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20 ore fa · In the film “Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara,” a representative of Pope Pius IX arrives at a Jewish family’s home in Bologna, Italy, on a June night in 1858. This unsettling ...
1 giorno fa · Photo: COHEN MEDIA. “Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara ” begins with scenes so bizarre, astonishing and enraging that it’s as if Kafka wandered into 19th-century Italy. The story ...
1 giorno fa · ‘Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara’ Review: Church vs. State. This film, based on a true story about the kidnapping of a Jewish child in 19th-century Italy, underscores the devastating consequences of family separation.
4 giorni fa · Edgardo Mortara (Enea Sala) was six years old when Papal authorities stole him from his Bologna home. A maid had secretly baptised him when he was two, fearful he may not live past childhood, and would be condemned for eternity if he was not converted.
2 giorni fa · Due to its sprawling nature, the tale of Edgardo Mortara would have been better served as a mini-series. Multiple topics such as Stockholm syndrome, gaslighting, childhood trauma, and cultural isolation – not to mention antisemitism and the intransigence of the Vatican – are only glancingly addressed in its two-hour runtime.
3 giorni fa · The film follows the true story of how a six-year-old Jewish boy, Edgardo Mortara, was taken by the Catholic Church following claims that he was baptized by the family’s maid as a baby. While the distraught Mortara family fight to get him back, they find themselves at the epicentre of a wider historical battle between the forces of ...
1 giorno fa · Terminology The term "Zionism" is derived from the word Zion, a hill in Jerusalem, widely symbolizing the Land of Israel. Throughout eastern Europe in the late 19th century, numerous grassroots groups promoted the national resettlement of the Jews in their homeland, as well as the revitalization and cultivation of the Hebrew language. These groups were collectively called the "Lovers of Zion ...
