By Francesca Matalon
The 8th edition of Redazione Aperta, the two-week journalistic workshop held annually by the newsroom of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities (UCEI), ended on Friday. This year, for the first time, the group was composed of …
By Rossella Tercatin
Historian Gadi Luzzatto Voghera, the new director of the Center of Jewish Contemporary Documentation (CDEC) in Milan, and Simonetta Della Seta, who heads the Museo dell’Ebraismo Italiano e della Shoah (MEIS – Museum of Italian Judaism and …
By Pagine Ebraiche staff
Italy and the Italian Jewish community join the rest of the world in mourning the Shoah survivor, writer and Nobel peace prize winner, Elie Wiesel, who passed away on Saturday at the age of 87.
“Wiesel …
By Francesca Matalon
With the 50th anniversary of the arrival of Libyan Jews in Rome approaching, many events are being held in the city to remember their escape from this Arab country in 1967 and their integration in Italy. The …
By Pagine Ebraiche Staff
A ceremony to honor the Jewish Brigade was held at the War Cemetery in the village of Piangipane, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. The cemetery contains hundreds of Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, …
By Pagine Ebraiche staff
The culture festival “Jewish in the City” opened in Milan on Sunday. Hundreds of people gathered at the historic site Rotonda della Besana which is a large edifice with a vast portico completed in the first …
By Francesca Matalon
The cultural festival “Jewish in the City” will take place in Milan on May 29-31. The theme chosen for this third edition is the 150th anniversary of the Milan Jewish Community, which was established in 1866. The …
By Pagine Ebraiche staff
The representatives of the Jewish communities and institutions of Southern Italy traveled to Rome last week to participate in a conference on the rebirth of Jewish life in their areas organized by the Union of Italian …
By Ada Treves
Bologna Children’s Book Fair continues to grow, both in quantitative and qualitative terms and along with the Weekend devoted to young readers it now constitutes a whole week filled with books, presentation, round tables and thousands of …
By Ada Treves
The 53rd edition of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, the most important international event dedicated to books for young readers has opened this morning and Pagine Ebraiche, as it happens every year, is present. The latest issue …