On the occasion of Giorno della Memoria 2022, the Italian Cultural Institute publishes on its digital channels some videos dedicated to this international anniversary, celebrated annually on January 27, as a day for commemorating the victims of the Holocaust.
Video:
The Judeo-Italian Elegy
Reading by Edoardo Ballerini
with images of the city of Jerusalem by
photographer Alessandro de Lisi
and introduction by Fabio Finotti
From January 27, 2022 available HERE
Reading of the Judeo-Italian Elegy, one of the oldest and most moving text of Italian literature in the vernacular of the thirteenth century that focuses on the Jewish condition.
For more in depth look, we recommend: L’elegia giudeo-italiana: edizione critica e commentata. Edited by Sara Natale, Pacini publisher, 2018