Menachem Emanuel Artom

Background

Menachem Emanuel Artom was born on 29 August 1916 in Aosta, Valle d'Aosta, Italy.

Education

Menachem Emanuel Artom studied for Orthodox Rabbi at the Italian Rabbinical Seminary. He got the degree of the Doctor of Philosophy at Rome University or the Sapienza University of Rome in 1937. He also attended the Hebrew University in 1940-1942.

Career

Menachem Emanuel Artom acted in the field of education in Jewish Communities in Italy. He was a Rabbi at Venice Community in 1973-1976 and worked as a professor of modern Hebrew at Venice University (Ca' Foscari University of Venice) from 1974-1977. He also was a Rabbi at Turin Community from 1985 to 1987.

Menachem Emanuel Arto wrote the Hebrew-Italian and Italian-Hebrew dictionaries, Hebrew Grammar in Italian. He also translated classic and science books from Italian and French into Hebrew and from Hebrew into Italian.

Menachem Emanuel Arto edited the new complete Italian Rito Mahzor with Italian translation and commentary.

Connections

Menachem Artom was married to Lea Elena Rossi. They had 4 children (David, Elia, Joel, Naomi).

Spouse:

Lea Elena Rossi