Despite a continuous presence for over 2000 years, the Italian Jewish community – the Italkim – has numbered no more than 50,000 since it was fully emancipated in 1870. The following is a list of some prominent Italian Jews. Main article: List of Jews. ... Main article: List of Jews. ... There are a small number of Black African groups that practice Judaism, the most prominent of which are the Beta Israel of Ethiopia. ... From the Arab Expansion until the late twentieth century, Jews were a significant part of the population of Arab countries. ... Many of the Jews expelled from the Iberian Peninsula during the Spanish Inquisition settled in the Ottoman Empire, leaving large Sephardic communities in South-East Europe: mainly in Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece and Yugoslavia (though the latter in particular also had a large Ashkenazi population). ... Until the Holocaust, Jews were a significant part of the population of Eastern Europe. ... Before the Holocaust, Jews were a significant part of the Baltic population. ... Apart from France, established Jewish populations exist in the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland. ... Jews had lived in the Iberian peninsula since the Dark Ages, experiencing a Golden Age under Arab rule. ... Jewish immigration to Latin America began with seven sailors arriving in Christopher Columbuss crew. ... Here is a list of some prominent (non Latin-) Caribbean Jews, arranged by country of origin. ... At about 6 1/2 million, the Jewish population of the United States is currently the largest Jewish population in the world. ... There have been a number of established Asian Jewish communities outside the Arab World: in Iran (Persian Jews) and Kurdistan; the Gruzim and Juhurim of the Caucasus; the Bene Israel and Cochin Jews of India (Jews in India); and the Bukharan Jews of Uzbekistan. ... The vast majority of Jews in Oceania (c. ... The word Jew (Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity; and often a combination of these attributes. ... Categories: Italy-related stubs | Judaism-related stubs | Jewish Italian history | Italian culture | Jews ... 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Political figures

• Fiorello La Guardia, New York mayor (Italian parents, Jewish mother)
• Anna Kuliscioff, revolutionary feminist
• Luigi Luzzatti, Italian Prime Minister (1910-1911)
• Daniele Manin, President of the Venetian republic (1848) (Jewish father convert)
• Margherita Sarfatti, journalist & mistress of Mussolini
• Sydney Sonnino, Italian Prime Minister (1906 1909-10) (Jewish father)

Fiorello Henry LaGuardia (December 11, 1882–September 20, 1947) was the Mayor of New York from 1934 to 1945. ... Luigi Luzzatti (1841 - 1927) was a Italian political figure. ... Danièle Manin (May 13, 1804 - September 22, 1857), Venetian patriot and statesman, was born in Venice. ... Margherita Sarfatti (1880 - 1961) was an Italian journalist, art critic, patron, collector, socialite, and one of Mussolinis mistresses. ... Benito Mussolini created a fascist state through the use of propaganda, total control of the media and disassembly of the working democratic government. ...

Academics

• Faraj ben Salim, physician
• Eugenio Calabi, mathematician
• Laura Capón, physicist; married to non-Jew Enrico Fermi
• Guido Castelnuovo, mathematician
• Federigo Enriques, mathematician
• Guido Fubini, mathematician
• Carlo Ginzburg, historian
• Giovanni Jona-Lasinio, physicist (Jewish father)
• Tullio Levi-Civita, mathematician
• Rita Levi-Montalcini, neurologist, Nobel Prize (1986)
• Cesare Lombroso, criminologist
• Salvador Luria, microbiologist, Nobel Prize (1969)
• Gino Luzzatto, economical historian
• Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, rabbi, scholar, mystic
• Samuel David Luzzatto
• Franco Modigliani, economist, Nobel Prize (1985)
• Bruno Pontecorvo, physicist
• Guido Pontecorvo, geneticist
• Giulio Racah, physicist
• Bruno Rossi, astrophysicist
• Emilio Segrè, physicist, Nobel Prize (1959)
• Obadiah ben Jacob Sforno, rabbi, philosopher
• Piero Sraffa, economist
• Gabriele Veneziano, physicist
• Andrew Viterbi, inventor of the Viterbi algorithm
• Vito Volterra, mathematician

