Primo Levi in Swahili
A new translation of If This is a Man into Swahili is available on the site of the International Center of Primo Levi Studies in Turin and can be downloaded…
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Sarai e Hagar
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Bookhouse Musings: Making Books.
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The Murder of Giacomo Matteotti: Sources and Interpretations
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Swahili Lit Festival
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Primo Levi in Swahili
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Historiography in Motion: Jews and State Building
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The War Fronts of Helena Salem
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A NEW GUIDE TO JEWISH PUGLIA
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Let There Be Light
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David is never fulfilled nor satisfied with himself. He is constantly searching for new emotions, unexpected events, and adventures, which are often dangerous and with little prospect. He clings to the talismans and amulets of the Kabbalah as the only lifeline in a storm of events that he cannot control, dodging obstacles that threaten him, often set in motion by himself.
The Decision-Making Process of the Roundup of the Jews of Rome, October 16, 1943
A Historiographic Revisitation Based on OSS (Office of Strategic Services) Documents Liliana Picciotto, Yad Vashem Studies, Vol. 48 (2020) Read the full article in Yad Vashem Studies. In his 2002…
Primo Levi: An Identikit
Over the last seventy years, Primo Levi (1919–87) has been recognized as the foremost literary witness of the extermination of the European Jews. In Primo Levi: An Identikit, a product of…