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===Tributes and memorials=== [[File:Israel 1 Sheqel 1986 Obverse & Reverse.jpg|thumb|Maimonides used to be on the [[Israeli new shekel#Series A (1985–1999)|1 ILS banknote]].]] Maimonides has been memorialized in numerous ways. For example, one of the Learning Communities at the [[Tufts University School of Medicine]] bears his name. There is also [[Maimonides School]] in [[Brookline, Massachusetts]], [[Maimonides Academy School]] in [[Los Angeles, California]], [[Lycée Maïmonide]] in Casablanca, the Brauser Maimonides Academy in [[Hollywood, Florida]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.floridajewishnews.com/site/a/major_grant_awarded_to_maimonides/ |work=Florida Jewish Journal |title=Major Grant Awarded to Maimonides |author=David Morris |access-date=13 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070730212312/http://www.floridajewishnews.com/site/a/major_grant_awarded_to_maimonides/ |archive-date=30 July 2007 }}</ref> and [[Maimonides Medical Center]] in [[Brooklyn]], New York. [[Beit Harambam Congregation]], a Sephardi synagogue in [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania, is named after him.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58152263/the-philadelphia-inquirer/|title=Fear meets fellowship|first=Jane|last=Eisner|date=1 June 2000|page=25|newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|access-date=29 August 2020|archive-date=23 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123194859/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58152263/the-philadelphia-inquirer/|url-status=live}}{{open access}}</ref> Issued from 8 May 1986 to 1995,<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.leftovercurrency.com/exchange/israeli-new-shekel/demonetized-israeli-new-shekel-banknotes/1-israeli-new-shekel-banknote-rabbi-moses-maimonides/ | title=1 Israeli New Shekel (Rabbi Moses Maimonides) – exchange yours | newspaper=Leftover Currency }}</ref> the Series A of the [[Israeli New Shekel]] featured an illustration of Maimonides on the obverse and the place of his burial in [[Tiberias]] on the reverse on its 1-shekel bill.<ref>{{cite book|last=Linzmayer|first=Owen|title=The Banknote Book|chapter=Israel|publisher=BanknoteNews.com|year=2012|location=San Francisco, CA|chapter-url=http://www.banknotebook.com|access-date=25 December 2021|archive-date=29 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829063428/http://www.banknotebook.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2004, conferences were held at [[Yale University]], [[Florida International University]], [[Pennsylvania State University|Penn State]], and [[Rambam Health Care Campus|Rambam Hospital]] in [[Haifa]], Israel, which is named after him. To commemorate the 800th anniversary of his death, [[Harvard University]] issued a memorial volume.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/HARMAM.html |title=Harvard University Press: Maimonides after 800 Years : Essays on Maimonides and his Influence by Jay M. Harris |publisher=Hup.harvard.edu |access-date=13 March 2010 |archive-date=19 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090519030853/http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/HARMAM.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1953, the Israel Postal Authority issued a [[postage stamp]] of Maimonides, pictured. In March 2008, during the [[Euro-Mediterranean Partnership|Euromed]] Conference of Ministers of Tourism, The Tourism Ministries of Israel, Morocco and Spain agreed to work together on a joint project that will trace the footsteps of the Rambam and thus boost religious tourism in the cities of Córdoba, Fez and [[Tiberias]].<ref>Shelly Paz (8 May 2008) [https://web.archive.org/web/20110718101800/http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1209627041328&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Tourism Ministry plans joint project with Morocco, Spain]. ''The Jerusalem Post''</ref> Between December 2018 and January 2019 the [[Israel Museum]] held a special exhibit dedicated to the writings of Maimonides.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.imj.org.il/en/exhibitions/maimonides|title= Maimonides | place = Jerusalem|website=The Israel Museum |date=2 October 2018|access-date=11 July 2019|archive-date=20 May 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190520012052/https://www.imj.org.il/en/exhibitions/maimonides |url-status=live}}</ref>
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