By Rachel Silvera
Chaya and Simi are two brilliant and funny girls. Born and bred in Sidney (Australia), they are the daughters of a local rabbi. In a conversation with Pagine Ebraiche, they explained how they wanted to find a …
By Adam Smulevich
In the December issue, Pagine Ebraiche presents its readers with an unpublished picture of extraordinary symbolic value. The picture portrays Aron Colub, the American soldier who broke the seals placed by the Nazis on the synagogue of …
By Francesca Matalon
“Fluctuat nec mergitur”, Tossed but not sunk: it is the motto of Paris, referring to its symbol, a ship sailing through a stormy sea. But the same symbol represents Paris in the sky of the twinned city …
By Ada Treves
It is truly impossible to explain the complexity and the profound humanity of Katja Petrowskaja, recent winner of yet another price, that of the Adei-Wizo, the Italian Association of Jewish Women, part of the Women’s International Zionist …
By Daniel Reichel
“You shall not oppress a stranger, for you know the feelings of the stranger, having yourselves been strangers in the land of Egypt,” (Exodus 23:9). The biblical ethic urges us to welcome foreigners but on the other …
By Francesca Matalon
“Greek Jews are coping with the crisis in the exact same way as every other Greek citizens do: we anxiously stand in line at ATMs to withdraw fifty euros a day and are concerned about our future …
By Rachel Silvera
“Dentro e fuori dal Ghetto” (“Inside and Outside the Ghetto” published by Mondadori Education), the new book written by Micol Ferrara, professor of Jewish studies at the BA offered by the Union of Italian Jewish Communities (UCEI), …
By Ada Treves
The satisfaction and joy of the delegation representing Israeli animation in Venice, for Cartoons on the Bay were already great, but the official closing ceremony had one more surprise: the Pulcinella Award for the “Best educational and …
By Francesca Matalon
The collection of Hebrew books of the National Library of Turin are on display in the exhibition “Judaica Pedemontana” and is being shown to the public for the first time.
The exhibition organized and promoted by the …
By Ada Treves
A new study published this week by the Institute for Jewish Policy Research and anticipated in the February issue of Pagine Ebraiche demonstrates that antisemitism is a significant concern among Jews in Italy, with clear indications that …