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March 27, 2017 - Adar 29, 5777

NEWS

European Rabbis Gather in Rome

By Adam Smulevich

While Europe has been shaken by the rise of extremist populist parties and an increasing threat is posed by radical Islamic terror and anti-Semitism, over 200 European Rabbis from across Europe (both within and beyond the European Union) met in Pomezia, in the Rome area, to discuss the challenges that Jewish communities face at this crucial time - 60 years after the signing of the Treaty of Rome.
Organized by the European Jewish Association (EJA) and the Rabbinical Centre of Europe (RCE), the conference had at least one special guest: Itzhak Yosef, the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel.

NEWS

A New Synagogue for Bologna

By Pagine Ebraiche Staff

The Jewish Community of Bologna celebrated the inauguration of the new "Tempio Piccolo" (small synagogue) on Sunday.
“We have decided to invest our resources and energies in preserving the immense tradition and heritage that is entrusted to Italian Jewry, at the same time by building something new with the perception that we are an active part of society. As historic sites are central to our identity, also contemporary spaces can make us feel deeply rooted in a community, in a culture, and in a lively tradition," said the president of the Community Daniele De Paz.

NEWS

In Milan, a Hotline for People in Need
Started by Chabad

By Daniel Reichel

'Shemà' ('Hear'), is the name of the new project created by the Italian section of the Merkos l’Inyonei Chinuch, the educational branch of the Chabad-Lubavitch: a support service dedicated to all the people in need.
Connected to Beteavòn, the soup kitchen founded in Milan by Merkos provides hot meals to thousands of people. Shemà is based on an idea of Daniela Zippel: creating a hotline that anyone who needs help can call.
"This service will be available, for example, for women who are victims of abuse, for families that have economic problems, for old or ill people who feel alone,” explained Zippel.

bECHOL LASHON - Deutsch

»Europe First«

von Josef Schuster*

Am kommenden Samstag feiert die Europäische Union ihre Gründung als Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft vor 60 Jahren. Nur gut zehn Jahre nach Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs beschlossen Staaten, die sich zuvor als erbitterte Gegner gegenübergestanden hatten, eng zusammenzuarbeiten.
Die Bedeutung dieses Entschlusses lässt sich schwer einschätzen, wenn man abstrakt von Staaten spricht. Ich muss mir nur meinen Großvater und meinen Vater vor Augen halten, um mir die Bedeutung der EWG-Gründung klarzumachen: Beide hatten zwei Weltkriege erlebt und den Zweiten Weltkrieg mit sehr viel Glück überlebt. Sie waren nach Deutschland zurückgekehrt, wohl wissend, dass dies nicht einfach werden würde. Die Bereitschaft der Nachbarstaaten Deutschlands zur Versöhnung grenzte für sie an ein Wunder. Die Jahrzehnte des Friedens, die sich den Römischen Verträgen in Europa anschlossen, hat mein Vater nie als Selbstverständlichkeit hingenommen.

*Der Autor ist Präsident des Zentralrats der Juden in Deutschland. Judische Allgemeine 23.03.17.

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Paradoxes of Modern Life

By Susanna Calimani*

My latest troubling thought regards the modern paradox of mobility: as horses turned first into carriages, then into cars, trains, planes and ultra-fast trains; weeks and days of exhausting travel turned into hours, and hours into minutes. After decades of debilitating wars, to conquer territories, to define borders and create well defined states (at least geographically…), treaties have been signed to open these very borders and guarantee freedom of movement. Time became faster, space became smaller, distances became nearer.
And now that we could potentially go anywhere anytime, walls - physical walls - are being built as never before.
People could go anywhere, and we are building walls; and similarly we have never been so well connected, but we feel the urge to disconnect; we have never had so many things so fast, and we try to slow down. Now that we could actually be like everyone else, we feel the need to protect our identity.

*Susanna Calimani is a wandering economist currently based in Frankfurt.

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IT HAPPENED TOMORROW

Atténuer l'isolemen

Guido Vitale

"Le Mouvement de la résistance islamique (Hamas), qui s'est Juré de détruire israel et contrôle depuis 2007 la bande de Gaza, espère atténuer son isolement en publiant dans les prochaines semaines une nouvelle plateforme politique". (Le Figaro, 27-3-2017)

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Italian Coins Discovered
in Crusader-Era Ship Wreck Off Israeli Coast

By Naomi Zeveloff*

Thirty gold coins were found amid the remains of a Crusader-era shipwreck discovered off the coast of Acre in northern Israel last week.
The coins are “florins” from Florentine, Italy, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority.

*The article was published in The Forward on March 21, 2017.

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'Carta canta', a Commitment
for Pagine Ebraiche

By Ada Treves

There is an expression in Italian, that has a magic musicality and a deep meaning at the same time. “Carta canta” is one of those idioms that are difficult to translate without losing the many layers its specific words imply, so even if “What is spoken flies what is written never dies” gives the sense, literally it should be “Paper sings”.
Paper is the one technology that has permitted the development of humankind in a way unparalleled by other inventions, and as neuroscientist are explaining and underlining more and more the way we read on paper is not the same way we read on a screen, and they affect our brains differently.
Our capability to understand reality relies heavily on the possibility to deepen our knowledge and to discover unforeseen details offered by articles printed on paper, and we also know that the experience of commenting and discussing news we have read “on paper” is not the same as sharing digital content with the speed and ease of a social network.
But the verb “cantare”, to sing, is also used in many other Italian idioms,, and between “ha cantato”, meaning "he has confessed and told all he knows" and “il canto del cigno”, the "swan song", there is reality: Pagine Ebraiche not only will continue to be printed and distributed – even if in smaller numbers - but it is undergoing a process of growth that will give all its readers a new and better instrument to know and understand the culture and the traditions of the Italian Jewish minority.
“Carta canta", the slogan chosen by Pagine Ebraiche to present its future and at the same time to ask for the support of its readers, asks for action.
After many years of free monthly presence in every single Jewish household in Italy, the newsroom is working on the development that will make Pagine Ebraiche grow and become more interesting, more punchy and with a stronger dignity, but to obtain all this, a different distribution strategy is needed. The choice, than, is to cover the industrial cost of the newspaper with the subscriptions the readers will be willing to pay, while keeping open and free the digital version of Pagine Ebraiche, Italia Ebraica and DafDaf, not to lose the priceless relationship with all those who have been following us with interest in the past eight years.
To continue on this project of growth we ask all our readers to show their commitment, that for us is not only the price of a yearly subscription, 30 euros, but mainly a sign of appreciation, friendship and support.

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