The Jewish community in Rome is the oldest in Europe, the only one to have existed continuously for over 2,000 years. This detailed study of the Jewish banking community in Italy is therefore of special value and interest. Poliakov's classic account of the rise and fall of the Jewish ...
On this private tour of Rome's Jewish Ghetto we'll spend roughly 3 hours touring the oldest Jewish community in Europe, appreciating the legacy of the first Jewish merchants who traversed the Tiber into ancient Rome. We'll discover the remnants of the communities they built, and learn all ab...
However, in 1943 the Germans occupied Italy. When the SS commander arrived in Rome, he told the rabbi that the community could be ransomed for 50 kilos of gold. The Jews frantically collected the gold from all their households and from Christian friends who would help. Two weeks after the...
Judaism’s more than 2,000 year story in Rome marks the community as unique in Europe. Unlike the history of forced migration and alienation that so frequently characterised Jewish communities elsewhere on the continent, Jewish life has been a constant and relatively stable feature of the Eternal ...
Bonfil R. “HaKehila HaYehudit BeItaly BeTkufat HaRenaissance” (the Jewish Community in Italy during the renaissance). In: Grossman A, Kaplan Y, editors. Yemei HaBeinaim VeHaet HaHadasha HaMukdemet (the middle ages and the early modern period). Jerusalem, Zalman Shazar Center for Jewish...
These freedmen (liberti) formed the nucleus of the Jewish community in Rome, and in great measure determined its social character. Of course they were, as always, industrious, sober, pushing. In course of time many of them acquired wealth. By-and-by Jewish immigrants of greater dis...
Explore the Jewish Ghetto, Great Synagogue & Jewish Museum of Rome and fully immerse yourself in our community. JEWISH ROME COMBO TOUR (BESTSELLER) Save time and money through my Jewish Rome Combo tour and explore two of Jewish Rome’s must-see highlights in the space of just four hours. ...
In February 1945, Israele Zolli, chief rabbi of Rome's ancient Jewish community, shocked his co-religionists in Italy and throughout the Jewish world by converting to Catholicism and taking as his baptismal name, Eugenio, to honor Pope Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli) for what Zolli saw as his ...
Each tallit is produced entirely in Italy and is an heirloom to be handed down generation to generation. Production The Talled di Seta brand was born out of a desire to reconstruct these heirloom products and to share their tradition and handcrafted artistry with the world. After meticulous...
Alfonsina Russo, head of Italy’s department for the promotion of cultural heritage, called for the monument to be made “accessible to the public as soon as possible.” Riccardo Di Segni, the chief rabbi of Rome, echoed this call and added: “The history of the Jews of Rome is enriched...