On Purim, a delegation from Or Lamishpachot (Light to the Families), an Israeli non-profit organization supporting families of fallen soldiers and victims of terrorist attacks, returned to Rome for the seventh time. Of the 64 parents welcomed at the Great …
Polish skier Bronislaw Czech was involved in the anti-Nazi resistance; German cyclist Harry Seidel helped more than 100 people escape from East Germany during Communist subjugation; Emil and Dana Zatopek, two track and field champions, distinguished themselves for supporting the …
Roberto (Roby) Bassi, an esteemed figure in the Italian and European Jewish world, passed away on March 1. Born in Venice, he was a professor of dermatology. The author of numerous scientific works, he was one of the pioneers of …
In the late 1960s, Jack Stroumsa, director of the Jerusalem Municipality’s Public Lighting Department, met a young Italian engineer named Gianfranco Yohanan Di Segni. Both were olim hadashim – new immigrants to Israel. Born in Rome in 1941, Di Segni …
The remains of the synagogue at Rome’s ancient port of Ostia, dating back to the first century, testify to the continuous Jewish presence in Italy for more than two centuries. They are also a great source of new historical discoveries. …
Hundreds of people and numerous associations gathered in Rome to remember Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas, the young Israeli mother and her two children who were abducted by Hamas on October 7 and whose bodies were returned to Israel last …
“A wave of emotions swept over me when the Pope came toward me with open arms and embraced me. Two thousand years of history, pain, and suffering weighed upon my heart.” With these words, the then Chief Rabbi of Rome, …
The European Association for the Preservation and Promotion of Jewish Culture and Heritage (AEPJ) is celebrating its 20th anniversary. The AEPJ has been a key promoter of the European Day of Jewish Culture and numerous initiatives dedicated to highlighting over …
Mario Falco (1884–1943) was a professor of canon law; Carlo Foà (1880–1971) was a professor of human physiology; Giuliana Fiorentino Tedeschi (1914–2010) was an assistant in the history of the Italian language. They had vastly different lives and stories, connected …
“The most significant finding emerging from the survey Italians and Holocaust Remembrance Day: The evolution of perception from 2014 to 2025 appears to be related to declining attention. Paradoxically, at a time when attention to the Jewish world is at …