


The Rassegna’s main target was that of supplying to its readers information concerning the religious, political, social and cultural problems which concern Judaism as such, and to put before them the results of recent research in all these fields. Sara Copio Sullam and Debora Ascarelli, the best-known Jewish women poets of the age of the Italian ghetto, have often been studied with a focus on the. Initially owned and managed by Dante Lattes andĪlfonso Pacifici, when it reappeared after 1948 it became the property of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities, the umbrella organization which by law represents Italian Judaism in all its dealings with the Italian government and whose leadership is elected by the members of the communities. Moreover, through an accurate analysis of some figures as such as Simone Luzzatto and Sara Copio Sullam, Veltri will show how the Italian Judaism could be considered as forerunner of the modern European Jewish tradition. The first issue of the Rassegna Mensile di Israel was published in 1925 and from that year onwards, with the exception of the period between 19 when publication was interrupted first because of the anti-Jewish laws and later by events related to the Second World War, it has continued to appear.
