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Location of Cannaregio district in Venice. The origins of the name ghetto (ghèto in the Venetian language) are disputed. Among the theories are: ghetto comes from "giotto" or "geto", meaning "foundry", since the first Jewish quarter was near a foundry that once made cannons; [4] [5] ghetto, from Italian getto, which is the act of, or the resulting object from, pouring molted metal into a mold ...
The Renato Maestro Library and Archives was opened in the Venetian Ghetto via private funding in 1981. Its main goal is to make a wide range of resources on Judaism, Jewish civilization, and particularly the history of Italian and Venetian Jews, accessible to a vast public, and to promote knowledge of all these subjects. The library owns a ...
The word ghetto originates from the Venetian ghetto, the Jewish quarter in Venice's Cannaregio district where Jews were legally confined following a 1516 decree. [6] In the 16th century, Italian Jews, including those in Venice, commonly used the unrelated Hebrew term ḥāṣēr ('courtyard') to refer to a ghetto. [6]
The Jews of the world's first ghetto have some words of advice for Europe as it struggles to deal with mass migration. Jews of world's first ghetto reflect on Europe's migrant crisis Skip to main ...
Sarfatti, Michele, The Jews in Mussolini's Italy: From Equality to Persecution (Madison, University of Wisconsin Press, 2006) (Series in Modern European Cultural and Intellectual History). Schwarz, Guri, After Mussolini: Jewish Life and Jewish Memories in Post-Fascist Italy (London-Portland, OR: Vallentine Mitchell, 2012).
Twilight Zone: The Movie; 1984. The Cotton Club; The Killing Floor TV; Places in the Heart; A Soldier's Story; The Times of Harvey Milk* 1985. The Color Purple; 1986. Native Son; Resting Place TV; Soul Man; Wildcats; 1987. Ethnic Notions* (1 sequel: 1992*) A Gathering of Old Men TV; Who Killed Vincent Chin?* 1988. Alien Nation ; Betrayed; Bird ...
Jewish identity for Second Generation European Jews 1985 United States The Ties That Bind: Su Friedrich: 1986 Australia Paradise Camp: Frank Heimans Concerns the Theresienstadt concentration camp: 1986 United States Partisans of Vilna: Joshua Waletzky Documentary produced by Aviva Kempner about the Jewish resistance in the Vilna Ghetto. 1986 ...
Jakob the Liar is a 1999 American-made Holocaust film directed by Peter Kassovitz, produced by Steven Haft and Marsha Garces Williams.It is written by Kassovitz and Didier Decoin based on the 1969 German novel Jacob the Liar, by Jewish author Jurek Becker.