A disease is spreading through the Western world: wokism, a form of self-hatred, now directed at Israel. This was the shared perspective among speakers at the Rome presentation of Italian journalist Fiamma Nirenstein’s latest book, La guerra antisemita contro l’Occidente …
On December 7 in Milan, the traditional ceremony for the Ambrogino d’Oro awards, the city’s highest civic honor, will take place. Among this year’s candidates are Walker Meghnagi, president of the Jewish Community of Milan, and Roberto Cenati, former president …
Giorgio Salvatore Ottolenghi, president emeritus of the Jewish Community of Casale Monferrato, in the Piedmont region, has passed away at the age of 101. He led the small community for an uninterrupted 62 years, from 1958 to 2020, playing a …
The promotion of Jewish life and the fight against antisemitism. On these two pillars the Council of Europe based its recently approved declaration addressing the dramatic increase in antisemitism across the Old Continent as a consequence of October 7. The …
The goal was to strip away the rhetoric surrounding Liliana Segre. To move beyond the “very Italian” attempt to turn her into a symbol. And to let her speak today, offering the public a faithful portrait of her story and …
On Sunday 15 September, the 25th edition of the European Jewish Culture Day kicked off in Turin, the lead city this year. The event began, in front of the synagogue entrance, where Dario Disegni, president of the Turisn Jewish Community, …
Inaugurating its new exhibition titled Ebrei nel Novecento Italiano (Jews in 20th century Italy), the Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah (MEIS) in Ferrara has launched the digital project “Ti racconto il mio ‘900” (I tell you my 20th …
Liliana Segre, the tireless voice of Memory and a senator for life since 2018, has turned 94. Born in Milan on September 10, 1930, she was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau as a child with her father Alberto, who did not survive. …
In many Italian homes, old film reels and amateur footage are tucked away in attics or cellars. These snapshots of everyday life, often forgotten, are not documentaries, but they help understand the transformations of the 20th century. Building on this …
“Calabria is coexistence” was the slogan behind which hundreds of people marched in Santa Maria del Cedro (province of Cosenza) on the closing night of the Citrus Festival. This fruit, characteristic of the region, also symbolizes the Jewish festival of …