Having trouble viewing this email? Click here February 13, 2023 – 22 Shevat 5783
  

By Daniel Reichel

"We thank the Italian Jewish community for their support. We need all the help we can get." The voice of Rabbi Mendy Chitrik expresses weariness, concern and gratitude. He left Istanbul, where he works as the chairman of the Alliance of Rabbis in Islamic States, on February 6^th, a few hours after the earthquake, to assist with the rescue of the small Jewish community of Antakya, in southern Turkey.
A journey of more than thirteen hours by car, made with some friends, with the aim of saving as many people as possible.
"The city is in terrible condition", he said. Thousands of lives are at risk, including those of the president of the local Jewish community and his wife, Saul and Tuna Cenudi. According to the news, they are alive. "But they are still buried under the rubble", Chitrik, Rabbi of the Istanbul Ashkenazic community and Chabad emissary to Turkey, told Pagine Ebraiche. Their house collapsed, as well as hundreds of buildings across the city. Two hospitals were also destroyed by the massive quakes.

Antakya, as visible in the pictures taken by Chitrik, is devastated. The synagogue is one of the few buildings that are still standing, although it is extremely damaged. After checking on the local Jewish community members, the Rabbi went to the synagogue accompanied by some of them. They were able to recover the Seforim (the Torah scrolls) that were stored there. Now they are in Istanbul, says the Rabbi. Lamentably, he had to take them with him. At his side, on the return journey, were also twelve people from the community. 
Now the objective is to find them "a decent accommodation". But the atmosphere is one of great sadness. "They know they almost certainly won't live long enough to return to their hometown". The Rabbi fears that the 2300-year-old Jewish history of Antakya has now been irreparably interrupted by the earthquake.  Help is needed. The Union of Italian Jewish Communities has launched a fundraiser for the victims of the earthquake. "We appreciate it. It is so, so helpful", says Chitrik, adding that he is in constant contact with Israel's aid delegation.
"The Israeli search and rescue teams on the ground have successfully rescued 4 trapped persons, among them are kids. – announced Israel's deputy ambassador to Turkey, Nadav Markman – Our teams are working simultaneously in various sites around the clock in full coordination with the Turkish authorities". In total, there are four teams, and one of them is setting up a field hospital. "In these conditions, everything can be useful. – stresses Rabbi Chitrik – Clothes, medicine, food. What is important is that the aid gets to the right destinations".

From top, Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Istanbul Mendy Chitrik; the devastation in Antakya; the Torah scrolls recovered.
 
Translated by Annadora Zuanel, revised by Martina Bandini, students at the Secondary School of Modern Languages for Interpreters and Translators of the University of Trieste, interns at the newspaper office of the Union of the Italian Jewish Communities – Pagine Ebraiche.

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To help the populations affected by the devastating earthquake, the Union of the Italian Jewish Communities last week has activated a fundraiser to which everyone is called to contribute. "We are joined in suffering to the families of the thousands of victims, participating in their mourning; we are close to the displaced, to those who struggle between life and death in a hospital ward, to those who are still under the rubble waiting for help" says the UCEI.
The initiative was launched in collaboration "with the World and the European Jewish Congresses, together with other Jewish institutions such as Joint, Hias, Adei Wizo, and the Turkish community" to offer support on a health level but also material and spiritual. In doing so, UCEI stresses that it joins the prayers "of the Jewish community in Turkey and of the faithful of all religions for relief, healing of wounds and a remedy for the lacerating pain".
 
Donations can be sent to the following IBAN, specifying the reason for the payment in the description: IT 42 B 02008 05205 000103538743.

Écrivaine culinaire et photographe, Benedetta Jasmine Guetta fait partie des vainqueurs de la dernière édition du National Jewish Book Award avec son Cooking Alla Giudia. A Celebration of the Jewish Food of Italy, son premier livre de cuisine en anglais. "Je voulais préparer les biscuits de Pesach, j'ai commencé à bavarder avec une dame, puis avec une autre, et tout à coup, j'ai eu peur que les recettes ne soient pas transmises. À Venise, par exemple, peu de gens en font, une fois par an. Là, j'ai commencé à penser que les recettes pourraient être perdues : dans quelques générations, elles pourraient être perdues. Il est très important de garder une trace de comment ils devraient être, en les photographiant par exemple", racontait-elle à Pagine Ebraiche in cette interview, présentant les thèmes et les difficultés de son travail. Un livre qui confirme cette reconnaissance, qui également laisse une marque au niveau international.

