In this episode, journalist and author Gianna Pontecorboli discusses her book about Italian Jews who migrated to the United States from Italy while fleeing persecution under Mussolini. Caught between separate worlds, these families didn't identify with either Italian-American or American Jewish communities, yet many of them achieved remarkable academic, scientific and artistic success.
Directed by Valerio Ciriaci
Italy, 2017
Documentary
Italian, English (with English subtitles)
5 minutes
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