From an Italian Holocaust survivor, a Kafkaesque nightmare of imprisonment under fascism
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Art Vandals destroyed his tribute to Holocaust survivors — and yet this artist persists
AleXsandro Palombo, an Italian muralist, uses his art to educate young people about the Holocaust
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Books In the Italian city where James Joyce wrote ‘Ulysses’ a Jewish poet’s bookstore rises back to life
In 1919, Umberto Saba opened an antiquarian bookstore; a century later, the people of Trieste saved it
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Culture Was Casanova an antisemite, a believer in Kabbalah — or both?
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Books The true story behind ‘Call Me By Your Name’ is a profoundly Jewish one
Andre Aciman's new memoir explores life in a constant diaspora
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Culture Columbus may have had Jewish heritage — that doesn’t mean he was Jewish
The explorer’s writings betrayed a Christian fervor
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Fast Forward Faculty at Italy’s University of Turin vote to exit an Israel research pact amid Gaza war protests
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Culture A mural of the Simpsons as Holocaust victims should be offensive. It’s actually a stroke of genius
Muralist aleXsandro Palombo's use of ubiquitous cartoon characters startles viewers out of preconceived notions about the Holocaust
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