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History and Genealogy of the Jews of Tuscany

Filed Under Italia By Nardo Bonomi Braverman on March 22, 2020

The Mediterranean is the name of the sea that lies “in the middle of the lands,” these lands being the continents of Africa, Europe, and Asia. The Italian peninsula is located centrally on this sea. Because of its strategic position, […]

An Alternative Path To Emancipation: Jewish Merchants and Cross-Cultural Networks in the 18th Century Italian Ghettos

Filed Under Academia, Italia By Federica Francesconi on May 4, 2016

On January 10, 1774, two Jews –Moïsè Beniamino Foà (1730-1821) and Emanuele Sacerdoti (1719-1804) – met somewhere in the ghetto of Modena – the capital city of the Este Duchy in Northern Italy – with a specific purpose. They founded the “Nuova […]

Unwanted Jewish Aliens in France: A Guide to French (and Other) Holocaust Records

Filed Under België / Belgique, France, Helvetia, Holocaust, Italia, United Kingdom By Manuela Wyler on July 1, 2009

This article is based upon a talk given at the IAJGS Conference in Philadelphia, August 2–6, 2009—Ed. For the past five years, I have been researching the fate of Jewish refugees in Belgium, France, Italy, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom […]

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