IT HAPPENED TOMORROW Jerusalem
By Guido Vitale
“But you ought to let the Jews have Jerusalem; it is they who made it famous.”
1955 (Winston Churchill to Eden’s private secretary Evelyn Shuckburgh).…
Editorial
IT HAPPENED TOMORROW Rome and the silent press
By Guido Vitale
Italian newspapers are overflowing with reporting about a serious scandal that links neo-fascism, organised crime and local politics in Rome. But there is no need to thank any journalistic investigation.
In fact the investigative work was entirely …
IT HAPPENED TOMORROW “Otto per mille”
By Guido Vitale
The “Corte dei conti”, the Italian court that controls public spending, has issued an opinion on the transfer of money from the state to religious confessions using the tax-deduction mechanism known as “Otto per mille”. This represents …
IT HAPPENED TOMORROW Data and Lies
By Guido Vitale
Recently I attended, along with fellow journalist Fiona Diwan of the “Bollettino della Comunità ebraica di Milano” (the newsletter of the Jewish Community of Milan), a course organized by the Professional Association of Italian Journalists. It was …
The Magic Mountain
By Guido Vitale
In a brief touring production that included engagements in Italy, the amazing actors of the Slovenian National Theatre of Ljubljana and of the Slovenian Theatre of Trieste presented an exciting new adaptation of Thoman Mann’s novel The …
IT HAPPENED TOMORROW An Exemplary Ruling
By Guido Vitale
In a landmark ruling issued in October (number 238/2014), the Italian Constitutional Court declared unconstitutional the Italian laws that prevented victims of Nazi war crimes from taking legal action against the German state in the Italian Civil …
IT HAPPENED TOMORROW Waiting for Chagall
By Guido Vitale
Thousands of people wait every day in a long line to have the possibility of visiting the largest exhibition ever dedicated to Marc Chagall. It takes place at the Palazzo Reale of Milan, and listening to the …
IT HAPPENED TOMORROW A Better World
By Guido Vitale
“I always feel the world becomes a slightly better place when I meet someone who has ties to multiple sports teams and can’t decide which one to cheer at a game.” (Jaron Lanier)…
IT HAPPENED TOMORROW Big Data
By Guido Vitale
“If we just admitted that people are still needed in order for big data to exist, and if we were willing to lessen our fantasies of artificial intelligence, then we might enjoy a new economic pattern in …
The Messages of the Rabbis
By Guido Vitale*
Yom Kippur is an important opportunity for Jews in Italy and all over the world to listen to and to evaluate what their rabbis really have to say.
*Guido Vitale is the editor-in-chief…