The Venetian Ghetto and modern Jewish identity

A cultural analysis of the changing relationship between the Ghetto of Venice and Jewish identity focused on three different historical moments. The first “centripetal” moment (early 16th century) covers the establishing of the Ghetto as a Jewish quarter. The second, “centrifugal” moment (late 19th-early 20th c.) analyzes the social division of the Jews after emancipation and their contradictory attitudes towards the Ghetto. The third, “gravitational” moment takes into account the revival of the Jewish community after the Shoah and explores its most recent developments. A coda envisions some future scenarios for this globally renowned site.