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February 4, 2019 - Shevat 29, 5779

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IHRA Chair De Bernardin: "Remembrance:
an Eternal Commitment Too Often Neglected"

Ambassador Sandro De Bernardin, chair of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, delivered the following speech before the United Nations General Assembly and the Secretary General Antonio Guterres on January 27, 2019, marking the International Holocaust Remembrance Day:

Secretary-General Guterres,
Under-Secretary General Smale,
President Espinosa,
Excellencies,

It is a great honor to address you in my capacity as the Chair of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance: an intergovernmental body of 32 member countries that are formally committed to strengthening, advancing and promoting Holocaust education, remembrance and research.
This morning we heard expressions of concern and appeals to act, in order to keep the memory alive and stand against the return of such dark times. The IHRA is the most structured response provided by the International community to these concerns.
Its creation was prompted, some twenty years ago, by the findings of a poll, showing that the horror of Auschwitz, Treblinka, Sobibor were at risk of disappearing from the collective memory of new generations. Since then, the members of the IHRA have worked to reverse this trend.
But is collective memory in better shape today? In particular, are people aware enough that the Holocaust was not an incident of History that came out of the blue, but was the outcome of a process marked by very specific milestones? And that prominent among these milestones was the legal discrimination of sectors of the social body? That the Holocaust was announced by the progressive denial of human rights of individuals and groups?

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Korso Magenta 55, Segre Haus

Pagine Ebraiche staff

Es gab keine Worte, nur die stille Legung der Steine für die Großeltern Giuseppe Segre und Olga Lövvy. Im Korso Magenta 55 werden die Mailänder von nun an auch über ihre Namen, neben dem ihres Vaters Alberto, stolpern. Begleitet von ihren Kindern hinterließ die Senatorin auf Lebenszeit Liliana Segre eine weitere Spur vor dem Haus, dem die Nazifaschisten ihre Jugend entrissen hatten. Die Stolpersteine mit den Namen der Großeltern und des Vaters erinnern die heutigen Mieter an die vergangenen Schulden. Wie niemand damals gegen die von den Nachbarn Segre erlittene Ungerechtigkeit protestierte, die gezwungen waren, ihr Haus wegen der schändlichen antisemitischen Verfolgung zu verlassen. "Ich wohnte dort, seitdem ich anderthalb bis ich zwölf Jahre alt war, als wir vertrieben wurden. Ich war das kleine Mädchen des Hauses. Ich war sehr lebhaft.

Übersetzung von Anna Zanette mit der Hilfe von Giulia Schincariol, Studentinnen der Hochschule für Dolmetscher und Übersetzer der Universität von Triest und Praktikantinnen bei der Zeitungsredaktion der Union der jüdischen Gemeinden von Italien (UCEI).

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Limmud Italia To Take Place in Parma

Pagine Ebraiche Staff

Limmud Italia, the Italian branch of the international Jewish organization started in the UK, will hold its next event in Parma.
After Florence and Venice, the seventh edition of Limmud Italia Days will take place in the Emilia province city of Parma on June 2 and 3, 2019; pursuing the motto “Wherever you find yourself, Limmud will take you one step further on your Jewish journey”.
The first night will include a dinner and a concert, while on the second day the participants will enjoy a visit to the historic synagogue of Soragna and the museum with exhibits telling the history of the local Jewish community.
The event will also feature a special program for children (Young Limmud).

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David Bidussa*

Du pèlerinage hors d’Égypte deux conditions émergent: on va dans la “terre de personne” car on n’est pas encore quelque chose; on aspire à arriver dans un lieux pour qu’on sache qu’on est quelqu’un.
Dans cette dimension où on sait pas si à dominer c’est la mesure du temps (combien de générations doivent se succéder pour que l’on devient quelqu’un?) ou celle de l’espace (combien de route faut-il faire et combien d’épreuves doit-on subir pour savoir qu’on est quelqu’un?), au final la vraie dimension qu’il faut accepter est celle que dans l’histoire “on devient” (c’est à dire: “on change”), seulement si on accepte d’affronter une confrontation (même physique) avec une partie de nous-mêmes.

*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.

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“Caught in the thicket”: the Complexity of Faith

By Yaakov Mascetti*

The month of Adar is for me a moment of personal reflection, a niche in time where I can stop for a few instants and reflect. True, Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur have that valence, and they certainly are significant moments in which the collective may come together and reflect – but those are moment of collective gathering, of general prayers and systematized (and extremely long) liturgy. What I wish to present in this article is a personal niche in time, something more similar to a base in baseball, where the player can stop and safely wait till the next phase opens new possibilities for (rapid and instinctive) movement to the next base.

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

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Polish Synagogues and the Italian Architects Who Designed Them

By Joel S. Davidi Weisberger*

Poland, the place where the majority of the world’s Jewish population could be found by the eve of the First World War, was, of course, a land once dotted with thousands of Jewish houses of worship. Many of the original synagogues were constructed out of wood, others out of stone. No wooden synagogues survive from that period.
Before we get to the Jews and their synagogues, we must place some things in context.
The year is 1537 and a murder has taken place in Krakow. The unfortunate victim is an Italian architect by the name of Bartolommeo Berrecci; his alleged killer is another Italian architect. The motive: plain old jealousy. Berrecci had become wildly popular and quite wealthy, as many upper-class Poles commissioned his services. How did Poland, so far from home, become a dueling ground for ambitious Italians? To understand this, one must understand that Poland of that period was a booming center of trade, culture and architecture. It was the ideal place for architects and purveyors of culture to ply their trade and become wildly successful. It was particularly attractive to Catholics who would feel somewhat at home there—and some of whom would even go on to marry locals and settle there permanently.
Bernardo Morando, also known as Bernardino or Morandi (1540-1600), was just such a man. A native of Venice, he moved to Poland in 1569.

*The article was published in The Jewish Link of New Jersey on January 31, 2019.

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