By Guido Vitale
Jewish Italy is mourning the passing away of Vittorio Dan Segre, one of its great protagonists. Before Rosh Hashanah, immediately after the release of “Storia di un ebreo che voleva essere eroe” (The History of a Jew …
By Guido Vitale
This week will finally see the publication (in Italian) of the latest volume of memoirs of a truly extraordinary Italian Jew, Vittorio Dan Segre, entitled “Storia dell’ebreo che voleva essere eroe” (“Story of the Jew who wanted …
By Guido Vitale
Italian Jews have just lived another overwhelming European Day of Jewish Culture. We have seen that Italian Judaism is alive and has much to offer to the whole Italian society. But, above all, we have realized that …
By Guido Vitale
La Gazzetta di Mantova, the Italian newspaper founded in 1664, celebrates in these days its 350 years. A major exhibition at Palazzo Te celebrates this extraordinary event in correspondence with the prestigious Festivaletteratura, which attracts in town …
By Guido Vitale
With the premiere of Tsili, Amos Gitai’s latest film, tomorrow at the Venice Biennale Film Festival Israeli cinema will be back in the spotlight. The end of the Summer marks many new beginnings, from the arrival of …
By Guido Vitale*
A film about the Nazi massacres against civilian population in Italy – specifically about the slaughter of hundreds of women, children and elders in Sant’Anna di Stazzema in 1944 – has raised much interest during the sixty-seventh …
By Guido Vitale*
For all Italians the mid August weekend traditionally represents a moment of meditation before resuming work and study.
For the Italians Jews especially, this season was more intense and more agitated than ever. Conflict in the Middle …
By Guido Vitale*
A very large enthusiastic audience greeted the great Israeli director Eran Riklis on the Piazza Grande in Locarno for the premiere of Dancing Arabs, his latest work. “I want – he said – to make a very …
By Guido Vitale*
“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” (George Orwell)
*Guido Vitale is the editor-in-chief of Pagine Ebraiche…
By Guido Vitale*
The editorial staff at the Union of Italian Jewish Communities has intensified its work as a result of the conflict in the Middle East, and the terrorist attacks on the Israeli civilian population. In addition to the …