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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 587

Simone Somekh

Simone Somekh

Brothers of Italy leader Giorgia Meloni, flanked by Coldiretti Ettore Prandini, left, prepares to speak during an Italian farmers association event, at the Sforzesco Castle in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
October 1, 2022, 10:59 am
Italian Jews worry and wait as far-right leader Meloni prepares to take power
Some members of Jewish community are willing to overlook the fact that far-right leaders are ‘intrinsically fascist,’ focusing instead on their championing of Israel, says writer
By Simone Somekh
The center-right candidate for mayor of Rome, Enrico Michetti takes part in a press conference October 8, 2021. (Stefano Montesi - Corbis via Getty Images via JTA)
October 12, 2021, 9:43 am
Candidate for Rome mayor apologizes for Holocaust remarks decried as antisemitic
Enrico Michetti slammed after writing that other atrocities gain less attention because victims ‘didn’t own banks’ or belong to powerful lobbies
By Simone Somekh
A poster advertises an LGBTQ event at Yeshiva University, Dec. 15, 2020. (Courtesy of Y.U. student organizers via JTA)
April 28, 2021, 3:58 am
LGBTQ students sue Yeshiva University for discrimination
Students and alumni claim Modern Orthodox institution violated New York City’s human rights law when it refused to recognize an LGBTQ student club
By Simone Somekh
Messauda Fadlun, seen in old photos, was living in Libya in 1938 when it was an Italian colony and under the racist laws targeting the Jewish community. (Courtesy of Ariel Finzi/ via JTA)
February 5, 2021, 12:34 pm
After giving Holocaust survivor pension, Italy wants her husband to pay it back
Italian government tells the 98-year-old husband of now-deceased Messauda Fadlun to return 76,000 euros paid to her, because she had mixed Italian-Libyan citizenship during WWII
By Simone Somekh
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
Medical personnel at work in the intensive care unit of the hospital of Brescia, Italy, March 19, 2020 (Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via AP)
March 22, 2020, 3:10 pm
What US Jews can learn from my Italian Jewish community’s response to the virus
‘Canceling every social gathering, working from home when possible, closing down schools and testing aggressively are probably the best weapons we have against the virus’
By Simone Somekh
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May 9, 2016, 11:51 am
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In Israel, you’re never too young to win big
Young Israelis work while studying and are paid for their research, unlike in Italy, where many young people are expected to work for free and struggle to find part-time jobs
Noor Afifi, the 16 year old CEO of Plan B, pitches his project to investors (Alan Weinkrantz)
June 14, 2015, 5:23 pm
Nazareth start-ups seek a place in Tel Aviv tech scene
12 Nazareth-based start-up companies pitch their projects to an audience of innovation-hungry Tel Aviv investors
By Simone Somekh
Ben-Gurion University campus, August 2014. (Dani Machlis)
August 21, 2014, 5:15 pm
Summer exams still pending for students at BGU
Beersheba’s university aims to get its students back next week, but reservists and other say they’re not prepared
By Simone Somekh
Ashkelon mayor Itamar Shimoni (second from left) and performers who will be onstage at the city's Briza Festival during the last week of August (photo credit: Sigal Eiland)
August 12, 2014, 3:34 pm
Rocket-ravaged Ashkelon to throw its annual summer bash
This month’s Briza Festival will go on, 2 days longer than usual, as ‘a big statement against Hamas’
By Simone Somekh
Illustrative image of outdoor summer theater. (photo credit: Yitz Woolf)
August 11, 2014, 2:44 pm
A Midsummer Night’s Dream comes true, despite the war
In a Jerusalem park, the Theater in the Rough troupe defiantly makes merry with Shakespeare
By Simone Somekh
Fish kites at the Eretz Israel Museum (photo credit: Leonid Padrul)
August 7, 2014, 6:08 am
It’s time to go fly a kite
A new exhibit at the Eretz Israel Museum embodies freedom and escapism
By Simone Somekh
Looking down toward Jabel Mukaber from Meir Nakbar Street (photo credit: Simone Somekh/Times of Israel)
August 3, 2014, 3:52 pm
Arabs and Jews at odds in East Talpiot
As youths from the nearby Arab villages throw firecrackers and stones, Jewish residents discuss appropriate responses
By Simone Somekh and Jessica Steinberg
Avital Afgin and her daughter, Tair, spent three months in the hospital after being hit by a rocket in their hometown of Sderot (Courtesy OneFamily)
July 31, 2014, 8:08 am
At Galilee resort, southerners seek escape from life under rockets
Sent north for R&R away from near-constant fire, residents of the south talk about a routine of periodic nuisances punctuated by terror and tragedy
By Simone Somekh
Roi Sterman, a Bar Ilan University student who bartends at the Jaffa port, says business has been bad for two months, but there is a steady stream of tourists from the West Bank, celebrating Eid al-Fitr (photo credit: Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
July 29, 2014, 10:52 pm
Gaza conflict batters business in Jaffa
Local proprietors blame the port’s malaise on the hostilities down south, but say Arab-Jewish relations stay steady
By Jessica Steinberg and Simone Somekh
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