By Adam Smulevich
He is not 18 yet, but the entire Jewish community of Rome is dreaming with him.
Giorgio Spizzichino, young talented player of the Lazio soccer team was very close to making his debut as a professional at …
By Pagine Ebraiche staff
It is well known that Nice is the most Italian city in France, not only because the city was Italian until 1860 and the legendary Giuseppe Garibaldi was born there, but also because Italians are currently …
By Francesca Matalon
Resilience is the central theme of this year’s exhibition at the Israel Pavilion at the Biennale in Venice, called “LifeObject: Merging Architecture and Biology.” The exhibition explores the relation between architecture and biology. The Biennale is a …
By Chavie Lieber*
A Torah scroll takes years to finish, is written on a special parchment made of animal skin, by a select few who learn the craft, and is locked away, safely, in a special closet when it’s not …
By Francesca Matalon
It is time for celebrations for the Jewish Community of Milan. The year 2016 marks the 150th anniversary since its foundation. The following article is the second installment of a two-part series devoted to the history and …
By Francesca Matalon
It is time for celebrations for the Jewish Community of Milan, as 2016 marks the 150th anniversary since its foundation. The presidents Milo Hasbani and Raffaele Besso announced that the Community will be sharing this important moment …
By Tom Kington and Philip Willan*
Five hundred years after it was founded in Venice, Europe’s original Jewish ghetto is fighting to preserve its ancient synagogues as monuments to Jewish resilience — and as a warning about intolerance and …
By Ada Treves*
Ambassador Sandro De Bernardin (in the picture with demographer Sergio Della Pergola), recently appointed Head of the Italian Delegation of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, is resolute and full of energy. His name is not new to …
By Julie Carbonara*
Through the centuries, in spite of their meagre numbers, Italian Jews have had a huge impact on Italian life and on Judaism as a whole. Currently, Italian Judaism is undergoing a transformation, fuelled partly by the influx …
By Rossella Tercatin
2016 marks the fifth-hundredth anniversary of the establishment of the first ghetto in history, which was in Venice in 1516.
The Jewish Community of Venice, the city and the entire country are gearing up to commemorate the …