The National Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah opened its third exhibition entitled Beyond the Ghetto. Inside Out curated by Andreina Contessa, Simonetta Della Seta, Carlotta Ferrara degli Uberti, and Sharon Reichel. Image: Ketubah inscribed with figures of the Risorgimento. “Fausto Levi” Museum and Synagogue, Soragna. We are pleased to publish en excerpt of one of the essays in the catalogue by Carlotta Ferrara Degli Uberti.
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