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Davide Cucciati

May 21, 2026, 11:26 PM

Zissels on Ukraine: Sacrifice before aid

Yosef Zissels during an interview in Kyiv, May 2025. Photo by Davide Cucciati.

Two and a half months ago, Yosef Zissels sent me a letter. Zissels is a veteran figure of Ukrainian Jewry, a former Soviet dissident, and I met him personally in Kyiv during my trip to Ukraine last year. I...

Oct 23, 2025, 11:24 AM

The return of antisemitic violence in Italy

Pro-Palestinian demonstration in Rome, October 4, 2025

"With the bodies of the Jews murdered in Manchester still warm, the Italian Left, from Schlein to Conte, including AVS and the country’s main trade union, still shows no compassion and continues to incite anti-Zionist and therefore antisemitic hatred....

Jul 11, 2025, 1:55 PM

July of Destruction: Pope Paul IV and Italy’s Jews

Today, which corresponds to the 15th of Tammuz 5785 on the Hebrew calendar, we stand just days away from the start of Bein HaMetzarim, the three weeks of mourning between the 17th of Tammuz and the 9th of Av,...

Jun 30, 2025, 2:39 PM

Bending, Rising: Italy’s Jewish Story

A few days ago, in Milan, our community woke up to posters reading “Israeli Not Welcome” plastered near spaces of everyday Jewish life. Daniele Nahum, a Jewish member of Milan’s City Council, called it what it is: “posting discriminatory...

About Me

Italian Jewish lawyer, writer and former city councillor. Contributor to Mosaico, Bet Magazine, and L’Europeista. Focuses on Jewish identity, Middle Eastern politics, and the relationship between Israel and Europe. Visited Israel over 30 times and recently reported from Ukraine. Writes from the crossroads of law, memory, and political conscience.