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‘’To the incoming leadership I am handing over the vision and a model of a Jewish Community that looks to the future’’ – Interview with the President of the Jewish Community of Rome Ruth Dureghello
For eight years she led the Jewish Community of Rome as president, even through the toughest challenge, the pandemic. She was the first woman to become leader of the Roman Jews and as such to receive a Pope and a President of the Republic in the Tempio Maggiore. Reconfirmed in 2019, she worked according to the "vision", a wor ...
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Rapito (Kidnapped), the story of little Edgardo Mortara kidnapped by the Pope King. We talk about it with director Marco Bellocchio
There is the Bologna of the Mortara family, a prisoner of hope, there is the Rome of the Pope, King for a little while yet, where converted Jewish children are forcibly "re-educated" into Christianity, against the background of a century of transition between the old regime and emancipation. Then the symbols, Jewish and Chris ...
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The jews of rome and the solemn possession ceremonies of the popes – an essay by Daniela Di Castro z''l
We publish below some extracts from the contribution of the Director of the Jewish Museum of Rome Daniela Di Castro Z"L taken from the catalog of the exhibition "Et Ecce Gaudium - ", The Jews of Rome and the Solemn Possession Ceremonies of the popes" – An essay by Daniela Di Castro Z''L- set up on the occasion of the visit ...
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''Jewish Flavours of Italy: A Family Cookbook'' a culinary journey through Italy
"Jewish Flavours of Italy" is not simply a cookbook, but is a real culinary journey through Italy and a deep dive into a family's culinary heritage. With more than 100 kosher recipes, the author, Silvia Nacamulli, offers readers a unique collection of authentic and traditional Italian-Jewish dishes, combined with stunning pho ...
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16th of October 1943 - the merciless hunting down of the Jews and the story of a young boy who hid in a tram to escape the Nazis
It was Shabbat, the holiest day of the week; a day in which Jews enjoy their families, pray and take time for introspection. It was also the third day of sukkot, the joyful Jewish festivity of “huts”, a holiday children love and adults prepare with care and devotion. On the 16th of October 1943 at 5.15 in the morning 365 ...
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