Oct 13, 2009
Speaker: Rabbi Barbara Aiello, Director,
Jewish Culture and Hebrew Language Institute (Calabria, Italy) and
first woman Rabbi in Italy
Location: Temple Shalom; Silver Spring, MD
Jewish life in Italy has a history that dates back to the time of
the Maccabees when Jews settled in Southern Italy 300 years before
the Common Era. In this lecture, Rabbi Barbara Aiello shares
fascinating stories of Italy’s rich Jewish history; from ancient
times through WW II.