Italian-Jewish Heritage, Genealogy & Return

Pitigliano Jewish history: how refugees from papal Rome built a synagogue on a tufa cliff, and what remains of Tuscany's Little Jerusalem today.

What a DNA test reveals about Italian Jewish heritage — and what it cannot. Sephardic, Ashkenazi and Anusim results explained by professional archivists.

A practical guide to reading Italian civil records: how the stato civile works, how to decode an atto di nascita, and where Jewish records are kept.

Jewish Florence from the Medici bankers to the 1571 ghetto, the 1882 Tempio Maggiore and the November 1943 deportation and where the records survive today.

How a Tuscan port became Italy's Sephardic capital — the 1593 Livornine, Livornese Jewish surnames, the Grana of Tunis, and what Leghorn Jewish records survive.

The history of the Venice Jewish ghetto — the first ghetto in the world. Tedeschi, Levantini and Ponentini communities, the five Cannaregio synagogues, and how to trace Venetian Jewish family records today.

Walk Europe's oldest Jewish quarter with your family's story in hand: the 1555 ghetto, Tempio Maggiore, October 16, 1943 and the Rome archives that hold your ancestors' records.

The personal story behind Radici: ten years of private tours in Italy, October 7, a move to Tel Aviv, and the discovery that Italian-Jewish families had no way home to their archives — until now.

Preparing for a genealogist consultation? Here's exactly what information you need for Italian-Jewish family research — names, dates, documents, and stories — with a downloadable checklist.

A private Jewish heritage tour of Italy built around your family's own records — archives, synagogues, ancestral streets, cemeteries, and living communities. How a true roots journey works, how long it takes, and when to go.

Discover the origins of Italian Jewish surnames — from ancient Roman Italkim to Sephardic Livorno, Ashkenazi Venice, and hidden Anusim families of Calabria. A complete guide by Radici.

Tracing Jewish family history in Italy? A complete Italian Jewish genealogy guide — archives, records, and what only an on-site researcher can find.