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UGEI
	Unione Giovani Ebrei d'Italia
Predecessor	FGEI
Founded	21/05/1995 in Milan, Italy
Headquarters	Via Lungotevere Sanzio 9, Rome, Italy
Key people	President, Luca Spizzichino; Vice President, Ioel Roccas; Treasurer, Anna Tognotti

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The Unione Giovani Ebrei d'Italia (UGEI) (English: Italian Union of Jewish Students and Young Professionals) is an Italian organization for young Jewish people. It is the youth branch of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities, the umbrella organization for Jewish communities and organizations in the country. It represents all Italian Jews between 18 and 35 years old, as well as all local Jewish youth organizations.

History

The association was created on 21 May 1995 at the Union of Italian Jewish Communities Constituent Congress of Milan. It was not the first organization formed to represent the interests of Jewish youth in the country. The Federazione Giovanile Ebraica d'Italia (Jewish Youth Federation of Italy), the previous organization coordinating young Italian Jewry, was formed in 1949.^[1]^[2]

Activities

Since 1995, the Union has had two major branches; the youth newspaper HaTikwa (The Hope) and Rewibe, their events department. Annually, the organization holds an annual Winter Camp, its Ordinary Congress, and other meetings coinciding with Jewish holidays. As an umbrella organization for the various Italian Jewish youth associations, the organization not only works to increase members' connection with their Jewish identities, but organizes on a number of different issues.

Jewish identity programming

The UGEI organizes various weekends (Shabbattonim) throughout the year for its members to discover the various small communities scattered throughout the country and meet other young Jews around the country. Additionally, the organization offers "Trips of the Memory" to symbolic sites of the Shoah, in Italy and abroad.^[3]^[4] The organization offers Hebrew language classes as well as classes in Jewish culture for its members.

Interfaith dialogue

The organization collaborates with a number of different religious youth movements in Italy. In 2017, UGEI, together with CII - Confederazione Islamica Italiana and the Sant'Egidio Youth Community, has met with the Italian Ministry of Interior, Marco Minniti, in order to promote dialogue and mutual understanding.^[5]

The Union also represents Italian Jewish youth on a number of intrafaith bodies, both within Italian Judaism and other national or international Jewish bodies.^[6]^[7] UGEI represents Italian Jewish Youth both at a national level, at Consiglio Nazionale Giovani (Italian Youth Forum) and at an international level at EUJS (European Union of Jewish Students) and WUJS (World Union of Jewish Students).^[8] UGEI represents all Italian Jewish youth associations at the Union of Italian Jewish Communities (UCEI) and holds an observer status at UCEI's Council meetings.^[9]

Holocaust education and advocacy

While the organization remains apolitical,^[10] the Union is heavily involved in keeping the historical memory of the Shoah alive and fighting attempts at historical falsification and supporting the historical Resistance to Nazi-Fascism.^[11]^[12]^[13] In 2020, UGEI joined the international campaign Adopt IHRA, to promote institutions and companies to adopt the IHRA (International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance) working definition of antisemitism.^[14]^[15]

Recent activities

The Union continues to organize seminars and debates to create a platform of encounter, reflexion and enrichment for the young Jews of Italy.^[16]

In 2017, UGEI hosted in Florence a gathering of all Jewish youth organizations in Italy. The event, called Irua, had its focus in tackling the issues facing Jewish communities in Italy and the various challenges they will encounter in the future.^[17]

In November 2019, prior to the COVID-19 Pandemic, UGEI hosted an international Jewish event called JIR - Jewish International R(h)ome, which goal was to promote networking and coalition building among European Jews.^[18]

During the 2020 lockdown, the UGEI Board created a department dedicated specifically on event planning and recreational activities, called Rewibe.^[19]

HaTikwa

HaTikwa (Hebrew for The Hope) is a youth newspaper for Italian Jews. It was originally published in January 1949 as a supplement accompanying the magazine “Israel”. Seven issues were published before publication ceased for 1950/1951. On March 13, 1952, issue #8 was published, still as a supplement accompanying the magazine “Israel”(a. XXXVII, n. 26).

From February 12, 1957, HaTikwa was published as an independent magazine with the subtitle Organo della Federazione Giovanile Ebraica Italiana [Voice of the Young Italian Jewish Federation]. First published as a monthly magazine, it became a bimonthly in 1978.

The magazine wrote about prominent issues facing young Italian Jews, such as the Jewish identity and Israeli politics. It also looked at the main issues of post-war Italian society, including anti-fascism and Resistance, student protest and social movements, as well as the social reform and the referendums on divorce and abortion. In 1980 HaTikwa stopped being published on a regular basis.

