The president of Rome’s Jewish community, Victor Fadlun, condemned as “an unacceptable outrage” the Fascist salutes at a ceremony marking the 46th anniversary of the deaths of three far-right activists. The ceremony took place outside the former headquarters of the …
Elena Rossi Artom, historical memory of the Italian community in Israel and wife of the Rabbi of Turin Menachem Emanuele Artom (1916-1992), died in Israel. She was born in Ancona in 1920 and at the age of 4 moved to …
After centuries of oblivion, in 2023 Hanukkah’s lights beamed again in Catania, the historic port city on Sicily’s east coast. It was an exciting new beginning, said to Pagine Ebraiche Moshe Ben Simon, an Israeli who moved to Sicily some …
General Pasquale Angelosanto is to be appointed as the national coordinator for the fight against antisemitism, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced. Former commander of the Carabinieri military police Special Operations Group (ROS) from 2017 to 2023, General Angelosanto replaces …
On January 4, 1944, around 300 people were deported from Regina Coeli, the prison in Rome where they had been incarcerated during World War II. “They were political prisoners and therefore considered ‘undesirable elements.’ Twelve of these individuals were Jewish,” …
For centuries synagogues have been a defining mark of Italian cities fabric. They may be monumental as those built during the Emancipation era or occult as those going back to the period of ghettos, when the constant menace of forced …
Both a poetess and a translator, Giovanna Bemporad is a cornerstone of the Italian culture in the 20th century. A hundred years after her birth and a decade since her passing, this brilliant and unconventional; figure, who miraculously survived anti-Jewish …
In January 2010, Rome was the first Italian city to welcome the Stolpersteine, the “stumbling stones” created by German artist Gunter Demnig to commemorate the victims of nazi-fascist persecution from where they were arrested or deported to extermination camps. These …
The lives and landscapes are “offended by the war” but the desire and need to move forward still survive. In the shots by photographer Stefano Rosselli, you can find a portrait of Ukraine today, shattered by the Russian aggression, but …
The collaboration between the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Israel has just become stronger thanks to the participation of the city of Gorizia who now takes part in the project “Start learning cities up.” The initiative was launched in …