JEWS IN VENICE, THE NEW MUSEUM AREA
The new permanent exhibition area shows thus the various ethnic groups or nationi (Nations) as they were called long time ago, reminding their habits and showing a selection of documents and liturgical objects. Even in the small room available, a section about the cultural life in the Venetian ghetto and devoted to its most renowned exponents as, rav Leon Modena and the poet Sara Copio Sullam , just to quote the two major ones, could not be missed. A section is devoted to Venetian Jewish book trade, renowned all over the world for its valuable editions. This section is made precious by the presence of ancient volumes already kept in the Library-Archive “Renato Maestro”. The Museum itinerary continues with some didactic remarks of the 18th century period and to the entrance of Jews inside the Venetian society. To conclude the first section of the renewed Jewish Museum of Venice, a physical and emotional route has been arranged to draw close to the increasing difficulties that Jews in Venice, as well as in the rest of Europe, had to face during the Nazi oppression. The organization of rooms devoted to the cycle of life, birth, marriage and religious regimental office will conclude the enlargement of the museum. Presently in the existing rooms, objects relative to birth and marriage with the exhibition of objects and clothes for circumcision and some Ketubbòth (marriage contracts) are inserted. At the moment the new area is only partially mounted, showing temporary captions; it is, anyway, open to public which has showed to appreciate it , notwithstanding its obvious incompleteness. |
ITALIANO 
he new section of the museum, as conceived by Umberto Fortis, scientific director of the Jewish Museum, wants to accompany the visitor through an artistic and cultural course allowing to understand the fundamental stages that Jews passed though in their Venetian stay.
