
Julie Carbonara
Julie Carbonara is a bi-lingual Italian-born journalist who has written widely on business, travel and food, but whose interests extend to politics and social and Jewish issues.#000d She has lived and worked in the UK and in South Africa, where she also developed a keen interest in the country’s internal political affairs. #000d Julie has contributed articles of Italian-Jewish political interest to the JC foreign desk, and is regularly commissioned to write for the JC obituaries page.#000d

Terezin’s songs are sung again
An operatic project is teaching children about the Shoah - and the war in Ukraine

Obituary: Rosa Hanan
Italian Holocaust survivor who never “wasted a crumb”of her memories

Obituary: Ed Asner
American actor whose portrayal of a hard-nosed newspaper editor epitomised the best of journalism

Esther Loewy Bejarano
Auschwitz accordionist for whom music later became a weapon against fascism

David Dushman
One of the last surviving liberators of Auschwitz – who also witnessed Munich attack on Israeli athletes

Larry King
Legendary TV talk-show “infotainer” famous for his softly-softly approach

The secret mission to erase 2,000 years of Jewish life in Libya
The Libyan authorities have been hiding what they are doing to Tripoli’s Dar Bishi synagogue

Prince Philip
The Prince who stood firm behind the Queen: her rock and “her stay” throughout her long reign

Italian government demands repayment of pension from deceased Italian-Libyan
Money was awarded as compensation for persecution under Mussolini

Tom Maschler
Magical thinking of “reluctant” publisher who founded the Booker Prize

Amos Luzzatto
Celebrated Italian polymath who explored the role of Jews within wider European society

Arrigo Levi
Italian journalist, editor and foreign correspondent who advised two Italian Presidents

Franca Valeri
Italian actress who made post-war Italy laugh with her comedic creations

Sophia Loren returns to film to play Auschwitz survivor
The Italian cinema legend is starring in The Life Ahead after a 10-year acting hiatus

Milton Glaser
Graphic designer who created the legendary I NY logo – and then gave it away

Sol Kerzner
South African hotel tycoon who built a pleasure den in the jungle
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