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A team of Israeli medical experts lands in Italy on Dec. 2, 2020, to help a Piedmont District hospital cope with a surge in COVID-19 patients. Photo: Courtesy/Sheba Medical Center.

Israeli medical team aids COVID-19 battle in northern Italy

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An experienced team of 20 doctors and nurses from Israel’s Sheba Medical Center flew to northern Italy at midnight on Dec. 2 to assist a local hospital dealing with a serious outbreak of COVID-19. This...
A joint project is underway in Italy to catalogue an estimated 35,000 volumes from 14 Jewish communities and 25 state institutions, June 2020. Credit: The National Library of Israel.

Joint effort begins to identify and catalogue every Hebrew book in Italy

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A ground-breaking collaborative effort to create a unified listing of all Hebrew books in Italy has been announced by the Union of Jewish Communities in Italy (UCEI), the Rome National Central Library (BNCR) and...
Magen David Adom workers wearing protective clothing as a preventive measure against the coronavirus evacuate a patient outside the new coronavirus unit at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem on April 6, 2020. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90.

Italy approves experimental Israeli drug used to treat hospitalized corona patients

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The Israeli biopharmaceutical firm Redhill Biopharma has treated a coronavirus patient in Israel with an experimental drug that aims to lessen symptoms, following Italy’s approval of its use, The Jewish Chronicle reported on Tuesday. A coronavirus hospital...
A general view of Rome on Feb 09, 2018. Photo by Gili Yaari/Flash90.

IsraAID partners with Rome Jewish community to help frontline workers, volunteers

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The Israeli humanitarian aid organization IsraAID is providing support to frontline medical professionals and volunteers in the organization’s emergency units responding to the coronavirus crisis in Italy with the launch of webinars on stress...
A view of Milan, Italy. Credit: Jöshua Barnett/contemplicity.com via Flickr.

Former leader of Jewish community in Milan, 79, dies from coronavirus

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Michele Sciama, former secretary-general of the main Jewish communal-life organization in Milan, Italy, died of the coronavirus on March 16 at the age of 79. Sciama, who was known by those close to him as...
Jewish Agency for Israel chairman Isaac Herzog speaks during the Public Forum Conference on Nov. 15, 2018. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Jewish organizations rally behind Italian Jews amid coronavirus shutdown

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Amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis in Italy, which has brought the country to a virtual standstill, prominent Jewish organizations continue to engage the Jewish community in the country. Chairman Isaac Herzog and Chairman of Keren...
The Middle East is seen from 250 miles above in this April 14, 2016 photo from the International Space Station. Countries seen, left to right, along the Mediterranean coast include Egypt, Gaza, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey. Credit: NASA via Wikimedia Commons.

Israel, Italy eye joint scientific space venture

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A unique space launch will take place at the end of March this year as part of a joint Israeli-Italian microgravity medical experimentation project. The cooperation between the two countries in space mirrors the strengthening...
The Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of Italy. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Italy adopts universal definition of anti-Semitism

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The Italian government adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism on Friday. Italy also appointed Milena Santerini as the country’s national coordinator of the fight against anti-Semitism. The IHRA definition says: “Anti-Semitism is a certain...
Matteo Salvini speaks during a Lega Nord rally in 2013. Credit: Fabio Visconti via Wikimedia Commons.

Italy will ‘absolutely’ recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, says top Italian politician

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These are tumultuous days for Matteo Salvini, head of Italy’s right-wing Lega (League) Party. Recent polls have projected that were elections to be held in Italy today, he would be elected prime minister, but...
Thousands of people, including hundreds of mayors, escorted Holocaust survivor Liliana Segre, 89, through the center of Milan on Dec. 11, 2019, after she had received hundreds of anti-Semitic threats. Source: Screenshot.

Thousands rally in Milan around Holocaust survivor following anti-Semitic threats

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Thousands of people, including hundreds of mayors, escorted Holocaust survivor Liliana Segre through Milan on Tuesday evening after she had received hundreds of anti-Semitic threats, singing anti-fascist anthem “Bella Ciao” as they marched to City...