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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 529

Florence

Sara Funaro, then assessor of Florence, attends the Righteous Among The Nations award ceremony for Bisto and Stella Nepi, who saved a Jewish fugitive from fascists and Nazis during World War II, at Florence Synagogue on April 18, 2023. (Roberto Serra - Iguana Press/Getty Images/File)
December 18, 2024, 4:33 pm
Meet Sara Funaro, the first female – and first Jewish – mayor of Florence, Italy
Born to a Jewish father and Catholic mother, the incoming city head converted to Judaism in her 20s, does not make her religious identity a central part of her political one
By Rossella Tercatin
Hope Carrasquilla, the former Dean of the Tallahassee Classical School, Florida (right) with Cecilie Hollberg, director of Florence's Galleria dell'Accademia museum looking at Michelangelo Buonarroti's colossal marble statue "David," in Florence, central Italy, April 28, 2023. (Guido Cozzi/Galleria dell'Accademia di Firenze via AP)
April 30, 2023, 6:37 pm
Ex-US principal visits ‘David’ after being forced out for showing statue to pupils
Parent at Florida school claimed piece was pornographic; gallery director hosts former school head, notes sculpture has ‘nothing to do with pornography’
By AP
Posthumous awards given at a ceremony in Jerusalem to relatives of Rabbi Nathan Cassuto and Matilda Cassin who worked to save Jews as part of the underground in Florence, Italy during World War II (Live Giving)
November 27, 2019, 3:51 pm
Posthumous honor given to Florence chief rabbi for saving Italian Jews in WWII
Nathan Cassuto, along with underground member Matilda Cassin, receives posthumous citation for rescue efforts in Holocaust
By ToI Staff
In this photo made available on January 1, 2019, Eike Schmidt, director of the Uffizi Gallery, poses for a photo as he holds onto a copy of a still-life "Vase of Flowers," by Dutch artist Jan van Huysum, with writing in red reading "stolen," inside the Uffizi gallery, in Florence, Italy. (Uffizi Gallery press office via AP)
January 1, 2019, 8:28 pm
Florence museum demands Germany return artwork stolen by Nazis
Head of Uffizi Gallery says family has refused repeated request to return ‘Vase of Flowers’ still life painting by Dutch artist
By AFP
Emmanuel Anati (left) and his brothers Andrea and Bubi. (Tamar Tal Anati via JTA)
July 22, 2017, 12:27 pm
Three Italian brothers seek to reconnect with their life during the Holocaust
In documentary, the Anati family explores the Italian countryside in search of the cave they lived in during WWII
By Gabe Friedman
Italian cyclist Gino Bartali (screen capture: YouTube)
May 16, 2017, 5:54 pm
Cyclists pay tribute to champ who saved Jews during Holocaust
Gino Bartali used cover of training to smuggle messages and false documents in his bicycle frame in WWII Italy
By JTA
Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi announces his resignation during a press conference at the Palazzo Chigi following the results of the vote for a referendum on constitutional reforms, on December 5, 2016 in Rome. (Andreas Solaro/AFP via Getty Images)
December 7, 2016, 11:29 pm
Italy’s Renzi resigns, hints at early election
PM forced to quit after a crushing referendum defeat, but gives no sign he will step down as PD party chief
By Angus Mackinnon
Torah scrolls unrolled to dry in the great synagogue of Rome. (Courtesy of Opera del Tempio)
November 30, 2016, 8:53 pm
50 years ago, ‘mud angels’ came to flooded Florence to save centuries of Jewish history
Residents mark the anniversary of the 1966 disaster which decimated the city, damaging 90 Torah scrolls and 15,000 holy texts
By Rossella Tercatin
The National Library in Florence. (CC BY-SA 3.0 Wikipedia/Gryffindor)
October 23, 2016, 4:18 pm
After 50 years, Judaica damaged in Florence flood restored, exhibited
Salvaged from the 1966 disaster, hundreds of rare Jewish books and ritual objects will go on display at city’s national library
By JTA
Italian cyclist Gino Bartali (screen capture: YouTube)
March 11, 2016, 5:09 am
Israeli cycle team to retrace path of Italian champion who saved Jews
Gino Bartali acted as a courier for resistance groups during the Holocaust, hid forged documents in his bicycle
By JTA
A night-time view of Florence (Photo credit: CC-BY-SA Longino/Wikimedia Commons)
August 14, 2014, 4:20 am
Florence’s Jewish, Muslim reps appeal for interfaith dialogue
Rabbi, imam and mayor call for mutual respect between communities, end to hatred among faiths
By JTA
Michelangelo's 'David' (Photo credit: CC-BY-SA David Gaya/Wikimedia commons)
May 2, 2014, 9:49 pm
Michelangelo’s ‘David’ may collapse
Cracks have formed on the famous statue’s ankles, scientists warn
By Itamar Sharon
Italian Democratic Party's leader Matteo Renzi talks to journalists at the Quirinale presidential palace in Rome after talks with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014. (photo creditAP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
February 17, 2014, 5:23 pm
Italy’s Renzi gets nod to form new government
39-year-old Florence mayor says he’ll need a few days, plans electoral reform to make country more governable
By Nicole Winfield
Andrea Bartali, the son of the late Italian champion cyclist Gino Bartali, speaks during a ceremony at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem on October 10, 2013. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 10, 2013, 11:15 pm
Italian cycling legend Gino Bartali honored by Yad Vashem
Bartali, already an international icon, smuggled forged documents inside his bicycle frame during Germany’s occupation of Italy in WWII
By Andrew Dampf
December 22, 2012, 12:56 am
New book offers overview of 42 European Jewish communities
Leader says publication is proof of transformation and revitalization
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