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Dante A. Lattes
1876–1965
A key voice in modern Italian Jewish culture, he wrote with clarity and conviction as a rabbi, journalist, and teacher. His work helped bring Jewish history, thought, and identity to a wide Italian readership.
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About the author
Born in Pitigliano in 1876 and raised in Livorno, he studied in Jewish schools and at the rabbinical college, where he was influenced by the scholar Elia Benamozegh. He went on to become a rabbi, writer, journalist, and educator whose work reached several generations of Italian Jews.
From the late 1890s onward, he was active in Jewish publishing and cultural life. Sources describe him as working for the Corriere Israelitico in Trieste and later helping found or lead important periodicals including Israel and La Rassegna Mensile di Israel, publications devoted to Jewish culture, history, and public debate.
Remembered for his lifelong effort to spread Jewish learning in Italy, he wrote across religion, language, and public affairs in a way that was both engaged and accessible. He died in 1965, leaving behind a body of work closely tied to the intellectual and cultural life of Italian Jewry in the twentieth century.