Among the artifacts on display is also the little dress belonging to Emma Di Veroli, who was arrested at just two years and three months old during the roundup of October 16, 1943, and killed upon arrival at Auschwitz. They are part of “The Archive Tells Its Story. Family Memories in Documents of Anti-Jewish Persecution,” …
After six years dedicated to the “restoration, expansion, and modernization” of the building, the Jewish Museum of Venice will reopen to the public on Thursday, October 22. The museum aims to serve as “a symbol of renewal and moral revitalization.” Dario Calimani, president of the Venetian Jewish Community, announced the reopening to Pagine Ebraiche. The …
From October 9 to 11, the National Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah (MEIS) in Ferrara will host the 17th Jewish Book Festival. This year’s theme is “Families: A Private Novel.”The three-day festival will delve into the various facets of family, seen as a “source of warmth and support” that offers comfort, yet also …
The infamous Inquisition once operated in the convent of San Domenico in Bologna, which is now the seat of the Theological Faculty of Emilia-Romagna. The Inquisition was still active in 1858 when Edgardo Mortara, a young Jewish boy who had been secretly baptized by his Catholic maid, was torn from his family and forced to …
The salad features a watermelon couscous base, complemented by a fried stuffed meatball, drizzled with a lemon tahini sauce, and topped with a geometric garnish of date molasses. Chefs Tze’ela Rubinstein, an Israeli, and Shady Hasbun, a Palestinian, both living in Tuscany, won the title of “world champions” with this dish at the 29th Cous …
On September 19, the Israeli writer Eshkol Nevo won the 19th annual Crédit Agricole “La storia in un romanzo” (History in a Novel) Award at the Pordenonelegge Literary Festival. The author of World Cup Wishes, Homesick, and Three Floors received the award during the literary event in the city in Friuli. According to the award …
One hundred years ago, on August 29, 1926, the Fiorentina football club was founded. To celebrate its 100th anniversary, the organization has planned many events. Among the football legends of the past, it would be fitting if someone found a moment during the celebrations to honor Gyula Feldmann, one of the first coaches to sit …
Around 100 cities across Italy participated in the European Day of Jewish Culture on September 6, highlighting the complexity, diversity, and vitality of Jewish culture, history, and traditions. This year’s event, one of Italy’s most widely attended cultural initiatives, was themed around love. The program included guided tours, art performances, music, and conferences. For the …
The European Day of Jewish Culture kicked off in Rome in the gardens of the Great Synagogue. Alex Luzon, vice president of Rome’s Jewish Community, explained that, for Jews, love—this year’s event theme—begins with study and knowledge. “However, we are living in a time when its opposite seems to prevail. Anti-Jewish hatred has now taken …
Love, in all its nuances, will be at the heart of the 2026 European Day of Jewish Culture, kicking off in Italy on Sunday, September 6. Warsaw will host the European opening ceremony, and Bologna, in Emilia-Romagna, will serve as Italy’s leading city for the event for the first time. Around 100 cities across the …
The September 6 edition of the 2026 European Day of Jewish Culture will also extend into the digital sphere, with the National Library of Israel (NLI) will present a special online exhibition inspired by the Song of Songs, in keeping with this year’s theme of love. This collaboration is one of the most prestigious cultural …
Nestled between the provinces of Brescia and Bergamo in Lombardy, Lake Iseo is an exceptional travel destination. Unlike many better-known Italian resorts, it has retained a distinctly human scale and has so far escaped the worst effects of overtourism. As you leave the lakeside promenade and enter the town through narrow streets with evocative, almost …
In mid-July, the most recent book by journalist Pierluigi Battista was awarded the 2026 Viareggio-Rèpaci Prize in the nonfiction category. The prestigious Italian literary prize was first awarded in 1930. In congratulating the author, we present our book review. This is a cruel and unjust story with a tragic ending. It is filled with episodes …
Last weekend, Napoli’s football team celebrated its 100th anniversary. This milestone marks the culmination of a story that began in August 1926 with the establishment of the team by the Jewish entrepreneur and philanthropist Giorgio Ascarelli. A beloved figure in Naples, Ascarelli owned one of the most important textile industries in Italy and Europe. He …
The solo exhibition Innesti_Gesto e Materia (Grafts_Gesture and Matter) at the Open Space Gallery in Florence explores “the thin and ambiguous boundary between the natural element and artificial intervention” through the vision of Italian-Israeli architect and designer David Palterer. Curated by Norberto Medardi and Marco Tonelli, the exhibition runs through August 9.Palterer has been a …
In a world dominated by images, Vittorio Pavoncello’s provocation is to take away. To subtract, not accumulate. This concept is the basis for I quadri del silenzio (The Paintings of Silence), the Roman artist’s new solo exhibition curated by Velia Littera, director of the Galleria Pavart. The exhibition opened on July 2 at the Marco …
Through mid-September, at the Arsenale Nord in Venice, a synagogue will float above the lagoon. It is Nabatele, a work by artist and architect Anna Kamyshan presented as a collateral event of the 61st Venice Biennale within the Yiddishland Pavilion. Brought to the Biennale by the Montreal Jewish Museum (MJM), the installation is a helium-filled balloon …
Twenty-five female students from Touro University, a Jewish university based in New York, participated in a “summer course” in Rome organized in collaboration with the Talmud Translation Project. This is one outcome of an agreement signed in 2025 between the American institution and the consortium dedicated to translating the Babylonian Talmud into Italian. The consortium …
The bill proposal that would grant the Italian government “to discipline the procedures for the restitution of artworks confiscated or alienated because of racial persecution” has the support and “full satisfaction” of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities (UCEI). The bill was introduced by Member of Parliament Federico Mollicone, Chair of the Culture, Science and …
Carlo Ginzburg, an Italian historian whose pioneering work transformed the study of the past by giving voice to marginalized people, died on June 17 at the age of 87. “He was undoubtedly our most important historian and, in some ways, the most atypical. Precisely because of this, his international stature was unparalleled among those I …