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Jews of New York City will unite in celebration of the eight hundredth birthday of Moses Maimonides, Spanish-Jewish philosopher and commentator, on April 14, it was announced yesterday by the Maimonides Octocentennial Committee.
The celebration will take place in the Isaac M. Wise Auditorium of Temple Emanu-El, 1 East Sixty-fifth street, and will include addresses by eminent Jews and non-Jews.
Celebrations of the Maimonides anniversary will also be held in many American universities and medical schools, Professor Salo W. Baron of Columbia announced. Professor Baron heads an advisory council composed of leading Jewish scholars and educators. Columbia, Yale, Johns Hopkins, University of Chicago, Loyola and the Catholic University of America are among those scheduled to observe the birthday.
A series of semi-popular and scholarly pamphlets will be published in connection with the octocentennial, and will include reprints of previous standard works on the life and writings of Maimonides, together with new studies and essays. Maimonides was born in Cordoba, Spain, in 1135, and his religious and philosophical thought have had a great influence upon later Jewish and Christian thinkers.
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