Fiamma Nirenstein

Fiamma Nirenstein (born 18 December 1945 in Florence) is an Italian-Israeli journalist, author and politician. In 2008 she was elected to the Italian Parliament for Silvio Berlusconi's The People of Freedom party and she served as Vice President of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies for the length of the legislature, ending in March 2013. On 26 May 2013 she emigrated to Israel (made Aliyah). She lives now in Jerusalem with frequent visits to Italy.

Nirenstein was born in Florence.

She completed her university studies in Modern History in Florence.

Nirenstein is an expert of the Middle East conflicts, terrorism, anti-Semitism, human rights and her activities deals with the great changes that are taking place within the Middle East democratization process. She became a specialist in these fields after having travelled all over the world as a specialist in foreign affairs.

The pivotal focus and underlying idea that runs through all Fiamma Nirenstein's work is the fight against totalitarianism and terrorism as connected to antisemitism and hate for Israel.

Nirenstein is a leading columnist for the conservative Italian daily "Il Giornale", which belongs to Silvio Berlusconi's media empire since 1977. From 1991 to 2006, she has been correspondent from Israel for the centrist "La Stampa" daily and the Berlusconi-owned "Panorama" weekly.

She is the author of ten books in Italian and two in English, the latest being "A Gerusalemme", (Rizzoli, 2012). In Italy, Nirenstein has introduced and prefaced Bernard Lewis, Natan Sharansky and Ruthie Blum. She has been granted over twenty awards for her literary and journalistic activity.

Nirenstein started her career in 1977 and has been a columnist and correspondent for all major Italian magazines (Panorama; l'Espresso; Epoca). Nirenstein contributed to The New York Sun, to the Commentary magazine and has written for the Moment magazine.

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