On the evening of 18 January in Bologna, participants in a presidium in memory of Ramy Elgaml, the 19-year-old of Egyptian origin who died in Milan on 24 November while being chased by the Carabinieri, clashed with the police in …
The recent violence in Bologna, during a protest originally organised in memory of Ramy Elgaml, has sparked a national debate on street violence, pro-Palestinian movements and anti-Semitism.
According to Antonio Sbordone, the police commissioner of Bologna, the rally was not …
“Remembrance cannot be an occasional, celebratory event, but must be an integral part of everyday life.” With these words Fortunato Arbib, president of the Jewish Community of Ferrara, introduced a historic moment for the city: the laying of the first …
We herewith publish a copy of the letter sent by the Hevràt Yehudé Italia Be-Israel, the Community of Italian Jews in Israel, to the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, on 31 December 2024. The letter is signed by …
The Ateneo Veneto, the oldest cultural institute in Venice, has longstanding ties of friendship and collaboration with the Jewish community. These ties deepen “the profound regret” expressed by Dario Calimani, president of the Jewish community, upon learning of a conference …
When the Shoah Memorial in Milan opened, on January 27, 2012, “one of the goals was to get 100,000 students’ visits,” recalls the President of the Shoah Memorial Foundation Roberto Jarach. Eleven years later, he can “proudly say “that those …
Franco Cesana was still a child when he fell in combat to help liberate Italy from Nazi-fascism. On September 14, 1944, his young life was cut short in Picciniera di Gombola, near Modena, in the Emilia Romagna region. Six days …
He is young yet well established, already known to the public yet ready to embark on new journeys that will bring him back on air and out on the waves. Pagine Ebraiche has interviewed Ruben Bondì, born in Rome in …
The Directorate-General for Archaeology, Fine Arts, and Landscape of the Ministry of Culture and the Union of the Italian Jewish Communities (UCEI) signed a protocol to “regulate the activities of excavation, conservation, and restoration of Jewish burial contexts.” At the …
Daphne Barak Erez, one of Israel’s most distinguished legal scholars, has been a justice on the Israeli Supreme Court since 2012 and is a former dean of the Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law. She is also the author of …