On February 27, the Chamber of Deputies unanimously approved a bill to fund “Memory trips” to Nazi concentration camps by secondary school students. The measure, approved by the Senate on January 18, 2023, now returns to the upper house of …
“Sport unites people even in the most difficult moments, when there are wars and divisions. It is not a matter of champions, but of every person who competes with themselves and others.” With these words, Gabriele Nissim, president of the …
Scenario, education, visibility, protection, and communication. These are the five “strategic guidelines to prevent and combat” antisemitism at the heart of the national plan developed under the guidance of General Pasquale Angelosanto, the Italian coordinator against anti-Jewish hatred. Presented on …
“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 …