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 …
“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 …
This year Ferrara will be the leading city for Italy for the European Days of Jewish Culture, which will take place next Sunday. More than a hundred Italian locations, all across the country, will participate by opening to the general public synagogues, museums Jewish sites, conferences, concerts, performances, guided tours, and other activities. In Ferrara, …
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 …
Par Dario Disegni* Depuis 50 ans, le Petit Temple représente le chœur de la vie religieuse de la Communauté juive de Turin. La structure hypogée de ce splendide Beth Hakeneseth qui héberge la grande synagogue et la Communauté, était anciennement un lieu destiné à la cuisson du pain azyme. Dès son inauguration en 1970, ce …
On 18 September, the European Day of Jewish Culture on 18 September will see Ferrara as the leading city for Italy and the National Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah-MEIS will play a central role in it. From September 15 to 18th, the museum will host the Jewish Book Festival, which in this 13th …
The 23th edition of the European Day of Jewish Culture, which highlights the diversity and richness of Judaism and promotes dialogue, recognition and exchange, will take place on Sunday, 18 September. As in the past years, the event will open the doors of synagogues, museums and other Jewish sites to citizens, with hundreds of appointments. …
“The Italian Temple represents the depth of the bond between our countries. The strength, the culture, and the history of this community are extraordinary. Thank you for your generous welcoming and your exceptional commitment”. These are the words of Italian PM Mario Draghi after meeting last week the Italian Jewish community in Israel, in Hebrew …
In the heart of Milan, a place of Remembrance, to carry out historical research, teach, where to debate and reflect on our society. Last week, when new spaces were inaugurated and the new headquarters of the Centre of Contemporary Jewish Documentation (in Italian, CDEC) opened to the public, the Milan Shoah Memorial became such a …
Hanukkah lights went on again in many Italian squares. For the 34th consecutive year in Rome one of the most significant scenarios was Piazza Barberini, where the great Hanukkah lamp has been located for a few hours and illuminated, as of 1987, on the initiative of the Chabad Lubavitch movement and in particular of the …
In big cities as in small centers, last Tuesday the lights went up in ancient synagogues, community buildings, and private homes to commemorate the anniversary of Kristallnacht or the Night of Broken Glass, the pogrom against Jews carried out by Nazis in Germany on 9–10 November 1938. From North to South, Jewish Italy answered to …
The Jewish Book Festival. festival starts on September 23 at 5:00 p.m. with the opening speeches, by the president of MEIS Disegni; by Daniele Ravenna representing the Ministry of Culture; by the regional councilor Mauro Felicori; by the mayor of Ferrara Alan Fabbri, and by the UCEI president Noemi Di Segni. At 6:00 p.m. the …
Many significant guests will characterize the 12th edition of the Jewish Book Festival organized in Ferrara, from Thursday 23 to Friday 26 September by the National Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah. The theme of this edition – which will also see the preview presentation of I-TAL-YA Books, the international digital census project of …
By Pagine Ebraiche staff United in the diversity of souls and paths. A perspective which the World Jewish Congress wanted to promote with an event entirely female oriented, with various voices of women in leadership roles within the Jewish world who gave their own testimony. Among them, Noemi Di Segni, president of the Union of …
The Jewish new year started with a remarkable cultural accomplishment. The translation of the Talmud into Italian went a step further with the release of the tractate “Chagigah”, literally “Festival offering”. It is the fifth of the Babylonian Talmud tractates to be translated into Italian so far, after “Rosh haShanà”, “Berakhòt”, “Ta‘anìt”, “Qiddushìn”. “Chagigah” is …
By Pagine Ebraiche staff Rome, the oldest Jewish community in the Diaspora, Rome, is going to be the leading city of the 21st edition of the European Day of Jewish Culture scheduled for Sunday 6 September. The 2020 event will focus on the theme “Jewish journeys”. Thirty-two European countries will take part in the initiative. …
By Pagine Ebraiche staff The police prefect of Milan Renato Saccone visited the city’s Garden of Righteous for the first time last week. “Before the Righteous and the Tree of Virtue, one may feel a little inadequate, because we are all human beings but we can all aspire to be Righteous,” he said. The Garden …
By Pagine Ebraiche staff The Union of Italian Jewish Communities will allocate a part of its funds from the Otto per Mille to support the fight against Coronavirus and help the entities that are dedicated to social and health solidarity. It will also make every possible effort to dedicated fundraisers, also in cooperation with the …
By Pagine Ebraiche staff A plaque honoring the Efrati family who was rounded up by the Nazis on October 16, 1943, was uncovered in Rome last week. “On October 16, 1943, ten Roman citizens who were torn from their lives by Nazi hatred only because they were Jews, were rounded up from this place and …
By Adam Smulevich The Italian Football Association (FIGC) and the Union of Italian Jewish Communities (UCEI) have launched a cultural task force against racism in stadiums, FIGC President Gabriele Gravina announced last week. The project – he explained – was created in agreement with UCEI President Noemi Di Segni as a response to an increasingly …