In 2010 HaTikwa was reborn, as a supplement of the Italian Jewish monthly paper magazine “Pagine Ebraiche” and, in digital edition, on the UGEI website.^[20]

In June 2020, HaTikwa created the first Italian Jewish podcast, The Jews who made History.^[21]

REWiBE

During the lockdown, in the aftermath of the pandemic in 2020, a strong desire to relaunch and strengthen Jewish life in Italy was felt, which led the UGEI Executive Board to create a special department in the association, dedicated especially to organizing parties and events. While creating new and innovative forms and means of communication, through the REWiBE department, the UGEI tries to appeal to the new generations to build the future of Italian Jewry.

Past Presidents

UGEI is directed by an executive board, elected every year, during the Ordinary Congress. Their duty is to fulfill all the motions and recommendations express during the congressional debate and to organize all the activities and events of the year.^[22]

Past presidents^[23]
Year	Name
1995-1997	Claudio Morpurgo
1998	Afshin Kaboli
1999	Yoram Orvieto
2000-2001	Silvia Levis
2002-2003	Diletta Cesana
2004	Gadiel Liscia
2005-2006	Tobia Zevi
2007-2009	Daniele Nahum
2010	Giuseppe Piperno
2011-2012	Daniele Regard
2013	Susanna Calimani
2014	Simone Disegni
2015	Talia Bidussa
2016-2017	Ariel Nacamulli
2018	Carlotta Jarach
2019	Keren Perugia
2020-2021	Simone Santoro
2022-2023	David Fiorentini
2024-2025	Luca Spizzichino

Awards

2009 – Ambrogino D'Oro^[24]
2018 - WUJS Awards - Developing Union of the Year Award
2020 – WUJS Awards - Interfaith Award^[25]
2022 - EUJS Awards - Union of the Year Award
2022 - WUJS Awards - Maurice L. Perlzweig Social Action Award
2023 - EUJS Awards - Community Initiative of the Year Award
2023 - WUJS Awards - Event of the Year Award
2023 - WUJS Awards - Hersch Lauterpacht Leader of the Year Award (David Fiorentini)
2024 - EUJS Awards - Interfaith Initiative of the Year Award

References

^ Consiglio Nazionale Giovani. "Descrizione Associazioni" (in Italian).
^ Forum Nazionale Giovani. "Associazioni" (in Italian).
^ "Irua e il futuro dell'Italia ebraica". Moked (in Italian). March 31, 2017.
^ Greppi, Nathan (April 4, 2017). "IRUA, quattro giorni in Toscana per i giovani ebrei d'Italia" (in Italian).
^ "NEWS Italian Minister of Interior Meets with Delegation of Young Jews, Muslims and Christians". Pagine Ebraiche International. 2017-05-08. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
^ Citterio, Emanuela (February 28, 2008). "Giovani ebrei e musulmani si incontrano a Milano". Vita (in Italian).
^ "Diocesi: Assisi, dal 25 al 27 ottobre giovani di diverse religioni a confronto e in preghiera per una nuova economia | AgenSIR". 17 October 2019.
^ Greppi, Nathan (2020-02-26). "Il ruolo dei giovani nel mondo ebraico di domani". Mosaico (in Italian).
^ Radicale, Radio (May 12, 2021). "Israele sotto attacco - Manifestazione di solidarietà per la popolazione in Israele". Radio Radicale (in Italian).
^ Giorno, Il. "In piazza San Babila un presidio contro l'antisemitismo". Il Giorno (in Italian).
^ "Tesciuba (UGEI), giorno della Memoria non sia fatto di slogan". Avanti (in Italian). January 25, 2019.
^ "Scritte naziste al Memoriale di Milano, UGEI: non possiamo tollerare violenza". Affaritaliani.it (in Italian). 28 July 2017.
^ "L'Unione Giovani Ebrei d'Italia incontra Piero Terracina". Radio Radicale (in Italian).
^ "Open Letter to Facebook: Adopt the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism".
^ Bandler, Aaron (2020-08-10). "More Than 120 Jewish and Pro-Israel Organizations Call on Facebook to Adopt IHRA Definition of Anti-Semitism". Jewish Journal.
^ "melamed, IRUA - Per i giovani, insieme". Moked (in Italian). April 7, 2017.
^ "Irua - "Il pluralismo è la nostra forza I giovani ne facciano tesoro"". Moked (in Italian). 2017-04-02. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
^ Greppi, Nathan (2019-11-13). "JIR, a Roma giovani ebrei da tutta Europa". Mosaico (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-08-11.
^ Spizzichino, Luca (2021-03-22). "Eletto il nuovo Consiglio Esecutivo dei Giovani Ebrei Italiani". Shalom (in Italian).
^ "CDEC - Centro di Documentazione Ebraica - Digital Library". digital-library.cdec.it (in Italian). This article incorporates text from this source, which is available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
^ Roma, Hitframe, Agenzia Web- (6 June 2020). "HaTikwa. "Ebrei che hanno fatto la storia: gli eroi di ieri e di oggi, gli esempi di domani"". Shalom (in Italian).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Greppi, Nathan (March 22, 2021). "UGEI: eletto il nuovo Consiglio" (in Italian).
^ "Storico del Consiglio – UGEI".
^ "COMUNE DI MILANO - Ambrogino 2008". web.comune.milano.it (in Italian).
^ Greppi, Nathan (January 1, 2021). "L'Unione dei Giovani Ebrei premiata per il dialogo interreligioso" (in Italian).

