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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 531

Italian Jews

Left: Orthodox Jews congregate in Venice’s ancient Jewish ghetto. (Photo by Paolo Raccanelli); Right: Cover of 'Shylock’s Venice: The Remarkable History of Venice’s Jews and the Ghetto,' by Harry Freedman. (Courtesy)
October 26, 2024, 1:00 pm
Poetry, philosophy and a gambling rabbi: A colorful history of Venice’s Jewish ghetto
In ‘Shylock’s Venice,’ UK author Harry Freedman paints a vibrant picture of an oft-overlooked side of Jewish history that goes far deeper than the famous Shakespeare character
By Rich Tenorio
Hillel attendees in Berlin build a sukkah. (Debi Simon for Hillel Deutschland/ via JTA)
October 16, 2024, 2:11 pm
Despite record post-Oct. 7 antisemitism, European Jews are out and proud this Sukkot
From Milan to Warsaw, Jewish communities are building huts and brandishing the four species as usual — with a little bit of extra protection
By Mati Wagner
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, center, and Brothers of Italy fellow party members and candidates wave from the stage during an electoral rally ahead of the EU parliamentary elections in Rome, June 1, 2024. (AP/Alessandra Tarantino)
June 27, 2024, 9:20 pm
Rome Jews outraged as footage shows antisemitism in youth movement of Meloni’s party
An undercover investigation by an online publication shows members shouting Nazi slogans and taking aim at ethnic minorities
By Angelo Amante
Italian author Primo Levi on December 10, 1984 (AP Photo)
January 24, 2024, 12:01 pm
Primo Levi quote on anti-Israel rally poster draws protest from Italian Jewish leader
Noemi Di Segni says groups misappropriating Holocaust memory, nixes Remembrance Day races due to security concerns days after violence erupts over Israeli stall at Vicenza fair
By AP and AFP
People appear to give the banned fascist salute during a rally to commemorate the 1978 murder of two members of a neo-fascist youth group, in Rome, January 7, 2024. (Screen capture: X. Used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 10, 2024, 4:59 pm
Italian opposition demands probe after hundreds give fascist salute at Rome rally
Illicit Mussolini homage provokes ire from detractors of far-right government, inspires worry in Jewish community; minister criticizes action, resists calls to ban group
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A protester sets the Israeli flag on fire during a pro-Palestinian rally in Milan, Italy, on October 21, 2023. (Piero CRUCIATTI/AFP)
October 24, 2023, 11:50 am
Milan probes death threat to Jews at nightclub, dozens of antisemitic incidents
‘Jews to death, rats we are coming to get you in your sewers,’ and ‘Nazi Jews you will pay’ scrawled on bathroom wall; Jewish community on high alert amid Israel-Hamas war
By JTA and ToI Staff
The 17th-century Holy Ark of the synagogue of Vercelli on display at 'Houses of life: Synagogues and cemeteries in Italy' at the National Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah, 2023. (Courtesy/ Luca Gavagna)
September 17, 2023, 3:57 am
‘Renaissance’ of Italian synagogues and cemeteries showcased at Ferrara Jewish museum
‘Houses of Life’ collects documents and artifacts on 2,000 years of Italian Jews, puts spotlight on renovations underway at Jewish sites
By Giovanni Vigna
An undated photo of filmmaker Luca Barbareschi. (Federica Di Benedetto e Marco Bellucci)
September 9, 2023, 2:05 am
Filmmaker Luca Barbareschi has two films premiering at Venice — and a bone to pick
The Jewish-Uruguayan-Italian actor, director, producer and former parliamentarian expounds on cancel culture, his Judaism, and why he feels Roman Polanski isn’t getting his due
By Amy K. Rosenthal
Illustrative: A woman enters a building where stumbling stones, engraved with names of Jews killed by the Nazis, are seen in front of the entrance, in Rome's Ghetto Jewish neighborhood, January 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
August 16, 2023, 5:05 am
Italian Jewish leader says new $67 million Holocaust reparations fund ‘a mockery’
To solve a diplomatic dispute with Germany over civil suits for Nazi crimes, Italy decides to pony up – but Jewish community members say the government is trying not to pay out
By Giovanni Vigna
Illustrative: A woman in a wheelchair basks in the sun on Via Portico d'Ottavia in Rome's Old Ghetto, one of the world's longest continuing Jewish communities, October 31, 1997. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
August 10, 2023, 3:45 am
An epic tale: New book details over two millennia of Roman Jewish life
From the Church to Mussolini, ‘Intimate Strangers’ sees archaeologist and historian Fredric Brandfon explore the rich and complex history of Europe’s oldest Jewish community
By Rich Tenorio
Rabbi Gilberto Ventura leads the Jewish community of Catania in a recent service. (David I. Klein/JTA)
June 20, 2023, 6:57 am
With 1st rabbi in 500 years, Sicily’s Jews fight for mainstream Jewish acceptance
Despite decades of grassroots work, a community descended from Jews forced into hiding during the Spanish Inquisition fights an uphill battle against local religious bureaucracy
By David I. Klein
Al Pacino, in London on May 18, 2015. (Photo by Jonathan Short/Invision/AP)
May 15, 2023, 10:38 am
Pacino joins Depp’s biopic of Jewish artist Modigliani
Veteran star will portray art collector Maurice Gangnat in movie diving into the life of the iconic painter against the backdrop of 1916 Paris
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Banners welcome Nazi Germany's foreign minister for a meeting with Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, in Rome, Italy, September 20, 1940. (AP)
March 18, 2023, 5:33 am
Italy’s far-right government approves new Holocaust museum in Rome
Site will commemorate 2,000 of city’s Jews killed by Nazis and supporters; announcement follows visit by Netanyahu
By AFP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Sara Netanyahu, with Noemi Di Segni (left) and Rome's chief rabbi Riccardo Di Segni (right), during the prime minister's visit to Rome, March 10, 2023 (Amos Ben Gershom / GPO)
March 10, 2023, 9:40 am
Italian Jewish leader assails Israeli policies in speech attended by Netanyahu
Noemi di Segni says alleged ministerial support for attacks on Arabs has made it ‘impossible’ to be a proud Jew; urges changes to judicial overhaul and death penalty bills
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu being informed of the terror attack in Tel Aviv while in a synagogue in Rome, March 9, 2023. (Lazar Berman/The Times of Israel)
March 10, 2023, 2:33 am
Far from Tel Aviv, news of attack clouds Netanyahu event with Italian Jewish leaders
Prime minister receives updates on terror shooting from aides during speech by community representative, but attempt to show unity crumbles in face of judicial overhaul criticism
By Lazar Berman
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