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| Terror Is Not a Reason |
 By Guido Vitale*"Terror is not a reason to move to Israel" (Rabbi Yair Melchior, Copenhagen). *Guido Vitale is the editor-in-chief of Pagine Ebraiche. |
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| Italian Word of the Week: NEGAZIONISMO |
| By Daniela
Gross As we have learned since childhood, denial is a terrific way to escape from reality. When we tell our fantastic stories, all our misfits and mistakes seem to magically vanish. But when it comes to history, to deny reality assumes a really different nuance. It stops being a childish play, and becomes a serious distortion. During the last week, “negazionismo” - the word of the week, which in English is translated “negationism” – often recurred in the Italian news. As in English, this expression indicates the historical revisionism denying the Holocaust, the reality of the extermination camps, and the genocide committed during the World War II. Luckily, this time the Holocaust denial was recalled not because a new surreal revisionist stance, but thanks to the law against the “negazionismo” just approved by a large majority of the Italian Senate. This law, which in the near future will be examined for approval by the Chamber of Deputies, is a meaningful step against hate speech, xenophobia and racism. It is a way for Italy to embrace the European guidelines, protecting the victims and the historical reality. |
| EXHIBITIONS
"The Worlds of Primo Levi" A Success that Needs Supporting  By
Ada TrevesThe success of the exhibition "The Worlds of Primo Levi - A Strenuous Clarity" is evident every day, simply passing in front of Palazzo Madama, in the centre of Turin, where often there is a queue waiting to get in. More than ten thousand visitors in about three week, and the book of signatures full of signs of affection and gratitude, and many cities in Italy and all over Europe that are waiting for the exhibition to start travelling, as planned. But the Centro Internazionale di Studi Primo Levi (the Primo Levi Centre that has promoted the exhibition) had to launch a fundraising campaign, with the specific aim to pay for the travel expenses of “The worlds of Primo Levi”, something that many of the future hosts cannot afford and that would be too much for the Centre itself to cover. In a special visit organized last week, a few directors of the Ministry of Culture and Heritage led by Dario Disegni, president of the Foundation for Jewish Cultural Heritage in Italy, found the exhibition so interesting and important that its opening in Rome has been decided and organized in a few minutes. But so many are the places that would want it that every single action to support the chances of "The Worlds of Primo Levi - A Strenuous Clarity" to travel, and be seen by as many people as possible, is important. |
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