Moshe Maimonides

The Ebenezer Scrooge model: Can Yom Kippur really bring repentance and change?

From Dickens’s Ebenezer Scrooge to modern psychology, the journey from remorse to lasting behavioral change reveals why Yom Kippur can be both a reckoning and a starting point.

YOM KIPPUR asks us to confront who we were, who we have become, and who we might yet become.
The Rambam

A Maimonides statue in Córdoba was defaced. His writings have an answer to hate - opinion

The vandalized statue of the Rambam.

Police investigate swastika graffiti painted over Rambam statue in Cordoba, Spain

A view shows a town nestled in a valley seen near Jerusalem in April in 2026.

What's Israel’s role in Judaism? Zionists' duty is to know - opinion


Wartime rabbi: Leading American Jewish clergyman takes on a new role

Park Avenue Synagogue Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove has stepped up since October 7 like few others, raising millions for Israel's war and rebuilding efforts and leading the fight against antisemitism.

 Rabbi Cosgrove

Did the medieval Jewish philosopher Maimonides do drugs? - opinion

We in Israel need the Rambam more than ever these days. Not to enhance our religious beliefs and practice but rather to take them down a notch.

 THE RAMBAM: Maimonides marble bas-relief, US House of Representatives.

Balancing AI and Judaism - opinion

AI is already shaping our world positively, aiding in healthcare, science and the most basic literary tasks.

 MEN RECITE morning prayers on a train between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Daily prayer allows us to consciously express gratitude for our livelihoods and cognitive abilities, the writer notes.

What do gifted children need? Future Scientists Center offers answers

The Maimonides Fund’s Future Scientists Center and the Education Ministry’s Division for Gifted and Outstanding Students, organized a groundbreaking conference last week.

 Professor Camilla P. Benbow Dean of the Peabody College of Education and Human Development at Vanderbilt University_

Rare Maimonides manuscripts on display in YU Museum Exhibit

The exhibit is the first time that the manuscript of Moreh Nevuchim, meaning Guide to the Perplexed, will be available for the public to see.

Sefer ha-Mitsvot (Book of the Commandments), Yemen, 1492. From the Hartman Collection.

Medieval Jewish thinker Maimonides wrote in Romance language - research

Maimonides, born Moses ben Maimon and also known as the Rambam, is one of the great scholars and thinkers of his time, even among non-Jewish contemporaries. 

The Rambam

700-year-old handwritten copy of Maimonides' book going on auction

The copy is a handwritten adorned copy of the Guide of the Perplexed in which Maimonides interpreted the Hebrew Bible.

 The purported portrait of Maimonides from which all modern portraits are derived.

Antisemitic works on display at Warsaw Historical Book Fair

The annual Historical Book Fair in Warsaw is supported by the office of the Polish President Andrzej Duda.

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Before Giving Tuesday, learn how to give charity and make it have impact

As Giving Tuesday approaches we want to share some experiences and observations from our decades of nonprofit work to elevate your charitable giving to Israel to be the most impactful.

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Judaism has compassion for animals

Jewish thinkers and commentators weigh in on textual sources about compassion and cruelty regarding animal slaughter.

 The Freedom Farm Sanctuary in Olesh serves as a shelter for rescued animals from the meat and dairy industry.