The highly esteemed volume “Consecrated to the Lord Silver Ornaments from the Jewish Museum of Rome” by Dora Liscia Bemporad and Davide Spagnoletto has been published by Sillabe, available in both Italian and English editions. Set in the Rome of the Popes, the heritage of furnishings – developed over three centuries – from the synagogues of the Ghetto, most of…
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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
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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 word dear…
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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
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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 Christian, which alternate on the screen in…
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The jews of rome and the solemn possession ceremonies of the popes – an essay by Daniela Di Castro z''l
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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…
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''Jewish Flavours of Italy: A Family Cookbook'' a culinary journey through Italy
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"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 photography, practical tips, and clear explanations. With a delicious mix…
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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
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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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Don’t back away. The snapshot of a memory
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It is a winter morning. In front of the Great Synagogue in Rome some friends meet with a smartphone and a tripod to do an interview with a witness who followed the tragic events of the Synagogue attack forty years ago in that very place. Emilia recounts everything she saw with her own eyes that day step by step, from…
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October 9, 1982. The Great Synagogue of Rome attack
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Forty years have passed since that tragic October 9, 1982, which deeply wounded the Roman Jewish community. It was Saturday and it fell on Shemini Atzeret, the day of moed - a solemn holiday - that closes Sukkot, the “Festival of Booths”. The Great Synagogue in Rome, on Lungotevere Cenci, was packed with people; there were also many children and…
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Screaming Silence: ‘Here is my book on the bombing of the synagogue in Rome, written to make young people aware of an Italian history’. An interview with author Gadiel Gaj Taché
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A picture, a phrase, even a dream can bring it back suddenly. After you experience a terrorist attack, the nightmare never leaves you: it keeps resurfacing in your life whenever it finds the smallest crack in your memory. Gadiel Gaj Taché’s never-ending nightmare of October 9, 1982—the day of the terrorist attack on Rome’s Synagogue—keeps coming back every day, it…
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The long relationship of Queen Elizabeth with the Jewish community
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The death of Queen Elizabeth has inevitably touched the hearts of many, after 70 years of realm “The London Bridge has fallen”.During the longest sovereignty in British history, the queen won the loyalty and respect of the British Jewish community. Many personalities and rabbis have been honored with titles and knighthoods; the Queen nominated Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Lord and Baron.Leaders of…
