By Daniela Gross
Luciana Pacifici was only eight months old, when she was deported to Auschwitz along with her parents, her grandparents, and an uncle. She didn’t survive the horrible train transport, and all her family met its death in …
By Daniela Gross
An impressive “Western Wall” composed by the suitcases of Jewish deportees greets the visitors at the 2015 Venice Biennale. Titled “All the World Futures”, the major contemporary art exhibition, which opened last week, this year explores how …
By Daniela Gross
“On Liberation Day, flags with the Star of David should be welcomed with joy, relief, contentment – and some regrets, looking back to the past. They should be the heart of the march, not just a marginal …
By Daniela Gross
“The Italian Memorial must stay in Auschwitz”. With this strong headline, an essay on the THE Corriere della Sera newspaper re-launched the issue regarding the Italian monument placed at the concentration camp back in 1980, in Block …
By Daniela Gross
Gino Bartali was the most famous and beloved Italian cyclist before World War II. His athletic victories are renowned: he won the Giro d’Italia three times, and the Tour de France twice. Until some years ago, however, …
By Daniela Gross
“Italians are great politicians, but in the United States.” That headline appeared on Monday on the daily Il Fatto Quotidiano. There is obviously a joke, in the title, which alludes to troublesome Italian politics. But this is …
By Daniela Gross
This announcement has nothing to do with the troublesome international current events of the last few days.
But it is good news, in some ways more meaningful to the Jewish world than it would seem to be …
By Daniela Gross
Some days ago, an Italian journalist tried to understand how it feels to be Jewish in an Italian Muslim neighborhood. To do it, he wore a kippah, and walked around for a couple of hours. Meanwhile, a …
By Daniela Gross
Pio” is the Italian translation of Pius, a name which has Latin roots and means “pious, dutiful”. In the past, twelve popes chose this auspicious name, the last one being Pius XII. He reigned from March 2,1939 …
By Daniela Gross
Purim is approaching, and if you have kids they will definitely have their “maschera” ready. In Italian, a “maschera” – the word of this week – means a mask or a costume. The Italian Carnival, especially the …