Dante A. Lattes

Born in 1876, he became a leading voice in Italian Jewish culture through journalism, publishing, and teaching. He studied with Elia Benamozegh and began working for the newspaper Corriere Israelitico in Trieste in the late 1890s, later helping direct it and using it as a forum for discussion of Jewish history, philosophy, and Zionism.

He went on to found and edit important Jewish periodicals in Italy, including Israel in Florence and La Rassegna Mensile di Israel. Known as an early advocate of Zionism in Italy, he also worked to connect Jewish learning with the broader humanistic culture of Italy, translating major thinkers of the Jewish national revival movement into Italian and teaching Hebrew language and literature in Rome.

In the 1930s he served in leadership roles within Italian Jewish communal life and was among the founders of the World Jewish Congress in Geneva. After emigrating to Palestine in 1939, he returned to Italy in 1948 and resumed directing La Rassegna Mensile di Israel until his death in 1965. His books include Apologia dell'Ebraismo and Il Sionismo, along with commentaries on biblical texts.