'Ours is not a bloodline, but a textline'

[Photo: EVDOKIM PEREVALSKY.]

 "I just found out only a few weeks before coming to Girona, that through the Horowitz branch of my family, I am Gironan, through my forebear Rabbi Isaiah Halevi Horowitz. This made me shudder a little bit, but I still don’t believe in God. I don’t think it’s a coincidence; I think it has to do with the secular movement of Jewish continuity."

Israeli writer and historian Fania Oz-Salzberger who was interviewed by Catalonia Today editor Marcela Topor here.

Australian review of "Outlaws" by Cercas

In the Australian (mainstream) media this month was this review of Javier Cercas’ latest novel, Outlaws.


"Cercas captures Spain in transition from the tyranny of Franco to democracy, through an intense exploration of love and hate, loyalty and betrayal."

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/javier-cercas-outlaws-captures-spain-in-transition-20140806-zv3qr.html#ixzz3Av3enI9U

Video: "A Miniature Look at the Catalan Province of Girona"

From the excellent Homage to BCN a great 3 minute visual treat by freelance filmaker Pau García Laita focusing on different locations around the area of Girona - sometimes unjustly neglected by tourists who only spend time in the capital.

Homage to Primo Levi in Girona

 A series of three conferences are taking place this month to honour the great Jewish-Italian writer, intellectual and Nazi death-camp survivor, Primo Levi.

More details here.

    [Photo: El Punt Avui.]