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Writer Elena Ferrante is daughter of Holocaust survivor, says journalist

The mysterious best-selling Italian author has been identified by an Italian investigative journalist as Rome-based Anita Raja, a translator who specializes in translating from German into Italian.

October 5, 2016 6:25 am

First Babylonian Talmud in Italian publishing initial volume

The Rosh Hashanah tractate will be ceremonially presented to Italy’s president on April 5, five years from the start of the state-funded project.

March 29, 2016 6:45 am

The Jewish translator behind Elena Ferrante — and Primo Levi

Ann Goldstein — whose "day job" is as an editor at the New Yorker — is the woman behind the success, in English, of the elusive Italian author.

March 8, 2016 3:25 pm

Italian convert to Islam arrested on terror charges

By Ruth Ellen Gruber April 24, 2012 10:02 am

Roman Jews’ meeting with Gadhafi in jeopardy

By Ruth Ellen Gruber June 10, 2009 3:40 pm

Writer Elena Ferrante is daughter of Holocaust survivor, says journalist

October 5, 2016 6:25 am

First Babylonian Talmud in Italian publishing initial volume

March 29, 2016 6:45 am

The Jewish translator behind Elena Ferrante — and Primo Levi

By Erica Brody March 8, 2016 3:25 pm

Italian convert to Islam arrested on terror charges

By Ruth Ellen Gruber April 24, 2012 10:02 am

Roman Jews’ meeting with Gadhafi in jeopardy

By Ruth Ellen Gruber June 10, 2009 3:40 pm

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Writer Elena Ferrante is daughter of Holocaust survivor, says journalist

First Babylonian Talmud in Italian publishing initial volume

The Jewish translator behind Elena Ferrante — and Primo Levi

Italian convert to Islam arrested on terror charges

Roman Jews’ meeting with Gadhafi in jeopardy

Writer Elena Ferrante is daughter of Holocaust survivor, says journalist

First Babylonian Talmud in Italian publishing initial volume

The Jewish translator behind Elena Ferrante — and Primo Levi

Italian convert to Islam arrested on terror charges

Roman Jews’ meeting with Gadhafi in jeopardy

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