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In libreria “Fase 1”, raccolta di testimonianze sulla pandemia

NEW YORK, 4 gennaio 2021—È uscito nelle librerie italiane “Fase 1”, volume bilingue che raccoglie memorie e testimonianze sul Covid-19 edito da Acquario Libri.

Nel libro, più di 60 scrittori, artisti e intellettuali italiani hanno catturato ciascuno in poche parole l’istante in cui tutto è cambiato e la pandemia ha preso il sopravvento sulle nostre vite. La raccolta include anche la testimonianza dello scrittore e giornalista Simone Somekh, che ha narrato la sua esperienza a New York.

“Fase 1”, pubblicato sia in italiano che in inglese, è acquistabile nelle migliori librerie italiane o sul sito internet di Acquario Libri.

Online Teaching: Challenges and Experiences

In March, when the university I work for in New York City decided to suspend all in-person classes and transition online, I worried about the challenges that I was going to face as a professor.

After months of online teaching, I’ve gathered some of the strategies that in my experience have helped me involve the students and not lose too many elements of in-person lectures. Read the full article here.

What American Jews can learn from my Italian Jewish community’s response to the coronavirus

What American Jews can learn from my Italian Jewish community’s response to the coronavirus

NEW YORK (JTA) — The Italian people’s first reaction to the coronavirus was to have a good laugh. Not because they didn’t believe the virus was a real issue, but because that’s just how we like to process big changes in my home country.

By Feb. 23, there were 152 confirmed cases in Italy. Yet many people were still skeptical, assuming the virus was probably no different than the regular flu.