Italian Jewry
A controversial figure.
The 500th anniversary of the first ghetto.
Syndrome K.
The Vigna Randanini.
And commemorates the establishment of the first ghetto.
Getting back at his fellow Jews?
Recruited by the Italian government, then forced to flee.
Most of it has not been found.
Don’t heed smears of dual loyalty.
Negotiating for a country home, a classical singer and cantor uncovers traces of Italian Jewry’s medieval golden age.
The late chief rabbi of Rome was an example of what Jews and Christians can do together.
The Italian humanist Giovanni Pico della Mirandola was among the first of many Renaissance Christian thinkers to become interested in Jewish mysticism. David Navarro reviews. . .
A foundation created by the fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg has begun a project to restore Venice’s former ghetto in order to preserve the memory. . .
In 1555, Pope Paul IV ordered Jews to be confined to separate, closed-off neighborhoods. Soon ghettos appeared in cities throughout Italy, including Rome, where Jews. . .