Reflections
Reflections on an Italian Jewish life From: The Most Ancient of Minorities: The Jews of Italy, Stanislao G. Pugliese, editor, 2002 I am an Italian Jew. My forefathers settled in…
Essays
Vito Volterra (1860–1940)
Vito Volterra (1860–1940): Scientist, Policymaker, and Bibliophile Vito Volterra is generally considered one of the greatest mathematicians of his time: “His most important contributions were in higher analysis, mathematical physics,…
Remove from Circulation
Remove from Circulation.Fascism’s Suppression of Jewish Authors Research shows that anti-Semitic censorship has historically been an important facet of the persecution enacted against the Jews and that the eradication of…
A Tranquil Star?
Primo Levi: the Man and the Narrator In a passage of the Confessions, probably the most influent modern autobiography, Jean-Jacques Rousseau reflects on Michel de Montaigne, asserting with a certain…