“My brother’s name was Stefano, Stefano Gaj Taché. He was barely 2 when, on October 9th 1982, he was killed by a group of terrorists while he and his family were leaving Sukkot’s party in the Great Synagogue of Rome. …
The 40th anniversary of the attack on the Great Synagogue of Rome is approaching, as Italian President Mattarella remembered in his message for Rosh Hashanah. “The Jewish New Year celebration represents a moment of reflection on the continuation of a …
For weeks, in the summer of 2021, we talked about little else. Then, attention started fading while Afghanistan disappeared from the front pages and stopped making headlines. Yet the humanitarian crisis has not stopped for a moment and rather intensified. …
The new Israeli Ambassador Alon Bar, in Rome last week, is ready for his mission in Italy. In the coming weeks he will officially present his credentials to the Head of State Sergio Mattarella. In the meantime, he met with …
Applications are open for the Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe’s Autumn 2022 grant programs and welcome in several categories with deadline September 12. In the category Archives and libraries, the goal is to increase access to documents that will enhance future …
“Every step that brings peace between people is blessed and desirable”. So rabbi Menachem Mendel Chitrik, Istanbul Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi and leader of the Islamic countries rabbinical alliance. “It is clear that if relations between Israel and Turkey improve, it …
“Italy should not forget Ukraine”. It is the appeal of Anastasia Vendrov, a member of the Florentine Jewish Community of Ukrainian origin, protagonist of a series of humanitarian initiatives that recently have brought comfort to the civilian population in many …
What is the state of health of Western democracies? Where is the Israeli society going? What are the more significative cultural processes in act? And what is happening in the Jewish communities in Europe and the rest of the world? …
“In my life I have heard of everything and more, words therefore do not strike me more than a little. To Giorgia Meloni, I say this: she could start by removing the flame from her party’s symbol”. It is the …
Great sorrow, also in the Jewish world, for the death of Piero Angela last week at 93. The celebrated science journalist and television host, widely considered Italy’s David Attenborough, was the protagonist of a bright page of culture and dissemination. …