On 5th June 1948, dramatically strong anti-Jewish riots began in Libya. This was the moment the gradual exodus of the Jews from the country began, ending definitively in June ’67. After 75 years, the UCEI – Union of the Italian …
The Italian Synagogue, built in 1575, is one of the five synagogues in the ancient Venice Ghetto. It is a symbol of the Jewish-Venetian identity, recognisable also by the five windows that recall the Great German Synagogue and by the …
Their merits range from the commitment to remembrance to the fight against the pandemic to diplomatic and economic cooperation. With these motivations, Iael Nidam-Orvieto, Arnon Shahar, Clelia Di Consiglio, and David Moses were recently conferred the honor of Commander of …
Né à Vienne dans une famille juive originaire de Trieste, Bruno Morpurgo (1875-1917) était un compositeur prolifique et cependant encore peu connu, qui a produit différentes œuvres de musique de chambre, deux symphonies, lieder et musique instrumentale. L’intérêt de l’Associazione …
Born in 2014, the Viktor Ullmann Festival aims at bringing back to life works by Jews and non-Jew composers persecuted by Nazi fascism for their cultural commitment, their artistic activity, and their identity. The music festival, set in Trieste, opened …
The news of Silvio Berlusconi’s death, the former Italian prime minister, aroused many reactions in Israel and in Jewish Italy. “The Jewish communities express their condolences for the death of Silvio Berlusconi, not only a political leader, but also a …
Die Archiginnasio Stadtbibliothek Bolognas, die größte in der Region Emilia-Romagna, hat beschlossen, die Erstellung einer speziellen Website zum Fall des kleinen Edgardo Mortara zu fördern. Er war das jüdische Kind, das von der Pius IX. Kirche aus seinen Lieben entführt …
It is first step toward digital and geographic modeling of deportation in Italy. A project carried out by Giovanni Pietro Vitali, a data analysis expert, together with CDEC Foundation and in collaboration with the Shoah Memorial of Milan. The result …
“La pauvre fille était bouleversée, car elle savait très bien ce que signifiait d’être sur la liste des Juifs. Elle n’arrêtait pas d’avoir des visions de Drancy et des terribles camps polonais ; lorsque le gardien la ramenait, plus morte …
With a remarkable ceremony, held in January 2020, the Association of Architects of Rome had decided to invalidate the act of expulsion of four of its members that had been dismissed with the promulgation of the Italian racial laws. An …