Tag: Italy
Israelis refuse to be erased
It’s time to wake up: We are faced with a wave of catastrophic antisemitism, worse than any since the 1930s, a complete collapse of a society supposedly dedicated to human rights. The wave has...
‘Space diplomacy’ builds bridges on Earth
As far as Professor Teodoro Valente is concerned, there’s no question that collaboration in space exploration builds bridges on Earth.
“We are dealing with ‘space diplomacy,'” said Valente, the president of the Italian Space Agency....
Two Jews, Jewish group honored with prestigious Milan civic awards
The publisher Andrea Jarach and psychologist Silvia Vegetti Finzi, both of whom are Jewish, and the Gariwo (“Gardens of the Righteous”) Foundation, which is chaired by the Jewish journalist Gabriele Nissim, are among the...
More than 100 Italian sites take part in European Day of Jewish Culture
Italy participated in the 24th annual European Day of Jewish Culture at 101 sites across 16 regions, with Florence serving as the lead city. This year’s event, held on Sept. 9-10, was dedicated to...
Evidence that ancient Jews watched, but didn’t participate in, gladiatorial games
A new scholarly paper finds “inconclusive” evidence that Jews participated in the ancient Roman gladiatorial games. But it is clear that they defied rabbinic admonitions and attended the games as spectators, wrote Haggai Olshanetsky,...
Berlusconi’s revolution in Israel relations
In many ways, Silvio Berlusconi's colorful personality captured the essence of being Italian, for better or for worse. Or, as La Repubblica put it, he was "the mirror of this strange country."
For two decades he was...
Minneapolis art exhibit depicting Chanukah heroine Judith centers on ‘ghastly’ Caravaggio decapitation
There is no way around the goriness of Caravaggio’s “Judith and Holofernes,” which the Italian artist painted around 1599. The Chanukah heroine (almost a dead ringer for Scarlett Johansson) is midway through chopping the Assyrian general’s...
Milan honored for helping save Jews from concentration camps during Holocaust
The city of Milan, Italy, has been named an honorary member of the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation (IRWF) in recognition of its residents’ efforts to help rescue Jews from Nazi concentration camps during the...
EU Commission president, Italian prime minister visit Israel amid energy crisis
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi traveled to Israel on Monday as the European Union seeks to end its dependence on Russian fossil fuel imports, according to...
Top Italian soccer league adopts IHRA definition of anti-Semitism
Italy’s premier soccer league, Serie A, has agreed to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism.
It made the announcement at a conference called “The Fight Against Anti-Semitism in Football: European Agreements,” the Italian-language...