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May 25, 2020 - Sivan 2 5780

NEWS

Florence synagogue reopening
to be celebrated in a shower of roses

By Pagine Ebraiche staff

To celebrate Shavuot in Pitigliano, it was once customary to scatter rose petals on the synagogue floor. The Jewish Museum of Florence, in association with Coopculture, the Jewish community and the association Opera del Tempio, has chosen to draw inspiration from this tradition to mark the end of the lockdown and the reopening of its Bet ha-knesset for the upcoming holiday.
Synagogue in Italy have been allowed to reopen just before the feast of Shavuot, one of the most important holidays in the Jewish calendar. The connection between flowers and this ancient festivity generated the idea of creating an art installation, whose project was supervised by architect David Palterer.

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

NEWS

Italian Jewish leaders meet to talk about
the emergency and a vision for the future

By Pagine Ebraiche staff

Presidents and secretaries general of the Italian Jewish communities, as well as those in charge of security and of the main services deployed during the long confinement, met yesterday - virtually, on Zoom - in a long and highly attended event.
The two intense hours were opened by the speeches by the President of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities Noemi Di Segni and by UCEI Secretary General Uriel Perugia, followed by that of UCEI board member for financial affairs Davide Romanin Jacur.
After weeks that saw all the energies and human and material resources available put to use in a whirlwind of activities, both for urgent needs and emergency management and to try in every way to keep the connection with Italian Jews alive, scattered throughout the peninsula, the meeting was an opportunity to discuss and take stock.

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UCEI and Israeli no-profit launch initiative to teach new technologies to less savvy users

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By Pagine Ebraiche staff

The Union of Italian Jewish Communities and the Israeli non-profit Machshavah Tovah have launched an initiative to teach the use of new technologies to less savvy users.
The project “Together at home” offers a website and a series of virtual daily classes – every morning at 11 – covering some of the more popular applications and platforms, such as WhatsApp, Facebook and Youtube.

bechol lashon - DEUTsCH

Kriegsverbrecher

Anna Foa*

Wenn einer der Verantwortlichen eines Völkermords wird gefasst, kann man darüber nur erfreut sein. Auch wenn er im Laufe seines Flüchtigseins ein alter Mann geworden ist, auch wenn viele sich fragen, wozu man gegen einen alten Mann gerichtlich vorgehen soll. Wir erfreuen darüber, dass es endlich ein Prozess stattfinden wird, der den Mechanismus des Völkermords aburteilt, für den jener Alter entweder völlig oder teilweise verantwortlich ist, statt der genaueren Taten der Alter. Wie von den internationalen Gesetzen festlegt, verjähren nämlich einige Verbrechen nie.

*Anna Foa, Historikerin. Übersetzung von Sara Facelli, Studentin der Hochschule für Dolmetscher und Übersetzer der Universität von Trieste und Praktikantin bei der Zeitungsredaktion der Union der jüdischen Gemeinden von Italien (UCEI).

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Examples

By David Bidussa*

Regarding the judgment on the things that have worked and those that have not work, it is advisable to keep in mind that we don't need models or symbols, but examples. And the examples always warn us "act like me, don't imitate me."

*David Bidussa is a historian of social ideas.

ITALICS

Italian synagogues and churches reopen,
but with fewer worshippers allowed

By Cnaan Liphshiz*

Synagogues and churches have reopened in northern Italy, where they had been shut down since that area went into lockdown following the first major outbreak of COVID-19 in Europe.
The main synagogue of Milan reopened Monday per guidelines agreed-upon last week with government officials, Moked, the Italian-Jewish news site, reported. Synagogues also have reopened in Rome and Florence at least.
Italian shops, hairdressers and restaurants also opened Monday, ending a 10-week lockdown. About 32,000 people in Italy have died from COVID-19.
In Milan, congregants must register in advance with the rabbi’s office to ensure their number does not exceed the new capacity of each synagogue under social distancing protocols, said the community’s president, Milo Hasbani.

*The article was published in the Jewish Telegraphic Agency on May 20, 2020.

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