Sicily Tag

Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund was interviewed on Israel Radio's English-language service about the dramatic developments taking place in Sicily and southern Italy. Michael discusses the long Jewish history of Italy, including the impact of the Inquisition which drove many Jews underground to become Anousim,...

More than 500 years after the expulsion of the Jews from Sicily, Palermo’s small Jewish community is set to celebrate the opening of its first synagogue since the Spanish Inquisition. The synagogue will be built atop the ruins of the former Great Synagogue of Palermo....