[1] Consiglio Nazionale Giovani. "Descrizione Associazioni" (in Italian).

[2] Forum Nazionale Giovani. "Associazioni" (in Italian).

[3] "Irua e il futuro dell'Italia ebraica". Moked (in Italian). March 31, 2017.

[4] Greppi, Nathan (April 4, 2017). "IRUA, quattro giorni in Toscana per i giovani ebrei d'Italia" (in Italian).

[5] "NEWS Italian Minister of Interior Meets with Delegation of Young Jews, Muslims and Christians". Pagine Ebraiche International. 2017-05-08. Retrieved 2021-08-11.

[6] Citterio, Emanuela (February 28, 2008). "Giovani ebrei e musulmani si incontrano a Milano". Vita (in Italian).

[7] "Diocesi: Assisi, dal 25 al 27 ottobre giovani di diverse religioni a confronto e in preghiera per una nuova economia | AgenSIR". 17 October 2019.

[8] Greppi, Nathan (2020-02-26). "Il ruolo dei giovani nel mondo ebraico di domani". Mosaico (in Italian).

[9] Radicale, Radio (May 12, 2021). "Israele sotto attacco - Manifestazione di solidarietà per la popolazione in Israele". Radio Radicale (in Italian).

[10] Giorno, Il. "In piazza San Babila un presidio contro l'antisemitismo". Il Giorno (in Italian).

[11] "Tesciuba (UGEI), giorno della Memoria non sia fatto di slogan". Avanti (in Italian). January 25, 2019.

[12] "Scritte naziste al Memoriale di Milano, UGEI: non possiamo tollerare violenza". Affaritaliani.it (in Italian). 28 July 2017.

[13] "L'Unione Giovani Ebrei d'Italia incontra Piero Terracina". Radio Radicale (in Italian).

[14] "Open Letter to Facebook: Adopt the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism".

[15] Bandler, Aaron (2020-08-10). "More Than 120 Jewish and Pro-Israel Organizations Call on Facebook to Adopt IHRA Definition of Anti-Semitism". Jewish Journal.

[16] "melamed, IRUA - Per i giovani, insieme". Moked (in Italian). April 7, 2017.

[17] "Irua - "Il pluralismo è la nostra forza I giovani ne facciano tesoro"". Moked (in Italian). 2017-04-02. Retrieved 2021-08-11.

[18] Greppi, Nathan (2019-11-13). "JIR, a Roma giovani ebrei da tutta Europa". Mosaico (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-08-11.

[19] Spizzichino, Luca (2021-03-22). "Eletto il nuovo Consiglio Esecutivo dei Giovani Ebrei Italiani". Shalom (in Italian).

[20] "CDEC - Centro di Documentazione Ebraica - Digital Library". digital-library.cdec.it (in Italian). This article incorporates text from this source, which is available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

[21] Roma, Hitframe, Agenzia Web- (6 June 2020). "HaTikwa. "Ebrei che hanno fatto la storia: gli eroi di ieri e di oggi, gli esempi di domani"". Shalom (in Italian).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[22] Greppi, Nathan (March 22, 2021). "UGEI: eletto il nuovo Consiglio" (in Italian).

[23] "Storico del Consiglio – UGEI".

[24] "COMUNE DI MILANO - Ambrogino 2008". web.comune.milano.it (in Italian).

[25] Greppi, Nathan (January 1, 2021). "L'Unione dei Giovani Ebrei premiata per il dialogo interreligioso" (in Italian).

