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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The survey was conducted while Hassan Nasrallah was still alive and issuing threats. Although much has changed since then, the latest snapshot from the Italian SWG research institute provides an insight into Italians’ views on the conflict between Israel, Lebanon’s …
The Jewish community in Rome gathered around Holocaust survivors Sami Modiano and Tatiana Bucci in the traditional “silent walk” that marked the beginning of the commemoration of the Nazi-Fascist roundup of October 16, 1943, when a thousand Jews were deported …
On October 7, 1943, more than 2.000 Carabinieri stationed in Rome were arrested by the Nazis, with the backing of the Fascist leader Rodolfo Graziani, the Minister of the Armed Forces for the newly established Italian Social Republic, who had …
“I was born in 1955 and often wondered why, both in the world of culture and among ordinary people, by the end of 1930s no one noticed or didn’t want to notice, that that the world, particularly the Jewish world, …
On October 7, 2024, the Italian Jewry commemorated the victims of the Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. In Rome, a solemn ceremony began at the Great Synagogue with a minute of silence and the intonation of the …
On October 6, the Italian citizen Victor Green, 33 years old, was identified as the seventh victim of the Jaffa terror shooting. “The link between Italy and Israel unfortunately also goes through this,” said Jonathan Peled, the designate ambassador of …
“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, …
Ruth’s is a kosher vegetarian restaurant next to the synagogue in Florence. Its owner for over twenty years, Tomas Simcha Jelinek, is also a vegetarian. “Everyone has been here. Even the Italian steak king, Dario Cecchini. Outside his realm, he …
After living between Milan, Paris and the Far East, photographer Mario Troiani settled in Israel drawn by “the emotions that this country and its light awaken in me.” For Troiani, born in 1962, capturing Israel’s colors and characters was more …
The European Day of Jewish Culture on September 15th will be dedicated to family. And in Rome, “no place better represents this concept than the Great Synagogue, which will soon celebrate 120 years since its inauguration,” said art historian Giorgia …
Also known as Judezmo or Judaeo, Ladino is the ancient language of the Sephardic Jews, which survived the forced expulsion from the Iberian Peninsula in the late 15th century and the subsequent dispersion throughout the Mediterranean region. According to recent …
More than 800 manuscripts were in the running for the 37th edition of the Italo Calvino Prize, the most important prize for unpublished fiction in Italy. Founded by a group including philosopher Norberto Bobbio, the literary critic Cesare Cases, the …
On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Rome, Micha Ullman’s sculpture Second Home. Jerusalem – Rome was restored to its original location near the former Jewish Roman Ghetto. The Israeli artist, internationally renowned for his works commemorating historical events …
Comme l’on sait, dans la bibliothèque de Leopardi il y avait de nombreux livres en hébreu, notamment une Bible polyglotte que le poète avait commencé à feuilleter à l’âge de 15 ans. Cette lecture avait impressionné le jeune Leopardi si …