“Bartali, the discussion is out of context:
All our procedures are transparent”

Around the Holocaust Memorial Day, a discussion has arisen on the Italian media about the recognition by Yad Vashem – The World Holocaust Remembrance Center of the champion road cycler Gino Bartali as a Righteous among the Nations. In the following letter, the Director of the Department of the Righteous Among the Nations of Yad… leggi 

How in Bologna the Holocaust Memorial
became a beloved gathering place

The most important bet will be to construct around the Memorial a living reality”. It is one of the hopes that Daniele De Paz, President of the Jewish Community of Bologna, expressed at the inauguration of the city’s Holocaust Memorial, in January 2016. Installed in a recently built square, in a space adjacent to the… leggi 

At the Shoah Museum Foundation,
a new logo nurtures Memory

A space divided in two. To enter and leave “restored, full of the desire to testify in life what you know and that must never happen again”. It is the theme of the artwork chosen among the many proposals for a new logo for the Shoah Museum Foundation in Rome dedicated to educational projects. A… leggi 

A great Rabbi and inspiring teacher
Rav Elia Richetti (1950-2021)

An Italian rabbi who was able to convey joy and courage to countless Jews, but above all a man whose splendid voice and contagious smile opened hearts. This was Rav Elia Richetti, who passed yesterday at the age of 71. Born in Milan, he obtained the rabbinical title with the Chief Rabbi of Haifa Shear… leggi 

“Communities’ songs and rituals,
a project for our unique heritage”

Rav Elia Richetti was a valued cantor and held a deep knowledge of the ancient rituals of Italian Jewish communities. In order to collect and catalogue these music and tradition, passed through generations, a project was recently launched by UCEI with the Institut Européen des Musiques Juives. Rav Richetti took up the project with the… leggi 

Remembering the Ardeatine Caves massacre
through the victims’ names and stories

Three hundred and fifty-five victims. The challenge, related to each of them, to tell their story, hope and dreams shattered by barbarism. Memory as a pillar and life-giving element of a society. A theme that has always been dear to the President Sergio Mattarella and was the cornerstone of the visit to the Ardeatine Caves… leggi 

A new Yalta

By Alberto Cavaglion * Every week that passes the post-pandemic scene becomes clearer. There is something akin to the post-war period, the third if we do not give credit to the fools who turned their backs on the 20th century. A discouraging outlook that I, despite how much was written, I still read with twentieth… leggi 

Free and responsible

By David Bidussa* Ceasing of being slaves does not mean to be free. We become free when we learn how to be responsible. *Social historian of ideas Related posts: Altrove – Free and Free to Err NEWS Italian and International Media Devote Their Attention to UCEI Campaign against Free Distribution of Hitler’s Mein Kampf  … leggi 

Equality as optional

By David Bidussa* To relaunch tourism, Dubai offers three items package: travel, accommodation, and vaccine. Equality is optional. *Historian of social ideas Related posts: NEWS The Waldensian Bonfire for Freedom: Celebrating the Right to Equality and to Diversity Papers and History History Historians

Righteous

By Anna Foa* On March 6, Europe celebrates the Day of the Righteous of Humanity. The establishment of this day was the result of a long battle waged by the Gariwo association and its president Gabriele Nissim. In many places, the very idea of ​​the Righteous of Humanity has been contrasted with that advocated by… leggi 

Verona under the Republic of Salò

By Alberto Cavaglion* The book by Olinto Domenichini Le ricerche hanno dato esito negativo (Cierre, 2021, Searches did not succeed), which tells the story of benevolent policemen and racial persecution in Verona in the years 1943-1945, deserves to be noted for its extensive archival sources and its framework, which is not only linked to the… leggi