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-The Unione Giovani Ebrei d'Italia (UGEI) is a Jewish  Italian organization, youth branch of UCEI. It represents all Italian Jews in an age between 18 and 35 years old, as well as all local Jewish youth organizations. Moreover, UGEI holds an observer member status at UCEI's councils meetings and at its quadriennal Congress.
+The '''Unione Giovani Ebrei d'Italia''' (UGEI) (English: Italian Union of Jewish Students and Young Professionals) is an Italian organization for young Jewish people.  It is the youth branch of the [[Union of Italian Jewish Communities]], the umbrella organization for Jewish communities and organizations in the country. It represents all Italian Jews between 18 and 35 years old, as well as all local Jewish youth organizations.
+== History ==
-UGEI's main branches are the newspaper HaTikwa and the parties and events department Rewibe.
+The association was created on 21 May 1995 at the Union of Italian Jewish Communities Constituent Congress of Milan. It was not the first organization formed to represent the interests of Jewish youth in the country. The Federazione Giovanile Ebraica d'Italia (Jewish Youth Federation of Italy), the previous organization coordinating young Italian Jewry, was formed in 1949.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Consiglio Nazionale Giovani|title=Descrizione Associazioni|url=https://consiglionazionale-giovani.it/associazioni-descrizioni|language=it-IT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Forum Nazionale Giovani|title=Associazioni|url=https://www.forumnazionalegiovani.it/associazioni/10-associazioni/68-ugei-unione-giovani-ebrei-italiani.html#:~:text=Nata%20nel%20Congresso%20Costituente%20di,L'U.G.E.I.|language=it-IT}}</ref>
+==Activities==
-UGEI is directed by an executive board, elected every year, during the Ordinary Congress. Their duty is to fulfill all the motions and recommendations express during the congressional debate and to organize all the activities and events of the year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mosaico-cem.it/comunita/giovani/ugei-nuovo-consiglio/|title=UGEI: eletto il nuovo Consiglio|first=Ilaria|last=Myr|date=March 22, 2021|language=it-IT}}</ref>
+Since 1995, the Union has had two major branches; the youth newspaper HaTikwa (The Hope) and Rewibe, their events department. Annually, the organization holds an annual Winter Camp, its Ordinary Congress, and other meetings coinciding with Jewish holidays. As an umbrella organization for the various Italian Jewish youth associations, the organization not only works to increase members' connection with their Jewish identities, but organizes on a number of different issues.
+===Jewish identity programming===
-== History ==
+The UGEI organizes various weekends ([[Shabbaton|Shabbattonim]]) throughout the year for its members to discover the various small communities scattered throughout the country and meet other young Jews around the country. Additionally, the organization offers "Trips of the Memory" to symbolic sites of [[the Shoah]], in Italy and abroad.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://moked.it/blog/2017/03/31/irua-futuro-dellitalia-ebraica/|title=Irua e il futuro dell'Italia ebraica|date=March 31, 2017|website=Moked|language=it-IT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mosaico-cem.it/comunita/giovani/irua-quattro-giorni-toscana-giovani-ebrei-ditalia/|title=IRUA, quattro giorni in Toscana per i giovani ebrei d'Italia|first=Nathan|last=Greppi|date=April 4, 2017|language=it-IT}}</ref> The organization offers [[Hebrew language]] classes as well as classes in Jewish culture for its members.
-The association was created on 21 May 1995 in the Constituent Congress of Milan inheriting the role of FGEI (Federazione Giovanile Ebraica d'Italia), the previous organization coordinating young Italian Jewry since 1949.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Consiglio Nazionale Giovani|title=Descrizione Associazioni|url=https://consiglionazionale-giovani.it/associazioni-descrizioni|language=it-IT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Forum Nazionale Giovani|title=Associazioni|url=https://www.forumnazionalegiovani.it/associazioni/10-associazioni/68-ugei-unione-giovani-ebrei-italiani.html#:~:text=Nata%20nel%20Congresso%20Costituente%20di,L'U.G.E.I.|language=it-IT}}</ref>
+===Interfaith dialogue===
-Since 1995, UGEI has organized an annual Winter Camp, the Ordinary Congress, and other meetings in occasion of Jewish holidays.
+The organization collaborates with a number of different religious youth movements in Italy. In 2017, UGEI, together with CII - Confederazione Islamica Italiana and the Sant'Egidio Youth Community, has met with the Italian Ministry of Interior, Marco Minniti, in order to promote dialogue and mutual understanding.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-05-08|title=NEWS Italian Minister of Interior Meets with Delegation of Young Jews, Muslims and Christians|url=https://moked.it/international/2017/05/08/news-italian-minister-of-interior-meets-with-delegation-of-young-jews-muslims-and-christians/|access-date=2021-08-11|website=Pagine Ebraiche International}}</ref>
