Stories of the Ghetto / Zgodbe Ghetta

The omnibus of the final year of the HiLoVv project deals with the complex and delicate topic of the contemporary Venetian neighbourhood called the Ghetto, which with its specific history gave name to the notion of the Ghetto as we know it today. The Ghetto celebrates its 500th anniversary in 2016.

Shaul Bassi is a professor of English Literature at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice. He is the founder of the Venice Center of International Jewish Studies and a member of the Jewish Community of Venice. Rami Banin is the rabbi of the Chabad-Lubavitch Community of Venice and owner of the kosher Gam Gam restaurant in Venice. Lorenzo Moshe De Vettor Aboaf was born and raised in the Venetian Ghetto. He is an artist, musician and researcher. David Ariel Guglielmi joined the Jewish Orthodox Community of the Chabad-Lubavitch three years ago. He and his family now call the Ghetto in Venice their home. Karol Skladanowski Vaccarello is a restaurant owner in the neighbourhood. He and his family opened the restaurant two years ago to keep the Jewish culinary tradition alive. Davide Casali is a musician from Trieste. He is a member of the Jewish community in Trieste, commuting weekly to his workplace in Venice. Živa Kraus is a Croatian painter and curator. She has lived in Venice for the past 40 years and has been running the Ikona Gallery for 35 years. Since 2003 the gallery has been located in Campo del Ghetto Novo.

Authors

Shaul | Rami, 9’, Urška Djukić, Peter Mišic, Gregor Mörth
Lorenzo, 4’08’’, Jasmina Lozar, Jaka Čurlič, Francesco Cartigheddu
David, 3’02’’, Denis Barbić, Alexia Eberl, Dylan Mundy Clowry
Davide, 2’35’’, Katja Munda Rakar, Jaka Čurlič,  Claudia Spinelli
Karol, 3’23’’, Renata Fugošić, Sara Ghiani, Monika Rusak, Cornelia Steiner
Živa, 6’03’’, Dominik Grdić, Iva Musović, Gašper Uršič
The Ghetto introduction insert was made by mentor Jasna Hribernik.