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The Sephardic rabbi, who died in 1575, is one of history’s most renowned codifiers of Jewish law and writers on Jewish mysticism.
The text, which dates back to 1492, is in the Library of Congress and focuses on ethics.
The White House’s new science adviser was sworn in Wednesday using a copy of Pirkei Avot, or Ethics of the Fathers, from the year 1492 — a pivotal moment in Jewish history and world history. The choice delighted Judaica librarians and scholars around the world. Dr. Eric Lander, the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, had not thought about which book he would use until Vice President Kamala Harris’ office called to ask. “I confess I had not thought about the question,” Lander told Religion News Service. “But once they asked, I had to think deeply a...
"the world experimented in 1492 with tolerance — with the idea that we would have a diversity of people and perspectives," lander said.
(RNS) — ‘The minute we realized the question was values, we all went to tikkun olam,’ said Eric Lander, incoming director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.