By Joel J. Levy*
Walking through the streets of the world’s first “ghetto,” one might come across a variety of sights: the impoverished Jews confined to that quarter; rabbis reciting elegant speeches in the Italian vernacular; crumbling buildings; musicians singing …
By Kayla Pantano*
On Wednesday evening, the Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) in New York honored accomplished authors, Nadia Terranova, Gli Anni al Contrario, and Marco Belpoliti, Primo Levi di Fronte e di Profilo, for their literary contributions as the …
By JTA
The international soccer governing body FIFA slapped a more than $30,000 fine on Italy’s national soccer team for the anti-Semitic behavior of some of its fans at a match in Haifa.
FIFA fined the Italian team 30,000 Swiss …
By Sam Kestenbaum*
More than 300 men and women who identify as descendants of Jews whose families were forced during the Spanish Inquisition gathered in the Sicilian capital of Palermo on Sunday to celebrate their shared bond of Jewish history.…
By Daniel Leisawitz*
This summer, my family and I visited the beautiful synagogue in via Mazzini. After our visit we stopped in a nearby yogurteria for lunch. When I ordered a “piadina with hummus, hold the prosciutto,” the owner looked …
By Laura Paull*
In the late-modern period of the Italian Renaissance, Jews living on the Italian Peninsula translated the phonetic sounds of the regional name Italia into Hebrew: I-Tal-Yah, or “Island of Divine Dew.” It was a linguistic pun.
That …
By IsraAID
Within a few short hours of the earthquake in Italy, IsraAID’s emergency roster of professionals were on standby. Among the first to be recruited to the team was psychologist, Silvana Winer who was born in Rome and came …
By Jessica Weinstein*
“It’s quite funny – you’re walking along and you suddenly see all these small, dark children,” one mother laughed as she joined the queue beside the sign that read “auditions here today!”
It was easy to spot …
By Daniel Leisawitz*
Having just returned from Italy, I find myself reflecting over the various places and people we encountered on our trip. Some of the most meaningful experiences took place in the small city of Cuneo, tucked away in …
By Ariel David*
Peace must be on the verge of breaking out in the Middle East. Hamas is apparently just a political party that has resorted to terrorism solely because of “the isolation of Gaza.”
Meanwhile, “Christians, Muslims and Jews …