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it’s the character of the roman people, the italian people. it will not so easy to destroy our jewish community in rome and in italy also. by. 1940, -- could do very little in italy.
In Italy too, during a July within Bein HaMetzarim, a decree was issued that would forever alter the life of a Jewish ...
A portrait of Ghetto Nuovo, Venice , 1541, at the current show at Museo ItaloAmericano: "Il Ghetto: Forging Italian Jewish Identities 1516 - 1870" being exhibited at Fort Mason in San Francisco ...
Shira Klein, chair of the history department at Chapman University, said there is a popular misconception about Italy’s treatment of the Jews during World War II. That view, which she said is ...
Herzer told me that as long as Italy was an independent nation – i.e., until the Germans took over the parts of the peninsula they occupied from 1943 to 1945 – the Italian army protected Jews ...
Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi propaganda minister, complained in 1942 of the “lax” Italian attitude toward Jews. After the German occupation of Italy in 1943, several thousand Jews were sent to ...
Rabbi Alberto Somekh, who like all recognized rabbis in Italy is Orthodox, ... It focused attention on the challenges facing Italian Jews, ranging from intermarriage, ...
Zucca Barucca Disfatta ‘Blessed’ Pumpkin Mash. Serves 4-6. Prep Time: 10 minutes • Cooking Time: 30 minutes Pumpkin has played a big part in Italian Jewish cooking since it was brought into Italy from ...
More than 65 years after villagers provided shelter to Italian Jews fleeing from the Nazis, a group of those who evaded capture rushed to repay that sacrifice in rural communities hard-hit by an ...
While rabbis and Jewish institutions are becoming more conservative in Italy, the same cannot be said of the majority of Italian Jews, reports Anna Momigliano. Anna Momigliano Published Dec. 13 ...