Italian

For immigrant families, a sweet wedding tradition preserves a taste of home

By Bill Motchan — September 9, 2019
(RNS) — Instead of elaborately decorated cakes, many cultures' nuptials feature wedding-only cookies, symbolizing the sweetness the newlyweds will experience after they exchange vows.

Rome’s rabbi gifts Talmud to Library of Congress

By Chris Mathews — October 23, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The Library of Congress got an Italian-Jewish gift.

Italian translation of Babylonian Talmud is first of its kind

By Josephine McKenna — March 30, 2016
ROME (RNS) Dozens of translators, researchers and historians spent five years working on the translation, which will be released in Italian on April 5.

Bishops’ debate over gays: Lost in translation?

By Josephine McKenna — October 16, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The change in the English version was not made in the Italian original, where the term “accogliere,” which means “to welcome,” was kept.
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