Indifference Kills
After a visit to the Holocaust Memorial in Milan, New York Times op-ed contributor Roger Cohen ponders on the plight of the Syrian refugees and reminds us of how the…
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The CPL EDITIONS App is finally online and can be downloaded at no cost from iTunes and Googlepaly. It is a new and convenient way to update readers on…
USHMM 2016 Summer Research Workshop
CfA: USHMM 2016 Summer Research Workshop program [discussion] Summer Research Workshops for Scholars July-August 2016 Applications due Oct. 9 The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center…
Italian Jewish Musicians and Composers during Fascism
Italian Jewish Musicians and Composers during Fascism International Conference, Trieste, 26 Oct 2015 Italian Jewish Musicians and Composers during Fascism. Trieste – 26th October 2015 Venue: Sala del Ridotto del Teatro…
The Periodic Table Selected for One Bay One Book
A yearlong conversation reaching Bay Area adults through opportunities for lively Jewish learning. Stimulated by a selected book and its themes, the program connecting readers through discussions, events, and informal…
Lecha Dodi
Nusach Italki – Syangogue in Padua
The Italian Synagogue in Jerusalem
An early 18th century Rococo synagogue last used in Italy in World War I, it was reconstructed in Israel in 1952 and has since formed the heart of Jerusalem’s Italian-Jewish…
The Valmadonna Library
The Writing on the Wall. A Catalogue of Judaica Broadsides from the Valmadonna Trust Library PREFACE Now the wise ones . . . should read the writing [on the wall]…
A Virtual Tour
A Virtual Tour of the Jewish Museum of Rome The newly designed portal of the Union of the Italian Jewish Communities (www.ucei.net) offers access to different sectors of communal institutions…
From the Front of the Great War
Letters from Italian Jewish soldiers in World War I – who would die in the Holocaust The Anticolis, for instance, had 13 children, of whom four would fight in WWI:…