Rome silent as UK strikes target Italians
FT.COM. A series of wildcat strikes in Britain against the use of foreign workers has drawn an angry reaction in Italy. The centre-right coalition government of Silvio Berlusconi, prime minister, has kept largely silent on the issue, possibly fearing that forceful public intervention could trigger a damaging backlash.
Google lands in Italian court over privacy breach
THE INQUIRER. Italian investigators have charged Google's global privacy counsel Peter Fleischer and three other Google executives with defamation and failure to exercise control over personal data. (Read the article by Ncik Farrell)
Italians go mad for Anglo-American cupcakes
REUTERS. From do-it-yourself culinary websites to specialist shops, a growing number of Italians are catering to the growing taste for the miniature decorated sponge cakes popular in Britain and the United States. (Read the article by Eliza Apperly )
Mario Fratti's Award-Winning "Nine" is Re-Imagined by Hollywood
The musical "Nine" took Broadway by storm in the 1980's with a young Antonio Banderas. Rob Marshall will direct a cinematic version that pays homage to Mario Fratti and Federico Fellini
Anti-Semitism in the United States: When and Why
On January 29 at the Italian Academy at Columbia University Professor Ira Katznelson offered a dissertation on the causes and circumstances that led to the rise of xenophobia in the United States
The Responsibility of Memory According to the Primo Levi Center
A survey taken twenty years ago shows that in 1988 Italians had already forgotten about the Racial Laws; they had torn a page out of history. Who is responsible for this? On Remembrance Day, Rabbi Jack Bemporad gave us his answer at the Primo Levi Center
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Polizzi Generosa, My Little Brooklyn
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, NY,
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Texas Tavola: A Taste of Sicily in the Lone Star State & Sanctuary of Love: The Mission of Salvatore Verdirome
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, NY,
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Magic Man: Paul Malignaggi’s life in Brooklyn and Sicily
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, NY,
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Neapolitan Postcards The Canzone Napoletana as Transnational Subject
CUNY Graduate Center, Elebash Recital Hall , NY,
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Cultural Philanthropy Continues!
We still have miles to go, but the Inserras, the Coccias, and others are shortening the distance...
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"An event on Futurism": Celebrations in Milan and Theatrical Performance in New York
Italian Culture Institute, NY,
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