Marco Navarra, a Jewish scholar from Verona who moved to Turin in the late 18th century, is an “illustrious unknown,” says historian Asher Salah. Yet, according to Salah, a professor at the Bezalel Academy of Jerusalem, Navarra played a pioneering …
“Minimizing is a classic form of antisemitism. During the Holocaust, there was also minimization, with people saying Jews were exaggerating. We are not exaggerating. This is an extremely dangerous situation,” warned Chief Rabbi of Milan, Alfonso Arbib, speaking to a …
On November 4, 1966, Florence was gripped by a catastrophe when the Arno River overflowed, devastating the historic center and its priceless treasures. Volunteers from around the world came to aid, later dubbed the “Mud Angels”—a term coined by Corriere …
“Preserving the historical memory of a centuries-old heritage of culture and folk art was my uncle’s ambition,” said Guido Neppi Modona, a distinguished jurist and former judge of the Constitutional Court, at the 2010 inauguration of the Ceramics Museum in …
The survey was conducted while Hassan Nasrallah was still alive and issuing threats. Although much has changed since then, the latest snapshot from the Italian SWG research institute provides an insight into Italians’ views on the conflict between Israel, Lebanon’s …
The Jewish community in Rome gathered around Holocaust survivors Sami Modiano and Tatiana Bucci in the traditional “silent walk” that marked the beginning of the commemoration of the Nazi-Fascist roundup of October 16, 1943, when a thousand Jews were deported …
On October 7, 1943, more than 2.000 Carabinieri stationed in Rome were arrested by the Nazis, with the backing of the Fascist leader Rodolfo Graziani, the Minister of the Armed Forces for the newly established Italian Social Republic, who had …
On October 7, 2024, the Italian Jewry commemorated the victims of the Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. In Rome, a solemn ceremony began at the Great Synagogue with a minute of silence and the intonation of the …
On October 6, the Italian citizen Victor Green, 33 years old, was identified as the seventh victim of the Jaffa terror shooting. “The link between Italy and Israel unfortunately also goes through this,” said Jonathan Peled, the designate ambassador of …
In addition to devastating many kibbutzes and moshaves, on October 7 Hamas terrorists also rampaged through Sderot, killing 50 civilians and 20 police officers in the streets. This border city, already enduring years of incessant missile attacks from Gaza and …