in an attempt to stem the increasing inflow of Jewish people …
By Michele Bugliesi*
When the Ghetto of Venice was dissolved, a huge amount of intellectual energy was released from that small place, to the benefit of the whole city. Venetian Jewish people were eager to exercise the rights that they …
By Luca Zaia*
The presence of Jewish people in the land that would have become the Republic of Venice dates back several centuries. Over time, the Jews had turned to be a relevant core of Venice, which was the commercial …
By Ada Treves
In the district of Cannaregio, memories chase after one another across the calle where Enzo Aboaf’s shop window reflects its image in Diego Baruch Fusetti’s. “La stamperia del Ghetto” (the Ghetto print workshop) is set not far …
By Gadi Luzzatto Voghera*
In the struggle to clarify any misunderstanding — the ones inattentive tourists often run into while they wander the calli and campi of Venice — it’s important to underline that the Ghetto of Venice is not …
By Ronald Lauder*
It is a great honor for me, personally, to be here in Venice today as the representative of the Jewish communities around the world. I want to thank the Italian government, the city of Venice, and the …