Italian Jews

[Estro Felino]

With the term Italian Jews aka Italkim historians indicate those people who moved from Jerusalem to Rome during the Hellenistic period and who have been living in Rome since then.

This very interesting interview by fellow Roman Micaela Pavoncello explains it thoroughly.

Great Synagogue of Rome

 

[Estro Felino]

@rosends do u know the title of the song at 1:32 by chance? thanks

 

[dantech]

@rosends do u know the title of the song at 1:32 by chance? thanks

If you're asking about the second video, the song can be heard at this link:

 

[Estro Felino]

If you're asking about the second video, the song can be heard at this link:

Thank you so much

 

[Estro Felino]

Ruth Dureghello has been the chief of the Jewish Community of Rome for years.
She is such an inspiration.

But I believe there's nobody like David Meghnagi. A great physician, writer, musician.
He transmits so much positive energy and peacefulness. He gives a clear stance on Israel.

Just some tip for English subtitles: go to the settings in the youtube video bar, choose subtitles, auto-translate, and select English.

 

[Left Coast]

***THREAD MOVED TO INTERFAITH DISCUSSION***

 

[metis]

My favorite moment in Israel was with my wife on the roof of our hotel facing the Old City at night, which indeed is basked in the color of gold. When I arrived at the rooftop after my wife was there for a few minutes, tears were dripping down her eyes as she couldn't imagine it would be that beautiful. It was the best trip we ever took.

 

[Estro Felino]

As Art Historian Pavoncello said in the OP, the first coming of the Jews to Italy was very very early, that is, before the Imperial Period.
And they didn't move to Rome, only, but also to the largest island of the Mediterranean: Sicily, which was a Greek-speaking province with a Hellenistic, cosmopolitan mind, and Jews were welcomed.
Because archaeology shows how their catacombs were practically next to the Christian catacombs during the Roman and the Early Medieval Period.

Here's a short book (in Italian, sorry) where you can see that in several cities of Sicily, there was a Jewish hypogeum.

https://www.antoniorandazzo.it/archeologia/files/G_Di_Stefano_L_Falesi_L_Guzzardi_G_Libra.pdf

Thanks to these hypogea, we can understand the importance of the archaeological sites, and see how these communities lived in small cities whose name has been forgotten or cancelled by the other dominations.



Here some images.