Amos Luzzatto
Amos Luzzatto (born June 3, 1928 in Rome ) is an Italian doctor and essayist as well as a leading member of the Jewish community of Rome .
Life
Amos Luzzatto comes from a family of Italian-Jewish scholars. His maternal grandfather was the rabbi , publicist and politician Dante Lattes (1876–1965). A paternal ancestor, Samuel David Luzzatto (1800–1865), was a representative of the science of Judaism in Italy.
Amos Luzzatto lived in Jerusalem until 1946 . For over 40 years he worked as a surgeon in various Italian hospitals. As a university lecturer and senior physician in charge, he primarily studied the application of mathematical models to medical-clinical research.
He describes himself as a " doctor - expert on Jewish culture ". In the tradition of Chaim Nachman Bialik and Achad Ha'am , he believes that Jewish national identity should develop in continuity with Jewish history and tradition, and calls upon those who wish to follow this path, not just them Hebrew language , but also to study the Bible , the Talmud , rabbinical literature and all of its developments up to modern times.
He has written Italian translations and commentaries on the book of Job (published by Feltrinelli in 1991 ) and the Song of Songs ( La Giuntina 1997). He has also published an introduction to the Midrash (Morcelliana Verlag, Brescia, 1999) and a collection of his interviews under the title Una vita tra ebraismo, scienza e politica (“A life between Judaism, science and politics”) (Morcelliana, 2003).
He contributed with personal essays to the books Ebrei moderni (“Modern Jews”, Bollati-Boringheri 1989) and Sinistra e questione ebraica (“The Left and the Jewish Question”, Editori Riuniti 1989) .
He is the managing editor of the monthly magazine Rassegna Mensile d'Israel, founded by his grandfather .
From June 1998 to February 2006 he was President of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities ( Unione delle comunità ebraiche italiane ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ 130 Jewish leaders thank John Paul II , New York Times , January 19, 2005
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| SURNAME | Luzzatto, Amos |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian physician and essayist, member of the Jewish community of Rome |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 3, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |