Ferrara, a symbol of vitality and renewal

Renewing oneself as an individual, as a community, as a country. It was the central theme of the 23rd edition of the European Days of Jewish Culture that took place Saturday in Italy. Promoted by the Union of the Italian Jewish Communities, the event kicked off in Ferrara, the leading city in Italy, and over… leggi 

“Agriculture, Italy and Israel together to deal with the challenges of the future”

“To deal with the challenges of the future, agriculture will have to rely on the application of knowledge and scientific technologies. We’ll have to be able to produce more, with more limited resources, and to obtain quickly the necessary answers, we have to accelerate”. It is an appeal, but also a reminder, that launched by… leggi 

Books in a suitcase/ Being a pirate in a bathtub

Sami is a young pirate. He crosses the oceans in his bathtub. To accompany him, his three trusted and loved ducks. Until one morning he receives the unexpected call from the International Pirate Association’s representative. “Dear Sami, to be a pirate an official certificate is needed”. However, to get it one must behave like an… leggi 

Eight testimonies of racial laws back to school, “Memory must lead the future”

“Memory is the ability to acknowledge things, to treasure them, to educate, and to go beyond. But to do that, it is necessary to plant strong pickets. And that of today, seems to me the strongest”. So Italian Minister of Education Patrizio Bianchi last week at the opening of an extraordinary day of testimony: the… leggi 

Ambassador Alon Bar to represent Israel in Italy

The new Israeli Ambassador Alon Bar, in Rome last week, is ready for his mission in Italy. In the coming weeks he will officially present his credentials to the Head of State Sergio Mattarella. In the meantime, he met with the chief ambassador of the Italian diplomatic protocol Inigo Lambertini, to whom he presented a… leggi 

Books in a suitcase/ Toulouse, writing not to forget

“Nothing was ever the same again”. A sentence you could hear very often when – the last year on March 19th, with the speech of President Macron and of the highest officials of the République – France stopped to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the attack on the Toulouse Jewish school. Four victims fell under… leggi 

Jewish culture celebrated all across Europe

The European Days of Jewish Culture 2022 kicked off yesterday in the French town of Schirmek, in Alsace, France. Coordinated by the AEPJ through a large network of institutions, the festival, where the Jewish heritage is opened to the general public, with the aim of promoting dialogue, recognition and exchange, will take place in Italy… leggi 

Catalogage du patrimoine juif en Italie, un réseau d’importance nationale

Le catalogage du patrimoine culturel juif est un projet qui n’est pas seulement fascinant mais aussi complexe. Selon Dario Disegni, président de la Fondation du patrimoine culturel juif (Fbce), l’ouverture récente du site internet patrimonio.beniculturaliebraici.it est une initiative que dans son absolue unicité est “la prémisse indispensable à toute intervention qui se développe dans le… leggi 

Aspects of renewal

By Gadi Luzzatto Voghera* On the occasion of the European Day of Jewish Culture, which this is year is dedicated to the topic of renewal, some statements have appeared that reiterated a call for attention not to confuse the concept of renewal with that of reform. We are talking about a recurring topic, in which… leggi 

Wahlen und Zukunft

Von Anna Foa* In Sesto San Giovanni haben die Wähler die Wahl zwischen dem Sohn eines Überlebenden der Shoah und der Tochter eines jener Anhänger der Italienischen Sozialrepublik, die einem Regime, das die Juden jagte und deportierte, treu ergeben waren. Beide sind Politiker, allerdings nicht in dieser Rolle als Nachkommen von Deportierten oder Salò-Soldaten, sondern… leggi 

Clima

Para Daniela Fubini Vivimos en una época de fuertes confusiones climáticas y esto vale para todos, en todas las latitudes y longitudes. Sin embargo voy a reírle en la cara al próximo europeo que me diga: “pero qué calor terrible hace este verano, ni hablemos de dónde vivís vosotros que estáis en el desierto”. Ese… leggi 

Nettles, footballs, and pandects

By Emanuele Calò* On 23rd May 2022, the Italian newspaper La Repubblica reported: “‘To the synagogue you go pray/ I will always make you run away’. That was chanted loudly in the Ponte Milvio square in Rome during the pregame, then the chorus raised powerfully from the steps of the North stand, followed by the… leggi 

How much is school worth?

By Anna Segre Ius sanguis, ius soli, ius scholae: the right of the blood, the right of the soil, the right of the school. If we look at the literal translation, aside from the current use of this terminology to classify laws concerning citizenship, there is no doubt that “right of the school” sounds much… leggi