As part of Cornell Hillel's Jewish Faculty Lecture Series, Ross Brann, M.R. Konvitz Professor of Judeo-Islamic Studies in the Near Eastern Studies department speaks about "Moses Maimonides: Loving God with the Mind."
Brann is serving his fourth term since 1989 as Chair of the Department of Near Eastern Studies. He is the author of "The Compunctious Poet: Cultural Ambiguity and Hebrew Poetry in Muslim Spain" (awarded the National Jewish Book Award in the category of Sephardic Studies) and "Power in the Portrayal: Representations of Muslims and Jews in Islamic Spain."
This event was made possible through the generosity of David '91 and Cheryl '91 Einhorn and the Einhorn Family Charitable Trust.