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October 8, 2018 - Tishri 29, 5778

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Genoa, a Day of Hope

By Pagine Ebraiche staff*

The appointment is set in the wounded city that during this difficult summer received all the love and support of the country. Genoa will host the 2018 edition of The European Day of Jewish Culture, that in Italy is celebrated on October 14.
The theme chose, “Storytelling” is an age-old Jewish tradition consisting in the dissemination of stories to relive the past and create new ways of expression, and it is also the red thread that runs trough the agenda of appointments that are to be held in 90 locations from Trentino to Sicily, including Genoa, the city of the master of imagination Emanuele Luzzati, whose drawings inspired millions of Italians. It’s a sign of hope and commitment that looks forward into the future, and that is shared by UCEI and by the president of the Jewish Community of Genoa, Ariel Dello Strologo.

*Translated by Beatrice Bandini, student at the Advanced School for Interpreters and Translators of Trieste University, intern at the newspaper office of the Union of the Italian Jewish Communities.

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Bologna, a Taste of Italy

By Cimring*

Tortellini in brodo (meat tortellini in broth), tagliatelle al ragù (pasta with meat sauce), lasagne verdi alla bolognese (lasagna with meat sauce and béchamel), zuppa inglese (cake and cream), and mascarpone (particular type of soft cheese often used in desserts) are some of the many reasons why the city of Bologna attracts many tourists. Informally known as one of the culinary capitals of Italy, Bologna is home to one of the largest fruit and vegetable markets in Europe. Located in the middle of the city, Bologna’s market, the Mercato delle Erbe, is home to fresh cheeses, meats, vegetables, and baked goods. And its rich and varied local cuisine has earned it the nickname la Grassa (the fat lady).
In addition to the its well known culinary patrimony, Bologna boasts medieval architecture, the oldest university in the world, and many beautiful porticoes. Perhaps less well known is the fact that Bologna has evidence of Jewish history dating back to the third and fourth century C.E. The Church father, Ambrose (c. 340-397), mentioned the Jews of Bologna in a speech he delivered in Florence in 393. The first thousand years of Jewish-Bolognese history is unfortunately shrouded in obscurity. According to the Jewish Virtual Library, the first direct evidence of Jewish presence in Bologna dates back to 1353, when a Roman banker by the name of Gaius Finzi moved to the city. Towards the end of the 14th century and into the early 15th century, more Jewish families settled in the city. Jews were obliged to wear an identifying badge issued by the bishop, and were strictly limited to working as bankers. As time progressed and Jewish migration increased, Jews began to play a significant role in the city’s economy, not only in loan banking, but also as merchants, and doctors.

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


bechol lashon - Français Gestes Pierpaolo Pinhas Punturello* Il est très difficile d’accepter l’idée que notre guide, notre maître Moshe ne soit pas entré en Terre promise pour avoir frappé un rocher avec son bâton. Et pourtant, toute sa faute repose dans ce geste : colère, rancune, occasion manquée d’éduquer le peuple et de sanctifier le nom de Dieu. Certains gestes, bien que petits, marquent pour toujours notre être, même sans le vou-loir. Et c’est dans ces petits gestes quotidiens que se trouve la différence de ce que l’on est. *Pierpaolo Pinhas Punturello, rabbin. Traduction de Beatrice Bandini, étudiante de l’École Supérieure pour Traducteurs et In-terprètes de l’Université de Trieste et stagiaire auprès du journal de l’Union des Com-munautés Juives Italiennes. Lire sur la site	pilpul A Reminder By David Bidussa* A reminder: “Cursed be he who Subverts the Rights of the stranger” [Dt., 27,19]. Fundamental human rights demand the rescue and welcome of the stranger; they do not demand the inclusion. Dehumanizing in order to legitimize the non-rescue is the first act on the path whose end is extermination. *David Bidussa is a historian of ideas. Read more

ITALICS

Forgotten Memories of Libya's
Vibrant Jewish Community

By Eness Elias*

My grandmother died a little more than three weeks ago. Grandmother Eness, for whom I’m named, was born in Tripoli, Libya, and lived there until age 13, when she immigrated with her family to Israel. Here she met my grandfather, Tzion Hasson, who was born and raised in Benghazi.
My grandmother’s house was filled with laughter, people and joy, and we all waited for Nonna, as we called her, to put on her show. Sometimes she emerged from the hallway dressed up like a gorilla and scared us to death. She had all kinds of masks in her closet, and we waited in suspense for the next thing. She told us stories, impersonated family members, stung us with loving sarcasm and was always there for the big family that she had brought into the world.
Life in Tripoli wasn’t harder for Nonna than life in Israel. She was an educated girl who possessed joie de vivre, knew four languages even before she learned Hebrew (Arabic, Italian, English and Ladino), loved to sing the songs of the Egyptian artists Farid el-Atrash and Abdel Halim Hafez, was an avid dancer and later did all she could not to let the difficult life in Israel break her. The story of my grandfather and grandmother is the story of an ancient community that disappeared from Libya but found itself in Israel, where it carries on the customs that sustained it for thousands of years.
How little I know about her, about the life that led her to become my grandmother. How little I know about the culture she came from, though it dictates so much of the person I am today.
My grandmother’s life was full and rich, and despite the blows – most poignantly the loss of an infant daughter and later of a son at age 21 – she remained proud and beautiful and was always laughing. Humor was integral to her life, and without it things would surely have been much harder. After her death, I discovered that this lighthearted temperament, which blends life’s ingredients into something digestible, is characteristic of the place where she grew up.”

*The article was published in Haaretz on August 16, 2018.

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