By Caitlin Hu*
In the fall of 1943, German soldiers in Italy began rounding up Italian Jews and deporting them—10,000 people were sent to concentration camps during the nearly two-year Nazi occupation. Most never returned. But in Rome, a group …
By Joe Freeman*
After climbing the famed golden staircase at Venice’s Palazzo Ducale, I came upon the princely apartment of the bygone Doge (chief magistrate) and was greeted by a rumbling, clanking sound from within. The noise was the audio …
By Daniela Gross
In addition to Brexit, let’s speak about the return of the Nazis. The founder of Il Fatto Quotidiano Antonio Padellaro urged readers, last Sunday, not to limit their focus on the English upheaval. As he was writing, …
By Daniel Leisawitz*
The Jews of Rome have the curious custom of referring to Shavuot as “Pasqua rosa” or “Pink Passover.” It is generally thought that this epithet derives from the profusion of flowers that decorates Jewish homes and synagogues …
By Pagine Ebraiche staff
Last week, Tablet magazine ran two articles about the experience of two people who felt they were able to reconnect to their Jewish roots during their visit to Italy.
“None of these experiences struck me quite …
By Daniel Leisawitz*
I’d like to congratulate Jacov Di Segni and his family on the occasion of his smikha, which was celebrated on the evening of Lag ba’omer in the Great Synagogue of Rome. This seems a good occasion to …
By Daniel Leisawitz*
Vito Volterra was born 156 years ago this month into a poor Jewish-Italian family in the city of Ancona. He would go on to become a leading physicist and mathematician at a time when there were many …
By Daniel Leisawitz*
The victory of Sadiq Khan (Labour) in the London mayoral race means that he will become the British capital’s first Muslim mayor. His margin of victory (he won 56.8% of the vote) and the sheer number of …
By Pagine Ebraiche staff
The Senate of Italy has approved a bill that punishes Holocaust denial, taking it a step forward in turning it into law (another vote by the Italian Chamber of Deputies is required for this purpose).
On …
By Daniel Leisawitz*
The latest edition of Pagine ebraiche featured a series of articles dedicated to the progress of the years-long Babylonian Talmud Translation Project. Earlier this month a ceremony was held at the Accademia dei Lincei in Rome to …