News
This section features articles, press releases, updates, and official statements from the President and Councilors of the Jewish Community of Turin. A space for information and reflection.
Sukkot, the festival of precariousness and hospitality
29 September 2026
Articles
Sukkot (the Festival of Booths) is the holiday where, by recalling the time the Jewish people dwelt in booths in the desert after the Exodus
Sukkot at the Jewish School of Turin
29 September 2026
Articles
Anyone who has visited—or will visit during the final days of the festival—the Community Sukkah will immediately notice that one of the themes addressed this year by our school's teachers is hospitality, in the broadest sense. By Ruth Mussi.
MiTo for the City at the Retirement Home
29 September 2026
Articles
On the afternoon of Wednesday, September 13, our retirement home hosted a wonderful "MiTo per la città" event in the fifth-floor lounge: the Fitzenhagen Quartet, featuring highly talented young cellists. By Alda Guastalla.
Together in the Sukkah: Launch of ADEI WIZO Activities
29 September 2026
Articles
The inauguration of the new year of activities for ADEI WIZO took place on Monday, September 28, at 5:00 PM. The event was hosted in the Community Sukkah, decorated with colorful drawings created by the school children. By Eva Vitali Norsa.
October 7: four moments to remember together
23 September 2026
Articles
Three years after the tragic massacre of October 7, the Jewish Community of Turin, the Jewish Studies Group, the Camis de Fonseca Association, the Jewish Community of Casale Monferrato, Left for Israel – Two Peoples, Two States, Italy-Israel Piedmont, and the Italy-Israel Association have chosen to jointly organize four commemorative events. By Sara Levi Sacerdotti.
The End of the End of History at the Circolo dei Lettori
23 September 2026
Articles
The presentation of Gabriele Segre’s book *La fine della fine della storia. Abitare la scomodità del mondo* (Bollati Boringhieri)—organized by the Circolo dei Lettori, the Jewish Community of Turin, the Luxemburg bookstore, and the Collegio Carlo Alberto—drew a very large audience.
Left for Israel, two meetings
23 September 2026
Articles
Last week was very busy for the Turin and Piedmont chapter of “Left for Israel: Two Peoples, Two States,” featuring two distinct yet equally important events. By Anna Segre.
Love, war, and the relationship with God in the poetry of Yehuda Amichai. A meeting.
15 September 2026
Articles
Capping off what has become "Jewish Culture Week," the Vivaldi Auditorium at the National University Library hosted an engaging afternoon dedicated to Yehuda Amichai—a great Israeli poet whose work explores love, but also war, torment, and a complex relationship with the divine and the religious realm. By David Sorani.
Miriam Camerini’s *The Dybbuk*
15 September 2026
Articles
Black magic, mysteries, ghosts—the word *dybbuk* immediately evokes that unsettling world of demons and magic often encountered in Yiddish literature. Shloyme An-Sky’s *The Dybbuk* (1920) is no exception, yet it is also a powerful love story. By Anna Segre.
UCEI: No gag order in the anti-Semitism bill; claims about the measure are false. FNSI and ANPI express concern.
14 September 2026
Comunicati Stampa
Livia Ottolenghi, President of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities, comments on the reactions to Bill 1004 against antisemitism.

