After Italy abstained in the vote on a resolution that fails to recognize the bond between Jerusalem and the Jewish people in October, the President of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities Noemi Di Segni sent a letter to the …
By Ada Treves
A remarkable year, an extraordinary coincidence: the 500th anniversary of the formation of the Jewish Ghetto in Venice – still a symbol of all exclusions – and the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, the …
By Ada Treves
Seventy. DafDaf, the Jewish magazine for kids has arrived to its seventieth issue, with a special header by Paolo Bacilieri. When asked to write something for the occasion Guido Vitale, the editor-in-chief, has actually cheated: “The fact …
By Ada Treves
Filò is the protagonist of issue 69 of DafDaf, the Jewish magazine for kids, that at the very end of the school year has decided to offer young readers new pages, on philosophy. And Filò – this …
By Hannah Roberts*
Sitting outside her retirement home in the Venetian Ghetto, wrapped in scarves and a coat, Virginia Gattegno shivers in the spring sunlight. More than 70 years after enduring the Polish winter of 1944, the Auschwitz survivor still …
By Pagine Ebraiche staff
The state of Israel was chosen among the countries portrayed in the Italian TV show, “L’Erba dei Vicini,” which is broadcast in prime time on the Channel 3 on Italian public TV (Rai).
Each episode of …
By Ada Treves
Venice is the main star of issue 66 of DafDaf, the Jewish magazine for kids, in time for the first initiatives organized for the fifth centenary of the Jewish Ghetto, the area that has become a universal …
By Pagine Ebraiche staff*
The year 2016 marks the 500th anniversary of the founding of the Ghetto of Venice. The March issue of Pagine Ebraiche features a special section devoted to the event; edited by journalist Ada Treves. The articles …
By Rachel Silvera
“The delicate situation of Venetian Jews is the metaphor of a crossroad that required strong choices and, at the same time, openness to the world.” 500 years after the establishment of the Ghetto of Venice, rabbi Roberto …
By Rachel Silvera
The new issue of Pagine Ebraiche was printed just a few hours after Jorge Bergoglio’s visit to the main synagogue of Rome and features many special articles on the event.
The meaningful Pope’s visit to the synagogue …