Par Ada Treves

On pourrait dire que tout a commencé par une question : "Mais le labné est-il du fromage ou du yaourt ?". Benedetta Jasmine Guetta et Manuel Kanah, qui dirigent le blog culinaire du même nom, répondent qu'il s'agit d'un fromage obtenu à partir de yaourt. Le labné, d'où le blog tire son nom, Labna, est un fromage acide traditionnel, dont la recette – très simple – est transmise de génération en génération. "C'est un plat typiquement moyen-oriental : je l’ai trouvé en Turquie comme en Israël – peut-être sous des noms différents, mais le plat est le même". Les plats traditionnels et la transmission de génération en génération : telles sont les idées qui ont guidé le chemin parcouru par Benedetta Jasmine Guetta, de la fondation du blog en 2009 à la publication aux États-Unis d'un livre, évidemment de cuisine, qui connaît un succès considérable. Il a été célébré par des personnages tels que Martha Stewart et Nigella Lawson. Il y a la passion pour la cuisine, pour laquelle elle a choisi de quitter un travail plus "traditionnel", la récupération des traditions, la volonté de sauver des recettes anciennes et le goût pour les saveurs du Moyen-Orient, traits incontournables d'un blog dont le nom, en réalité, a été choisi presque pour le jeu : "Le labné est la nourriture préférée de Manuel, qui a le vice d'acheter des domaines qui correspondent à des mots un peu au hasard… maintenant peut-être que je choisirais autre chose, mais Labna, le labné, sonne bien, c'est court et sympathique".

Traduction d’Alice Pugliese, révisée par Onda Crofiglio, étudiantes à l’École Supérieure de Langues Modernes pour les Interprètes et les Traducteurs de l’Université de Trieste, stagiaires dans le bureau du journal de l’Union des communautés juives italiennes – Pagine Ebraiche.

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Muchas veces se ha pensado que Karl Marx era indiferente al tema del antisemitismo. Se trata de una hipótesis cuestionada por un joven estudiante y periodista, Manuel Disegni, profesor contratado en la Universidad de Turín y periodista profesional que se ha formado a través de una pasantía en el equipo editorial UCEI. En su tesis doctoral "Karl Marx y el antisemitismo moderno.
Génesis y desarrollo de la teoría crítica de la sociedad burguesa y de su cuestión judía" recién presentada en el ateneo turinés y a punto de ser publicada, Disegni – que hace poco ha llevado a cabo una carrera profesional como director de la escuela judía de su ciudad – propone una lectura diferente con respecto a las dos corrientes de opinión, profundamente contrastantes, en los discursos sobre Marx y el antisemitismo: por un lado hay quien lo considera un defensor del mal en el espacio público, por otro hay quien cree que simplemente no le importaba nada de esos temas. Esta es una perspectiva que hay que corregir, sugiere Disegni.

Traducido por Diana Drudi y revisado por Annadora Zuanel, estudiantes de la Escuela Superior de Intérpretes y Traductores de la Universidad de Trieste, pasantes en la oficina del periódico de la Unión de las Comunidades Judías Italianas – Pagine Ebraiche. 

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By Sarah Moss*

El Consorcio REGACE ha recibido 5,3 millones de euros de la Unión Europea (UE) dentro del Programa de Investigación e Innovación Horizonte Europa para desarrollar y demostrar una innovadora tecnología agrivoltaica que utiliza el enriquecimiento de CO2 para aumentar la producción de electricidad. El Consorcio REGACE está formado por doce socios de cinco países diferentes. De martes a viernes, Kafr Kara acogerá la reunión inaugural del socio israelí Trisolar (www.trisolar.net). El Dr. Ibrahim Yehia, ingeniero árabe musulmán que trabajó en la industria de los semiconductores y actualmente es director científico y científico jefe de la empresa, fundó el Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo Triangle.

*Este articulo fue publicado en Noticias de Israel el 6 de febrero 2023.

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