History of the Jews in Italy
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The history of the Jews in Italy spans more than two thousand years to the present. The Jewish presence in Italy dates to the pre-Christian Roman period and has continued, despite periods of extreme p
The Great Synagogue of Rome
The treasures of Jerusalem (detail from the Arch of Titus).
Machzor written on parchment in Hebrew in an Italian square script and dated to the 14th or 15th century. Chester Beatty Library
Simon of Trent blood libel. Illustration in Hartmann Schedel's Weltchronik, 1493
Luigi Luzzatti
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Luigi Luzzatti was an Italian financier, political economist, social philosopher, and jurist. He served as the 20th prime minister of Italy between 1910 and 1911.
History of the Jews in Italy
…of Italian liberty were placed along with those of their Christian fellow soldiers on the monuments erected in their honour. Italian prime minister Luigi Luzzatti, who took office in 1910, was one of the world's first Jewish heads of government (not converted to Christianity). Another Jew, Ernesto Nathan served…
Luigi Luzzatti
Chiesa, Fede e Libertà religiosa in un carteggio di inizio novecento, 2004