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Protesters hold a banner reading 'Free Shahin' during a protest in support of the jailed imam Mohamed Shahin, who has been ordered deported for defending Hamas's onslaught of October 7, 2023, in Turin, Italy on November 28, 2025. (MARCO BERTORELLO / AFP)
December 16, 2025, 5:52 pm
Italian PM Meloni fumes after court frees imam arrested for defending October 7
Appeals court rules Mohamed Shahin free to go despite interior minister ordering him deported; Turin Islamic leader said Hamas onslaught was not violent; government likely to appeal
By ToI Staff
Anti-Israel demonstrators wave Palestinian flags as they gather at San Giovanni Square in Rome, Italy, on October 4, 2025, at the end of a march calling for an end to the war in Gaza. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
October 6, 2025, 11:53 pm
Italy bans anti-Israel October 7 demonstration in Bologna, citing risk of unrest
Organizers pledge to press on with rally, which was nixed following clashes at last week’s protests; Milan Jews to mark 2nd anniversary of Hamas massacre with low-profile memorial
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Students protest against the Italian government in Turin, northwestern Italy, on March 22, 2024. (Marco Bertorello/AFP)
March 22, 2024, 9:25 pm
Italy’s University of Turin to exit Israel research pact amid Gaza protests
School’s academic senate votes to ban participation in initiative, while rejecting calls for a broader cessation of ties with Israeli universities
By Shira Li Bartov
'Jerusalem Cafe,' oil on canvas by Zavi Apfelbaum, part of her exhibit 'Light, Life and the Land - Scenes from Israel that opens May 3, 2022 at Teatro Paesana in Turin, Italy (Courtesy Zavi Apfelbaum)
May 3, 2022, 2:20 pm
Artist offers small glimpses of Israeli life in dreamy oil paintings
Zavi Apfelbaum’s impressionistic works capture places and people in Israel, now exhibited in Turin, Italy
By Jessica Steinberg
Carvings adorning the Piano of Siena, a 19th century instrument that disappeared for decades and was expected to fetch more than $1 million when put up for auction, seen in a home in the Israeli coastal city of Caesarea, February 18, 2020. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
March 1, 2020, 8:10 pm
Seized by Nazis, found in Israel, ‘Immortal Piano’ expected to fetch $1m
Over the past 221 years, the ornately carved ‘Piano of Siena’ has traveled from Turin, where it was made, to Paris, a WWII battlefield in North Africa, New York, and Tel Aviv
By AFP
Illustrative image of a 'Stolperstein,' or stumbling stone, in Berlin, November 9, 2013. (AFP/Johannes Eisele)
February 21, 2018, 8:25 pm
‘Stumbling stone’ Holocaust memorial stolen in Italy
Collegno theft latest in spate of vandalism ahead of general election in which far-right, populist parties expected to do well
By JTA
The Italian Juventus soccer team celebrates after scoring after scoring during the Italian Serie A football match Juventus vs Palermo at the Juventus stadium in Turin, April 17, 2016 . (AFP/MARCO BERTORELLO)
April 20, 2016, 11:07 am
Italian soccer team punished for fans’ anti-Semitic chants
One-quarter of Juventus club’s home stadium in Turin will be closed off to supporters if behavior is repeated
By JTA
An arrivals and departure board is seen behind blown out windows at Zaventem Airport in Brussels, March 23, 2016. (AP/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, Pool)
April 3, 2016, 2:52 pm
In symbolic reopening, 3 flights to leave Brussels airport
Planes scheduled to head for Greece, Italy and Portugal; full reopening for bomb-stricken airport not expected before end of June
By AP
Illustrative photo of Pope Francis talking to a group of youths, in Turin, Italy, on June 21, 2015. (AP/Luca Bruno)
June 21, 2015, 11:18 pm
Pope: Why didn’t Allies bomb railway lines to Auschwitz?
Francis laments that world powers did nothing to save Jewish, Christian, gays from Nazi death camps
By AP
Father Giuseppe Girotti (photo credit: courtesy Ordo Praedicatorum)
May 8, 2014, 8:24 pm
Italian priest who saved Jews in WWII beatified
Father Giuseppe Girotti helped refugees escape Turin, was informed upon, and perished in Dachau in 1945
By JTA and ToI Staff
June 3, 2013, 9:40 am
Wiesenthal, Rabin honored in Italy
Parks in Turin, Bologna named after the two Jewish leaders
April 10, 2013, 2:56 pm
Moscow’s new Jewish museum wins top museum award
Designed by Ralph Appelbaum Associates, it offers 3d cinemas, interactive maps and touch screens
Le Nu au Bouquet
April 10, 2013, 10:39 am
Stolen Chagall found in home of Italian soccer star
Taken from a US yacht in 2002, painting discovered at Turin residence of unsuspecting Roberto Bottega
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