PLAY ON! // CARDS, CASINOS & PURIM CARNIVAL IN VENICE

In southern Italy, new discoveries of ancient Jewish life are creating interest in the pre-Inquisition world. We delve further into the topic, exploring the region's fascinating history and meeting members of the present day communities. Yolanda Ropschitz-Bentham talks about Ferramonti, the largest internment camp in Italy, where her father was imprisoned, while Rabbi Barbara Aiello shares stories about setting up a new synagogue in the tiny Calabrian village of Serrastretta. Elsewhere, Tracy-Ann Oberman speaks to Henry Goodman to discuss her new role as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice 1936; Susan Martha Kahn discovers the 'Freud of the dog world'; we get stuck into Purim prep; plus much more.