THANKS
Centro Primo Levi thanks its readers, audience, contributors and its main supporters: the Cahnman Foundation, the Viterbi Family Foundation, Peter S. Kalikow and Dr. Claude Ghez.
CPL's logo is designed by Jonathan Wajskol.
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PROGRAMS IL GRIDO DELLA TERRA
October 10 at 6 pm - Casa Italiana Zerilli Marim�, 24 W 12 Street
Second screening at 9 pm.
Stefano Albertini (Casa Italiana ZerillI Marim�) in conversation with Guri Schwarz (University of Pisa), Wendy Gittler.
Il Grido della Terra (1949), Film screening and panel discussion. Directed by Duilio Colletti. Presented in collaboration with the Centro Internazionale di Cinematografia - Cineteca Nazionale.
A Neo-Realist tale on the founding of Israel and one of the first films to narrate the migration of European Jews to Palestine of British mandate. Written by Lewis Gittler, Carlo Levi and Alessandro Fersen, Il Grido della Terra offers unprecedented glimpses into the history of the transition of fascist concentration camps into DP camps, and the unfolding of the last operations of the Aliya Bet (clandestine Jewish emigration) through the Puglia region. Against this historical background a compelling love story unfolds with some surprising twists.
Read Suzanne Ruta's preview in the Forward! Read
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ACADEMIA CPL AND NYU LAUNCH SEMINAR SERIES IN ITALIAN JEWISH STUDIES
October 12, 10:30 am to 1:30 pm | NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli Marim�,
24 W 12 Street | This program is open to students and faculty of all universities. Reservations required: rsvp@primolevicenter.org
Guri Schwarz (University of Pisa, author of After Mussolini: Jewish Life and Jewish Memory in Post-War Italy, Valentine Mitchell, 2012) will discuss the reintegration of the Jewish communities in post-war Italy.
Introduction: Ruth Ben Ghiat (New York University), Respondent: Paul Arpaia (Indiana University of Pennsylvania).
The Italian Jewish Studies Project is an initiative of NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli Marim�, the Department of Italian Studies at NYU and Centro Primo Levi to promote an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the history of Italian Jewry within the larger context of Italian and European studies. The IJSP will present semiannual 1-2 days monographic seminars and develop online academic resources in English for the study of Italian Jewish history. Read
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PROGRAMS COVERING FASCIST ITALY: AMERICAN CORRESPONDENTS AND REGIME CENSORSHIP
October 22 at 6:30 pm | Simon Wiesenthal Center, Museum of Tolerance | 226 E 42nd Street New York, NY 10017
The program is free and open to the public. Reception to follow. Reservations required: www.museumoftolerancenewyork.com
Mauro Canali (University of Camerino, author of The Regime's Spies) and David Kertzer (Brown University, author of The Popes Against the Jews, The Vatican's Role in the Rise of Modern Anti-Semitism)
David Kertzer will discuss Mauro Canali's research on the files of the Fascist police and the censorship commission that oversaw the activities of US correspondents in Italy from the 1920s until the end of World War II. Read
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EXHIBITIONS THE PEOPLE OF THE BOOK
The Rare Book and Manuscript Library and the Norman E. Alexander Library for Jewish Studies, Columbia University.
In 1862, Temple Emanuel purchased 2,500 rare books and 45 manuscripts from Fredrich Mueller, a rare book dealer in Amsterdam. This collection was made up of the libraries of important scholars, including Rabbi Yaakov Emden of Altona (1698-1776), a famous Talmudist and Kabbalist; and Guiseppe Almanzi of Padua (1801 - 1860), a bibliophile and poet. The Almanzi library included books from the library of Hayyim Joseph David Azulai (HIDA, 1724 - 1806), a rabbi and scholar who traveled the world collecting and researching Hebrew rare books and manuscripts. Read
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