Talk:History of the Jews in Italy

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Most of this article is directly copied from the Jewish Encyclopedia, which accounts for the strangly historic tone, and the NPOV problems, I think: http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=369&letter=I&search=Italy

[edit] Italy, and its Jewish history

Why does Italy not appear in the default box at right, regarding Jews in History? Surely, the rich and long history warrants Italy's inclusion. Dogru144 14:38, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Ghetto di Venezia
The first ghetto was founded in Venice. The Venice-ghetto gave the name to all ghettos in the world. See: Riccardo Calamani: Storia del ghetto di Venezia. Milano 1995. ISBN 99-04-49884-6, Gregor Bert, Germany --89--.55.13.25 19:35, 26 August 2006 (UTC),

According to the Italian union of Jewish communities, in 2006 there were less than 25.000 Jews (that is, people who are members of Italian Orthodox Jewish communities) in Italy. See the 10th paragraph of http://www.ucei.it/CONGRESSO2006/relazioni/claudio_morpurgo.asp --Spararsi 19:29, 6 April 2007 (UTC)