+The Union also represents Italian Jewish youth on a number of intrafaith bodies, both within Italian Judaism and other national or international Jewish bodies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vita.it/it/article/2008/02/28/giovani-ebrei-e-musulmani-si-incontrano-a-milano/73570/|title=Giovani ebrei e musulmani si incontrano a Milano|first=Emanuela|last=Citterio|date=February 28, 2008|website=Vita|language=it-IT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.agensir.it/quotidiano/2019/10/17/diocesi-assisi-dal-25-al-27-ottobre-giovani-di-diverse-religioni-a-confronto-e-in-preghiera-per-una-nuova-economia/|title = Diocesi: Assisi, dal 25 al 27 ottobre giovani di diverse religioni a confronto e in preghiera per una nuova economia &#124; AgenSIR|date = 17 October 2019}}</ref> UGEI represents Italian Jewish Youth both at a national level, at Consiglio Nazionale Giovani (Italian Youth Forum) and at an international level at [[European Union of Jewish Students|EUJS]] (European Union of Jewish Students) and [[World Union of Jewish Students|WUJS]] (World Union of Jewish Students).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Greppi|first=Nathan|date=2020-02-26|title=Il ruolo dei giovani nel mondo ebraico di domani|url=https://www.mosaico-cem.it/comunita/giovani/il-ruolo-dei-giovani-nel-mondo-ebraico-di-domani|website=Mosaico|language=it-IT}}</ref> UGEI represents all Italian Jewish youth associations at the Union of Italian Jewish Communities (UCEI) and holds an observer status at UCEI's Council meetings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radioradicale.it/scheda/636870/israele-sotto-attacco-manifestazione-di-solidarieta-per-la-popolazione-in-israele|title=Israele sotto attacco - Manifestazione di solidarietà per la popolazione in Israele|first=Radio|last=Radicale|date=May 12, 2021|website=Radio Radicale|language=it-IT}}</ref>
-In particular, in 2017, UGEI hosted in Florence a gathering of all Jewish youth organizations. The event, called ''Irua,'' had its focus in tackling the issues facing Jewish communities in Italy and the various challenges they will encounter in the future.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-04-02|title=Irua - "Il pluralismo è la nostra forza I giovani ne facciano tesoro"|url=https://moked.it/blog/2017/04/02/irua-pluralismo-la-nostra-forza-giovani-ne-facciano-tesoro/|access-date=2021-08-11|website=Moked|language=it-IT}}</ref>
+===Holocaust education and advocacy===
-Also in 2017, UGEI, together with CII - Confederazione Islamica Italiana and the Sant'Egidio Youth Community, has met with the Italian Ministry of Interior, Marco Minniti, in order to promote dialogue and mutual understanding.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-05-08|title=NEWS Italian Minister of Interior Meets with Delegation of Young Jews, Muslims and Christians|url=https://moked.it/international/2017/05/08/news-italian-minister-of-interior-meets-with-delegation-of-young-jews-muslims-and-christians/|access-date=2021-08-11|website=Pagine Ebraiche International}}</ref>
+While the organization remains apolitical,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ilgiorno.it/milano/cronaca/presidio-antisemitismo-1.3862706|title=In piazza San Babila un presidio contro l'antisemitismo|first=Il|last=Giorno|website=Il Giorno|language=it-IT}}</ref> the Union is heavily involved in keeping the historical memory of the Shoah alive and fighting attempts at [[Holocaust denial|historical falsification]] and supporting the historical Resistance to Nazi-Fascism.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.avantionline.it/parla-tesciuba-ugei-giorno-della-memoria-non-sia-fatto-di-slogan/|title=Tesciuba (UGEI), giorno della Memoria non sia fatto di slogan|date=January 25, 2019|website=Avanti|language=it-IT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.affaritaliani.it/milano/scritte-naziste-al-memoriale-di-milano-ugei-non-possiamo-tollerare-violenza-492511.html|title=Scritte naziste al Memoriale di Milano, UGEI: non possiamo tollerare violenza|website=Affaritaliani.it|date=28 July 2017 |language=it-IT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.radioradicale.it/scheda/489596/lunione-giovani-ebrei-ditalia-incontra-piero-terracina/stampa-e-regime|title=L'Unione Giovani Ebrei d'Italia incontra Piero Terracina|website=Radio Radicale|language=it-IT}}</ref> In 2020, UGEI joined the international campaign Adopt IHRA, to promote institutions and companies to adopt the IHRA (International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance) working definition of antisemitism.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Open Letter to Facebook: Adopt the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism|url=https://www.stopantisemitism.org/open-letter-to-fb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Bandler|first=Aaron|date=2020-08-10|title=More Than 120 Jewish and Pro-Israel Organizations Call on Facebook to Adopt IHRA Definition of Anti-Semitism|url=https://jewishjournal.com/featured/320140/more-than-120-jewish-and-pro-israel-organizations-call-on-facebook-to-adopt-ihra-definition-of-anti-semitism/|website=Jewish Journal}}</ref>
+===Recent activities===
