Crescenzo Alatri
Crescenzo Alatri | |
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| Born | 1825 Rome, Papal States |
| Died | 12 February 1897 |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Period | fl. 1856–1870 |
| Genre | History nonfiction |
| Subject | Italian Jewry |
| Notable works | History of the Jews in Rome |
| Relatives | Samuel Alatri |
Crescenzo Alatri (1825 – 12 February 1897) was an Italian-Jewish writer most well-known for his publication of "History of the Jews in Rome."
Biography
[edit]Born in Rome, Alatri was educated in the Talmud Torah of his native city,[1] the Universita' Israelitica di Roma,[2] and graduated as rabbi. Later in his life following graduation, he was appointed secretary counselor and remained involved as an educator along with his relative Samuel.[3]
He was the author of "History of the Jews in Rome," several extracts of which were published in the Educatore Israelita (1856).[4][5] He is widely recognized for his Italian and French translator of Israel Moses Hazan's Hebrew poems,[6][7] and as one of the founders of the Società di Fratellanza, a Jewish philanthropic organization dedicated to youth education and the promotion of artisanship among Italian Jewry.[8]
Alatri was active in the Italian-Jewish community and was a supporter of traditional Jewish education,[9] similar to the one he had growing up. He was described in an obituary as "the most active and authoritative collaborator of the late Samuel Alatri in the struggle sustained until 1870 for the improvement for the fate of the Jew of the Papal States..."[10]
He died on 12 February 1897 after a long illness.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ The Voice of Israel: Conducted by Jews who Believe in Jesus of Nazareth as the Messiah. Jacob Unwin. 1845. p. 269.
...and a full translation of the same into Italian has been furnished by Mr. Crescenzo Alatri, a student in the talmudical college.
- ^ KAZZAN, Mosè Israel (1846). Pel glorioso ed immortale Pio IX. Psalmo e Preghiera ... Versione Italiana ... di C. Alatri. Rome. p. 1.
- ^ Atti del Consiglio comunale di Roma (in Italian). Tip. L. Cecchini. 1884. p. 134.
- ^ Levi, Giuseppe Raffael; Pontremoli, Esdra (1855). L'Educatore israelita: giornale di letture per la famiglie israelitiche (in Italian). pp. 18–20, 262–266.
- ^ Levi, Giuseppe Raffaele (1857). L'Educatore israelita [afterw.] Il Vessillo israelitico, compilato dai professori Levi, G. ed E. Pontremoli. An. 1-37 (in Italian). pp. 9–12.
- ^ Berliner, Abraham (1893). Geschichte der Juden in Rom von der ältesten Zeit bis zur Gegenwart (2050 Jahre) (in German). J. Kauffmann. p. 209.
- ^ Vogelstein, Hermann; Rieger, Paul (1895). Geschichte der Juden in Rom: Bd. 1420-1870 (in German). Mayer & Müller. p. 372.
- ^ "ALATRI, CRESCENZO". jewishencyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
- ^ Landman, Isaac; Cohen, Simon (1943). The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia ...: An Authoritative and Popular Presentation of Jews and Judaism Since the Earliest Times. Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, Incorporated. p. 191.
- ^ a b Archives israélites (in French). Bureau des Archives Israelites. 1897. p. 94.
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