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Second part of the series "Dante in Public": Uri Cohen presents "The Dante of Primo Levi"
Italian Culture Institute, NY,
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Remembrance of Jews past, but never lost
Being reminded of International Holocaust Remembrance Day makes me recall many things... past present and future..
( 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM )
Guercino, Early Paintings From Cento and Bologna
Italian Cultural Institute, NY,
casa
Return to Naples. The Power of Family, History and Memory
A work that treats of two aspects of modern Italian culture not familiar through the tourist industry image of Italy: Jewish culture in Naples and the 1960s divorced from the “dolce vita” stereotype
Employment of Portuguese and Italian workers escalates. Brown stands by British jobs for British workers remark.
Guardian. Britain is facing the threat of a co-ordinated nationwide strike which could hit energy supplies later this week as the dispute over the employment of Portuguese and Italian workers escalates.
Gordon Brown has no regrets over using the phrase "British jobs for British workers". (Read the article by Deborah Summers)
Pope hits out at euthenasia during coma case
AAP. "Euthanasia is a false response to the drama of suffering, a solution unworthy of man". Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday rejected euthanasia as a "false" answer to suffering, saying those in pain should instead be helped to confront it. (Read the article)
Indian immigrant beaten, set on fire in Italy
Economictimes.indiatimes.com. NETTUNO, ROME. An Indian immigrant was beaten and set on fire Sunday near Rome. Police are investigating whether the incident was an anti-immigrant attack, but had not ruled out a robbery motive. Hospitalised in a serious condition, the 35-year-old homeless man was sleeping in Nettuno train station south of Rome when several people beat him brutally before setting him on fire with a container of petrol, police told ANSA news agency. (Read the article)
Remembrance of Jews past, but never lost
Being reminded of International Holocaust Remembrance Day makes me recall many things... past present and future..
February 1, 2009
Nedo, Andrea & Talia
La Guardia Family
An encounter with journalist Andrea Fiano, member of the Board of Directors of the Primo Levi Center (NYC). He is the son of Nedo Fiano, an Auschwitz survivor, and the father of Talia, an Italian American teenager
A tavola l'Italia bandisce l'etnico
The Times. Già nel corso di questa settimana il Consiglio cittadino di Lucca, governato dal centro-destra, aveva emanato un provvedimento che vieta l'apertura di nuovi ristoranti etnici all'interno delle antiche mura cittadine. Oggi tocca al capoluogo della Lombardia, Milano: gli esponenti della Giunta vicini alla Lega hanno promosso simili restrizioni "per proteggere le specialità locali dalla crescente popolarità della cucina etnica". [ CONTINUA ]
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| "Proteggeremo i prodotti toscani" |
Si immagini solo se il governo americano decidesse di proteggere i prodotti e la cucina nazionale. Si immagini New York senza ristoranti "etnici" italiani.... (Leggi l'articolo di Richard Owen)
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"Ethnic" Food Banned from (some) Italian Cities
The Times. The drive to make Italians eat Italian began in the town of Lucca this week, where the centre Right council banned any new ethnic food outlets from opening within the ancient city walls. Yesterday it spread to Lombardy and its regional capital, Milan, which is also run by the centre Right. The antiimmigrant Northern League party brought in the restrictions “to protect local specialities from the growing popularity of ethnic cuisines”.
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| Luca Zaia |
Luca Zaia, the Minister of Agriculture and a member of the Northern League from the Veneto region, said: "We stand for tradition and the safeguarding of our culture. (...) I never ate Kebab. I prefer the dishes of my native Veneto. I even refuse to eat pineapple." Massimo di Grazia, the city of Lucca spokeman, echoed him: "The ban intends to improve the image of the city and to protect Tuscan products. It targets McDonald’s as much as kebab restaurants". La Stampa, an Italian daily newspaper, defined the measure "a new Lombard Crusade against Saracens". Now imagine if the American government decided to "protect" US products and cuisine. Imagine NYC without "ethnic" Italian restaurants. (Read the article by Richard Owen)
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Mondiali di calcio Vs Superbowl: sfida tra le due finali più seguite al mondo
9 luglio 2006, Berlino (Germania): finale dei mondiali Italia-Francia;
1 febbraio 2009, Tampa Bay (Florida): Finale del XLIII Superbowl Cardinals-Steelers.
Ma quali sono le differenze tra le due match? Cosa ha di tanto speciale la finale di football da poter essere più importante per gli americani della finale di calcio?
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