Dario Burgaretta was born in Syracuse (Sicily). He graduated in Oriental Languages ​​and Civilizations at the University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’ and he is an ordinary member of the Italian Association for the Study of Judaism (AISG). His field of interest is Sicilian Judaism, with particular focus on the languages related to the presence of the Jews in Sicily, such as Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic, Maltese and medieval Sicilian vernacular. Among his publications, of particular relevance are an excerpt of his graduation thesis on the feast known as Purim of Syracuse, and the edition of two unpublished documents of the fifteenth century with text in Hebrew, Aramaic and Judaeo-Arabic: the so-called Ketubba of Caltabellotta and a Court document from Syracuse/Malta. He also published the book ‘Course of Contemporary Hebrew’ (with Olivier Durand), and has translated several scholarly articles from English and Hebrew to Italian. He is currently preparing the edition and translation of an unpublished Judaeo-Arabic elegy referring to some episodes of anti-Jewish violence that occurred in Noto and Modica in 1474.