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Italian Jewry

There is little doubt that Benito Mussolini’s Venetian-born Jewish lover Margherita Sarfatti had a profound influence on the dictator’s career, but can she truly be. . .

Brian R. Sullivan and Michael McDonald
Nov. 24 2014 12:01AM

A group of Israeli musicians has been performing the sacred and secular work of Salomone Rossi, who composed music both for the synagogue and to. . .

Geoffrey Clarfield
Nov. 13 2014 12:01AM

Margherita Sarfatti, a Venetian Jewess, was Benito Mussolini’s mistress and confidante from 1912 until the 1930s. Sophisticated, educated, and politically engaged, she was unique among. . .

Michael McDonald
Oct. 23 2014 12:01AM

To most Italians, risking one’s life in battle is almost unthinkable; two brave Italian Jews currently serving in the IDF think differently, and better. 

Fiamma Nirenstein
Aug. 4 2014 12:01AM

Amid the joyous clamor of today’s ex-ghetto, the voices of its last inhabitants, hunted down by Nazi soldiers in October 1943, can still be heard.

David Laskin
July 16 2013 12:00AM