Sabba – I highly, highly, highly recommend to all the TUT readers a MUST read book on Spain jewry: “A History Of The Marranos” by Cecil Roth. It is one of those most major books which we can not afford to overlook, which must be read and studied by all awakened or awakening Gentile of the world.
THE NEW YORK TIMES – Catalans may still be weighing whether to quit Spain, but Catalan cities with Jewish histories have already made up their minds. Quietly, last month, they decided to withdraw from a Spanish network of cities with historic Jewish medieval quarters.
The planned exit of five Catalan cities, which account for one-fifth of the network of Jewish quarters, will also force the network to appoint a new leadership, as both its president and secretary general were Catalans.
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