By Pagine Ebraiche staff
Italian historian Manuela Consonni has been appointed as Director of the International Center for the Study of Anti-Semitism at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In an interview with journalist Alain Elkann published in the Italian daily La …
By Daniela Gross
On the next Holocaust Remembrance Day, there will be a new sad memory regarding Auschwitz to ponder about. As reported on the daily Il Manifesto by Beatrice Andreose, the Italian Memorial, which was set up in the …
By Daniela Gross
While the wave of refugees to Europe from the Middle East doesn’t seem to stop, an opposite migration is quietly taking place. As reported by The Washington Post, “Jewish immigration to Israel from Western Europe has reached …
By Daniela Gross
“It is incredible how the attack in Cologne has gone understated, especially by the male population. It was a hostile action, less bloody but not less hateful than the assault to Charlie Hebdo, which we commemorate on …
By Daniela Gross
About 13,000 people signed an appeal against Nazi and fascist groups. The petition, titled “A Signature against Fascism,” was launched online two weeks ago. As Paolo Berizzi reported on the daily La Repubblica, this campaign is aimed …
By Daniela Gross
This year, for the first time after half a century, Christians and Muslims celebrated their Nativity on the same night, between the 24th and 25th of December.
Monika Bulaj, great photographer and anthropologist, reminded us of this …
By Daniela Gross
Waiting for the New Year, media are filled with every kind of list. We can choose amongst the best books, the best movies, and even the best scientific discoveries. The worst list we read, however, comes from …
By Daniela Gross
Hollywood celebrities got involved, along with the American Jewish community, in the plan to renovate Venice’s Jewish ghetto for its 500th anniversary. “Eight million euros are needed, and two have already been received from donations by people …
By Daniela Gross
Although it was fairly predictable, it was nice to find The Complete Works of Primo Levi, edited by Ann Goldstein, in the prestigious list of “The 100 Notable Books of 2015” in this Sunday Book Review of …
By Daniela Gross
Even amongst friends, in the Italian political arena Israel is a highly divisive topic. Erri De Luca, one of Italy’s leading writers, realized it just a few days before the Paris attacks. As reported in The Huffington …