International

Having trouble viewing this email? Click here

September 3, 2018 - Elul 23, 5778

news

“Ritual Slaughter, a Right
that Must Be Protected"

By Pagine Ebraiche staff

On August 23, 2018, the Italian daily Corriere della Sera reported that a bill banning ritual slaughter without stunning the animal has received support by members of Parliament from all parties. The bill was introduced by right wind MP Michela Brambilla. After introducing the bill weeks went by and then it came to the spotlight in the aftermath of the Eid al-Adha, the Islamic Feast of Sacrifice, when the tradition calls for a sacrifice of a halal animal.
Expressing deep concern for the consequences of the bill if approved was the chief rabbi of Rome Riccardo Di Segni.
“I am worried, also because the topic has been introduced in a very confused and distorted way,” he told Pagine Ebraiche. “There is a risk, even higher than in the past, that the rights protected by the Law that governs the relationship between the State and the Jewish communities will be abrogated. We cannot permit it”.

news

Italy, Israel and the EU to Work on the Israeli National Qualifications Framework

By Rossella Tercatin

The Italian and Israeli Ministries of Education are going to work together on the establishment of the Israeli National Qualifications Framework (NQF).
The goal is to develop a framework to classify Israeli degrees and qualifications to be equivalent to those that exist in the EU. This is being done within the context of a Twinning Project (a European Union instrument for institutional cooperation between Public Administrations of EU Member States and of beneficiary or partner countries).

news

Intolerance at Rise in Verona

By Greyson Gerdts*

Jews in the city of Verona have faced many struggles throughout history. Just like other historical Jewish-Italian communities, the Jews of Verona have been imprisoned, forced to wear identifying badges, and denied rights. Even today, there are still people who discriminate against Jews.
Just a few months ago, the city’s professional soccer team, Hellas Verona F.C., was fined € 20.000 ($24,000) because of the anti-semitic and racist chants and slogans yelled by the most ardent fans at a player on the opposing team. Hundreds of fans chanted obscenities like “Adolf Hitler is my friend” (in English) and sang about the team’s appreciation of the swastika. Videos of these events have gone viral on social media, and those in the video described the incident as a prank. Local authorities brushed it off until another video from the same stadium went viral, this time bashing Christianity.

*Greyson Gerdts is a student at Muhlenberg College (Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA).

bechol lashon - Français

Pacte

par David Bidussa*

Quelle genre de révolte est celle de Korach que nous avons lu hier si on la regardait d’ici et maintenant, dans notre présent ?
On commence avec la délégitimation de l’adversaire e des voix différentes, en partant du principe que je suis le seul à pouvoir représenter le peuple, et donc le vrai ; ensuite on le ridiculise et pour conclure, si on a le pouvoir de le faire, on le criminalise. La réponse n’est pas la victoire du pouvoir, mais la réécriture du pacte, le lendemain. Si la première partie de cette scène est le “passé au present”, il serait souhaitable que la deuxième partie soit le “passé au futur”.

*David Bidussa, historien social des idées. Traduction de Beatrice Bandini, étudiante de l’École Supérieure pour Traducteurs et Interprètes de l’Université de Trieste et stagiaire auprès du journal de l’Union des Communautés Juives Italiennes.

Lire sur la site

pilpul

Rosh HaShanah of Love

By Yaakov Mascetti*

I’m not ready for another batch of High Holidays in the light of Divine judgment, ten days of introspection followed by twenty-five hours of fast and prayer, fear and sorrow for sins committed, and then a whole week of transience inside the Sukkah. I’m not ready for the annual reiteration of the rhetoric of fear and judgment – I’d be glad to welcome discourses of love, of embracing understanding, afar from the stern and wrathful elaborations on a Divine entity which seems to reflect more and more, as I get older, those who pray to it, fashioned by liturgy and yearnings.

*Yaakov Mascetti holds a Ph.D. and teaches at the Department of Comparative Literature, Bar Ilan University.

Read more

ITALICS

Italy’s Holocaust executioners revealed
in ‘historiographical counterblast’

By Matt Lebovic*

Thousands of Italian civilians helped the Nazis murder the country’s Jews during the Holocaust, according to a recently translated Italian book. The book directly contradicts commonly held beliefs that Italians did not cooperate with the genocidal killing machine.
In “The Italian Executioners: The Genocide of the Jews of Italy,” author Simon Levis Sullam examined the fate of more than 6,000 Italian Jews who were tracked down, deported, and murdered during the last two years of World War II. The modern history professor first published his so-called “historiographical counterblast” in 2015, helped to overturn myths about so-called “good Italians” who refrained from persecuting their Jewish neighbors.
Largely forgotten by history, Italy introduced anti-Jewish racial laws in 1938, two years before entering the war on Hitler’s side. Jews were dismissed from their jobs, kicked out of schools, and denounced in the media. As in Germany and the Netherlands, meticulously kept records helped identify the country’s 46,000 Jews, many of whom were put under surveillance.

