Christian Saints and Jewish Rebels
Archaeologists reveal secrets of Roman prison that held both Christian saints and Jewish rebels The Tullianum dungeon, older than Rome itself, was where Romans locked up their worst enemies: from…
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Venice, the Jews and Europe
On September 19 at 6:00 pm the English edition of the 500th Anniversary exhibition on the Venice ghetto with essays by some of the most prominent scholars in the field,…
Course in medieval medical manuscripts in Judeo-Arabic
The Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies and the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries announce the launch on June 1 of their…
Primo Levi at the United Nations: Stella Levi’s Opening Remarks
Under Secretary Gallach, UN Representatives, distinguished speakers, ladies and gentlemen, good evening. As a board member of CPL NY, which I was asked to represent this evening, I am honored…
Primo Levi at the United Nations: Roger Cohen.
Primo Levi survived Auschwitz through a double act of profound humanity: his ability even in the darkest days to see in fellow prisoners “men and not things” and so, as…
Primo Levi at the United Nations: Maaza Mengiste.
We see the little boy at the same time as we understand the tragedy. He is face down on the beach, dressed in a red shirt and dark blue trousers,…
Primo Levi at the United Nations: Francesco Cassata.
“Best Is Water” is a dystopian short story from the collection “Flaw of Form” published in 1971. Ironically, referring in the title to Pindar’s Olympian Odes, Levi describes the devastating…
Primo Levi at the United Nations: Dario Disegni.
As President of the National Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah and Vice President of the International Primo Levi Studies Center, it is a true honor for me to…
Pius XII and the Holocaust
Pius XII and the Holocaust. Current State of Research. On March 8-9, 2009 Yad Vashem International Institute for Holocaust Research and the Salesian Theological Institute of Saints Peter and Paul…
The Biblioteca Palatina with Israel National Library
The National Library of Israel and the Palatina Library in Parma cordially invite you to participate in a festive event marking the completion of the digitization of the Palatina Library’s Hebrew…