By Ruth Ellen Gruber
I spent Sunday afternoon at the big
Festival of the Jewish Book in Italy. A beautiful, sunny spring day, lots of books (all in Italian, issued by Italian publishers), lots of people....
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| Sign for the Jewish book festival outside the cathedral. Photo (c) Ruth Ellen Gruber |
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| Photo (c) Ruth Ellen Gruber |
most of the action, including talks, "debates", food-tasting and schmoozing,
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| Schmoozing at the festival. Photo (c) Ruth Ellen Gruber |
took place in a graceful cloister in the historic city center near the castle,
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| An event at the book festival. Photo (c) Ruth Ellen Gruber |
but I took in several linked exhibitions, including one that displayed all the 52 entries (including
the winner by the Bologna-based Studio Arco-Architettura) for the building design of the
National Museum of Italian Jewish and the Shoah (MEIS) now in development, which will occupy the building of an old prison in Ferrara.
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| Photo (c) Ruth Ellen Gruber |
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| Photo (c) Ruth Ellen Gruber |
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