-Just before the COVID-19 Pandemic, in November 2019, UGEI hosted an international Jewish event called ''JIR - Jewish International R(h)ome'', which goal was to promote networking and coalition building among European Jews.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Myr|first=Ilaria|date=2019-11-13|title=JIR, a Roma giovani ebrei da tutta Europa|url=https://www.mosaico-cem.it/comunita/giovani/jir-a-roma-giovani-ebrei-da-tutta-europa|access-date=2021-08-11|website=Mosaico|language=it-IT}}</ref>
+The Union continues to organize seminars and debates to create a platform of encounter, reflexion and enrichment for the young Jews of Italy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://moked.it/blog/2017/04/07/melamed-irua-giovani-insieme/|title=melamed, IRUA - Per i giovani, insieme|date=April 7, 2017|website=Moked|language=it-IT}}</ref>
-In 2020, UGEI joined the international campaign Adopt IHRA, to promote institutions and companies to adopt the IHRA (International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance) working definition of antisemitsm.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Open Letter to Facebook: Adopt the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism|url=https://www.stopantisemitism.org/open-letter-to-fb|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Bandler|first=Aaron|date=2020-08-10|title=More Than 120 Jewish and Pro-Israel Organizations Call on Facebook to Adopt IHRA Definition of Anti-Semitism|url=https://jewishjournal.com/featured/320140/more-than-120-jewish-and-pro-israel-organizations-call-on-facebook-to-adopt-ihra-definition-of-anti-semitism/|website=Jewish Journal}}</ref>
-UGEI represents Italian Jewish Youth both at a national level, at Consiglio Nazionale Giovani (Italian Youth Forum) and at an international level at [[European Union of Jewish Students|EUJS]] (European Union of Jewish Students) and [[World Union of Jewish Students|WUJS]] (World Union of Jewish Students).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Greppi|first=Nathan|date=2020-02-26|title=Il ruolo dei giovani nel mondo ebraico di domani|url=https://www.mosaico-cem.it/comunita/giovani/il-ruolo-dei-giovani-nel-mondo-ebraico-di-domani|website=Mosaico|language=it-IT}}</ref>
+In 2017, UGEI hosted in Florence a gathering of all Jewish youth organizations in Italy. The event, called ''Irua,'' had its focus in tackling the issues facing Jewish communities in Italy and the various challenges they will encounter in the future.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-04-02|title=Irua - "Il pluralismo è la nostra forza I giovani ne facciano tesoro"|url=https://moked.it/blog/2017/04/02/irua-pluralismo-la-nostra-forza-giovani-ne-facciano-tesoro/|access-date=2021-08-11|website=Moked|language=it-IT}}</ref>
+In November 2019, prior to the COVID-19 Pandemic, UGEI hosted an international Jewish event called ''JIR - Jewish International R(h)ome'', which goal was to promote networking and coalition building among European Jews.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Greppi|first=Nathan|date=2019-11-13|title=JIR, a Roma giovani ebrei da tutta Europa|url=https://www.mosaico-cem.it/comunita/giovani/jir-a-roma-giovani-ebrei-da-tutta-europa|access-date=2021-08-11|website=Mosaico|language=it-IT}}</ref>
 During the 2020 lockdown, the UGEI Board created a department dedicated specifically on event planning and recreational activities, called Rewibe.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Spizzichino|first=Luca|date=2021-03-22|title=Eletto il nuovo Consiglio Esecutivo dei Giovani Ebrei Italiani|url=https://www.shalom.it/blog/italia/eletto-il-consiglio-esecutivo-dei-giovani-ebrei-italiani-b1091781|website=Shalom|language=it-IT}}</ref>
 === HaTikwa ===
+[[File:Logo HaTikwa New.png|thumb]]
-HaTikwa was introduced in January 1949 as a supplement accompanying the magazine “Israel”. Seven issues were published until the publication ceased for 1950/1951. On March 13, 1952, issue #8 was published, still as a supplement accompanying the magazine “Israel”(a. XXXVII, n. 26). From February 12, 1957, HaTikwa was published as an independent magazine as HaTikwa  with subtitle Organo della Federazione Giovanile Ebraica Italiana [Voice of the Young Italian Jewish Federation]. At first published as a monthly magazine, it became a bimonthly in 1978.
+HaTikwa (Hebrew for ''The Hope'') is a youth newspaper for Italian Jews. It was originally published in January 1949 as a supplement accompanying the magazine “Israel”. Seven issues were published before publication ceased for 1950/1951. On March 13, 1952, issue #8 was published, still as a supplement accompanying the magazine “Israel”(a. XXXVII, n. 26).
+From February 12, 1957, HaTikwa was published as an independent magazine with the subtitle ''Organo della Federazione Giovanile Ebraica Italiana [Voice of the Young Italian Jewish Federation]''. First published as a monthly magazine, it became a bimonthly in 1978.
-Right from the start, Ha-Tikwa mirrored the prominent issues percolating through the young Italian Jews such as the Jewish identity and the Israeli politics. It focused also on the main issues of post-war Italian society, in primis anti-fascism and Resistance. In the Sixties and Seventies many articles talked about and discussed the student protest and social movements, as well as the social reform and the referendums on divorce and abortion.
