Yesterday and Today
The way our societies confront the plight of the millions of refugees from various areas of the world escaping famine, ethnic, religious and political persecution, hopelessness and war, will be…
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E le acque si calmarono
Exhibition. October 27-January 27 Florence National Library and Italian National Jewish Heritage Foundation An exquisite exhibition at the National Library of Florence celebrates the return of some of the books…
A Summary of Press
First Readings of The Complete Works of Primo Levi: A Summary of a Broad Range of English-Language Press Reviews This new, carefully assembled English edition of the works of Primo…
Christian Saints and Jewish Rebels
Archaeologists reveal secrets of Roman prison that held both Christian saints and Jewish rebels The Tullianum dungeon, older than Rome itself, was where Romans locked up their worst enemies: from…
Venice, the Jews and Europe
On September 19 at 6:00 pm the English edition of the 500th Anniversary exhibition on the Venice ghetto with essays by some of the most prominent scholars in the field,…
Course in medieval medical manuscripts in Judeo-Arabic
The Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies and the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries announce the launch on June 1 of their…
Primo Levi at the United Nations: Stella Levi’s Opening Remarks
Under Secretary Gallach, UN Representatives, distinguished speakers, ladies and gentlemen, good evening. As a board member of CPL NY, which I was asked to represent this evening, I am honored…
Primo Levi at the United Nations: Roger Cohen.
Primo Levi survived Auschwitz through a double act of profound humanity: his ability even in the darkest days to see in fellow prisoners “men and not things” and so, as…
Primo Levi at the United Nations: Maaza Mengiste.
We see the little boy at the same time as we understand the tragedy. He is face down on the beach, dressed in a red shirt and dark blue trousers,…
Primo Levi at the United Nations: Francesco Cassata.
“Best Is Water” is a dystopian short story from the collection “Flaw of Form” published in 1971. Ironically, referring in the title to Pindar’s Olympian Odes, Levi describes the devastating…