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The Italian Jewish Cultural Center of Calabria (IjCCC) is an international organization based in Calabria, the southernmost region of Italy. Founded by Rabbi Barbara Aiello, whose Jewish ancestry includes B’nai Anusim (Italians whose ancestors were forced into adult baptism and Christian conversion during Inquisition times), is the founding directo...

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Today the US District Court Western District of Pennsylvania and the Honorary Consulate of Italy in Pittsburgh presented an event on the Italian influence on the American Constitution, focused on the role of Cesare Beccaria, Gaetano Filangieri and Filippo Mazzei, with the participation of a delegation of judges and professors from Italy. The event...

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There are dozens of Italian restaurants along the Main Line. Some label themselves as trattorias. Others prefer to be known as ristorantes. Still others brand as cucinas. Many opt to market just as a restaurant, and use a proper name as a prefix or suffix. There are even a few that cook up fictitious names that “just sound Italian.” Case in point i...

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Hundreds packed the waterfront here on Saturday for one of the best attended Italian Festivals in recent memory. Parked cars jammed the Mill Street Parking Lot, stretching north along Old Route 13 filling every parking lot and space along the way. Beautiful weather and comfortable temperatures combined with the attraction of the new boat docks brou...

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Caputo Brothers Creamery earned top honors for excellence in artisan cheesemaking with a first place win at the 34th annual American Cheese Society Competition (ACS) held this year in Denver, Colorado on July 28. In the first year of submitting an aged cheese to the Competition, Caputo Brothers Creamery’s Ricotta Salata Vecchio won first place in t...

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It gives me great pleasure to announce that on October 24, 2017, Nonna Romana and I will host a Pugliese dinner with recipes exclusively from my Cooking with Nonna Cookbook at the fine restaurant in Philadelphia, PA: Gran Caffe L'Aquila. The dinner will be a five course dinner with wines from the renowed winery of Puglia: Tormaresca. Nonna Romana a...

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On March 14, 1891, in the city of New Orleans, 11 Italian Americans were lynched by an angry mob.  The anger stemmed from a jury’s failure to convict the men of killing a police officer, Daniel Hennessy.  Refusing to accept the verdicts, a crowd marched to the prison where the acquitted defendants were held post-trial, broke down the doors screamin...

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Fresh off the success of last year’s historic boxing matches between Pittsburgh and Cuba, the Hibernian Celtic Athletic Fund will be among the sponsors of an Oct. 9 program involving some of Italy’s finest young boxers at the Priory on Pittsburgh’s North Side. “This is another chance for them (local young boxers) to fight on a big stage against som...

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La Festa Italiana just wrapped up its 42nd year in Courthouse Square. A festival of entertainment, art and the star of the show –food – La Festa failed to disappoint with its smorgasbord of Italian cuisine. After going to La Festa four years in a row, I’ve accumulated a good amount of knowledge on how to maximize your La Festa experience. Without f...

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The 34th annual Bristol Italian Day is set for this weekend in Bristol Borough. The annual celebration of Italian culture is sponsored and presented by the Bristol Lions Club. It will be held at Lions Park by the wharf in Bristol Borough. The festival gives attendees the chance to congregate, eat authentic Italian food and listen to authentic Ital...

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