Sunday 11th September Free guided tours of the Synagogue and Jewish Cemetery, book and conference

On Sunday 11th September, Pisa is taking part in the European Day of Jewish Culture with a series of events to discover and rediscover the history and culture of a community that has been a protagonist in the life of the city for over a thousand years: free guided tours, presentation of the new book by Piero Nissim and the conference 'Israel and Jewish Renewal'. 'Renewal' is in fact the theme of the 2022 edition, which aims to recount the challenges of recent years.

Thanks to the collaboration between the Jewish community of Pisa and the Coopculture cooperative, which runs the guided tours of the Synagogue in Via Palestro and the Jewish cemetery in Piazza dei Miracoli, on Sunday the two monuments will be open to the public free of charge. Departures at 10.30am, 11.30am, 12.30pm and 3pm at the Jewish cemetery, at 5pm at the Synagogue. 

At 11.30 a.m., at the Synagogue, presentation of Piero Nissim's new book 'Sonetti ebraici, trenta poesie fuciniane sulla comunità ebraica di Pisa e dintorni' (Jewish Sonnets, thirty poems from Fucina about the Jewish community of Pisa and its surroundings), with the author in attendance and Professor Fabrizio Franceschini speaking.

This will be followed in the afternoon, from 3.30 p.m., by the conference entitled 'Israel and Jewish Renewal'. After the greetings of the mayor of Pisa Michele Conti and the president of the Jewish Community of Pisa Maurizio Gabbrielli, Giorgia Calò, councillor of the Jewish Museum Foundation of Rome and art curator, will speak on the topic: 'From Bauhaus to contemporary art: Israel as a forge of innovation. David Palterer, architect, designer and artist, will continue on 'Israel and design: protagonists, experiences and new horizons'; Andrea Gottfried, artistic director of the Nessiah festival, and Roberto Zadick, writer and journalist, will speak on 'From the music of the founding fathers to the rave parties of Tel Aviv'. Finally, Piergiorgio Borbone, full professor of Hebrew Language and Literature, will speak on 'From Biblical Hebrew to Modern Hebrew: a living language that renews itself'; while Roberta Ascarelli, full professor of German Language and Literature will conclude with 'If you want it is not a fairy tale: Theodor Herzl and his anti-utopia'.