Chieri
Chieri (; ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont (Italy), located about southeast of Turin, by rail and by road. It borders the following municipalities: Baldissero Torinese, Pavarolo, Montaldo Torinese, Pino ...
, 10 January 1818 –
Vercelli
Vercelli (; ) is a city and ''comune'' of 46,552 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) in the Province of Vercelli, Piedmont, northern Italy. One of the oldest urban sites in northern Italy, it was founded, according to most historians, around 600 BC.
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, 1 February 1888) was an Italian
rabbi
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, poet, writer, editor, teacher, pedagogist and member of the Pontremoli dynasty. He founded with Giuseppe Levi ''
L'Educatore Israelita
''L'Educatore Israelita'' (), known as ''Il Vessillo Israelitico'' () after 1874, was one of the first Jewish newspapers in Italy. The monthly periodical was founded in 1853 by .
History
''L'Educatore Israelita'' was founded by Giuseppe Levi in 18 ...
'', the first Jewish journal in Italy."Les Pontremoli, deux dynasties rabbiniques en Turquie et en Italie" Parigi, 1997 on-line
Biography
Ezra Pontremoli was born in
Ivrea
Ivrea (; ; ; ) is a town and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy. Situated on the road leading to the Aosta Valley (part of the medieval Via Francigena), it straddles the Dora Baltea and is ...
in 1888, the son of rabbi Eliseo Graziado Pontremoli (born in
Casale Monferrato
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in 1778 and died in
Nice
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Modena
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A town, and seat of an archbis ...
Camillo Olivetti
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, founder of the eponymous typewriter manufacturer. He was the brother of Raffaele Pontremoli, uncle of
Emmanuel Pontremoli
Emmanuel Pontremoli (13 January 1865 – 25 July 1956) was a French architect and archaeologist.
Biography
Pontremonli was born in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, to a Jewish family from Piedmont; he studied in the ''atelier'' of Louis-Jules André. ...
,
Roberto Pontremoli
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Biography
Roberto Pontr ...
and grandfather of
Aldo Pontremoli
Aldo Pontremoli (; 19 January 1896 – 25 May 1928) was an Italian physicist who held a chair of theoretical physics at the physics department of the University of Milan from 1926 and who founded and directed the Institute of Advanced Physics ...
, Mario Pontremoli. Influenced by the figure of his father, an exponent of an important dynasty of rabbis, he decided to undertake theological studies and become a rabbi. In 1844 Esdra Pontremoli became professor of Hebrew and French in the Foa College of
Vercelli
Vercelli (; ) is a city and ''comune'' of 46,552 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) in the Province of Vercelli, Piedmont, northern Italy. One of the oldest urban sites in northern Italy, it was founded, according to most historians, around 600 BC.
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. In the following years he also became a professor of French language at the technical institute of Vercelli. In January 1853, he founded with Rabbi Cav. Giuseppe Levi (1814–1874), the newspaper "''
L'educatore Israelita
''L'Educatore Israelita'' (), known as ''Il Vessillo Israelitico'' () after 1874, was one of the first Jewish newspapers in Italy. The monthly periodical was founded in 1853 by .
History
''L'Educatore Israelita'' was founded by Giuseppe Levi in 18 ...
''", the first in Italy, which initially reports as a subtitle "Journal for Jewish families". From 1859 the subtitle will change to "Journal for the history and spirit of Judaism" which will remain until July 1874. On 2 January 1882, he was awarded, upon decision of King
Umberto I
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, the honor of Knight of the Order of the Italian crown as recognition of the important propaganda in favor of the unification of Italy carried out through the newspaper "L'educatore Israelita".
Bibliography
* "Esdra Pontremoli". In: ''
Jewish Encyclopedia
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'', Vol. XIX, 1888 Isidore Singer on-line
* "Esdra Pontremoli". In: ''I Rabbini Italiani'', 2012 David Bruno e Pellegrino Polacco on-line
* L'epistolario di Marco Mortara (1815–1894): un rabbino italiano tra riforma ...Di Marco Mortara, Asher Salah on-line
Pontremoli (disambiguation) Pontremoli is a small city in the north of Tuscany in Italy.
Pontremoli may also refer to:
People
* Aldo Pontremoli, Italian physicist
*Esdra Pontremoli, Italian poet, editor, rabbi.
* Benjamin Pontremoli, Turkish poet and rabbi
* Raphael Chiyya ...