Anna Foa, Presentation of the Indices (1925-2004)

What follows is the text of the speech given by Prof. Anna Foa at the presentation of the indices  of the Rassegna Mensile di Israel.

“This meeting is to present the comprehensive indices of Rassegna Mensile di Israel.  The indices cover a period of 80 years, from 1925 to 2004. As made clear by Professor Saban’s presentation and as highlighted by Micaela Vitale and Silvia Rebuzzi, curators of the indices, in their essay introducing the work - this was a huge, labor-intensive project requiring several years’ commitment and a painstaking evaluation of the bibliographic and cultural criteria. The work not only allows for a reconstruction of the life of the publication, but also a comprehensive reconstitution of the entire history of Italian Judaism in this period. Read

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