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A book by Rabbi Della Rocca
“Walking through time”

The new book written by Rav Roberto Della Rocca, director of UCEI’s “Culture and Education” area, continues and elaborates some of the reflections published during the years in “Pagine Ebraiche” and on www.moked.it, the portal of Italian Judaism. Titled …

Au MEIS, Hanukkah racontée par le biais de l’art

Pour le monde juif, le moment d’allumer la première lumière de Hanukkah s’approche. Une occasion traditionnellement célébrée dans les maisons mais désormais aussi dans les places de nombreuses villes, avec des événements ouverts à tous. Le Musée national du judaïsme …

Italian Committee for Bioethics, Rabbi Di Segni included among vice-presidents

By decree of the President of the Council of Ministers the new Italian Committee for Bioethics (Comitato Nazionale per la Bioetica – CNB’) was established last week. The committee, which address ethical dimensions and emerging problems of health sciences, life …

Senator for life Liliana Segre reports the haters

At the first Forum of Jewish women in Italy, Senator for life Lilliana Segre had announced her intention to report her haters. “I am the oldest woman in Europa with a security detail because every day I receive threats, now …

Survey ranks two Jewish high schools in first places

Eduscopio, the school evaluation and assessment report by Fondazione Agnelli, rewards the commitment and educational offer of Jewish secondary schools. The new survey, released last week, places the schools of Rome and Milan at the top of two indicators. The …

“Boris Pahor, a testimony aware of his role”

The life and work of Boris Pahor, the Slovene novelist from Trieste who recently passed at 108, who survived the Nazi deportation and became one of the most important testimonies of the tragedies of the 20th century, was presented last …

“The preservation of the Jewish heritage: Italy’s excellent work”

It has been little over twelve months since the Union of the Italian Jewish Communities – UCEI entrusted the management of its Bibliographic Centre to the Jewish Cultural Heritage Foundation in Italy. The Centre is a site of historical importance …

“Jews expelled from the Arab world, a new attention is needed”

In 2014 the Knesset, the legislature of Israel, approved a law that declared November 30th as the annual National Day of Commemoration for Jewish refugees displaced from the Arab and Islamic world. On this symbolic day, the efforts of ASTREL– …

Tel Aviv between avant-garde and bubble

“Is it going to be the avant-garde of a future Israel or just a bubble, a gamble to be played between avant-garde and tradition, between cynicism and tolerance, or more simply a real challenge in a fortress country surrounded by …