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I’m a Catalan Jew. The Spanish Inquisition and Franco Tortured My Family. It’s Time for Independence.

JL;DR SUMMARY Antoni Maroto shares his perspective as a Catalan Jew, arguing strongly for Catalonian independence from Spain. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Spanish InquisitionJewish HistoryDemocracyIndependenceCataloniaSelf DeterminationConstitutional CourtFrancoReferendumCatalan Identity

Places mentioned

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
"Ive spent most of my life in lively and lovely Barcelona, a city in which antiquity and modernity walk gracefully hand in hand."
Catalonia, Spain
"In Catalonia, however, we believe that democracy cannot exist if laws are immutable or unjust."
Chicago, Illinois, United States
"Even though Ive been based in Chicago for more than a year nowI moved there, of course, for loveIve spent most of my life in lively and lovely Barcelona, a city in which antiquity and modernity walk gracefully hand in hand."

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