Springing from the University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, a new research center will focus on religious institutions, ecclesiastical property, and non-profit organizations. This new observatory is intended to be “a strategic element in promoting scientific research in an area crucial …
Formerly an officer of the Guardia di Finanza (the Italian financial guard) during the First World War and later appointed Podestà of Teramo, capital of the Abruzzo region, by the fascist regime, Umberto Adamoli has been named Righteous Among the …
The 74th Sanremo Music Festival, the historic Italian song contest ended Saturday night, featured several calls for solidarity with Palestinians that drew criticism from the Jewish community. Singer Fiorella Mannoia urged the audience to “stay human,” a slogan coined by …
En février 2023, un tremblement de terre a frappé Sienne, causant des dommages considérables à plusieurs bâtiments, dont la synagogue du Vicolo delle Scotte, en plein centre historique. Une campagne de collecte de fonds lancée par la Communauté juive de …
The percentage of Italians who recognize the usefulness of Holocaust Remembrance Day is declining, the latest survey by the SWG research institute revealed. SWG has been monitoring the perception and feelings of Italians toward this date every January since 2014. …
The tragedy of the Einstein Mazzetti family massacre by the Nazis during WWII remains in the background of the exhibition “After Images,” open at the Milan Shoah Memorial until February 25th. The photographs by Eva Krampen Kosloski, the protagonists of …
Liliana Picciotto is one of the most prominent Shoah scholars in Italy. A guest speaker at the University of Padua, she gave a lectio magistralis on “Resisting Extermination. Jews in Italy during the Fascist Occupation,” which she opened addressing the …
Italy’s president Sergio Mattarella denounced rising antisemitism and delivered a powerful speech in support of the Jewish people as he commemorated Holocaust Remembrance Day. In a ceremony at the Quirinale Palace attended by Italy’s PM Giorgia Meloni and the leaders …
Four novels will compete for the 24th edition of the literary prize of the Association of Jewish Women of Italy (Adei), dedicated to the memory of Adelina Della Pergola. In the main section, “Madre” (On Division) by Goldie Goldbloom and …
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 …