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WELCOME TO BOOKHOUSE!

The American Sephardi Federation is pleased to invite colleagues and the public to the sixth-floor Bookhouse at the Center for Jewish History, a consortium of Jewish libraries, archives, research institutes,…

Hatching the Cobra

Let no one praise Perillus, who was cruder than the tyrant Phalaris, for whom he constructed a brazen bull, promising that when a man was enclosed therein and a fire…

Are We All Faust?

In order for the wheel to turn, for life to be lived, impurities are needed […] dissension, diversity, the grain of salt and mustard … (Primo Levi, The Periodic Table)…

Rethinking Holocaust Memory

  “Right now, we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people.”…

The Family of Piazza Stamira

Marco Cavallerin’s La famiglia di piazza Stamira (Affinità Elettive, Ancona, 2023. In Italian), a title that refers to the family’s ancestral home in Ancona, is a captivating read that packs…

Modigliani’s alphabet of love

In its multidirectional work, Centro Primo Levi finds continuous inspiration and guidance in the writings of scholars, artists, and thinkers from our times, and from the past. In facing the complexity…