History & culture
At the Ferramonti Concentration Camp: Three Synagogues, High Holy Days and Bed Sheet Brides
August 2021 | Rabbi Barbara Aiello
L’articolo descrive di un campo di concentramento a Ferramonti nel sud italia in cui due rabbini celebravano i matrimoni dove le spose misero i vestiti fatti di lenzuole e zanzariere. I rabbini aiutarono con le nascite di 21 bambini. I detenuti...
Eighteenth-Century Views of Rome: The Art of Giovanni Paolo Panini and Giovanni Battista Piranesi
August 2021 | David Gariff
Giovanni Paolo Panini e Giovanni Battista Piranesi furono due degli artisti più bravi durante il diciottesimo secolo. Questi artisti dipinsero la città di Roma. Panini nacque a Piacenza. Fu fortemente affascinato dall’architettura romana e dalla...
NIAF Provides More Than Quarter of a Million Dollars in Scholarships and Fellowships in 2021
July 2021 | La Gazzetta Italiana
The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) is pleased to announce it has awarded more than a quarter of a million dollars in direct aid to outstanding Italian Americans in 2021 alone. “As the premier Italian American organization, we are very...
Una Connessione con la Cultura
July 2021 | Chris Althouse
In quest’articolo, lo scrittore Chris Althouse descrive le ragioni per cui studia l’italiano. Lui spiega che i suoi bis-bisnonni sono immigrati dall’Italia. Lui aveva solo poche informazioni della sua eredita’. Quando ha cominciato i suoi studi...
NIAF Names Robert Allegrini as President
July 2021 | La Gazzetta Italiana
This past May, the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) announced and welcomed its new president, Robert V. Allegrini.
Mr. Allegrini is a public relations and hospitality executive, author, civic leader and diplomat who brings a wealth of...
Artistic and Artisan Heritage of the Assisi Textiles
July 2021 | Anne Robichaud
“There isn’t a day that I don’t have a needle in my hand,” Antonietta told me as we talked about her passione for the embroidery of the punto Assisi (the Assisi stitch). She grew up with a passion for the punto Assisi as her mother created textile...
Tombs as Collective Memory: Santa Croce, Ugo Foscolo and Dei Sepolcri
July 2021 | David Gariff
Quest’articolo descrive la Basilica di Santa Croce a Firenze. Questa basilica ha diversi tombe, monumenti, e opere artistiche. Per esempio il poeta Ugo Foscolo, malgrado il fatto nacque in Grecia, fu seppellito nella basilica perché fu un uomo ben...
The Italian Immigrant
June 2021 | William Giovinazzo
What images come to mind when someone mentions Italian immigrants to the United States? If you are like most people, myself included, you imagine steamships and the early 1900s. Typically, what I envision is the iconic scene in “The Godfather, Part...
Mondo Stray
June 2021 | Lee Laurino
In large Italian cities you may notice dogs with owners in tow, often breeds that may be considered “designer” or “pure bread.” Rarely, however, do you see stray dogs roaming.
In 2010, Fiona Cole and Carlo Cesario rescued their dog, Dino...