In order for the wheel to turn, for life to be lived, impurities are needed, and the impurities of impurities in the soil, too, as is known, if it is to be fertile. Dissension, diversity, the grain of salt and mustard are needed… Primo Levi, The Periodic Table
La storia sconosciuta di una piccola comunità millenaria distrutta dal nazismo nell'isola delle rose: la mostra del Centro Primo Levi fino al 24 novembre. Gianna Pontecorboli for La Voce di New York Il risultato è stato possibile grazie al contributo…
omaggio a Stella Levi, che usci' viva da Auschwitz Alessandro Baldini for ANSA Cultura In una vecchia "carriage house" nel cuore del West Village torna a vivere la comunità ebraica di Rodi sterminata ad Auschwitz nel 1944. L'installazione dal titolo…
Los Corassones Ablan (“i cuori parlano”, da un detto sefardita), ha come filo conduttore i racconti di famiglia e le ricerche storiche di Stella Levi. Carole Hallac for La Stampa, October 2019 Un mostra multimediale nel cuore del West Village…
Conversations on Jewish Life on the Island of Rhodes. A pop-up installation to discover, discuss and imagine. Press contact: loscorassones.press@primolevicenter.org New York, NY - September 24, 2019 - A fully immersive experience celebrating and exploring the lives of the Jews of Rhodes,…
Mixed Messages Reflections on an Italian Jewish Family and exile By Eleanor Foa In post-World War II America, who ever heard of an Italian Jew? No one. Journalist and author Eleanor Foa, born in Italy, raised in America, daughter of a…
New York, May 28, 2019 - Centro Primo Levi and the Italian Cultural Institute inaugurate Primo Levi’s Centenary with two programs highlighting Levi’s relevance today and his ability to continue to speak to people of different backgrounds and generations. On…
Simone Somekh for Tablet, May 2018 Whether you’re looking for the latest Israeli best-selling novel, the five books of the Torah, or even the translation of the Babylonian Talmud, in Italy, there is one man behind all of these books.…
Simone Somekh for Tablet, April 2018 When Ba’ghetto, the oldest Jewish restaurant in Rome, announced the opening of its new location in Milan, someone must have made a quick phone call to inform the Chief Rabbinate of Israel that the…
Money Must Stay in the Family Translated by Alastair McEwen The plot of Money Must Stay in the Family, unfolds around the family matriarch’s last will and traces the story of an upper class Jewish family from Turin, the fictional Ottolenghis. The multigenerational saga begins…
Taamrat Emmanuel: An Ethiopian Jewish Intellectual, Between Colonized and Colonizers Translated by Jill Goldsmith Emanuela Trevisan Semi’s book is an insightful biographical study of a key figure among Ethiopian Jews of the early 20th Century. Taamrat Emmanuel was profoundly fascinated by European…
