Israeli recovers Catalonian Jewish prayer book

National Library of Israel director of rare books Dr. Idan Perez has won a Catalan culture prize for his publication of the “Sidur Catalunya,” the first complete recreation of a prayer book used by the Jews of Catalonia, Valencia and Majorca before their 1492 expulsion from Spain.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-scholar-wins-prize-for-recreating-medieval-catalonian-jewish-prayer-book/

https://www.ccluxemburg.cat/en/2013/07/06/un-catala-de-luxemburg-distingit-amb-el-premi-batista-i-roca/

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