The Talmud Project: Technology for a new idea of Global Citizenship
Milan, Monday, May 20, 20019, National Museum of Science and Technology
“The world can be saved only by the breath of the school.”
With this meaningful quote, taken from the treatise Shabbat (119th), Clelia Piperno Director of the Talmud Project, described the relationship of mutual support and esteem between her and MIUR Minister Marco Bussetti during the event on Monday, May 20 held at the National Museum of Science and Technology where the event “The Talmud Project: Technology for a New Idea of Global Citizenship” was held.
Minister Marco Bussetti spoke during the meeting, calling the Talmud Project “unique in the world”. We should be proud that Italy is promoting it and carrying it forward. “It is the only cutting-edge research program of its kind on the international scene.” This attestation of esteem for our work and what it represents, not only nationally, but especially internationally, ties in with what was said by Professor Clelia Piperno, who recounted how the Translation of the Babylonian Talmud into Italian, “is the local response to a global need, a bridge between the past and the future of world Jewish culture.”
The goal of this meeting, was the desire to deepen the strong link between the individual and the machine, a union necessary for the development of a new model of global citizenship. In concrete terms, this bond has allowed, over the course of these years, the machine to learn from man and bring to life the world’s most complex text, the Talmud.
For this reason, “the translation of the Talmud, represents the investment of and for a community that will be able to make use of this tool to deepen the knowledge of its roots and make them usable to younger generations with all the benefits that will come from the strengthening of identities.” continued our director.
Important and significant were the greetings brought by Israel’s Ambassador to Italy, Ofer Sachs, the President of the National Research Council, Massimo Inguscio, and the Vice President of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities, Giorgio Mortara.
The meeting included speeches by such valuable speakers as the Rector of the University of Milan Bicocca, Maria Cristina Messa, Professor Rita Cucchiara of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, and Rav Gadi Piperno, Quality Manager of the Talmud Project, who explained the process of translation and the functioning and value of our work.
The event was also attended by Gianluca Giansante, a friend of the project, professor of Communication at Luiss University and Partner at Comin & Partners, who skillfully and professionally moderated the unfolding of the speeches.
It was an important meeting between the world of institutions and the world of research applied to culture.