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 …
Family is the main theme of the 25th edition of the European Days of Jewish Culture. Scheduled in Italy for Sunday, September 15, with Turin serving as the lead city, the event will involve 27 countries across Europe, A total …
They presented him with the measure, and he endorsed it without hesitation, scruples or resistance. With this nonchalant act, King Vittorio Emanuele III forever tarnished the name of the House of Savoy. More significantly, he condemned Italian Jewish citizens to …
“Years later, as he approached his eighties, Niccolò Introna would feel the need to defend himself for the first time in his life. It was as if he were on trial, not them. Particularly not the two people in question, …
Registrations are now open for the UCEI’s three-year University Degree in Jewish Studies. Established in 2000 as an extension of the Italian Rabbinical College, this program will soon celebrate its 25th anniversary during the new academic year 2024-2025, which corresponds …