Project Talmud: A Challenge Successfully Met

The Talmud Project represents the first complete Italian translation of the Babylonian Talmud, carried out with the scientific support of the Italian National Research Council (CNR) and funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR), within the framework of a memorandum of understanding involving the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and the Union of Italian Jewish Communities.

The result of more than fifteen years of work, the project combines philological rigor, scientific research, and technological innovation, making one of the foundational texts of Jewish tradition and Western civilization accessible in the Italian language.

The event at the Italian Cultural Institute in New York introduces to the American cultural and academic community an initiative that places Italy among the few countries in the world to have produced a complete translation of the Babylonian Talmud.

Program

6:00 PM

Opening remarks: Claudio Pagliara, Director of Italian Cultural Institute of New York

Speakers:
Clelia Piperno
Director, Babylonian Talmud Translation Project
Donato Grosser
Scholar of Jewish Studies and Talmudic Literature

Bio

Clelia Piperno
A constitutional scholar and university professor, Clelia Piperno is the founder and director of the Babylonian Talmud Translation Project, the first complete Italian translation of the Talmud. The first woman in Jewish history to lead a Talmudic work of this scope, she has developed a project that combines philological rigor, technological innovation, and intercultural dialogue. She is President of Fondazione Rut.

Donato Grosser
Born in Milan and educated between Jerusalem and New York, Donato Grosser is the founder and president of D. Grosser and Associates, Ltd., a firm specializing in internationalization processes for the American market. A scholar of Italian Judaism and Talmudic literature, he has long played a key role in fostering cultural connections between Italy and the United States.