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“Jerusalem, our hearts are with Ukraine”

“Jerusalem in Hebrew, “Yerushalayim” has Salam, Shalom, peace, in its name, it has peace in its heart. And while our hearts are in Jerusalem, they are also with the people in Ukraine. And indeed, from the city of peace, we …

Italian Rabbinical Assembly: “May peace come among men”

Faced with the dramatic evolution of the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, which so much suffering is already causing, the Italian Rabbinical Assembly invite the Rabbanim and the Communities to recite at end of mincha tefillah the Psalms 120, …

Libyan Jews and merits, the Italian Court of Audit changes course

By Giulio Disegni*

In the long and tormented incident of the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance’s granting of merit allowances to those who were persecuted by the Fascist regime for being Jewish, either in Italy or in the …

Italians and Holocaust Remembrance Day, the pandemic is burdening memory

Holocaust Remembrance Day has become an event renown to a large number of Italians. An important achievement of values that, however, cannot be taken for granted or considered fully acquired. But there is the risk, if memory is not consolidated, …

An itinerary by train across Italy in memory of deportations

“Today we begin a journey that starts at Fossoli, will touch Milan, Rome, San Sabba in Trieste, and will end in Ferrara at the MEIS – National Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah, to give the sense that this …

Mattarella re-election, the message of Italian Jews

The Committee of the Union of the Italian Jewish Communities joins the warm applause for the re-election of Sergio Mattarella as President of the Republic with full confidence for a second mandate. He will continue what is already rooted in …