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 →
Italian archaeologists have discovered 38 graves, with skeletal remains intact, from the cemetery used by Rome’s Jewish community from medieval times to the 17th century. The discovery of the so-called Campus Iudeorum was announced during a news conference held … continue reading →
The Medici Archive Project (MAP) has recently launched a major, multidisciplinary project to virtually “reconstruct the architectural and demographic-economic features of the ghetto of Florence, one of the oldest ghettos of Europe.” The MAP is a research institute whose … continue reading →
