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THE JEWISH DAILY. Like Jews around the world, Italian Jews, who make up one of the oldest Jewish communities, mark Hanukkah with a fried feast, but with their own spin. Holiday tables are covered with with dishes like fried chicken, mashed potato pancakes, olive oil fried eggplant and honey-soaked dough fritters. (Read the article)
NEW YORK TIMES. I ARRIVED in Ostia Antica from Rome, where I’d been squinting at the grand ruins and trying to envision plutocrats in togas, grand processions of conquering generals and tyrants with 100-foot-tall statues of themselves. (Read the article)
THE WASHINGTON TIMES. It’s a brisk yet sunny weekend afternoon when actor Chazz Palminteri strolls into the Baltimore restaurant that bears his name, his pre-teen son in town. (Read the article)
USA TODAY. Italy's health ministry on Thursday asked hospitals to track down women who received silicone breast implants made by a suspect French company due to concerns the implants may be unsafe. (Read the article)
DAILY NEWS. After their sojourn in Florence, Italy, it's more fun and games (and drama) in their own backyard. (Read the article)
BrooklynEagle.com. Despite Price Squeeze, They Continue the Old Ways, Italians and Italian-Americans are known for their expertise in food, and sweets are no exceptions. Italian bakeries in Bensonhurst, Carroll Gardens, Bay Ridge and elsewhere in Brooklyn still give customers some of the most delicious cookies, bread, cakes, pies and cannoli you can find, despite the recent hardships in today’s economy. (Read the article)
AFP. Italian police on Wednesday raided Florence's most famous palace over allegations that a US quest for a long-lost Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece is damaging a fresco believed to be covering it. (Read the article)
WASHINGTON POST. Italian Premier Mario Monti took a short culture break from promoting his package of austerity and growth measures to attend La Scala’s gala season premiere of “Don Giovanni” on Wednesday — a presence that La Scala’s general manger hopes bodes well for the future of culture in the country that invented opera. (Read the article)
AP. Police on Wednesday captured one of Italy's most-wanted fugitive mobsters, arresting the last major boss of one of Italy's bloodiest mafia clans. (Read the article)
AFP. Pope Benedict XVI used a tablet computer from his Vatican residence on Wednesday to switch on a giant light installation in Italy known as the "World's Biggest Christmas Tree". (Read the article)