Zoom meeting with Rosita Poloni in Bergamo

On Sunday, April 5 at 7.30 pm, the PSCC initiated a Zoom meeting with our long-time friend from the Italian Friends of Wahat al-Salam – Neve Shalom, Rosita Poloni. The meeting was attended by WASNS community members and friends from around the world.

Rosita gave an overview of the sad and difficult situation in Italy, with an emphasis on her own very heavily affected town of Bergamo in Northern Italy. She showed some photos and videos and shared heartbreaking personal stories. (Below are links to some of the material she shared with us.)

Afterwards, the audience asked her questions and sent their love and support.

The meeting was painful but encouraging. It is good to know that there is a thread that connects us during these difficult days for us all.

Hezzie Shuster - The Spiritual Center

Ennio Morricone’s music played in Rome

Flash mobs on balconies (in some places they still happened less in Bergamo)

Achinoam Nini Facebook concert to raise money for Bergamo’s hospital (Saturday the 4th of April)

Bergamo’s main hospital a week ago

Italian Army bringing coffins to be cremated out of the regions

New hospital built in Bergamo thanks to the Nation Association of Alpini(former branch of the Italian Army now involved in the civil society) + local association of Artisans (worked for free, 200 people) 
Few days ago.

The hospital today

Articles, there are many, here one of the best in English
New York Times

Rosita’s own article that appeared in Haaretz