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Hotel Garni Ongaro
November 19, 2024, 10:35 am
Travel site drops hotel that called Israeli guests ‘responsible for genocide’
Hotel Garni Ongaro in Italy told group they were not welcome and urged them to cancel their stay
By Michelle Rosenberg
The Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of the Italian legislature. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
August 27, 2024, 7:58 pm
Italy’s New Communist Party publishes blacklist of ‘Zionist agents’ supporting Israel
Group condemned for naming more than 150 public figures across politics, media and business including journalists, chief rabbis and companies including Ahava and SodaStream
By Michelle Rosenberg
Ikos, Kefalos
July 15, 2024, 6:02 pm
Same time next year? The holiday destinations that keep ’em coming back
They say familiarity breeds contempt, but not when it comes to travel
By Debbie Collins
Tonnarelli Cacio e Pepe and the Great Synagogue in Rome, completed in 1904
March 21, 2024, 6:49 pm
Eat, pray, learn: trip to Jewish Rome includes a distinctive seder and an expert guide
From street food in the ghetto to fascinating green spaces and a historic synagogue, the city overflows with interesting things to see and to nosh
By Beatrice Sayers
Igor Polesitsky, of Klezmerata Fiorentina: 'It's a very different way of dealing with music'
February 12, 2024, 11:22 pm
Klezmerata Fiorentina: traditional music doesn’t get more authentic than this
Igor Polesitsky, who learnt klezmer from his grandmother’s voice as well as from one of the greatest classical and Yiddish violinists in his native Ukraine, is bringing his virtuoso quartet to London
By Beatrice Sayers
September 28, 2023, 4:00 pm
Orthodox rabbis flock to Calabria every year to harvest etrogs for Succot
The Calabrian etrog has a distinctive shape and fragrance
By Amanda Weinberg
The Sciesopoli children’s home where 800 Jewish orphans came in 1945 and where they prepared for life in Israel (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)
June 8, 2023, 8:45 pm
International honour for Holocaust hero who sheltered 800 Shoah survivors in Italian Alps
Grandchildren of British soldier Moshe Ze'iri accept posthumous award from Simon Weisenthal Centre for his actions following the liberation of Italy in WW2
By Michelle Rosenberg
The murals, made by artist aleXsandro Palombo, show the Simpson family before and after their deportation
January 26, 2023, 2:17 pm
Murals showing The Simpsons as Holocaust victims on train station wall
The artwork depicts the famous cartoon family before and after their deportation from the central station in Milan from which hundreds of Jews were sent to concentration camps.
By Jotam Confino in Israel
April 1, 2008 - Cassino - Frosinone - Italy - The intervention of Ignazio La Russa to a conference of the PDL
December 30, 2022, 10:24 am
Italian Jewish leaders condemn parliament president for honouring neo-fascist party
Ignazio la Russa praised the Italian Social Movement, a neo-fascist party founded in the wake of World War II.
By David I Klein (JTA)
November 2, 2022, 6:16 pm
An Orthodox Jew finds freedom in Italy – but it’s not a Jewish film
French actor-turned-director Stéphane Freiss talks about about his UJKJFF closing gala movie
By Louisa Walters
October 13, 2022, 2:56 pm
Italian Holocaust survivor oversees election of fascist relic collector
Liliana Segre warns against discrimination as far-right politician Ignazio La Russa, who owns a bust of Mussolini, becomes senate speaker
By Michael Daventry
Giorgia Meloni
October 2, 2022, 12:33 pm
Italian Jews worry and wait as far-right leader prepares to take power
The success of Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party in last week's election means the country is poised to have its most right-wing government since 1945.
By Simone Somekh (JTA)
Pedestrians viewing a Jewish-owned store in Berlin damaged during Kristallnacht, November 10, 1938.
September 25, 2022, 11:16 am
Compensation schemes for confiscated Second World War assets to end
After nearly a quarter of a century, the government has announced the end of two schemes aimed at helping people who had assets confiscated under Nazi occupation.
By Jenni Frazer
The beach at Villa Sant'Andrea
September 21, 2022, 3:09 pm
Taormina – the town where White Lotus was filmed
The Jewish history of Sicily and the magic of its prettiest town
By Louisa Walters
Atlanta Beck and Josh Platt got married in Ibiza
July 19, 2022, 10:18 am
Weddings are back – but at a price
With more and more couples choosing to get married abroad, it's a big spend for hosts and guests alike
By Brigit Grant
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