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September 2, 2019 - Elul 2, 5779

sports

Alarming racism incidents in Italian Serie A

By Adam Smulevich

Another football season has started coming. Yet told problems persist.
Italian Serie A kicked off last week. This year, we will see the highest number of top-class players compared to the last few seasons, as well as an ever timely and disheartening theme, which is often eluded by the people who not only have the capacity, but also the duty to intervene.
Racist slurs against Naples and the fans of Napoli, sung by some Fiorentina fans, tarnished what had been an absolutely beautiful show for long minutes, both in the stands and in the field.

Translated by Mattia Stefani and revised by Sara Facelli, students at the Advanced School for Interpreting and Translation of Trieste University and interns at the newspaper office of the Union of the Italian Jewish Communities.

SPORTS

After unforgettable World Cup, Italian women soccer team kicks off a new season in Israel

By Pagine Ebraiche staff

After their unforgettable performance at the World Cup in June 2019, the Italian Women’s national soccer team started the new season in Israel last Thursday.
The team led by coach Milena Bertolini confronted the Israeli national team at the Ramat Gan Stadium in the first qualifying match for the Euro Cup 2021.
The Azzurre defeated the home team 3-2. .

OBITUARIES

A tribute to Grazia Di Veroli (1961-2019)

By Pagine Ebraiche staff

Grazia Di Veroli devoted her life to Remembrance through projects and initiatives aimed to overcome the challenge of passing it down to the younger generations. She escorted the last witnesses of the Shoah to many public events. She was recently appointed vice-president of the National Association of Former Deportees (ANED) section in Rome, after years and years of community work, during which she fought for the eradication of hatred, racism and antisemitism.
Grazia Di Veroli was born in Rome in 1961 and graduated in pedagogy with a thesis on death camps. She also got a master in Shoah education under Professor David Meghnagi and attended many specialized courses.

Translated by Claudia Azzalini and revised by Mattia Stefani, both students at the Advanced School for Interpreters and Translators of Trieste University and interns at the newspaper office of the Union of the Italian Jewish Communities.

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Un nom à effacer avec déshonneur

Anna Foa*

Lors de la réception du prestigieux prix « Tomasi di Lampedusa », Carlo Ginzburg a abordé la question du juriste fasciste et antisémite Giuseppe Maggiore, l’une des sources d’inspiration de l’auteur de Le Guépard (Il Gattopardo), après lequel est nommé, ou, comme l’a corrigé le Recteur, a été nommé jusqu’à il y a dix ans, un prix attribué par l’Université de Palerme.
Giuseppe Maggiore était juriste et professeur de l’Université de Palerme, auteur de textes antisémites et collaborateur au journal La défense de la race (La difesa della razza).

*Anna Foa, historienne. Traduit par Claudia Azzalini et revisé par Sara Facelli, étudiantes de l’École Supérieure pour Traducteurs et Interprètes de l’Université de Trieste et stagiaires au journal de l’Union des Communautés Hébraïques Italiennes.

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80 years after Second World War

By David Bidussa*

Thinking back to the beginning of the Second World War – exactly 80 years ago – nowadays we often hear, “never again.” I understand the consoling intent, but I am not convinced.
I ask myself this question: Why were totalitarian regimes so appealing?
My response is that the majority of public opinion felt the following: 1) it was not bad to deny someone’s rights, 2) the right to a future passes through oppression and "hunting" someone, 3) being anti-totalitarian and anti-Semitic at the same time was not a contradiction.
And I wonder: Why?

*David Bidussa is a historian of social ideas.

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ITALICS

In Europe, A Festival Insists That Jewish Culture Is As Important As Ever

By PJ Grisar*

On September 1, 2019, the 80th anniversary of the start of World War II, 34 countries will observe the European Days of Jewish Culture, opening the doors of historic synagogues and engaging local communities in over 400 cities throughout the continent.
That anniversary is notable, but rather than focusing on the Holocaust and its near-obliteration of Europe’s Jewry, the European Days strives to shine a light on the vibrancy of Jewish tradition before and after the Shoah. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the program, which began as an “Open Doors” program in Alsace, France.
The program was established as a continent-wide initiative in January, 1999, at a conference on Jewish heritage in Europe held at the Jewish Art and History Museum in Paris. Ruth Ellen Gruber, director of Jewish Heritage Europe, a web portal for Jewish culture, remembers that conference as the second significant meeting of its kind, following a 1990 meeting in New York.

*The article was published in the Forward on August 30, 2019.

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