“Anti-Semitism in Italy reached unprecedented levels.” This is the conclusion given of the Contemporary Jewish Documentation Center (CDEC) Foundation Anti-Semitism Observatory in its 2024 annual Report, which highlights an alarming increase in acts and expressions of hatred against Jews. The …
Born in 1925, Mario Pollarolo is the historical memory of the Jewish Community of Vercelli in the Piedmont region. His memory spans a century, as yesterday Mariulìn, as his friends call him, turned 100 years old. “We had a great …
Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics reported that in 2024 emigration exceeded immigration by 18,000 people. “This has not happened since the 1980’s,” Italian-Israeli demographer and statistician Sergio Della Pergola, an emeritus professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a …
Focusing on welcome does not mean offering “a simplistic solution to serious issues such as migration,” “it’s not a utopian ‘let’s welcome them all’,” but “it is a philosophy of life: not closing ourselves off, not rejecting others outright, not …
It was only when the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into force that the mayor of Bologna, Matteo Lepore, decided to put the Israeli flag next to the Palestinian one that had been flying in front of the town …
The Day of Jewish-Christian Dialogue (17 January) has two themes this year. The Jubilee, the theme chosen for this 36th edition, but above all the Jewish world’s alarm at the continuing rift with the Catholic Church. “We are facing a …
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 …