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The Law Library’s Commemoration of the Venice Ghetto

Posted by: Liah Caravalho

On Tuesday, May 24, the Law Library of Congress commemorated the 500th anniversary since the establishment of the Jewish Ghetto of Venice. The commemorative program, “La Città degli Ebrei/The City of the Jews: Segregated Space and the Admission of Strangers in the Jewish Ghetto of Venice,” featured many distinguished guest speakers. His Excellency Armando Varricchio, …