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  • Comment: While I believe that this is notable and probably passes GNG through sourcing, I agree with most of robertsky's analysis. Most of the history of Hatikva takes place before UGEI is formed (while it was under the FGEI, I assume) and it reads like an advert about Hatikva's work and reach rather than explaining it to the reader. I agree that the Activities section reads like it was pulled directly from the UGEI website and seems very "mission statement"-y. I will try to bust out my good shears and see what work I can do to make this a little more readable. Bkissin (talk) 18:34, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
  • Comment: General remarks:
    1. This article contains write-ups of two entities, not one. Consider separating them if both can stand up to individual notability measures.
    2. Typically, for corporation/organisation pages, expanding the history section backed with secondary sources will help in passing the notability measures.
    Specific remarks by section:
    2. History - The 3 sources doesn't describe the notability of the entity. So what if it is a member of international organisations? Suggestion: Expand on the history of the organisation itself. Why was it establish? When was it established? What notable activities have they done or involved in since?
    3. Executive Board - Excessive, can be removed. Typically only the key people, i.e. president and vice-president, are listed, even then in an {{Infobox company}} template. -- removed the section and added a template
    4. Past boards - Excessive. If included, a list of past presidents is sufficient. -- removed as you said, and kept only the presidents
    5. Activities - unsourced. seems to be a laundry list of activities. Are they notable in the sense of are they covered by third party sources, in the news? -- I added an example (quoting a third party source) for each kind of activity.
    6. HaTikwa - this is a separate entity. the entire section is promotional. Any third party sources describing the history of the publication? If not, a shorter paragraph describing the bare minimum. -- Added third party sources.
    7. Awards - this needs to be backed by third party sources. -- Added the third party sources
    8. Rewibe - is this notable? usually such developments are part the History section. The logos do not seem to be copyright-free and thus also may not qualify for Wikipedia:Non-free content setup as well. -- I removed the logos and put rewibe section under History. – robertsky (talk) 03:25, 10 August 2021 (UTC)
  • Comment: Fails WP:GNG and needs significant rewrite to use less promotional wording. Eternal Shadow Talk 20:22, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
  • Comment: Please do not submit multiple copies of drafts. It does not increase the likelihood that one of them will be accepted into article space, and annoys the reviewers. It is likely to be seen as an effort to game the system, and may result in the drafts being nominated for deletion. Robert McClenon (talk) 14:16, 25 September 2020 (UTC)
UGEI
PredecessorFGEI
Founded21/05/1995 in Milan, Italy
Headquarters
Via Lungotevere Sanzio 9, Rome
,
Italy
Key people
President, Simone Santoro; Vice President, David Fiorentini; Treasurer, Micol Di Gioacchino

The Unione Giovani Ebrei d'Italia (UGEI) (English: Union of Italian Jewish Youth) is a 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 antisemitsm.[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]

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 Simone Santoro

Awards

  • 2009 – Ambrogino D'Oro[24]
  • 2020 – WUJS Awards - Interfaith Award[25]

References

  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. ^ Myr, Ilaria (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. ^ 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/
  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).
  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".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  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. ^ Myr, Ilaria (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-. "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. ^ Myr, Ilaria (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. ^ Myr, Ilaria (January 1, 2021). "L'Unione dei Giovani Ebrei premiata per il dialogo interreligioso" (in Italian).
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