*The article was published in The Times of Israel on August 13, 2018.

moked è il portale dell'ebraismo italiano

This newsletter is published under difficult conditions. The editors of this newsletter are Italian journalists whose native language is Italian. They are willing to offer their energy and their skills to give international readers the opportunity of learning more about the Italian Jewish world, its values, its culture and its traditions.
In spite of all our efforts to avoid this, readers may find an occasional language mistake. We count on your understanding and on your help and advice to correct these mistakes and improve our publication.

Pagine Ebraiche International Edition is published by the Union of Italian Jewish Communities (UCEI). UCEI publications encourage an understanding of the Jewish world and the debate within it. The articles and opinions published by Pagine Ebraiche International Edition, unless expressly stated otherwise, cannot be interpreted as the official position of UCEI, but only as the self-expression of the people who sign them, offering their comments to UCEI publications. Readers who are interested in making their own contribution should email us at desk@ucei.it
You received this newsletter because you authorized UCEI to contact you. If you would like to remove your email address from our list, or if you would like to subscribe using a new email address, please send a blank email to desk@ucei.it stating "unsubscribe" or "subscribe" in the subject field.

© UCEI - All rights reserved - The articles may only be reproduced after obtaining the written permission of the editor-in-chief. Pagine Ebraiche - Reg Rome Court 199/2009 – Editor in Chief: Guido Vitale.
Special thanks to: Francesco Moises Bassano, Susanna Barki, Amanda Benjamin, Monica Bizzio, Angelica Edna Calò Livne, Eliezer Di Martino, Alain Elkann, Dori Fleekop, Daniela Fubini, Benedetta Guetta, Sarah Kaminski, Daniel Leisawitz, Annette Leckart, Gadi Luzzatto Voghera, Yaakov Mascetti, Francesca Matalon, Jonathan Misrachi, Anna Momigliano, Giovanni Montenero, Elèna Mortara, Sabina Muccigrosso, Lisa Palmieri Billig, Jazmine Pignatello, Shirley Piperno, Giandomenico Pozzi, Daniel Reichel, Colby Robbins, Danielle Rockman, Lindsay Shedlin, Michael Sierra, Rachel Silvera, Adam Smulevich, Simone Somekh, Rossella Tercatin, Ada Treves, Lauren Waldman, Sahar Zivan.

Questo notiziario è realizzato in condizioni di particolare difficoltà. I redattori di questo notiziario sono giornalisti italiani di madrelingua italiana. Mettono a disposizione le loro energie e le loro competenze per raccontare in lingua inglese l'ebraismo italiano, i suoi valori, la sua cultura e i suoi valori. Nonostante il nostro impegno il lettore potrebbe trovare errori e imperfezioni nell'utilizzo del linguaggio che faremo del nostro meglio per evitare. Contiamo sulla vostra comprensione e soprattutto sul vostro aiuto e sul vostro consiglio per correggere gli errori e migliorare.

Pagine Ebraiche International Edition è una pubblicazione edita dall'Unione delle Comunità Ebraiche Italiane. L'UCEI sviluppa mezzi di comunicazione che incoraggiano la conoscenza e il confronto delle realtà ebraiche. Gli articoli e i commenti pubblicati, a meno che non sia espressamente indicato il contrario, non possono essere intesi come una presa di posizione ufficiale, ma solo come la autonoma espressione delle persone che li firmano e che si sono rese gratuitamente disponibili. Gli utenti che fossero interessati a offrire un proprio contributo possono rivolgersi all'indirizzo desk@ucei.it

Avete ricevuto questo messaggio perché avete trasmesso a Ucei l'autorizzazione a comunicare con voi. Se non desiderate ricevere ulteriori comunicazioni o se volete comunicare un nuovo indirizzo email, scrivete a: desk@ucei.it indicando nell'oggetto del messaggio "cancella" o "modifica".

© UCEI - Tutti i diritti riservati - I testi possono essere riprodotti solo dopo aver ottenuto l'autorizzazione scritta della Direzione. Pagine Ebraiche International Edition - notiziario dell'ebraismo italiano - Reg. Tribunale di Roma 199/2009 - direttore responsabile: Guido Vitale.
Realizzato con il contributo di: Francesco Moises Bassano, Susanna Barki, Amanda Benjamin, Monica Bizzio, Angelica Edna Calò Livne, Eliezer Di Martino, Alain Elkann, Dori Fleekop, Daniela Fubini, Benedetta Guetta, Sarah Kaminski, Daniel Leisawitz, Annette Leckart, Gadi Luzzatto Voghera, Yaakov Mascetti, Francesca Matalon, Jonathan Misrachi, Anna Momigliano, Giovanni Montenero, Elèna Mortara, Sabina Muccigrosso, Lisa Palmieri Billig, Jazmine Pignatello, Shirley Piperno, Giandomenico Pozzi, Daniel Reichel, Colby Robbins, Danielle Rockman, Lindsay Shedlin, Michael Sierra, Rachel Silvera, Adam Smulevich, Simone Somekh, Rossella Tercatin, Ada Treves, Lauren Waldman, Sahar Zivan.