+The magazine wrote about prominent issues facing young Italian Jews, such as the Jewish identity and Israeli politics. It also looked at the main issues of post-war Italian society, including anti-fascism and Resistance, student protest and social movements, as well as the social reform and the referendums on divorce and abortion. In 1980 HaTikwa stopped being published on a regular basis.
-Editor and editorial staff were periodically appointed during the annual FGEI's conference. The editorial board was based, in different periods of time, in Turin, Florence and Rome. After 1980 HaTikwa stopped being published on a regular basis. In 2010 HaTikwa restarts to be published, as a supplement of the Italian Jewish monthly paper magazine “Pagine Ebraiche” and, in digital edition, on the UGEI website.<ref>{{Cite web|title=CDEC - Centro di Documentazione Ebraica - Digital Library|url=http://digital-library.cdec.it/cdec-web/biblioteca/hatikwa.html|website=digital-library.cdec.it|language=it-IT}}{{Creative Commons text attribution notice|cc=by4|url=http://digital-library.cdec.it/cdec-web/biblioteca/hatikwa.html|from this source=yes}}</ref>
+In 2010 HaTikwa was reborn, as a supplement of the Italian Jewish monthly paper magazine “Pagine Ebraiche” and, in digital edition, on the UGEI website.<ref>{{Cite web|title=CDEC - Centro di Documentazione Ebraica - Digital Library|url=http://digital-library.cdec.it/cdec-web/biblioteca/hatikwa.html|website=digital-library.cdec.it|language=it-IT}}{{Creative Commons text attribution notice|cc=by4|url=http://digital-library.cdec.it/cdec-web/biblioteca/hatikwa.html|from this source=yes}}</ref>
-In June 2020, HaTikwa created the first Italian Jewish podcast, ''The Jews who made History''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Roma|first=Hitframe, Agenzia Web-|title=HaTikwa. “Ebrei che hanno fatto la storia: gli eroi di ieri e di oggi, gli esempi di domani”|url=https://www.shalom.it/blog/italia-ebraica-bc231/hatikwa-a-ebrei-che-hanno-fatto-la-storia-gli-eroi-di-ieri-e-di-oggi-gli-esempi-di-domania-b878031|website=Shalom|language=it-IT}}</ref>
+In June 2020, HaTikwa created the first Italian Jewish podcast, ''The Jews who made History''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Roma|first=Hitframe, Agenzia Web-|title=HaTikwa. "Ebrei che hanno fatto la storia: gli eroi di ieri e di oggi, gli esempi di domani"|url=https://www.shalom.it/blog/italia-ebraica-bc231/hatikwa-a-ebrei-che-hanno-fatto-la-storia-gli-eroi-di-ieri-e-di-oggi-gli-esempi-di-domania-b878031|website=Shalom|date=6 June 2020 |language=it-IT}}</ref>
+=== REWiBE ===
+[[File:REWiBE.jpg|thumb|right]]
+During the lockdown, in the aftermath of the pandemic in 2020, a strong desire to relaunch and strengthen Jewish life in Italy was felt, which led the UGEI Executive Board to create a special department in the association, dedicated especially to organizing parties and events. While creating new and innovative forms and means of communication, through the REWiBE department, the UGEI tries to appeal to the new generations to build the future of Italian Jewry.
+== Past Presidents ==
+UGEI is directed by an executive board, elected every year, during the Ordinary Congress. Their duty is to fulfill all the motions and recommendations express during the congressional debate and to organize all the activities and events of the year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mosaico-cem.it/comunita/giovani/ugei-nuovo-consiglio/|title=UGEI: eletto il nuovo Consiglio|first=Nathan|last=Greppi|date=March 22, 2021|language=it-IT}}</ref>
-== Past presidents ==
-{{Unreferenced section|date=August 2021}}
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+|+Past presidents<ref>{{Cite web|title=Storico del Consiglio – UGEI|url=https://www.ugei.it/storico}}</ref>
-|+Past presidents
 !Year
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 |Keren Perugia
 |-
-|2020
+|2020-2021
 |Simone Santoro
+|-
+|2022-2023
+|David Fiorentini
+|-
+|2024-2025
+|Luca Spizzichino
 |}
-== Activities ==
-The Italian Union of Jewish Students and Young Professionals coordinates and unites the Italian Jewish youth associations and all the young Jews of Italy. UGEI has the duty to develop the Jewish awareness of its members and to fulfill this moral obligation operates on various sectors.
-'''Institutional Representation:''' UGEI represents all Italian Jewish youth associations at the Union of Italian Jewish Communities (UCEI) and holds an observer status at UCEI's Council meetings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radioradicale.it/scheda/636870/israele-sotto-attacco-manifestazione-di-solidarieta-per-la-popolazione-in-israele|title=Israele sotto attacco - Manifestazione di solidarietà per la popolazione in Israele|first=Radio|last=Radicale|date=May 12, 2021|website=Radio Radicale|language=it-IT}}</ref>
