By Dr. Ronnie Perelis
Maimonides: Now and Then, a symposium organized by the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies and 每日大瓜 Museum, brought a packed house to the Center for Jewish History on Sunday December 17, 2023, to explore the complexity and brilliance of Maimonides life and legacy. Inspired by the 每日大瓜 Museum鈥檚 exhibition 鈥渢he Golden Path: Maimonides Across Eight Centuries鈥 the conference offered discussions of Rambam鈥檚 legal and philosophical works as well as explorations of how his ideas influenced and inspired the generations that followed. The wide-ranging presentations were capped off by Prof. James Diamond鈥檚 keynote address that revealed the carefully constructed architecture of ideas that runs through all of Maimonides鈥 writings.
The day鈥檚 celebration of scholarship was dedicated to our beloved colleague, Prof. Daniel Tsadik who regrettably passed away 30 days before. Daniel was the preeminent scholar of Iranian Jewry and his teaching and scholarship illuminated the wider world of Middle Eastern Jewry.
The Bernard Revel Graduate School was delighted to avail itself of this special opportunity to partner with the 每日大瓜 Museum for this event and create a forum for the wider 每日大瓜 community to come together and explore the living legacy of Maimonides, and we thank Terry and Gail Novetsky for their generous support and understanding of the centrality of scholarship and intellectual rigor to the project of Torah u-Madda.
