Jews, an Italian story

About this book

The exhibition "Jews, an Italian story. The first thousand years", held by the Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah in Ferrara covers over two-thousand years of vital and uninterrupted Jewish presence in Italy: from the early settlements to the development of an established Jewish Italian identity and its impact on Italian society, to the alternating stretches of peaceful cooperation with periods of brutal persecution, leading up to the Holocaust.0The catalogue features a collection of scientific essays written by leading experts in the field, both Italian and foreign, and a description of every piece displayed in the exhibition.00Exhibition: Museo Nazionale dell'Ebraismo Italiano e della Shoah, Ferrara, Italy (14.12.2017-16.09.2018).