Tag Archives: Italy

Recalling the once-vibrant Jewish life in prewar Rhodes, an island in the Mediterranean. By Michael Frank Four years ago, while researching the war years in Italy, I was introduced to Stella Levi, now 96, probably the only New Yorker among the handful of remaining members of the Jewish community of Rhodes, …

Jewish revival in Sicily Dormant for five centuries, Jewish life in Italy’s far south is stirring Jewish memories awaken in Sicily LIKE their co-religionists all over Europe, Italy’s Jews live with dreadful memories. Across the north of the country, communities suffered persecution under racial laws introduced by the fascist government …

Who am I and where do I come from? The simple response would be “a writer” (my profession) and “Montreal” (my place of birth and residence). Inquire a little deeper and you might get my ethnic background: “Italian,” or more specifically, “Calabrese and Sicilian.” At this, some people will jokingly reference …

Twenty-seven European countries are marking the European Day of Jewish Culture on Sunday — an initiative aimed at opening the doors of Jewish communities, heritage sites and culture to the non-Jewish world, as well as deepening Jews’ own knowledge of their history in Europe. One of the most enthusiastic participants …

by Silvano Arieti Foreword by Rabbi Harold S. Kushner The Parnas recreates the final days of Giuseppe Pardo Roques, the lay leader, or parnas, of the Sephardic Jewish community of Pisa, Italy, who was killed in his home by the Nazis in August, 1944. Pardo was a mentor to the …