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When Ariel Toaff, the descendant of a prestigious rabbinic dynasty, was studying to become a rabbi, almost no one at his yeshiva wore a yarmulke. Even those few pupils who did cover their heads during classes, took hats and yarmulkes off once they left the school. Drinking kosher wine at meals was out of the question: “It was something meant only f...

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Rarefied traces are present today of historical thirteenth century Tuscany, which have changed over time. The echo of the pre-Renaissance era from the landscape to historical and cultural heritage, has been lost and has become a tale, or a popular belief or the subject of minor studies. It was the era of the great battles and the endless wars betwe...

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West Putnam Avenue has long held a prominent position on the circuit of car collectors. That popularity has helped one of the world’s leading makers of ultra-luxury vehicles make a fast start during its first year of sales in Connecticut. Nearly a year after opening its showroom at 300 W. Putnam Ave., Lamborghini is seeing robust local demand for i...

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The Temple of Venus and Roma, located in the Roman Forum opposite the Colosseum, has undergone a €2.5 million restoration sponsored by the luxury fashion house Fendi. The results of the 15-month project, which included structural work and new lighting, were unveiled by Fendi and the Colosseum Archaeological Park on 20 December. Fendi, founded in th...

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The Italian touring exhibition, ‘Created in Italy – An Aptitude for the Impossible‘, will make its first overseas appearance at the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco, on 17 December 2021. The exhibition, which focuses on the landscape of Italian industry, features some of the most outstanding examples of new Italian industrial design and...

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Ermenegildo Zegna is bringing a new luxury product to the New York Stock Exchange itself. And it is doing it in the most financially trendy way. On Monday, the Italian company known for its master of the universe suits will become, it says, the first Italian fashion brand to list on the exchange. It is going public by merging with a shell corporati...

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Futani. It was a small town I’d never heard of, nearish some bigger towns whose names I may have recognized as the upper front ankle of Italy’s boot. The name conjured no images, not the grand arcades that come to mind when someone mentions nearby Sorrento, nor the alluring mythos of Napoli, nor the homes carved into the hillside that look like one...

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This woman – or man, of course – understands you: Iio. It’s pronounced ‘ee-oh’. The Italian counterpart to Alexa, Google Assistant and Siri was presented this week in Milan. S/he is to become the talking domestic assistent from Bolzano to Palermo. That an Italian Alexa is now being marketed may not be particularly shocking in itself. But its appare...

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Sofonisba Anguissola’s Bernardino Campi Painting Sofonisba Anguissola (c.1559) is a reminder that works of art are living objects, bearing traces of their experiences. A sophisticated mise-en-abyme – a painting within a painting – depicting Campi, an artist from Reggio Emilia, working on a portrait of his student, the young Anguissola, it has mutat...

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“There may be at all times some magic within the crafting of a bell,” mentioned Armando Marinelli, who is likely one of the twenty sixth technology of his circle of relatives concerned within the industry. “Each bell has a special soul.” Mr. Marinelli, 61, and his brother Pasquale, 51, run the Marinelli Pontificial Foundry, a landmark on this small...

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