January 29, 2009
Ricordare per non morire
Foto di Donatella Scatamacchia
Cancello di ingresso al campo di concentramento di Sachsenhausen, Berlino
Tutt'intorno c'è silenzio, Un silenzio surreale rispetto all'enorme quantità di gente che cammina e pensa, e piange, e non si spiega come tutto sia potuto essere reale.
Leggere di quanto il male sia banale, ascoltare le voci di coloro che hanno provato sulla propria pelle la disumana vicenda dei lager nazisti, è solo una piccola parte rispetto al dolore che si prova visitando un campo di concentramento.
Felix Stefanile, the "Everyman" Poet
Italian America has lost one of its greatest poets and thinkers. In exhorting his Italian/American sisters and brothers to learn of their history, he once stated, "There is no ontology without archaeology!" Felix always knew how to say what had to be said.
L'Olocausto in un film Disney. Il bambino con il pigiama a righe
Storia di Bruno e del suo amico Shmuel. L’Olocausto raccontato sottovoce da Mike Herman in un film toccante e tragico
January 29, 2009
Cultural Philanthropy Continues!
We still have miles to go, but the Inserras, the Coccias, and others are shortening the distance...
January 29, 2009
Felix Stefanile, the ”Everyman” Poet
Italian America has lost one of its greatest poets and thinkers. In exhorting his Italian/American sisters and brothers to learn of their history, he once stated, ”There is no ontology without archaeology!” Felix always knew how to say what had to be said.
Francis Ford Coppola, how Facebook is changing the industry and his new film
BLACKBOOKMAG. Five-time Oscar winning director, producer, writer, hotelier, pasta-company owner, publisher, restaurateur, and winemaker Francis Ford Coppola on getting wrapped up in the wine business, how Facebook is changing the industry and his new film, out in April, Tetro. (Read the aricle by Marcy MacDonald)
Italian prince launches fashion line
AFP. Italy's prince Emmanuel Filiberto of Savoy is entering the fashion business with a clothing line branded "Prince of Italy" and bearing the arms of his royal family, he told the gossip weekly, Di piu. (Read the article)
Remembrance Day - Print
Posted January 28th, 2009 by Anonymous
Links to http://www.i-italy.org/files/file/Memoria-al-Futuro.pdf.
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Italian, American & Jewish
Interview with Anthony Julian Tamburri, Dean of the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute (CUNY): "As an Italian in the US you were automatically identified as a Catholic; but then you were also a Jew, so a 'minority within a minority'..."
January 28, 2009
Remembrance of Jews past, but never lost
Jerry Krase - ballpoint pen on graphed memo pad paper
I brought my camera and two of my daughters with me when I visited Auschwitz (Oswiecem) in the spring of 1997. After passing under the Arbeit Macht Frei portal I could not bring myself to photograph anything, but I did scribble this shoe that stood in a pile of "personal effects."
Being reminded of International Holocaust Remembrance Day makes me recall many things... past present and future..
From McDonald's to museums: Mario Resca, Italy's new culture Tsar
AFP. With a background in Big Macs and designer handbags, Mario Resca did not seem the obvious choice to become the chief adman for culture in the nation that gave us Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci. (Read the article)
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