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Go inside the Rome Jewish Ghetto in 'Always Remember Your Name'

EVIL AGAIN. THE SISTERS ARE WELL KNOWN IN ITALY AS DEIRDRE FITZPATRICK FOUND OUT WHILE WALKING THROUGH ROME’S JEWISH GHETTO. IT’S A PLACE WHERE BEAUTY AND TRAGEDY INTERTWINE, AND WHERE ONE ONLY HAS TO ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

As Rome’s Ghetto Becomes Hip, Jewish Residents Squeezed out

Settimio Limentani no longer feels at home in the Jewish ghetto here, where he grew up, where he knew everybody and everybody had a nickname, and where his family has lived and worked for hundreds of ...
Jewish Journal

Ghetto Tour of Rome

From Jewish Times of South Jersey: “My name is Micaela Pavoncello, thank you for contacting Jewish Roma Walking tours.” That was the first line of the response we got about joining Micaela on one of ...
New York Sun

In a Jewish Ghetto, Rome’s Buried Past

The Via del Portico d’Ottavia, at the heart of the ancient Jewish district in Rome, is mobbed. School children, pensioners, workers, and tourists form queues at the newly opened M Kosher for K Nuggets ...
National Catholic Register

Rome Remembers 80th Anniversary of Nazis’ Expulsion of the City’s Jews

The mayor also took a moment to honor two survivors of the Holocaust, Tatiana Bucci and Sami Modiano, 85 and 92 years old, respectively, who were present at the event. The ancient Portico d'Ottavia in ...
The Forward

Why Pope’s Visit to Rome Ghetto Means So Much to Italian Jews

In 1986, Pope John Paul II made history by paying a visit to Rome’s Great Synagogue. In 2010, Pope Benedict XVI visited that synagogue again. In 2016, Pope Francis visited for the third time. As our ...
CNN

A photo tour of Jewish Rome

Take a photo tour of Jewish Rome, a lively quarter of Italy’s capital where locals welcome tourists to learn about their history and culture ...
Digital Journal

Last survivor of WWII raid on Rome’s Jewish Ghetto dies

The last survivor of the 1943 Nazi raid on the Rome Ghetto, in which more than 1,000 Jews were taken away to concentration camps, has died aged 91, the Italian Jewish community said Friday. Lello Di ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Around the Jewish World when in Rome, Do Like the Jews:

Just 50 yards from the Trevi Fountain, in the heart of old Rome, is a new kosher fast food spot and pizzeria. Da Michele is the newest of a flowering of restaurants, fast-food outlets, groceries, ...
The Forward

When In Rome

Inside the kosher bakery, a corner storefront no larger than a college dorm room, a jumble of customers jostles for service. It’s Friday afternoon, so the shop’s front window is stacked with loaves of ...
CNN

How to celebrate Hanukkah in Rome

When you think of Rome, the Pope and Vatican City often come to mind. But the Italian capital is also home to one of the most historic and vibrant Jewish quarters in Europe. Though Catholicism has ...