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Giorno della Memoria 2017
Holocaust Remembrance Day 2017 inspires reflections on the crisis of the European Union and the plight of refuges New York, NY, January 13, 2017 – The 2017 commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance...
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New York Transatlantic: In Old Synagogue, New York Discovers Italian Chazanut
NEW YORK—Besides Israel, Italy is perhaps the smallest region in the world to feature the greatest concentration of different Jewish traditions. In its 2,000 years of history, the Italian Jewish scene...
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The Menorah: Worship, History and Legend
For the First Time the Vatican Museum Collaborates with a Jewish Museum. The Menorah: Worship, History and Legend to Open in Rome in May. Braccio di Carlo Magno (Vatican Museums), Piazza San Pietro,...
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Boston Review of Books: Finding Ourselves in the Venetian Ghetto
Michael Frank. “We do not see things as they are; we see them as we are.” This is the Talmud quoting Shmuel ben Nachmani on dreams, but the observation speaks fittingly—and pointedly—to last summer’s...
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Centro Primo Levi NY at the Turin Book Fair
On May 17-22, Centro Primo Levi New York will participate in the Turin Book Fair (Pavilion n. 3 – Stand R 67 ) jointly with Centro Internazionale di Studi Primo Levi and Centre Primo Levi, Paris....
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Outrageous Fortune–Luck and the Holocaust Robert S. C. Gordon Robert Gordon explores the literary tradition and philosophical quandaries thrown by the workings of luck, chance and fortune. Examining a...
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Tablet Magazine: A Holocaust Story form the White Pages
An ‘archaeologist of bureaucracy’ traces the ghostly lives of foreign Jews in Italy during World War II. By Michael Frank In the fall of 2011 I received a letter from my friend Letizia Gualandi, a...
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The Jewish Museum of Rome in New York
The Arch of Titus and the Jewish Museum of Rome in New York New York, NY – August 3, 2017 – On September 14th the exhibition The Arch of Titus – from Jerusalem to Rome, and Back and the Rome Lab, a...
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Tablet Magazine: Did Gino Bartali Actually Save Jews? An Investigation.
As the Tour de France wraps up this week, a historical debate still rages over who deserves credit for the production of identity cards for Jews hidden in Florence Michele Sarfatti, Tablet Magazine An...
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Making Hebrew Books in Venice
An audio-visual journey through the Venetian Hebrew books collections of the Library of Congress and the Renato Maestro Library in Venice.
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Elsa Morante’s La Storia
Readings, images and open questions between history and literature. By Alessandro Cassin.
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Vanadium and the Grey Doctor Muller Marco Belpoliti. Introduction by Simona Forti. Featuring Primo Levi’s story Vanadium from The Periodic Table One of Italy’s finest literary critics, Marco Belpoliti...
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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...
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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...
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Italy’s Jews to Israel’s Rabbinate: Hands off Our Artichokes!
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...
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The Inspiring History of Europe’s Largest Jewish Publishing House
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...
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Primo Levi at 100
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...
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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...
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Los Corassones Avlan
Conversations on Jewish Life on the Island of Rhodes. A pop-up installation to discover, discuss and imagine. Press contact: Rebecca Samonà: loscorassones.press@primolevicenter.org New York, NY –...
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La Stampa: La vita degli ebrei di Rodi in mostra a New York
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...
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