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Israeli President Isaac Herzog visits the Tomb of Maimonides (Rambam), April 2, 2025. Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO.
Herzog prays at Tomb of Maimonides for safe return of Israeli hostages
He also prayed for the success and safety of the Israel Defense Forces and the recovery of the wounded.
JNS Staff
April 3, 2025
"Mezukak Shivatayim," a rare manuscript with an unpublished commentary on Maimonides's Code of Jewish Law [Mishneh Torah] written in Provence by the 14th century scholar Rabbi Joseph ben Shaul Kimhi. Credit: Courtesy of NLI.
600-year-old manuscript reveals lost French-Jewish intellectual stream 
"Mezukak Shivatayim" is among the few rare books to represent the vanished Jewish community of Provence.
June 7, 2024
The ongoing exhibit at the museum in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood. Credit: Yeshiva University Museum.
Yeshiva U Museum adds historic items to Maimonides exhibit
The additions include a receipt written by 12th-century sage for funds raised to ransom Jews from Crusader captivity.
Feb. 9, 2024
Ben Ezra Synagogue in Cairo, 2017. Credit: Ovedc via Wikimedia Commons.
Ben Ezra Synagogue in Cairo reopens after significant restoration
The current building dates to the late 19th century, though the synagogue’s origins trace all the way back to Maimonides and the Middle Ages.
Sept. 8, 2023
Image from the broadside of Robin Hood and Maid Marion. before 1700. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Robin Hood got it half right
Maimonides was way ahead of his time; he knew the power of tzedakah and the importance of Jews caring for each other.
Steve Rosenberg
March 19, 2023
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir (left) visits the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Jan. 3, 2022. Source: Facebook.
Ben-Gvir has reenacted one of the greatest moments in Jewish history
Ariel Sharon and Rabbi Shlomo Goren understood the sanctity and importance of the Temple Mount.
Joseph Frager
Jan. 8, 2023
A Maimonides manuscript featuring a hand-drawn illustration of the Temple menorah, to be displayed at the Yeshiva University Museum. Credit: Yeshiva University Museum.
Yeshiva University Museum to display rare hand-drawn menorah from Maimonides manuscript
The exhibition will also feature a copy of the Rambam’s "Mishneh Torah" that was reportedly personally signed by Maimonides.
Dec. 9, 2022
Shaare Zedek Medical Center staff in the hospital's coronavirus ward in Jerusalem, Sept. 23, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Dr. Stephen Soloway, a straight-talking renaissance man
His book “Bad Medicine” should be read by every aspiring physician.
Joseph Frager
Oct. 23, 2022
At the Tomb of Maimonides (the Rambam) in central Tiberias, on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. Photo by Judy Lash Balint.
A New York rabbi and a medieval sage help revitalize struggling Israeli city of Tiberias
The goal? To expand the existing renovated center into a $20 million state-of-the-art Rambam Quarter. “The vision is that you’ll find your link to Judaism here, no matter who you are—religious, not religious, male or female, Sephardic or Ashkenaz. This is our link,” says Rabbi Yamin Levy.
Judy Lash Balint
April 18, 2022