How one Jewish woman fought the Nazis — and helped found a new Italian republic
80 years ago, Teresa Mattei fought with the resistance and went on to help write Italy's constitution.
Jewish Italy
The Latest
-
Culture -
BINTEL BRIEF Can a man convert to Judaism without being circumcised?
Bintel says some rabbis are OK with that. Here’s what you need to know
-
Books From an Italian Holocaust survivor, a Kafkaesque nightmare of imprisonment under fascism
Set in the Lanciano internment camp, Maria Eisenstein's 'Internee Number 6' is a testament to the power of writing
-
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
-
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
-
Culture Columbus may have had Jewish heritage — that doesn’t mean he was Jewish
The explorer’s writings betrayed a Christian fervor
-
Culture This mikvah was hidden for 500 years — it’s still a place for purification and connection
In Sicily, at Europe's oldest surviving ritual bath, a chance encounter that maybe wasn't so chance, after all
-
Film & TV On screen, the beauty of Hasidic life transcends a cloistered world’s restrictions
Two films at the New York Jewish Film festival flout the usual dark depictions of Hasidism
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
News ‘He was a mensch’: Slain Messianic Jew remembered as bridge-builder
- 2
Fast Forward Ye debuts ‘Heil Hitler’ music video that includes a sample of a Hitler speech
- 3
Opinion How anti-Israel rhetoric led to the killing of 2 in Washington, DC
- 4
Culture Ye’s antisemitism is old news, but it’s time to pay attention again
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward Official who posted antisemitic rhetoric becomes Pentagon press secretary
-
Fast Forward Trump administration to cancel remaining Harvard federal funding over antisemitism concerns
-
Opinion Netanyahu is at a crossroads: Endless war, or peace?
-
Yiddish World No fighting on the day before Shavuot!
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
