“This historical era has one problem among many: prophets are missing.” Marek Halter is one of Europe’s most influential intellectuals. Born in Warsaw in 1936, he fled with his parents from the horror of the ghetto established by Nazis along the Vistula River and after many vicissitudes landed in Kokand, in what was then the …
By Angelica Calò Livnè* These days, I often think that in the 1930s, when the racist laws were promulgated, my grandparents were the same age of my children today. I have often imagined my grandfather Cesare in his thirties, wandering around the villages in the Marche region, holding the tiny hand of my seven-year-old mother, …
Forty-four figures – from Ugo Ancona of Ferrara to Alessandro Lustig Piacezzi of Trieste – show the relevant contribution that left a mark in the events after the unification of Italy in 1861, at least until the fascist regime’s antisemitism marked the most infamous of caesuras, in a dramatic breakthrough for Italian Jews. Presented at …
“This is a world in which hatred is rampant and people are listening less and less. But we must not stop striving to change it, because each of us can do something to correct distortions. Writing, testimony, raising our voices: the ways to make an impact, to leave a mark, are there.” On Friday, Hungarian-Italian …
The Turin International Book Fair is back under the new editorial direction of Annalena Benini, in the name of one of the most famous female Italian writers, who grew up right under the shadow of the Mole Antonelliana: Natalia Ginzburg. Her volume Vita immaginaria (Imaginary Life), which will celebrate its 50-year anniversary in 2024, also …
The first section of the survey conducted by the CDEC Foundation describes Italy’s social and economic context. What emerges from this part of the survey is that the country feels more fragile, poorer and angrier. The data on school dropout show that young people are particularly vulnerable. Almost one in seven minors does not finish …
““Something has gone wrong in the process of countering antisemitism in Italy.” This is the bitter conclusion drawn by the sociologist Betti Guetta and the researchers of the Observatory on antisemitism of the Contemporary Jewish. Documentation Center – CDEC Foundation in Milan. The above-mentioned conclusion is based on the Annual report on antisemitic incidents and …
En este dinámico y bien documentado volumen destacan las relaciones que la estadista mantenía con Italia. De hecho, en una celebre entrevista con la periodista Oriana Fallaci, otra figura que no pudo resistir a aquella interlocutora nada común, afirmó: “Nenni es uno de los mejores individuos que se puedan encontrar hoy en el mundo. Porque …
Sweet eyes and melancholy painted on the face of a kind and gentle man. “But behind that apparent docility, the Italian filmmaker Daniele Segre, known for his documentary films, hid a determination and an extraordinary strength. His career proves it: a director capable of delving into the least explored areas of our society and telling …
The percentage of Italians who recognize the usefulness of Holocaust Remembrance Day is declining, the latest survey by the SWG research institute revealed. SWG has been monitoring the perception and feelings of Italians toward this date every January since 2014. A perception that this year has been conditioned “by the ongoing conflict between Israel and …
The tragedy of the Einstein Mazzetti family massacre by the Nazis during WWII remains in the background of the exhibition “After Images,” open at the Milan Shoah Memorial until February 25th. The photographs by Eva Krampen Kosloski, the protagonists of the exhibition, portray the mother and aunt, Paola and Lorenza Mazzetti, in the places of …
When asked about his Stolpersteine, the stumbling stones scattered throughout Europe, the German artist Gunter Demnig quotes the Talmud: “A person is not forgotten until his name is”. For over thirty years now, he has been committed to commemorate individuals at the last place of residency before being deported, persecuted, and forced to leave by …
“The effects of the massacres carried out by Hamas on October 7 are causing the largest wave of antisemitism in Italy in 40 years”. The complaint comes from the last report by the Observatory on antisemitism of the Foundation Jewish Contemporary Documentation Center – CDEC in Milan. Based on reports received by the Observatory, there …
“Civil wars among the Jews were never fought with the sword, but with the pen,” Abraham B. Yehoshua argued years ago in Ferrara. During the conference “Am Ha Sefer – The People of the book. Readers and bibliophiles in Jewish Italy between the 17th and 20th centuries”, held in Rome at the National Library of …
Terror and empathy. These are the two emotions that Hamas, since the massacres of October 7, has been trying to spread with its videos through public opinion. “Hamas terrorists talk to two different worlds. With the videos of the massacres, they are trying to condition the Israelis. They want to instil fear and terror among …
17% of Italians are “closer to the Israeli community”, while 14% are “closer to the Palestinian community.” 34% express closeness to “both”, while 22% “to neither.” 13% choose not to take a side. These figures, among others, come from the latest survey by the Italian SWG research institute, which for weeks has been monitoring the …
“I won’t leave her. I need to protect her. I’ll stay here to protect her and the State of Israel. Whatever happens, I won’t leave her alone”. Until the very last moment, Ilay Bar Sadeh stood by Naama Boni’s side. He was a soldier of the chosen unit Golani, 13th battalion; she was serving in …
En ocasión del ochenta aniversario de la caída del fascismo y de la detención de Mussolini, en Florencia se ha vuelto a abrir el Memorial de los Italianos en Auschwitz, que a partir de 2016 había sido transferido a los ambientes del Ex3 en zona Gavinana, lugar que antes era centro de arte contemporánea y …
Contar para os mais jovens o que aconteceu em Israel é uma tarefa delicada. Queremos protegê-los da brutalidade das ações dos terroristas de Hamas, mas não podemos evitar a questão do conflito. Especialmente nas escolas judaicas, onde a conexão direta com Israel é constante. “Quando chegaram à aula, as crianças estavam perturbadas com o que …
Elèna Mortara n’est pas seulement arrière-petite-fille d’Edgardo. Elle est aussi l’auteure du livre Writing for Justice : Victor Séjour, the Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara, and the Age of Transatlantic Emancipations, un texte fondamental pour comprendre l’affaire Mortara dans un cadre internationale, dans son époque et de ses agitations qui a été publié aux Etats-Unis et …