“Never again to a world dominated by violence, abuses, racism, cult of personality, aggressions and war. Never again to a government that crushes freedom and rights. Never again to a society that discriminates, divides, isolates, and persecutes. Never again to a culture or an ideology that sings the praises of racial superiority, intolerance, fanaticism”. From …
Dozens of meetings across Italy enlivened the 34th edition of the Day dedicated to the deepening and development of dialogue between Catholics and Jews that this year focused on the prophetic passage from Isaiah 40: “Comfort, comfort my people”. Rabbis, scholars, and members of the clergy will discuss this passage. The Italian Rabbinical Assembly in …
On attend avec impatience les premiers jours de février quand, dans les environs des rails de la gare centrale de Milan, sera inaugurée une nouvelle signalisation qui fera la liaison avec le Mémorial de la Shoah sous-jacent. C’est un passage important qui crée plus de conscience par rapport à l’un des lieux symboliques de la …
Le Concert de la Mémoire, avec l’avant-première du film documentaire “Il respiro di Shlomo” (Le souffle de Shlomo) au Théâtre de l’Opéra de Rome (23 janvier); la sixième édition de la Run for Mem qui aura lieu cette année à Milan (29 janvier); la dixième édition de l’exposition “1938-1945. La persecuzione degli ebrei in Italia. …
Fünfunddreißig Rechtsanwälte wurden nach der schändlichen italienischen Rassengesetzen von 1938 aus den Verzeichnissen und Registern der Anwaltschaft von Venedig ausgeschlossen. Diese waren sowohl Männer als auch Frauen, an die nun mit der Enthüllung einer Gedenktafel mit ihren Namen in der Cittadella della Giustizia am Piazzale Roma erinnert wird. Der Oberrabbiner der Stadt, Rabbi Alberto Sermoneta, …
On January 29th the sixth edition of Run for Mem, the race for remembrance organized by the Union of the Italian Jewish Communities in collaboration with the local Jewish community, will take place in Milan. It will cover a short and a longer route (4.8 and 12 km) covering various symbolic places from the Shoah …
Some forms of antisemitism are easily recognizable, while others are more difficult to identify if you do not have the right tools and an education that is both strong and adaptable. This is what a strategic alliance between the Union of Italian Jewish Communities and TikTok, the world’s leading social media platform by number of …
“Promouvoir la connaissance de la bimillénaire présence juive en Italie et des communautés juives en référence à l’histoire, à la pensée et à la culture du judaïsme italien partant de ses origines jusqu’à présent ; encourager la connaissance des lieux de persécution raciale, de déportation et d’extermination dans notre Pays; promouvoir la connaissance des évènements …
Among the most significant events of Ratzinger’s pontificate, there is the visit he made to the Great Synagogue of Rome in January 2010, marking only the second time that a pope has crossed the Tiber River to enter the primary Jewish place of worship in Rome. His visit was preceded by that which in 1986 …
Reactions and commotion for the death of Joseph Ratzinger all over the world. “In his brief but intense pontificate, Benedict XVI has left an important mark not only in his Church but the whole world” remarks, among others, the Rabbi of Rome Riccardo Di Segni. “The image of himself that he proposed – reads a …
The Union of the Italian Jewish Communities expresses its togetherness to Pope Francis, to the leaders of the Church, and to the entire Catholic world on the death of Pope Emeritus Joseph Ratzinger. A great figure of a spiritual leader, capable of leaving a profound mark with his work, which we also remember for the …
In 2014 the Knesset, the legislature of Israel, approved a law that declared November 30th as the annual National Day of Commemoration for Jewish refugees displaced from the Arab and Islamic world. On this symbolic day, the efforts of ASTREL– Association for the Safeguarding of the Transmission of the Jewish Heritage of Libya ensured that …
What is the future of Jewish education in Italy? What are the critical points to be aware of, and what are the guidelines for growth and development? These are some of the questions that have characterized the work of the General States of Italian Jewry held in Rome between Sunday and Monday. From the choice …
Freedom without fear. Addressing the audience of the first Forum of Jewish women in Italy last week, the Senator for life Liliana Segre underlines the lesson she learnt during an existence marked by the most unspeakable tragedy. “Life – the Auschwitz survivor explains to the participants – taught me to be free and fearless”. The …
By Dario Disegni* After an intense and meticulous redevelopment work, started following the flood of 1994 and made possible by the generous allocation granted by the Italian State from the funds of 8×1000, the Synagogue of Alessandria, characterized by its imposing façade of eclectic architecture with neo-Gothic influences, finally reopens. This is a significant event …
La synagogue d’Alexandrie retrouve son ancienne gloire: le 6 novembre, jour néfaste qui nous rappelle l’inondation du 1994, se transforme dans une revanche de la joie après 28 ans. Lors d’une journée de fête à laquelle tous les citoyens ont participé, la synagogue piémontaise, l’une des plus belles d’Italie, partie fondamentale et nécessaire du tissu …
The new Rabbi of Venice, Rav Alberto Sermoneta, was installed on Sunday with a ceremony that saw the historical Spanish synagogue crowded with people. Many institutional and religious authorities were present, among which the Minister of Interior Matteo Piantedosi. It was a new beginning and a day of celebration. “I will be the rabbi of …
“After the horrors and the distress of the Second World War, the Nations were able to stitch the deep wounds caused by the war and, through multilateral talks, to create the United Nations, the result of an ambition that, today more than ever, is a necessity: peace. People must continue remembering that war, the parent …
C’était le 3 février 2015 et Sergio Mattarella, dans son discours d’investiture en tant que président de la République italienne, choisissait de consacrer une pensée à Stefano Gaj Taché. L’enfant de deux ans – “un de nos enfants, un enfant italien” – tué dans l’attentat palestinien contre la Grande synagogue de Rome le 9 octobre …
“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 …