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SOCIETY – SWG survey: Italians’ solidarity with Palestinians grows

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 …

ROME – The Memory of October 16, 1943, with Modiano and Bucci

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 …

ROME – October 7, October 9: a remembrance that unifies

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 …

NAPLES – Return to Sderot: an art exhibition for solidarity

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 …

ROMANIA – The Jewish community celebrates 145 years of citizenship

About 800,000 Jews lived in Romania before WWII. Nearly annihilated and long marginalized, the Jewish Romanian Community – now numbering around 12,000 – is celebrating the 145th anniversary of the granting of citizenship and freedoms with a series of institutional …

SURVEY – European Jews, hopes and concerns

Uneasy, preoccupied, and at times disoriented, yet resolute to combat for the future for European Jews. This is how Jewish leaders and professionals are portrayed according to the sixth survey conducted by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC). Conducted …