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After 500 Years, an Italian Jewish Rebirth

Long-dissolved communities form anew, and kosher food is suddenly chic. The Great Synagogue of Rome, 2009. PHOTO: ALAMY STOCK PHOTO Late last month a Jewish community was established here in southern Italy—the first such founding since King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella ordered the expulsion or forced conversion of the Jews …

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