The Foundation for Jewish Cultural Heritage in Italy has posted two grants for Jewish heritage work in Italy — both are aimed at scholars aged 35 and younger — and the deadline for application is next week, April 28. One … continue reading →
The skeletal human remains found when archaeologists discovered part of the long-lost medieval Jewish cemetery in Rome have been reinterred in the Jewish section of the Prima Porta cemetery in northern Rome.. “We had the merit of fulfilling an … continue reading →
Surveys aimed to determine “with certainty” the borders of the old Jewish cemetery in Mantova and to carry out archeological surveys in the area there where the city of Mantova intends to site a major development project, the Mantova … continue reading →
We want to give an early heads up about an exhibition that will open in Venice in May — a multi-media installation by Hadassa Goldvicht that examines the transitions of Venice by focusing on Aldo Izzo, the 86-year-old guardian and … continue reading →
The Jewish Chronicle reports on a complex situation that has been brewing for several months in Mantova (Mantua), in northern Italy, where contested interests have raised issues over the derelict site of a centuries-old Jewish cemetery. A group of … continue reading →
