Milan

A man rides a bike in front of a synagogue in Turin, Italy, March 18, 2020. (Stefano Guidi/Getty Images)

Joy, fear and sorrow mix for Italian Jews returning to synagogue

Coming back after 10 weeks felt like “returning home from a war,” one rabbi said. But worshippers face significant and sometimes unsettling conditions.

Man and woman standing outside the Milan Cathedral with protective masks and sanitizing gels in Milan, Italy on Feb. 23,2020 (Andrea Diodato/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Italian synagogues and churches reopen, but with fewer worshippers allowed

One synagogue in Milan, which used to accommodate more than 100 worshippers, is now permitted to hold 28 men and 12 women.

Andrea Finzi, 65, loved post-retirement life in Milan

A father of three, Finzi retired in 2016 from the jewelry store he ran for many years to devote himself to his grandchildren.

A segment of the painting “The Martyrdom of St. Simon of Trento for Jewish ritual murder.” (Giovanni Gasparro/Facebook)

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Prominent Italian painter unveils a work depicting anti-Semitic blood libel

Giorgio Sinigaglia attending the writing of a Torah scroll in Milan, Italy. (Courtesy of the Jewish Community of Milan)

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Giorgio Sinigaglia, 54, was a father of 4 and volunteer in Milan’s Jewish community

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‘It’s separating families’: How the unprecedented coronavirus lockdown is affecting Italy’s Jews

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Thousands march in support of Italian lawmaker, a Holocaust survivor, targeted with threats

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Croatian man accused of dressing up like a rabbi for $30 million art heist in Italy

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Russian visitors give Monaco its largest-ever Jewish gathering

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Milan marchers protest vandalism of ‘stumbling stone’ Holocaust memorial

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