By Rachel Silvera
Who ever imagined the liberation of the Nazi death camps as a joyous moment of celebration should think again.
Above the entry to the camp and beyond the offensive notorious sign that reads, “Work sets you free”, …
By Rachel Silvera
There was the envelope with 44 letters and 19 postcards from the frontline. There was the bag that Grandma Graziella Anticoli jealously preserved as a symbol of her childhood with her parents and thirteen brothers in Rome, …
By Adam Smulevich
The Jewish Community of Naples celebrates 150 years of existence there through an exhaustive exhibition on its history which is being hosted by the National Library and the State Archives.
The Community was founded in 1864 thanks …
By Ada Treves
Considering the Memory of the Shoah definitely acquired, after all the hard work aimed at making it a permanent heritage of civilization and awareness for all Italians, could be a serious danger. It is still necessary to …
By Rachel Silvera
“We want to grow a generation of unselfish entrepreneurs.” This is the mission of CER Internet Entrepreneurs Prize, the annual event celebrated last week inside the magnificent Ara Pacis in Rome. The Conference of European Rabbis (CER), …
By Rachel Silvera
The Della Seta family had a secret box kept in their house in Rome. Every time someone tried to open it, one of the family members would cry out loudly: “Be careful, it is fragile, it is …
By Simone Somekh*
In the past few weeks, several newspapers around the world reported an inquiry originally published in the Israeli business magazine “The Marker” (a supplement of “Haaretz”). The inquiry claimed that many Israelis are emigrating, and that one …
By Francesca Matalon
Nine books, one interactive DVD and more than three hundred berachot; this is the monumental work of Moise Levy, a doctor and maskil from Milan who just published a boxed set of books entitled “Halachà illustrata: guida …
By Rossella Tercatin
Two years ago most of the village of Finale Emilia was destroyed by a devastating earthquake which hit Northern Italy in summer 2012. In an effort to offer its support to those suffering for the earthquake, the …
By Simone Somekh*
For the second consecutive year, the Union of Italian Jewish Communities announced that students interested in applying to Israeli universities will be able to take the standardized admission tests in Italian.
The Psychometric Entrance Test – an …