Di Segni (Ucei): ‘My reconfirmation is recognition of the work of many “

“I am satisfied because it is a recognition that goes to many who in recent years have worked to bring out the union, beyond the personal aspect. Now our challenges are knowing how to organize ourselves to our intent to give particular attention to the world of young people. and support to their activities, this is the priority. As well as strengthening the Hebrew culture and language within our communities, which have a very important and grueling demographic and future sustainability challenge. The virus has put its effort into creating a critical situation for many families and situations: on the one hand, making up for the emergency and on the other hand strengthening a medium-term path is obviously not easy “. Internal organization and new challenges: Noemi Di Segni starts from here, commenting at the Adnkronos on his reappointment as president of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities. At the helm of the UCEI since 2016, he has experienced the worsening of an already difficult climate, with a resurgence of episodes of anti-Semitism that have repeatedly made shouts of a possible return of the fascist danger. “Just as there is urgent work to be done both in cultural, educational and legislative terms to stem all this ‘storm of hatred’ and abuse of memory – explains Di Segni – at the same time it is necessary to reaffirm, once again, that Judaism is not only Shoah and persecution but it is a lot more to share with the country. In concrete terms, we must also intervene on how the legislation is set up today, because even the complaints are all filed, not constituting any crime. in court, culturally, it is already late: a work of daily coexistence must be done as children. You cannot grow up badly, with hatred, and then arrive in a courtroom and try to do corrective work there “. (by Silvia Mancinelli)