How Jews observe Tisha B’Av in Rome, where the Arch of Titus commemorates the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem

While I was hosting Passover dinners in Italy, I created baccalà al ghetto, a dish that marries local ingredients with Jewish tradition

Carciofi alla giudìa dates back to the 16th century

A recent joint exhibit at the Vatican Museum and the Jewish Museum of Rome traced the surprising and enduring significance of the seven-branched golden object that entered ‘the temporal web of the history of humankind’

How the Vatican warmed to Jews over the last century

To honor International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Rome will host two races that begin (and end) in the city’s former Jewish ghetto, with participants visiting sites related to the Shoah

Creating special Torah coverings—often from discarded scraps of fabric—has a long history for Italian women

A trip to Italy helped me connect to my roots in a way I never had in New York or even Jerusalem. Maybe it’s something in my DNA.

For Lag Ba’Omer, a delicious way to celebrate today’s delicate harmony between Jews and Italians

Right after World War II, the chief rabbi of Rome scandalized fellow Jews by becoming a Christian

Hungarian writer György Spiró’s newly translated novel ‘Captivity’ powerfully sets the perils of modern Jewry in Early Christian Rome

Tracing the fate of 25,000 volumes lost to the Holocaust

Tisha B’Av was the first Jewish holiday I learned about growing up in Soviet Ukraine, and I’ve come to observe it in unexpected ways

The victims of the Ardeatine Caves murders included partisans, Jews, and a Sardinian folk star named Gavino De Lunas

Barbara Aiello has uncovered many Italians’ secret histories. But her methods and theories have won her many detractors.