On January 4, 1944, around 300 people were deported from Regina Coeli, the prison in Rome where they had been incarcerated during World War II. “They were political prisoners and therefore considered ‘undesirable elements.’ Twelve of these individuals were Jewish,” …
For centuries synagogues have been a defining mark of Italian cities fabric. They may be monumental as those built during the Emancipation era or occult as those going back to the period of ghettos, when the constant menace of forced …
Both a poetess and a translator, Giovanna Bemporad is a cornerstone of the Italian culture in the 20th century. A hundred years after her birth and a decade since her passing, this brilliant and unconventional; figure, who miraculously survived anti-Jewish …
In January 2010, Rome was the first Italian city to welcome the Stolpersteine, the “stumbling stones” created by German artist Gunter Demnig to commemorate the victims of nazi-fascist persecution from where they were arrested or deported to extermination camps. These …
The lives and landscapes are “offended by the war” but the desire and need to move forward still survive. In the shots by photographer Stefano Rosselli, you can find a portrait of Ukraine today, shattered by the Russian aggression, but …
The collaboration between the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Israel has just become stronger thanks to the participation of the city of Gorizia who now takes part in the project “Start learning cities up.” The initiative was launched in …
Alleged terrorists Walid Abdulrahman Abou Zayed, Gamal Tawfik Arabe El Arabi, Mahmoud Khader Abed Adra and Nizar Tawfiq Mussa Hamada were added by Rome’s public prosecutor to the list of suspects for the terrorist attack on the Great Synagogue of …
“A great silence has fallen [on the rape of Israeli women by Hamas.]” And it is painful to think that “this silence is so significant in Italy, the country I love most, but where hypocrisy is stronger than elsewhere. It …
“It has been quite a task, and I’m really happy. I am also grateful to the publisher Carocci: it wanted this volume for the ‘Studi Superiori’ series, that now also includes my Primo Levi, the only author of the twentieth …
The junction of Yad Mordechai, 4 km far from the border of the Gaza Strip, was where the artist Tamar Nissim started feeling scared. “It was 2017, and I was travelling from Tel Aviv to Be’eri to create a video …