Florence

Florence's historic monuments targeted in $35M international fraud scheme

Intercepting email correspondence, criminals posed as a company that carried out restoration and conservation work and received nearly 1.8 million euros from it.

Brunelleschi's Dome and Giotto's Campanile of the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower (Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore) are pictured from a panoramic point of Florence, in Tuscany region, Italy, April 15, 2024.
 Prof. Milette Shamir, TAU’s Vice President for International Affairs.

Lessons from history: Florence hosts global seminar on antisemitism and resilience

Rare first edition of Machiavelli’s The Prince

Rare first edition of Machiavelli's 'The Prince' going up for auction

The Italian flag waves over the Quirinal Palace in Rome, Italy May 30, 2018

'Palestinian children's blood is on your hands', hon. Israel consul in Florence told


Lost Jewish renaissance painter favored by the Medici discovered

The life and career of Jona Ostiglio also shed light on the relations between faith communities in 17th-century Florence.

Tapestry "Christ's charge to Peter" designed by Renaissance artist Raphael is on display on a lower wall of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican

Italian Jews launch crowdfunding campaign to save centuries-old books

Many of the books have survived Nazi raids and natural catastrophes. Some 2,000 of them are to be donated to those who pledge at least €200 to the campaign.

Books from the collection of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities.

Italian university dedicates garden to Jewish professor expelled in 1938

Enzo Bonaventura then emigrated to Jerusalem and was killed in one of the Arab attacks against the special convoys directed to Mount Scopus in 1948.

A view of Jerusalem's Mount Scopus