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Throughout the history of the United States, scores of children have arrived at our borders and ports in waves of humanity searching for freedom and safety. One such child was Maria Rosa Segale who, in 1855 at the age of 5, found herself arriving from Italy at the Port of New Orleans with her family, seeking a new home, with no knowledge of where t...

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July is an important month for St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, a nun who was known for her work for immigrants in New York City and who’s the namesake of a health foundation the Archdiocese of New York started last year. Mother Cabrini, as she is commonly known (she started her own order of nuns), was born on July 15, 1850 in Italy and was canonized on...

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They came from the “old” country—that’s what the immigrants called Italy. As a first-generation Italian American, of the 40s and 50s, I have some emotive memories growing up Italian. I remember them well. The thing I most cherished about “growing up Italian,” was the closeness and camaraderie shared among family and friends. One has to understand t...

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Molfetta e New York distano in linea d'aria più di 7000 km, eppure ci sono storie che possono raccontare di un legame indissolubile fra queste due città. Si tratta di storie che spesso partono da ciò che più caratterizza la nostra terra, per esempio la cucina. Alessandro Pendinelli, executive chef del ristorante "Al Vicoletto" sulla 9 East 17th Str...

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New York has been America’s city of immigrants for nearly four centuries. Between 1880 and 1920 over four million Italians were recorded as entering the United States. About three-quarters of these immigrants went through the Ellis Island immigration station with the majority being males between the ages of 24 and 45. The island of Sicily and the r...

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After 10 years of research, recording stories passed down by family members and gleaning much that was chronicled in his 2004 documentary, “Prisoners Among Us,” writer, lyricist, playwright and documentarian Joseph M. Orazi has released his captivating novel of historical fiction, L’America. This powerful series will remind readers of the impact im...

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Lungo le strade della Little Italy of the Bronx, cugina della più nota Mulberry Street di Manhattan si susseguono, sartorie, negozi di scarpe e di arredamento, pasticcerie e soprattutto ristoranti. Siamo a 20 minuti a piedi dall’ultima fermata della metro di Fordham Road Station e l’atmosfera che anima il quartiere è diversa da quella respirata dow...

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Negli Stati Uniti c’è la Major League e la USL Championship. In Inghilterra c’è la Premier League e  la Football Championship. In Italia abbiamo la serie A e la serie B. Prendiamo in prestito le denominazioni delle categorie superiori ed inferiori di calcio perché sembrano ben adattarsi a una percezione diffusa sugli italiani d’Italia e quelli fuor...

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Si svolgerà dal 27 al 29 giugno a Genova la terza sessione del simposio mondiale “Diaspore italiane” presentato dal John Calandra Institute di New York, il Coasit di Melbourne e l’Istituzione dei Musei del Mare e delle Migrazioni di Genova con il patrocinio del Ministero per i beni e le attività culturali. Ad ospitare l’iniziativa, intitolata “Betw...

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Today we’d like to introduce you to Tiziana Ciacciofera Triolo. Tiziana, please share your story with us. How did you get to where you are today?Thinking about my story is something that always gets me very emotional. Years of sacrifices, difficult choices, such as leaving Italy, and continuous changes, all centered around my greatest success: my f...

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