I am Counting on You, on Everyone… – Gemma Vitale Servadio
I am Counting on You, on Everyone… – Eight Letters from Fossoli, 1944. Gemma Vitale Servadio This book presents the eight letters written by Gemma Servadio from Fossoli that have come down to us, curated by her granddaughter Mirella Bedarida…
A New Publishing Enterprise
In nearly 20 years of activity, Centro Primo Levi New York has established itself as a platform through which international audiences and the academia can access resources on Italian Jewish studies and current affairs. Our website promotes the presence of…
What the Allies knew: information and the challenges of humanitarian intervention
Friday, February 19, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Image: Rabbi Steven Wise speaking at the World Jewish Congress New York, NY, February 18, 2016 - Film and panel discuss the failure of intervening democratic world’s failure to intervene against the extermination…
La Voce di New York. Gli ebrei sotto il fascismo e gli spettri della storia
Gianna Pontecorboli Al John D. Calandra Italian American Institute della CUNY, studiosi americani e italiani hanno dibattuto il celebre saggio di Renzo De Felice, uscito la prima volta nel 1961 e ora ripresentato, dopo quella del 2008, in una nuova…
Wall Street Journal. The Tragedy of Survival
Edward Rothstein. The Lager’s inmates struggle with each other, snitch on each other, fight over rations, cheat the innocent. It is a ‘war of all against all.’ Does great suffering bring great wisdom? Does it lead to sophisticated moral views…
The Atlantic. Why Primo Levi Survives
His will to bear witness, and record the hellish particularity of the Holocaust, helped save his life in Auschwitz. It also inspired the writing he will be remembered for. William Dereziewicz. Three volumes, 3,000 pages: The Complete Works of Primo Levi, in…
