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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 537

Rome Jewish Community

Pope Francis flanked by Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni, right, during his visit to the Great Synagogue of Rome, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
March 4, 2025, 5:52 am
For Rome’s Jews, ties with ailing pope are personal. And increasingly complicated
With 2,000 years of history between the Jewish community and the Catholic Church, relations have been positive in recent decades. But October 7 has stirred up age-old apprehensions
By Rossella Tercatin
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara depart for Rome on March 9, 2023. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
March 9, 2023, 1:11 pm
Airlifted to airport after protesters block the roads, Netanyahu departs for Rome
On day of demonstrations against judicial overhaul, PM claims opposition pushing toward anarchy; meets US defense chief at airport; set to push PM Meloni to move embassy to capital
By Lazar Berman
A March 26, 1986, photo showing an interior view of the Great Synagogue of Rome. (AP Photo/File)
December 16, 2021, 5:48 pm
Italy to probe claims government enabled 1982 terror attack on Rome synagogue
Member of parliamentary panel that surveys intel agencies says ‘time has come to hear the truth’; documents seem to prove country signed deal with Palestinian terror groups
By ToI Staff
A March 26, 1986 photo from files showing an interior view of the Great Synagogue of Rome. Pope Francis on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2015 becomes the third pope to visit Rome's main synagogue in a sign of continued Catholic-Jewish friendship that was highlighted by a recent Vatican declaration that it doesn't support official efforts to convert the Jews. But the visit also follows a series of developments that have upset some in the Jewish community, including a new Vatican treaty signed with the "state of Palestine" and Francis' own words and deeds that have been interpreted by some as favoring the Palestinian political cause. (AP Photo/File)
December 11, 2021, 5:36 am
Documents show Italy ignored warnings ahead of 1982 terror attack on Rome synagogue
Uncovered cables seem to confirm reports that Rome signed deal with Palestinian terror groups to ignore attacks against Jews, in exchange for them not hitting other Italian targets
By ToI Staff
Emanuele Di Porto speaks about his experience in a Zoom conference. (Courtesy)
January 27, 2021, 4:39 am
Four Italian Holocaust survivors tell how they escaped death on ‘Black Saturday’
Ahead of a January 27 online preview of the Rome Shoah Foundation Museum’s new exhibition, volunteers who usually travel Italy speaking to schools share their stories with ToI
By Giovanni Vigna
Tobia Zevi wants to give Rome's contemporary reputation a makeover. (Courtesy of Zevi/ via JTA)
October 13, 2020, 5:35 am
Can a rising star in Rome’s Jewish community become the city’s next mayor?
Center-left candidate Tobia Zevi faces an uphill battle for city hall, but boasts an 1,800-year-old Roman-Jewish pedigree and a knack for bridging communities
By Simone Somekh
A group visiting the Villa Torlonia Jewish Catacombs guided by Amir Genach, center. (courtesy Amir Genach)
March 1, 2019, 11:40 pm
In Rome, spectacular ancient Jewish catacomb’s opening haunted by delays
Under the sprawling estate of Villa Torlonia, Mussolini’s home for 18 years, is a 4th century cemetery housing some 3,800 Jewish graves. The question now is, when can they be seen?
By Rossella Tercatin
Lello Di Segni. (Courtesy/ Press Office of the Jewish Community of Rome)
November 21, 2018, 8:40 pm
What the last survivor of Rome’s Jewish ghetto raid leaves behind
Lello Di Segni, who died at age 91, is mourned by his community and internationally — but he might be missed most inside the classroom
By Federico Maccioni
People hold up a flag of the Jewish Brigade as Palestinian flags wave in background during a demonstration to mark Italy's Liberation day, in Milan, Italy, April 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
April 26, 2018, 8:26 am
Boycotting main event, Rome Jews hold separate Liberation Day rallies
Community made the decision due to failure to limit pro-Palestinian groups in march commemorating liberation from Nazis
By Ruth Ellen Gruber
Artichokes being cooked (Pepperedjane/Public Domain/Wikimedia Commons)
April 6, 2018, 7:41 pm
Rome’s Jews reject Israel artichoke dictat
The Chief Rabbinate has said local delicacy does not adhere to kosher standards, but Italians aren’t having it
By AFP
A depiction of Jewish captives and the gold menorah taken from Jerusalem following the destruction of the city in 70 CE, seen on the Arch of Titus, in Rome, Italy, October 20, 2016. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
February 20, 2017, 11:29 pm
Vatican, Rome’s Jewish Museum, team up for first joint show
Exhibit to focus on the menorah, the seven-armed candelabrum described in the Torah and depicted in Catholic art over centuries
By Frances D'Emilio
About 1,500 people took part in the Run for Mem on January 22, which commemorated persecution sites from the Holocaust. (Courtesy Moked.it/Pagine Ebraiche)
January 27, 2017, 4:34 pm
Running for the past, athletes trek to Holocaust race in Rome
With 80-year-old Holocaust survivor and Munich Olympian Shaul Ladany, the Run for Mem took participants past historical Nazi persecution sights throughout the city
By Rossella Tercatin
Victims sit among the rubble of a house after a strong earthquake hit Amatrice, Italy, on August 24, 2016. (AFP / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE)
August 24, 2016, 4:42 pm
Italy’s Jewish community pledges aid to areas hit by earthquake
In first step, Rome’s Jewish community sets up center for blood donation to help quake victims
By JTA
The painting of a menorah is one of several clues as to the Jewish origin of the Catacombe di Vigna Randanini. (Rossella Tercatin/Times of Israel)
July 12, 2016, 9:41 am
Inside the catacombs, buried history ties Jews to ancient Rome
Rich with symbolism, the mysterious underground chambers tell an unfinished tale of communal Jewish life 1,800 years ago
By Rossella Tercatin
A judge in the international competition at Rome's public Rose Garden stops to smell the roses. (Courtesy Rome Garden Authority)
May 20, 2016, 8:33 am
The not-so-rosy history of Rome’s public Rose Garden
For hundreds of years the Jews of Rome buried their dead here — until the Mussolini regime turned it into a narcissistic tribute
By Rossella Tercatin
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