-'''Trips and Shabbatonims:''' For the safeguarding and maintenance of the Italian and European Jewish identity, UGEI organizes various weekends (Shabbattonim) throughout the year to discover the various small communities scattered throughout the country. In addition, UGEI organizes "Trips of the Memory" to symbolic sites of the Shoah, in Italy and abroad.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://moked.it/blog/2017/03/31/irua-futuro-dellitalia-ebraica/|title=Irua e il futuro dell'Italia ebraica|date=March 31, 2017|website=Moked|language=it-IT}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mosaico-cem.it/comunita/giovani/irua-quattro-giorni-toscana-giovani-ebrei-ditalia/|title=IRUA, quattro giorni in Toscana per i giovani ebrei d’Italia|first=Ilaria|last=Myr|date=April 4, 2017|language=it-IT}}</ref>
-'''Culture and Hebrew Language:''' UGEI spreads knowledge and awareness of Jewish culture and the study of the Hebrew language. UGEI keeps the historical memory of the Shoah alive, so that the new generations can learn from it; UGEI fights all forms of historical falsification and defends the moral heritage of the Resistance to Nazi-Fascism.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.avantionline.it/parla-tesciuba-ugei-giorno-della-memoria-non-sia-fatto-di-slogan/|title=Tesciuba (UGEI), giorno della Memoria non sia fatto di slogan|date=January 25, 2019|website=Avanti|language=it-IT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.affaritaliani.it/milano/scritte-naziste-al-memoriale-di-milano-ugei-non-possiamo-tollerare-violenza-492511.html|title=Scritte naziste al Memoriale di Milano, UGEI: non possiamo tollerare violenza|website=Affaritaliani.it|language=it-IT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.radioradicale.it/scheda/489596/lunione-giovani-ebrei-ditalia-incontra-piero-terracina/stampa-e-regime|title=L'Unione Giovani Ebrei d’Italia incontra Piero Terracina|website=Radio Radicale|language=it-IT}}</ref>
-'''Interreligious Dialogue:''' UGEI collaborates with all the other religious realities that aim to promote the eternal ideals of peace, freedom, democracy, progress, brotherhood. At the same time, on the basis of mutual and absolute independence and freedom of opinion and action, it collaborates with the representative bodies of Italian Judaism and other national or international Jewish bodies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vita.it/it/article/2008/02/28/giovani-ebrei-e-musulmani-si-incontrano-a-milano/73570/|title=Giovani ebrei e musulmani si incontrano a Milano|first=Emanuela|last=Citterio|date=February 28, 2008|website=Vita|language=it-IT}}</ref><ref>https://www.agensir.it/quotidiano/2019/10/17/diocesi-assisi-dal-25-al-27-ottobre-giovani-di-diverse-religioni-a-confronto-e-in-preghiera-per-una-nuova-economia/</ref>
-'''Seminars and Debates:''' UGEI organizes seminars and debates to create a platform of encounter, reflexion and enrichment for the young Jews of Italy. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://moked.it/blog/2017/04/07/melamed-irua-giovani-insieme/|title=melamed, IRUA - Per i giovani, insieme|date=April 7, 2017|website=Moked|language=it-IT}}</ref>
-'''Political Interlocutor:''' UGEI's activities of ideological and cultural background of the last years have made UGEI a credible and reliable representative within the Italian political world, but always maintaining its original apartitic nature.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ilgiorno.it/milano/cronaca/presidio-antisemitismo-1.3862706|title=In piazza San Babila un presidio contro l'antisemitismo|first=Il|last=Giorno|website=Il Giorno|language=it-IT}}</ref>
 == Awards ==
-'''''Ambrogino D'Oro'''''
-* 2009<ref>{{Cite web|title=COMUNE DI MILANO - Ambrogino 2008|url=https://web.comune.milano.it/dseserver/ambrogini/ambrogino2009/index.html|website=web.comune.milano.it|language=it-IT}}</ref>
+* 2009 – Ambrogino D'Oro'''''<ref>{{Cite web|title=COMUNE DI MILANO - Ambrogino 2008|url=https://web.comune.milano.it/dseserver/ambrogini/ambrogino2009/index.html|website=web.comune.milano.it|language=it-IT}}</ref>'''''
+* 2018 - WUJS Awards - Developing Union of the Year Award
+* 2020 – WUJS Awards - Interfaith Award<ref>{{Cite web|last=Greppi|first=Nathan|date=January 1, 2021|title=L'Unione dei Giovani Ebrei premiata per il dialogo interreligioso|url=https://www.mosaico-cem.it/vita-ebraica/personaggi-e-storie-vita-ebraica/giovani-ebrei-dialogo-interreligioso/|language=it-IT}}</ref>
+* 2022 - EUJS Awards - Union of the Year Award
+* 2022 - WUJS Awards - Maurice L. Perlzweig Social Action Award
+* 2023 - EUJS Awards - Community Initiative of the Year Award
+* 2023 - WUJS Awards - Event of the Year Award
+* 2023 - WUJS Awards - Hersch Lauterpacht Leader of the Year Award (David Fiorentini)
+* 2024 - EUJS Awards - Interfaith Initiative of the Year Award
+== References ==
-'''''WUJS Awards'''''
+{{reflist}}
-'''Interfaith Award'''
-* 2020<ref>{{Cite web|last=Myr|first=Ilaria|url=https://www.mosaico-cem.it/vita-ebraica/personaggi-e-storie-vita-ebraica/giovani-ebrei-dialogo-interreligioso/|title=L’Unione dei Giovani Ebrei premiata per il dialogo interreligioso|date=January 1, 2021|language=it-IT}}</ref>
+[[Category:Youth organizations established in 1995]]
-== References ==
+[[Category:1995 establishments in Italy]]
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+[[Category:Jewish organizations based in Italy]]
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+[[Category:Jewish organizations established in 1995]]
+[[Category:Jewish youth organizations]]
+[[Category:Youth organisations based in Italy]]