Primo Levi at 100: A Multilanguage Reading
The Italian Cultural Institute, Centro Primo Levi and the New York Public Library presented a day-long multi language reading of Primo Levi’s memoir If This Is a Man. The question…
Videos
Primo Levi at the National Book Festival
Multimedia artist Cynthia Madansky produced this short film in tribute to Primo Levi as an introduction to the program at the National Book Festival. She used little known archival images…
Vanni’s Opening
Centro Primo Levi launched CPL Editions at SF Vanni, Andrea Ragusa’s historical Village store and publisher on 12th Street. By choosing this symbolic place to begin its publishing venture, CPL…
Rav Elio Toaff z’l (1915-2015)
Born on April 30, 1915, in the Tuscan port city of Livorno, Elio Toaff was the son of the chief rabbi of Livorno, Alfredo Sabato Toaff, who discouraged his son…
Yafuzu’ oyevecha
Yafuzu Oyevecha sung by the chief rabbi of Padua Rav A. Locci and B. Sacerdoti. Pictures of Italian Synagogues.
The Liberation of Rome
A post-war history video archive of the Jewish Community of Rome
The Opposition: Giorgina Levi
Giorgina Levi (1910-2011) was an Italian historian, member of Parliament and public intellectual. Born in Turin from politically engaged parents, following Mussolini’s Racial Laws, was forced to emigrate to Bolivia…
Puglia: Gate to Israel
At the end of WWII, Jewish refugees were temporarily hosted in transit camps in Puglia, which had been established under the aegis of the United Nations and the Allied Forces.
Ferramonti
“Children imprisoned behind barbed wire! Here is one of the typical symptoms of this heroic age of ours.”
Israeli Radio on Italian Jewish Music
A fascinating Israeli radio program dedicate to Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco and the musical traditions o the Jews of Italy.