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House of Encounter and Dialogue between Religions and Cultures
A “House of Encounter and Dialogue between Religions and Cultures” in Bologna: this is what is set out in the memorandum of understanding signed on 8 April 2021 by the Mayor of Bologna and…
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A Christian's Questions to a Jew
This guide does not provide either in-depth or scholarly answers, for which quite different texts are necessary.
Living Wills According to Halachah
By Rabbi Alberto Sermoneta I would like to begin this paper of mine by quoting a passage from the Jerusalem Talmud,[2]: Rabbi Judan son of Pazi said: "(The Holy One, Blessed be He) filled a…
How Minhag Originates
By Rav Alberto Sermoneta In the book of Bereshit, at chapter 26 verse 17, we find narrated an episode in which the Patriarch Isaac resumes a work of his father Abraham after having…
The Golem
The verb *galam* means “to wrap”, “to take shape” in Hebrew; the word thus formed can mean many things: from the concept of “shapeless mass” it takes on the meaning of “cocoon”, “embryo”,…
Justice and Responsibility
By Rabbi Alberto Sermoneta We are all ready to take on responsibilities, we all take responsibility when we find ourselves faced with something, perhaps faced with a fact to testify to, yet…
- Dona Gracia Mendes, the Lady of the Marranos By Ines Miriam Marach Adaptation of a lecture given at the Jewish Community of Bologna as part of the series “Women and Judaism” in April 2007. The eventful and at times…