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 …
“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 …
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 …
“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 …
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 …
“Limmud does not seek to legitimize or delegitimize any religious or political stance within the Jewish world. Anyone attending Limmud with this intention will be disappointed.” In line with its tradition, the ninth edition of Limmud Italy Days – a …
A nation that sustains itself on war, profiting from it economically. A country that doesn’t distinguish between civilians and terrorists, indiscriminately targeting both. A nation with genocidal intentions. A political testing ground for the global far right.
This is the …
“In Trieste, where sorrows abound amidst the beauty of sky and land, there is a slope called Via del Monte. It begins with a synagogue,” wrote the poet Umberto Saba in his youth, between 1910 and 1912. Years later, not …
“I’ve been telling my story in schools for 60 years. Recently, I injured myself, so now I mostly do it through Zoom. But it is always worth it.” Holocaust survivor and writer Edith Bruck received applause from dozens of young …
For the past three decades, Italian composer and pianist Francesco Lotoro has been on a mission to rescue music pieces composed in concentration, labor and POW camps in Germany and elsewhere between 1933 and 1953. He documents his findings in …