NPC Newsmaker: Barbara Aiello
August 13, 2015
Photo Credit: Rabbi Aiello shows a boot (the shape of Italy) with colored pins indicating the locations of towns in Calabria, the region she serves, at a National Press Club newsmaker, August 13, 2015.
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Photo Credit: Rabbi Aiello shows a boot (the shape of Italy) with colored pins indicating the locations of towns in Calabria, the region she serves, at a National Press Club newsmaker, August 13, 2015.
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Photo Credit: The card shown by Rabbi Barbara Aiello at a National Press Club newsmaker, August 13, 2015 contains the Italian surname, "Aiutamicristo" ("Help me Jesus") adopted by some persecuted Jews who converted to Catholicism to disguise their Jewishness hundreds of years ago.
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Photo Credit: Two woven pieces shown by Rabbi Aiello at a National Press Club newsmaker, August 13, 2015, demonstrating blue threads - traces of their origins in Jewish tradition.
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Photo Credit: At a National Press Club newsmaker, August 13, 2015, Rabbi Barbara Aiello holds up a brochure distributed by a Calabrian priest to celebrate his years of service, featuring a photo of himself at a Jewish service.
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Photo Credit: Rabbi Barbara Aiello, the only female rabbi in Italy, speaks to a National Press Club newsmaker, August 13, 2015.
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Photo Credit: Rabbi Barbara Aiello, the only female rabbi in Italy, speaks to a National Press Club newsmaker, August 13, 2015.
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Photo Credit: Rabbi Barbara Aiello poses with Tony Gallo, the host of a National Press Club newsmaker, August 13, 2015 at which she spoke.
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