Obadiah Sforno was a philosopher and exegete who taught Hebrew to the humanists.

The pope’s not-so-secret Jewish treasures.

Lorenzo Da Ponte, librettist.

Jewish excellence in musical theater, three centuries before Irving Berlin.

David Nieto.

The coveted position of “preacher to the Jews.”

Elia Benamozegh.

An exhibit includes a 16th-century Yiddish version of a Latin anatomy textbook.

A new Torah scroll, 530 years after the expulsion.

The columns of Ferrara.

After being captured by a converso friar-turned-pirate.

Loans, schmattes, and medical care.

Syndrome K.

They succeed most when they feel like home.