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One of the places my young adult kids and I visited on our recent vacation was Spain. As the online brochures suggested, it didn’t disappoint.
Charming old cities with shops tucked into architecture that existed well before America’s founding.
Churches and other buildings that in some cases were over 1,000 years old. Views of the Mediterranean with boardwalks and open-air markets. Festivals that have taken place annually for half a millennium. Town squares that were built in the 1500s. Winding roads and alleyways that belong on postcards.
Crowds filled these beautiful places. People from all over Europe, Asia, the Middle East and, to a lesser extent, the United States.
One of the places we visited was Cordoba, Spain, a beautiful small city that was a heart of Jewish learning and Muslim accomplishment 800 years ago. It was the home of the most famous and impactful Jewish philosopher of all time, Maimonides. The home of the greatest Arab Muslim philosopher of all time, Averroes.
In the 9th and 10th centuries, Cordoba was Europe’s most cosmopolitan city. A place where Jews, Arabs and Christians all practiced their beliefs without persecution. With mutual…
