The community is mostly made up of Bnei Anusim, descendants of Jews forced to hide their religion during the Inquisition. CATANIA, Italy (JTA) — Rabbi Gilberto Ventura believes his synagogue has the ...

IT’S 935 THIS SUNDAY. HISTORY COMES TO LIFE IN A PROJECT UNLIKE ANYTHING THAT WE AT KCRA HAVE DONE BEFORE, AND KCRA 3’S DEIRDRE FITZPATRICK IS IN STUDIO WITH US TO GIVE US A PREVIEW. AND DEIRDRE, THIS ...

(JTA) Rabbi Gilberto Ventura believes his synagogue has the most beautiful view in the world. Located in the tower of a century-old castle on the slopes of Mt. Etna in the eastern Sicilian city of ...

Not even 70 years after Italy unified, Benito Mussolini’s staged march on Rome so unnerved the government that King Victor Emmanuel III named him prime minister, opening the door to Fascist rule. “And ...

Generosity and compassion for those fleeing persecution prevailed over racial laws and centuries-old anti-Semitic prejudices in Nazi-occupied Italy, some Jewish and Catholic historians said at an ...

At sessions of the Fascist Grand Council, members are encouraged, even forced, to criticize the policies of the Government. After that the Dictator, who has silently digested the views of Fascist best ...

Growing up in Belgium, I’d hear the story of how my grandparents married during the Nazi occupation. It wasn’t a time for celebrations, particularly for Jewish families like theirs. Naively, though, ...

A 1,600-year-old Jewish bath, also known as a mikveh, was recently uncovered in Italy – and the find is the oldest of its kind in Europe. On March 10, Italian officials announced the discovery, which ...

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