By Ada Treves
Pordenonelegge is one of the most important Italian literature festivals and it is held in September in Pordenone, a small town situated less than sixty kilometres from Venice, in the region called Friuli Venezia Giulia.
Pordenone, with …
By Adam Smulevich
A match not like any other. For Rabbi Vittorio Della Rocca, known in the Jewish Community as “il Morè” (the teacher), Roma-Fiorentina, the opening match of the Series A soccer season 2014-2015, was much more than a …
By Rossella Tercatin
The Universal Exposition will open in Milan in less than 9 months. Running from May 1, 2015, the event promises to make the city the capital of the world for six months. Not only Milan, but the …
By Daniela Gross
Seventy years ago, on August 12th 1944, in Sant’Anna di Stazzema (an Italian village located in the northern part of Tuscany), 560 civilians, mostly women, children and elders, were killed by the Nazis.
In an operation intended …
By Rossella Tercatin
Summer 2014 has marked the centennial of the outbreak of the First World War. This anniversary has been celebrated all over the world with multiple events, but also with cultural initiatives and reflections on the role of …
By Daniela Gross
It happened about fifty years ago, but in light of what’s now happening in the Middle East it sounds dramatically actual. In June 1967 Libya expelled its Jews, when the Six-Day War between Israel and the Arab …
By Ada Treves
Working as a journalist for the newsroom of the Union of the Jewish Communities of Italy is a challenging experience. Apart for the compelling evidence that you have to add to the moral and ethical principle of …
By Ada Treves
Working as a journalist for the newsroom of the Union of the Jewish Communities of Italy is a challenging experience. Apart for the compelling evidence that you have to add to the moral and ethical principle of …
By Simone Somekh
Italians know best: there are several types of tourists.
There are “mainstream” tourists, who visit the most popular sites and think about the Facebook album they will upload once back home even before taking the pictures. There …
By Simone Somekh
The first impression that one gets after admiring one of Eva Fischer’s paintings is that she sees the world through a filter that makes everything seem more vivid. She might be looking at the same landscape that …