“THE CHILDREN’S TRAIN”, BY VIOLA ARDONE | How to participate in the event

Publication date: June 02 2025
Type: News

🔔 Reminder | BOOK CLUB 2025 (Summer Edition)
📚 A new season of literary conversations is about to begin!

The Italian Cultural Institute in Haifa reminds you of the upcoming event in the BOOK CLUB 2025 (Summer Edition), dedicated to The Children’s Train by Viola Ardone – a powerful and moving novel inspired by real post-war events in southern Italy.

🎙 Led by Shirley Finzi Loew, literary translator and expert in Italian literature
🗓 Wednesday, 4 June 2025
🕕 18:00 (Israel time)
🌐 In Hebrew | Online via Webex and YouTube
💬 Free participation!

👉 Register here to receive the Webex link: https://forms.gle/f8TkyXh3inJuVn8j8

📧 After registering, you’ll receive an email with the link to join the event.
➡️ Scroll down to the GREEN “JOIN MEETING” button.
🖱 Click it and choose whether to join via the Webex app or directly from your browser.
🙋‍♀️ You can enter as a guest or log in with your Webex account.

Joining is quick and easy! 💻✨

🔗 Learn more: https://conta.cc/4jnK1Ys

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Shirley Finzi Loew is a literary translator, blogger, and educator specializing in Italian literature. She holds a B.Sc. in Computer Engineering from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, an M.A. in Comparative Literature from the University of Haifa, and a diploma in Translation Studies from Tel Aviv University. After nearly two decades in the high-tech sector at Intel Corporation, she transitioned to a full-time literary career. She has translated more than thirty works from Italian and English into Hebrew, including titles by Elsa Morante, Natalia Ginzburg, Domenico Starnone, and Carlo Rovelli. She regularly teaches Italian literature at the Italian Cultural Institute in Haifa and the Dante Alighieri Society in Jerusalem. Through her Hebrew-language blog, “On Italian Literature”, she shares reviews, reflections, and translations aimed at promoting Italian culture in Israel. From 2018 to 2023, she served on the Strega Prize jury representing the Italian Cultural Institutes in Tel Aviv and Haifa.