Carciofi alla giudia: the dish the Roman ghetto invented
A whole artichoke, opened like a flower and fried twice until the leaves shatter. It is the most famous Jewish dish in Italy, it is only really in season for three months, and in 2018 it caused a rabbinical argument....
The Arch of Titus: what the menorah relief actually shows
The most important Jewish object in Rome is not in the ghetto and not in a museum. It is carved into the inside wall of an arch at the top of the Via Sacra, and most visitors walk under it without looking up....
Hoshana Rabbà at the Great Synagogue of Rome
The seventh day of Sukkot and the last day of the High Holiday cycle is called Hoshana Rabbà — great salvation. It is held to be the final day of the divine judgment, and this is how it looks at the Great Synagogue of Rome....
My Yom Kippur
A Kippur spent far from my parents, in the year the synagogues of Italy moved their services outside and spaced out the chairs. What I decided to do during that fast....
A tour with and for the European Jewish Association in Rome
Photographs from the walking tour of the former ghetto I arranged for thirty members of the European Jewish Association, during their third bootcamp in Rome....
TRAIT D’UNION – Jewish Life Experience Genova
My conversation on Trait d'Union, the programme of the Jewish community of Genoa. The episode is in Italian....
La mia intervista su Radio 21 Aprile web
My interview with Giovanna Vernarecci on Radio 21 Aprile web. The recording is in Italian....
Ketubbà: the Jewish marriage contract
Ketubboth, the Jewish marriage contracts preserved by the Jewish Community of Rome....