Throughout history, rabbinical community leaders often had to choose between appeasing a local ruler or fighting for Jewish values. A fascinating publication I recently acquired reflects one such ...

A former journalist for the Daily Telegraph brings new light to Mussolini's political contributions and his embattled conscience in this absorbing and fresh biography of the man who created, and then ...

Professor of Anthropology and Italian Studies David Kertzer ’69 P’95 P’98 secured a Pulitzer Prize Monday for his biography of Pope Pius XI and Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. Kertzer, who served ...

"Vincere" is Italian for "win," something Benito Mussolini was driven to do. It makes sense that a similarly ambitious woman would love him, namely, Ida Dalser. She was the Italian Fascist dictator's ...

ROME: Mussolini's secret mistress and their love child emerge from the shadows of history in a film by Italian director Marco Bellocchio to be shown in competition at the Cannes film festival later ...