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Luzzatto
Luzzatto (or Luzzato) is an Italian surname. According to a tradition communicated by S. D. Luzzatto, the family descends from a German Jew who immigrated into Italy from the province of Lusatia, and who was named after his native place. on Jewishencyclopedia Notable people with the surname include: * Amos Luzzatto (1928–2020), Italian Jewish writer * (1837–1919), Italian journalist and writer * Filos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel David Luzzatto
Samuel David Luzzatto ( he, שמואל דוד לוצאטו, ; 22 August 1800 – 30 September 1865), also known by the Hebrew acronym Shadal (), was an Italian Jewish scholar, poet, and a member of the Wissenschaft des Judentums movement. Early life Luzzatto was born in Trieste on 22 August 1800 (Rosh Hodesh, 1 Elul, 5560), and died at Padua on 30 September 1865 (Yom Kippur, 10 Tishrei 5626). While still a boy, he entered the Talmud Torah of his native city, where besides Talmud, in which he was taught by Abraham Eliezer ha-Levi, chief rabbi of Trieste and a distinguished pilpulist, he studied ancient and modern languages and science under Mordechai de Cologna, Leon Vita Saraval, and Raphael Baruch Segré, who later became his father-in-law. He studied the Hebrew language also at home, with his father, who, though a turner by trade, was an eminent Talmudist. Luzzatto manifested extraordinary ability from his very childhood, such that while reading the Book of Job at school, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moshe Chaim Luzzatto
Moshe Chaim Luzzatto ( he, משה חיים לוצאטו, also ''Moses Chaim'', ''Moses Hayyim'', also ''Luzzato'') (1707 – 16 May 1746 (26 ''Iyar'' 5506)), also known by the Hebrew acronym RaMCHaL (or RaMHaL, ), was a prominent Italian Jewish rabbi, kabbalist, and philosopher. Biography Early life Moshe Chaim Luzzatto was born in 1707 in the Jewish ghetto of Padua, Republic of Venice. The son of Jacob Vita and Diamente Luzzatto, he received classical Jewish and Italian education, showing a predilection for literature at a very early age. He may have attended the University of Padua and certainly associated with a group of students there, known to dabble in mysticism and alchemy. With his vast knowledge in religious lore, the arts, and science, he quickly became the dominant figure in that group. His writings demonstrate mastery of the Tanakh, the Talmud, and the rabbinical commentaries and codes of Jewish law. Poetry and literature At an early age, he began a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amos Luzzatto
Amos Luzzatto (3 June 1928 – 9 September 2020) was an Italian-Jewish writer and essayist, born in a family of ancient tradition. His mother's father, Dante Lattes, was one of the most important representatives of Jewish Italian culture in the 20th century. His father's great-great-grandfather, Samuel David Luzzatto (Shadal), was teaching at the Rabbinical College in Padua and was an Italian representative of the "Wissenschaft des Judentums". Life During his adolescence, he lived in Jerusalem, until 1946. For more than forty years he worked as a surgeon in several Italian hospitals. He was university lecturer and Chief Physician, he devoted his studies especially to the applications of mathematical systems to the medical-clinical researches. He liked to be defined "physician – expert in Jewish culture". He insisted above all on modern Jewish identity, which, according to him, has increased the value and has brought affirmation to the category of national identity, together w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Dallapiccola
Laura Coen Luzzatto Dallapiccola (9 February 1911 – 26 March 1995) was an Italian librarian and translator. Biography Laura Domitilla Maria Coen Luzzatto was born in Trieste (now part of Italy) into a Jewish family. Her father was Raffaele Moisè Coen Luzzatto and her mother was Irma Fano, both of Jewish origin. Laura was born a Turkish-Ottoman citizen, and only on 20 July 1922, at the age of eleven, did she and the rest of the family become official Italian citizens. Laura Luzzatto graduated in Trieste in 1928, in the same year she moved to Florence to attend the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy. Four years later, she defended her thesis about Niccolò Tommaseo with her supervisor Guido Mazzoni and graduated on 16 May 1932. In 1932–1933, she attended the School for Palaeography, Paleographer Librarians and Archivists, also at the University of Florence, and she joined the Italian Library Association in 1934. After graduation and specialization, she won a contest for a job ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolina Luzzatto
Carolina Luzzatto (née: Sabbadini; 1837–1919) was an Italian journalist and writer. She was one of the early female newspaper directors in Italy and was part of the irredentist liberal-national journalists of the period. Biography She was born in Trieste on 29 November 1837 to the Sabbadini family of Jewish religion and of Sephardic origin. She was the eldest daughter of Isach Sabbadini and Stellina Estella Norsa, originally from Mantua. Philosopher Carlo Michelstaedter was her nephew. She was educated by Marco Tedeschi who was her relative and the chief rabbi of the Jewish community in Trieste. She married Girolamo Luzzatto Coen in 1856 and moved to Gorizia. She started her literary career in 1868 by publishing children's books and continued her activity until 1875. She directed the newspaper ''L’Isonzo'' from 1878 to 1880 and became the director of the newspapers ''Il Raccoglitore'' and ''L’Imparziale'' in 1880. She was the director of the newspaper ''Il Corriere di Gor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simone Luzzatto
