'Houses of Life' collects documents and artifacts on 2,000 years of Italian Jews, puts spotlight on renovations underway at Jewish sites

Despite decades of grassroots work, a community descended from Jews forced into hiding during the Spanish Inquisition fights an uphill battle against local religious bureaucracy

Ignazio La Russa, co-founder of prime minister Meloni's FDI party, posts on Instagram linking his father's far-right faction to the anniversary of Italy's post-WWII constitution

Strict measures barring travel and congregating affect some 60 million people across the country; synagogues in Milan and Venice are closed; Jewish life frozen for now

VP of Union of Italian Jewish Communities cites as inspiration the 'many passages in the Torah that refer to the obligation to help others'

Couple whose ancestors were forced to hide their faith marry atop the ruins of an ancient shul in Calabria