This article needs to be wikified. ... Eugenio Calabi is a mathematician and professor emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania, specializing in differential geometry, partial differential equations and their applications. ... Guido Castelnuovo (14 August 1865, Venice – 27 April 1952, Rome) was an Italian Jewish mathematician. ... Federigo Enriques (5 January 1871 –14 June 1946) was an Italian mathematician, now known principally as the first to give a classification of algebraic surfaces in birational geometry, and other contributions in algebraic geometry. ... Guido Fubini (January 19, 1879 - June 6, 1943) was an Italian mathematician, best known for Fubinis theorem. ... Carlo Ginzburg is a noted historian and pioneer of microhistory. ... Tullio Levi-Civita (March 29, 1873 - December 29, 1941) was an Italian mathematician, most famous for his work on tensor calculus but who also made significant contributions in other areas, some related to this work and some not. ... Rita Levi-Montalcini (born April 22, 1909 in Turin) is an Italian-American neurologist who, together with colleague Stanley Cohen, received the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of growth factors. ... Cesare Lombroso (1835-1909) is a historical figure in modern criminology, and the founder of the Italian Positivist School of criminology. ... Salvador Edward Luria (August 13, 1912 - February 6, 1991) was a naturalized American microbiologist whose pioneering work on phage helped open up molecular biology. ... Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (also Moses Chaim, Moses Hayyim, also Luzzato) (1707-1746), also known by the Hebrew acronym as the RAMCHAL, was a prominent Italian Jewish rabbi, mystic, and philosopher best remembered today for his ethical treatise Mesillat Yesharim (Path of the Just). ... Samuel Davis Luzzatto (August 22, 1800 - September 30, 1865) was a Italian Jewish scholar. ... Franco Modigliani (June 18, 1918 – September 25, 2003) was an Italian-American economist at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and winner of The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel in 1985. ... Bruno Pontecorvo Bruno Pontecorvo (Pisa, Italy 1913 - Dubna, Russia 1993) was an Italian atomic physicist, early assistant of Enrico Fermi then author of numerous studies in high energy physics, especially on neutrinos. ... Giulio (Yoel) Racah (1909 - August 28, 1965) was an Israeli physicist and mathematician. ... Bruno Rossi was a leading Italian astrophysicist who worked on x-ray astronomy and space plasma physics. ... Portrait of Dr. Emilio Segre Emilio Gino Segrè (February 1, 1905 - April 22, 1989) was an Italian American physicist who, with Owen Chamberlain, won the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery of the antiproton. ... Obadiah ben Jacob Sforno was an Italian rabbi, Biblical commentator, philosopher and physician. ... Piero Sraffa (1898-1983) was an influential economist. ... Andrew Viterbi (March 9, 1935) is an American Electrical Engineer and businessman. ... The Viterbi algorithm, named after its developer Andrew Viterbi, is a dynamic programming algorithm for finding the most likely sequence of hidden states – known as the Viterbi path – that result in a sequence of observed events, especially in the context of hidden Markov models. ... Vito Volterra (May 3, 1860 - October 11, 1940) was an Italian mathematician and physicist, best known for his contributions to mathematical biology. ...

