Italian Jewry in the Early Modern Era
Italian Jewry in the Early Modern Era: Essays in Intellectual History Research does not always proceed according to a predetermined plan. In some cases, the opposite is true:…
Essays
Gentile on Kertzer
Some Observations on Catholicism, Fascism and Totalitarianism During the Papacy of Pius XI. On David L. Kertzer’s The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise…
April 25
It took a war for everyone to understand what the regime represented, a regime highly skilled in cultivating consensus. Though it seemed like a harmless dictatorship, it wasn’t in the least.
Books Within Books
Books Within Books: Mauro Perani, passionate archeologist of the written word. Alessandro Cassin One sensational discovery – in our media driven world – can spread the excitement from…
«I nostri compagni d’America»
«I nostri compagni d’America»: The Jewish Labor Committee and the Rescue of Italian Antifascists, 1934-1941 After the German army’s invasion of France in June 1940, hundreds of Italian antifascists, most…
Homens da Nação
Homens da Nação: the « Portuguese » of Livorno and Tunis From a very young age, I knew I was a Livornese, but I only went to Livorno for the first time…
Delasem
DELASEM. The Unhailed Organization That Assisted Thousands of Jewish Refugees. Interview by Alessandro Cassin From Hitler’s raise to power in 1933 up to the early 1940’s, Italy was one of…
Purim and Kippurim
Courtesy www.morasha.it The feast of Purim commemorates an event which took place 2500 years ago in Persia, during the reign of Assuero. The Book of Esther…
Listening to Silence
Visiting the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, one is struck by the silence. It is not real silence, after all the birds go about their business and so do the…
Pius XII and the 16th of October, 1943
Pius XII and the 16th of October, 1943 This article appeared in the journal “Italia” edited by Robert Bonfil, The Hebrew University Magnes Press, vol. XXI, 2012. Centro Primo Levi…