Noemi Di Segni

Noemi Di Segni (Jerusalem, February 24, 1969) is the president of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities since July 2016. Quotes “Today is a day for Italy, not a pat on the back for Jews. Antisemitism is not a problem for Jews — it's a problem for society.” “I live with very deep concern during this Holocaust Remembrance Day after October 7. It’s not like in previous years … Antisemitic hatred has re-emerged, sharp and widespread. That means maybe 20 years of working on memory hasn’t been enough.” “It’s a day to make an assessment, at least a moral one, of the choices we’ve made and the ones we must make today. It’s a day of ‘civilization assessment.’ … We don’t want it to be just a day to listen to survivors and cry with them. … Making ‘Memory’ means working with coherence and responsibility.” “You never really leave Auschwitz – it stays within us, and we’re still living it today. Antisemitism still exists … and there’s still an amnesia that must be removed.” “We must not take for granted the freedoms we enjoy today. We need to stay vigilant.” Internal link