Tuesday November 9 2021. 12:30 - 1:45 on Zoom. Click HERE to join the webinar. Dora and Sofia Piperno grew up in a Jewish family in Rome, Italy. In 2016 the two sisters founded a company with a very particular business plan: to resurrect the lost Jewish-Italian tradition of silk tallit manufacturing, and market their products to a global public.

The tallit (pl: tallitot) is a Jewish ritual prayer shawl, and the Jews of Italy had a long tradition of making exquisitely crafted and ornate tallitot out of fine Italian silk and embroidery; however, this art had been lost during the tumultuous 20th century. After extensive historical research, the Piperno sisters decided to found a company, Talled di Seta, that produces magnificent tallitot out of fine Italian silk according to the ancient practice.