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Bookmark or Share- One Italian's Secret Jewish Heritage – The ForwardJews probably came to southern Italy almost 2,000 years ago, especially around the time when the Maccabees, fearing annihilation by Antiochus’s forces, sent scouts in boats into the...
- Italian Jews - WikipediaTwo of the most famous of Italy's Jews were Obadiah ben Jacob Sforno (1475–1550) and Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (1707–1746) whose written religious and ethical works are still widely studied. The Italian Jewish community as a whole has numbered no more than 50,000 since it was fully emancipated in 1870.
- Did Modern Jews Originate in Italy? | Science - AAASA detailed look at thousands of genomes finds that Ashkenazim—who make up roughly 80% of the world's Jews, including 90% of those in America and half of those in Israel—ultimately came not from the Middle East, but from Western Europe, perhaps Italy.
- The Holocaust in Italy - WikipediaThe Holocaust in Italy was the persecution, deportation, and murder of Jews between 1943 and 1945 in the Italian Social Republic, the part of the Kingdom of Italy occupied by Nazi Germany after the Italian surrender on 8 September 1943, during World War II.
- The Jews of Italy - My Jewish LearningWith emancipation, Italian Jews eagerly adopted an Italian identity and quickly integrated into mainstream society. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, they built grand new cathedral-style synagogues that proclaimed their pride and freedom and they entered all professions and walks of life.
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