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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 433

Milan

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
Eli Dershwitz, of the United States, celebrates on the podium after winning the men's Individual Sabre final at the Fencing World Championships in Milan, Italy, July 25, 2023. (Antonio Calanni/AP)
July 26, 2023, 12:47 pm
Jewish fencer becomes 1st US man to win saber World Championship
Eli Dershwitz, grandson of Holocaust survivors who describes himself as a ‘proud member of the Jewish community,’ takes top spot at contest in Milan
By jacob gurvis
Pallbearers carry the coffin of Italy's former prime minister and media mogul Silvio Berlusconi, outside the Duomo cathedral in Milan on June 14, 2023. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP)
June 14, 2023, 9:22 pm
National day of mourning held in Italy for Berlusconi’s state funeral
Critics of controversial former leader slam unprecedented measures taken in response to his death
By Brigitte Hagemann and Ella Ide
Israeli-Argentine pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim talks with The Associated Press during an interview, at La Scala theatre in Milan, Italy, February 14, 2023. (AP/Luca Bruno)
February 15, 2023, 4:31 pm
Argentine-Israeli maestro Barenboim lives day by day, balancing music with illness
Conductor troubled by current situation in Israel; says that en route to Jewish state at age 10, parents prevented him from playing in Germany due to memory of Holocaust
By Colleen Barry
A car drives around the Arena of the Future, a demonstration electric charging road created in Brescia, northern Italy, by Israeli startup Electreon. (Electreon)
June 16, 2022, 4:50 am
Israeli startup on track for ‘recharging roads’ project at Italy’s Bergamo Airport
Electreon demonstrates a prototype stretch of road to Italian ministers, company executives; luxury car firm Maserati expresses interest in installing tech too
By Sue Surkes
Lior Cole (Photo courtesy of IMG Models)
March 8, 2022, 4:09 pm
After walking high-fashion runways, model Lior Cole reads Torah with her rabbi bot
Scouted in summer 2021 and signed to major agency, 21-year-old Cornell student starts international modeling career while launching AI projects for spirituality and philanthropy
By Renee Ghert-Zand
A view of the Milan Central Synagogue,, Italy, March 15, 2012 (Antonio Calanni/AP)
May 19, 2020, 8:49 am
Italian synagogues and churches reopen, but with fewer worshipers allowed
Jewish congregants in Milan not permitted to bring their own kippot, prayer shawls or other religious items; instead receive sanitized kit when they arrive
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Giorgio Sinigaglia attending the writing of a Torah scroll in Milan, Italy. (Courtesy of the Jewish Community of Milan)
March 24, 2020, 9:37 pm
In Milan, Jewish 54-year-old father of 4 dies of coronavirus
Giorgio Sinigaglia remembered for volunteering in his Jewish community, his generosity and his wry sense of humor
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Michele Sciama in an undated photo. (Facebook via JTA)
March 17, 2020, 3:06 am
Former head of Milan Jewish community dies from coronavirus
Passing of Michele Sciama, 79, mourned as ‘great loss’ for city at epicenter of largest COVID-19 outbreak outside of China
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Police officers and soldiers check passengers leaving from Milan main train station, Italy, March 9, 2020 (Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via AP)
March 10, 2020, 10:30 pm
‘It’s separating families’: Italy’s Jews face realities of coronavirus lockdown
One woman forced to choose between staying and taking care of elderly parents in Milan, or being with her 3 kids in Israel in wake of harsh quarantine rules in both countries
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Ruben Golran, an Italian Jewish kid celebrating his bar mitzvah, has limited ceremony due to coronavirus outbreak (Courtesy of the Golran family via JTA)
February 28, 2020, 12:30 pm
Bar mitzvah cancelled, Purim in jeopardy: Italy’s Jews face new virus realities
Teen’s Milan celebrations for 600 friends and relatives to mark his coming of age are cancelled, as ban on large gatherings persists to prevent spread of coronavirus
By Ben Sales
Illustrative: Syrian refugees wait after arriving by train in Milan, Italy, June 18, 2014. (Pier Marco Tacca/Getty Images via JTA)
February 8, 2020, 12:09 am
Italian Jews, Christians jointly host Syrian refugee family in Milan
VP of Union of Italian Jewish Communities cites as inspiration the ‘many passages in the Torah that refer to the obligation to help others’
By Cnaan Liphshiz
From left, Geert Wilders, leader of Dutch Party for Freedom, Matteo Salvini, Jörg Meuthen, leader of Alternative For Germany party, Marine Le Pen, Leader of the French National Front, Vaselin Marehki leader of Bulgarian 'Volya' party, Jaak Madison of Estonian Conservative People's Party, and Tomio Okamura leader of Czech far-right Freedom and Direct Democracy, attend a rally organized by League leader Matteo Salvini, with leaders of other European nationalist parties, ahead of the May 23-26 European Parliamentary elections, in Milan, Italy, May 18, 2019. (Luca Bruno/AP)
May 19, 2019, 8:49 am
European far-right leaders rally together in populist bid for bloc’s parliament
Italy’s interior minister positions himself at forefront of movements campaigning under an anti-migrant, anti-Islam, anti-bureaucracy banner
By Colleen Barry
Rabbi Giuseppe Laras attending the “Nonna Carla” book launch in Milan, Italy, Feb. 9. 2010. (Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images via JTA)
November 16, 2017, 12:00 am
Rabbi Giuseppe Laras, a leader of postwar Italian Judaism, dies at 82
In letter published on day of his death, former chief rabbi of Milan warns Italian Jewry is in crisis and needs ‘new architecture’ to face challenges
By JTA
The exterior of Milan's Holocaust Memorial at the site of the notorious Platform 21, where Jews were deported to death camps during World War II, June 22, 2015. (Rossella Tercatin/The Times of Israel)
January 29, 2017, 8:33 pm
Milan marchers protest vandalism of ‘stumbling stone’ Holocaust memorial
City mayor and justice minister join thousands at rally to reinforce memory of Nazi atrocities
By JTA
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