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ROME – Celebrating 110 years of the Di Castro Sinagogue

In 2014, on the centennial of the Di Castro Sinagogue, Rome’s Chief Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni described the place known as the “Temple in Via Balbo” as something fundamentally different from the Great Synagogue, which was completed a decade earlier. …

CULTURE – Another post stamp dedicated to an antisemite. An inquiry

Maffeo Pantaleoni, a prominent Italian economist and jurist of the early 20th century, was also a relentless antisemite dedicated to spreading the lies of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion’s. Despite his notable contributions to economics, the stain of …

ART – From Gaza to Rome, the story of a hug

Tamar Herzig, an Israeli historian specializing in Renaissance history, has spent over a year publicly challenging the silence from some parts of the feminist movement, including in Italy, regarding the atrocities of October 7. She observes that there was “a …

TOURISM – Israel now bets on religious pilgrimages

It is a challenging time for Israeli tourism. Apart from the national airline, few carriers currently operate flights to and from Israel, and active conflicts in the region further complicate the situation. “But next year will be a year of …

MANTUA – I-TAL-YA Books and the Talmud as architectural form

More than 1,500 rare printed volumes from the Jewish community of Mantua have been cataloged as part of the international I-TAL-YA Books project, led by the Union of the Italian Jewish Communities (UCEI). Architectural photographer and visual artist Giulia Flavia …

JEWISH JOURNALISM – A historic journey from Verona to Turin

Marco Navarra, a Jewish scholar from Verona who moved to Turin in the late 18th century, is an “illustrious unknown,” says historian Asher Salah. Yet, according to Salah, a professor at the Bezalel Academy of Jerusalem, Navarra played a pioneering …

ROME AND MILAN – In the square against antisemitism

“Minimizing is a classic form of antisemitism. During the Holocaust, there was also minimization, with people saying Jews were exaggerating. We are not exaggerating. This is an extremely dangerous situation,” warned Chief Rabbi of Milan, Alfonso Arbib, speaking to a …

HISTORY – Florence remembers the heroes of the 1966 Flood

On November 4, 1966, Florence was gripped by a catastrophe when the Arno River overflowed, devastating the historic center and its priceless treasures. Volunteers from around the world came to aid, later dubbed the “Mud Angels”—a term coined by Corriere …

REMEMBRANCE – Mondovì honors two new Righteous among the Nations

“Preserving the historical memory of a centuries-old heritage of culture and folk art was my uncle’s ambition,” said Guido Neppi Modona, a distinguished jurist and former judge of the Constitutional Court, at the 2010 inauguration of the Ceramics Museum in …

ROME – Farewell to Viviana Kasam, a life for Memory and science

Viviana Kasam, journalist, science communicator, and co-founder of the non-profit association Brain Circle Italy with Rita Levi-Montalcini, has passed away in Rome. Kasam, a prominent advocate for Holocaust remembrance, created numerous projects on the Shoah and collaborated closely with Pagine …