A very dynamic and knowledgeable jewish population of bankers merchants and book printers could be found in bologna from the 14th to the 16th century that disappeared from 1593 till the end of the 18th c after the tragic racial laws and the 2nd world war the community has returned to an active live in 1999 a museum was opened enjoy a tour that lets you discover the historic jewish ghetto of bologna and the kidnapping of edgardo mortara by david israel kertzer soon a film production by ste