By Guido Vitale
“Children, it has long been recognized, are a special group. They do not choose their parents, let alone the broader condizione into which they are born”. (Joseph Stiglitz – Trento, Festival dell’Economia,Trento Festival of Economics)…
By Guido Vitale
Among the many valuable insights that the Turin Book Fair offered us this year, the exhibition dedicated to the fiftieth anniversary of the independent Berlin-based publisher Klaus Wagenbach struck a chord with me.
I remember meeting Wagenbach …
By Guido Vitale
The Jewish magazine Ha Keillah, based in Turin, has celebrated its fortieth anniversary. I had the opportunity to address briefly the friends who have chosen to take part in the joyous birthday party. It happens too often, …
By Guido Vitale
For a long time we have been convinced that we needed Europe. The teaching of the Chief Rabbi of France Rav Haim Korsia in this extraordinary Spring edition of Moked helped us to understand that it is …
By Guido Vitale
“Nous avons appris par l’exprerience vécue que nous etions capables de nous hisser au-dessus de nous-nemes” (Beate, Serge Klarsfeld “Memoires” – Fayard Flammarion 2015)…
By Guido Vitale
Every day I criss-cross the Italian Jewish world. This Pesach I am at home with my amazing community. Next year in Jerusalem.…
By Guido Vitale
There are children books, as well as TV shows, which are created from scratch based on the availability of already existing illustrations.
“The Book With No Pictures” by B.J. Novak shows the uncomfortable opposite truth: If we …
By Guido Vitale
The question is how do we balance a plurality of ideas with a hierarchy of ideas. Through pluralism we make way for new ideas and prevent toxic orthodoxies. Through hierarchies we accept that our ideas are best …
Melamed is the name of a specific section of the national and international press review of www.moked.it , the Portal of Italian Jewry. Born three years ago, it is devoted to pedagogical matters, teaching issues and Jewish education, and every …
By Guido Vitale
“Die Zukunft war früher auch besser” (Karl Valentin)…