Musicians

• Mario Ancona, baritone
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, guitar, synagogal music composer
• Gerald Finzi, composer (Italian father)
• Eydie Gorme, singer (Italian father)
• Mike Mainieri, jazz vibrophanist (Italian parents)
• Lorenzo Da Ponte, opera librettist
• Salamone Rossi, baroque composer
• Victor de Sabata, conductor (Jewish mother)

Mario Ancona (1860-1931) was a Italian tenor, born in Livorno, Italy, and died in Florence. ... Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (April 3, 1895 – March 16, 1968) was an Italian Jewish composer. ... This Judaism-related article is in need of attention. ... Gerald Raphael Finzi (July 14, 1901 - September 27, 1956) was a British composer, whose popularity has increased considerably in the years since his death. ... Eydie Gorme (real name Edith Gormezano) (born August 16, 1931 in The Bronx, New York City, United States), is an American singer, and wife of Steve Lawrence. ... Lorenzo Da Ponte (March 10, 1749 - August 17, 1838) was an Italian librettist. ... Salamone Rossi (about 1570 – about 1630) was an Italian violinist and composer of the Jewish faith. ...

Writers

• Paolo Milano, author
• Giorgio Bassani, author
• Leone Ginzburg, writer (born in Ukraine)
• Natalia Ginzburg (b. Levi), author (Jewish father), wifer of Leone and mother of Carlo
• Carlo Levi, writer, painter & physician
• Primo Levi, chemist and author
• Carlo Michelstaedter
• Alberto Moravia, author (Jewish father)
• Umberto Saba, poet (single Jewish mother)
• Clara Sereni, writer
• Italo Svevo (b. Schmitz), author (Jewish mother)

Giorgio Bassani (March 4, 1916 - April 13, 2000) was a novelist, poet, essayist, editor, and international intellectual. ... Natalia Ginzburg née Levi (14 July 1916, Palermo, Italy - 7 October 1991, Rome) was an Italian author whose work explored family relationships. ... Carlo Ginzburg is a noted historian and pioneer of microhistory. ... Carlo Levi Carlo Levi (29 November 1902 – January 4, 1975) was an Italian-Jewish painter, writer, activist, anti-fascist, and doctor. ... Primo Levi Primo Levi (July 31, 1919 - April 11, 1987) was an Italian chemist and author of memoirs, short stories, poems, and novels. ... Carlo Michelstaedter (1887-1910) was a philosopher, poet, and painter, from an Italian speaking part of the Austro-Hungarian empire. ... Alberto Moravia (November 28, 1907 – September 26, 1990; born Alberto Pincherle) was one of the leading Italian novelists in the 20th century. ... Umberto Saba (March 9, 1883 - August 26, 1957) was the pseudonym of Italian poet and novelist, Umberto Poli. ... Ettore Schmitz (December 19, 1861 - September 13, 1928), better known by the pseudonym Italo Svevo, was an Italian businessman and author of novels, plays, and short stories. ...

Artists

• Amedeo Modigliani, painter and sculptor
• Frank Horvat, fashion photographer
• Leo Lionni
• Moni Ovadia, theatre figure
• Gillo Pontecorvo, director
• Bruno Zevi, architect

Amedeo Modigliani Amedeo Clemente Modigliani (July 12, 1884 – January 24, 1920) was an Jewish Italian painter and sculptor. ... Leo Lionni (* 1910 Amsterdam, † 1999 Tuscany) was an author and illustrator of childrens books. ... Gillo Pontecorvo is an Italian film director best known for his 1967 film, Battle of Algiers. ...

Business

• John Elkahn, Vice Chairman of Fiat (Jewish father)
• Moses Haim Montefiore, financier & philanthropist
• Camillo Olivetti, founder of Olivetti typewriters

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Other

• Edgardo Mortara, boy kidnapped by Catholic Papal authorities
• Enzo Sereni
• Lindsey Vuolo, model (converted Italian father)

Edgardo Mortara (August 27, 1851–March 11, 1940) was a six-year-old Jewish boy living in Bologna, Italy, when he was seized by the Papal authorities in 1858 and taken to be raised as a Catholic. ... Playboy centerfold appearance November 2001 Birthplace Princeton, New Jersey Birthdate October 14, 1981 Measurements 34 DD - 24 - 35 Height 5 ft 8 in (1. ...

See also

• Italkim
• History of the Jews in Italy
• List of Jews
• List of Italians