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
Muralist aleXsandro Palombo's use of ubiquitous cartoon characters startles viewers out of preconceived notions about the Holocaust
Levi, an Italian Jewish Holocaust survivor, repeatedly spoke out against Israel's treatment of Palestinians
ROME (JTA) – Hundreds of people took part in a counter-demonstration in central Milan to protest an ultra-rightwing rally held in another downtown location. The two demonstrations Saturday took place about two miles apart, and no incidents were reported. Local media said the counter-demonstrators greatly outnumbered those at the far-right rally organized by the Forza Nuova movement….
(JTA) – Italian police killed the main suspect in a terrorist attack that killed 12 people in Berlin, including an Israeli tourist. Police stopped the suspect, 24-year-old Anis Amri of Tunisia, for a random inspection in a Milan suburb in the early hours of Friday morning, Reuters reported. He took out a pistol and opened…
A Jewish man was stabbed multiple times outside a kosher pizzeria in Italy, in what the World Jewish Congress said is believed to have been a targeted attack. Natan Graf, the son-in-law of Chabad-Lubavitch emissary Rabbi Levi Hezkia, sustained serious injuries, including to his face, in the attack Thursday night. Graf, who is in his…
This year, Israel’s contribution to the World’s Fair is, more or less, breakfast cereal. The theme of the fair, which opens in Milan in May and runs for six months, is “Feeding the planet, energy for life.” Israel will be represented by a 39-by-230-foot living billboard of wheat, rice and corn. It is meant to…
For the second time in less than a month, right-wing extremists from around Europe met in Milan. About 300 people, among them representatives of European far-right parties and movements including Greece’s Golden Dawn and the British National Party, met at a Milan hotel on Saturday, according to local media. The gathering was organized by the…
A far-right rally and concert went ahead in Milan despite protests by the Milan Jewish community and other groups. But reports said the event Saturday drew far fewer people than anticipated. No incidents were reported. The Italian media said about 300 skinheads and other far-right militants attended Hammerfest 2014, held in a privately owned outbuilding…
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