L'arribada jueva a Nova Amsterdam el setembre de 1654 va ser la primera migraci贸 jueva organitzada a Am猫rica del Nord. Estava formada per 23 jueus sefardites, dits Katalanim d'origen catal脿 refugiats "grans i petits" de fam铆lies que fugien de la persecuci贸 de la Inquisici贸 portuguesa despr茅s de la conquesta del Brasil neerland猫s. 脡s 脿mpliament commemorat com el punt de partida de la hist貌ria jueva i jueva-americana de Nova York.... _KMS_WEB_BLOG_READFULLPOST

Thanks to the advice of my colleague Astrid Balsem, curator at Allard Pierson in Amsterdam, I was able to visit the CRAI Biblioteca de Reserva in Barcelona during the last week of May 2019. I stayed there in the context of an Erasmus+ exchange with Bart Jaski, curator at the University Library of Utrecht. Neus Verger, Gemma Caballer and Marina Ruiz showed us the rich collections (more than 120,000 editions printed between 1501 and 1820, 1240 incunables and 2150 manuscripts!), explained several... _KMS_WEB_BLOG_READFULLPOST