A pamphlet “The Jews of Rome” with a photograph of the Great Synagogue on the front page, was published here today by the Governmental Provincial Board for Tourism in Rome. Illustrated with color photographs and with a narrative description of monuments of Jewish interest in this city, the brochure, in Italian, contains a brief history of the Jewish presence in Rome during 22 centuries and the various events culminating in the tearing down of the ghetto gates in 1870 and the Nazi persecutions during the Second World War.
A separate section is devoted to Jewish cultural life in Rome and to Jewish holidays. The booklet, which was prepared with the cooperation of the Rome Jewish community, will also be printed in English and other foreign languages in the next few months.
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