Category Archives: Comunità ebrea

Gino Bartali: An Icon of Sports and Humility

Posted on January 28, 2021 by babbityjean

The year was 1937.  Gino Bartali (1914 – 2000) won the Giro d’Italia for the second straight year.  He was Italy’s and Europe’s biggest sports idol.  By this time, Benito Mussolini had ruled Italy with violence and intimidation for 15 … Continue reading →

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Musica dell’Olocausto

Posted on September 3, 2020 by babbityjean

Era il 1988, quando Francesco Lotoro, pianista e compositore di Barletta in Puglia, venne a conoscenza della musica composta nei campi di sterminio. Sentì che questa musica doveva essere ascoltata e si imbarcò in un progetto molto ambizioso per raccogliere … Continue reading →

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Music from the Holocaust

Posted on September 3, 2020 by babbityjean

It was 1988 when Francesco Lotoro, a pianist and composer from Barletta in Puglia, first heard about the music composed in the death camps.  He felt that the music should be heard, and he embarked on a very ambitious project … Continue reading →

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