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ROME – Remembering the Jews expelled from Arab countries and Iran

Ten years ago, the Israeli Parliament set November 30 as a day to commemorate the expulsion of Jews from Arab countries and Iran. Between 1948 and 1970, 800,000 Jews were forced to leave their ancestral homes in North Africa, the …

ROME – Celebrating 110 years of the Di Castro Sinagogue

In 2014, on the centennial of the Di Castro Sinagogue, Rome’s Chief Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni described the place known as the “Temple in Via Balbo” as something fundamentally different from the Great Synagogue, which was completed a decade earlier. …

CULTURE – Another post stamp dedicated to an antisemite. An inquiry

Maffeo Pantaleoni, a prominent Italian economist and jurist of the early 20th century, was also a relentless antisemite dedicated to spreading the lies of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion’s. Despite his notable contributions to economics, the stain of …

ART – From Gaza to Rome, the story of a hug

Tamar Herzig, an Israeli historian specializing in Renaissance history, has spent over a year publicly challenging the silence from some parts of the feminist movement, including in Italy, regarding the atrocities of October 7. She observes that there was “a …

TOURISM – Israel now bets on religious pilgrimages

It is a challenging time for Israeli tourism. Apart from the national airline, few carriers currently operate flights to and from Israel, and active conflicts in the region further complicate the situation. “But next year will be a year of …

MANTUA – I-TAL-YA Books and the Talmud as architectural form

More than 1,500 rare printed volumes from the Jewish community of Mantua have been cataloged as part of the international I-TAL-YA Books project, led by the Union of the Italian Jewish Communities (UCEI). Architectural photographer and visual artist Giulia Flavia …

ROME – Farewell to Viviana Kasam, a life for Memory and science

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 …