Simone (Simcha) Luzzatto ( he, שמחה לוצאטו) (1583–1663) was a prominent rabbi in the Jewish ghetto of Venice, Italy. He shared the rabbinate of Venice with another famous rabbi, Leone de Modena. Works Luzzatto was educated by some of the most outstanding rabbis of his period. By the age of 22, many of his works were being published and discussed throughout the Jewish community. These works, called ''responsa'', gained him a good deal of popularity; including a rather interesting work that deemed it was acceptable to travel by gondola on Shabbat (a day during which travelling on water is normally forbidden to religious Jews). Another of his important works written in Italian is entitled ''Socrate'', which argues that human reason cannot attain its goals if unaided by divine revelation. Expulsion of Jews During this period there were a great many Jews who were being expelled from their homes throughout Italy (and, indeed, the rest of Europe). Fearing the same fate migh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filosseno Luzzatto
Filosseno Luzzatto (Philoxene) (10 July 1829 at Trieste – 25 January 1854 at Padua) was an Italian Jewish scholar; son of Samuel David Luzzatto. His name is the Italian equivalent of the title of one of his father's principal works, "Oheb Ger," which was written at the time of Filosseno's birth. He showed from childhood linguistic aptitude, and having mastered several European languages, he devoted himself to the study of Semitic languages and Sanskrit. When a boy of thirteen he deciphered some old inscriptions on the tombstones of Padua which had puzzled older scholars. Two years later, happening to read D'Abbadie's narrative of his travels in Abyssinia, he resolved to write a history of the Falashas. In spite of his premature death, he wrote several important works: *"L'Asia Antica, Occidentale e Media" (Milan, 1847); "Mémoire sur l'Inscription Cunéïforme Persane de Behistan," in "Journal de l'Institut Lombard" (ib. 1848) *"Le Sanscritisme de la Langue Assyrienne" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiorello La Guardia
Fiorello Henry LaGuardia (; born Fiorello Enrico LaGuardia, ; December 11, 1882September 20, 1947) was an American attorney and politician who represented New York in the House of Representatives and served as the 99th Mayor of New York City from 1934 to 1945. Known for his irascible, energetic, and charismatic personality and diminutive, rotund stature, La Guardia is acclaimed as one of the greatest mayors in American history. A member of the Republican Party, La Guardia was frequently cross-endorsed by parties other than his own, including the Democratic Party, under New York's electoral fusion laws. He was born to Italian immigrants in New York City. Before serving as mayor, La Guardia represented Manhattan in Congress and on the New York City Board of Aldermen. As mayor, during the Great Depression and World War II, La Guardia unified the city's transit system; expanded construction of public housing, playgrounds, parks, and airports; reorganized the New York Police Dep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Jew
The history of the Jews in Germany goes back at least to the year 321, and continued through the Early Middle Ages (5th to 10th centuries CE) and High Middle Ages (''circa'' 1000–1299 CE) when Jewish immigrants founded the Ashkenazi Jewish community. The community survived under Charlemagne, but suffered during the Crusades. Accusations of well poisoning during the Black Death (1346–53) led to mass slaughter of German Jews and they fled in large numbers to Poland. The Jewish communities of the cities of Mainz, Speyer and Worms became the center of Jewish life during medieval times. "This was a golden age as area bishops protected the Jews resulting in increased trade and prosperity." The First Crusade began an era of persecution of Jews in Germany. Entire communities, like those of Trier, Worms, Mainz and Cologne, were slaughtered. The Hussite Wars became the signal for renewed persecution of Jews. The end of the 15th century was a period of religious hatred that ascrib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lusatia
Lusatia (german: Lausitz, pl, Łużyce, hsb, Łužica, dsb, Łužyca, cs, Lužice, la, Lusatia, rarely also referred to as Sorbia) is a historical region in Central Europe, split between Germany and Poland. Lusatia stretches from the Bóbr and Kwisa rivers in the east to the Pulsnitz and Black Elster rivers in the west, and is located within the German states of Saxony and Brandenburg as well as in the Polish voivodeships of Lower Silesia and Lubusz. Lusatia's central rivers are the Spree and the Lusatian Neisse, which constitutes the border between Germany and Poland since 1945 ( Oder–Neisse line). The Lusatian Mountains (part of the Sudetes), separate Lusatia from Bohemia (Czech Republic) in the south. Lusatia is traditionally divided into Upper Lusatia (the hilly southern part) and Lower Lusatia (the flat northern part). The areas east and west along the Spree in the German part of Lusatia are home to the Slavic Sorbs, one of Germany's four officially recogniz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emanuele Luzzati
Emanuele Luzzati (3 June 1921 – 26 January 2007) was an Italian painter, production designer, illustrator, film director and animator. He was nominated for Academy Awards for two of his short films, ''La gazza ladra'' (''The Thieving Magpie'') (1965) and ''Pulcinella'' (1973). Biography He was born in Genoa and turned to drawing in 1938 when, as a son of a Jew (from the part of his father), his academic studies were interrupted by the introduction of the Fascist racial laws. He moved to Switzerland with his family and studied in Lausanne, where he obtained his degree at the local École des Beaux-Arts. He designed his first production of ''Solomon and the Queen of Sheba'' in 1944, a collaboration with his friends Alessandro Fersen, Aldo Trionfo and Guido Lopez. He returned to Italy after the war. His first work as an animator was the short film ''I paladini di Francia'', together with Giulio Gianini, in 1960. He provided designs for the London Festival Ballet, the Chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
