Jews in Piran have never been numerous, but until the 40s they were an almost constant presence. The future Morpurgos, the Jewish family that also took their surname from Maribor, also passed through here. This was explained by historian Boris Hajdinjak in his exhaustive speech that retraced Jewish history, also touching on our territory. Inspired by Zlatka Vokač Medic's novel “Marpurgi” and the homonymous exhibition set up in the Library this month, the director of the Maribor synagogue tried to illustrate the complex facets of the Jewish religion, their different origins and their fates. Istria represented the...