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In 2016 the Venetian Ghetto will celebrate its 500th anniversary. For centuries, the Ghetto has been not only a place of segregation but also a meeting place of many cultures. In the Venice Ghetto Jewish culture was nurtured and thrived and from there it spread to many other parts of the world.

To recognize and commemorate the shaping power of the Ghetto for Jewish life and its historical connections to other cultures, The Venice Center for International Jewish Studies is dedicated to promoting and facilitating advanced academic study and research, ongoing student and adult learning in Jewish studies, and the enhancement of Jewish life and culture in the Ghetto today.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Margaret Brose, Unicersity of California Santa Cruz
Bryan Cheyette, University of Reading
Joshua Holo, Hebrew Union College
Shelley Hornstein, York University, Toronto
Simon Levis Sullam, Oxford University
Amos Luzzatto, Comunità Ebraica di Venezia
Gadi Luzzatto Voghera, Boston University
Jonathan Malino, Guilford College
Lisa Pon, Southern Methodist University
Benjamin Ravid, Brandeis University
Marc Shell, Harvard University
Werner Sollors, Harvard University
Emanuela Trevisan Semi, Università Ca’Foscari Venezia
Hayden White, Stanford University
Hana Wirth-Nesher, Tel Aviv University

BOARD of DIRECTORS

Shaul Bassi (Università Ca'Foscari Venezia)
Murray Baumgarten (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Sheila Baumgarten (Development Consultant, San Francisco)
Napoleone Jesurum (Venice)
Frances Katz Levine, Esq. (New York/Venice)