| Description |
viii, 238 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Manduzios's story -- Jewish encounters -- The Duce and the Pope -- The man from Milan -- Persecution -- Falling into the net -- A hero comes to visit -- A difficult conversion -- What next? -- After Manduzion -- The promised land -- The story's end. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-228) and index. |
| Summary |
In the late 1920s, a crippled shoemaker had a vision in which God called upon him to bring the Jewish faith to this "dark corner" in the Catholic heartlands, despite his having had no prior contact with Judaism itself. By 1938, about a dozen families had converted at one of the most troubled times for Italy's Jews. This peasant community came under the watchful eye of Mussolini's regime and the Catholic Church, but persisted in its new belief, eventually securing approval from the rabbinical authorities and emigrating to the newly founded State of Israel, where the community still exists today. |
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Jewish converts from Christianity -- Italy -- Sannicandro Garganico.
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Jews -- Italy -- Sannicandro Garganico -- History -- 20th century.
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Conversion -- Judaism -- History -- 20th century.
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Sannicandro Garganico (Italy)
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Sannicandro Garganico (Italy) -- Ethnic relations.
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| ISBN |
9780300114256 cloth alkaline paper |
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0300114257 cloth alkaline paper |
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