JAMES S. DIAMOND

My thoughts and prayers go out to Judy and the family. What a wonderful man, and what a terrible, tragic loss.
Patricia Graham, MD

Jim Diamond was a true professional in his field and an inspiring colleague. As the Area Director for the The American Jewish Committee, St. Louis chapter, it was a pleasure working with him. We have lost an exceptional educator and commpassionate human being. Surely, his memory will be for a blessing.

Though I only had the pleasure of his conversation for three years, Professor Diamond was an invaluable teacher and an even better friend.

Jim was an amazing colleague and the ultimate scholar-rabbi. He was always there with support and caring. His teaching brought together the insights of modern scholarship, the wisdom of tradition and the empathy and caring for each human being. yhi zichrono baruch!

Just returned from the funeral which captured my own recollection of this extraordinary teacher. My own recollection:

http://furrydoc.blogspot.com/2013/03/aseh-lcha-rav.html

Baruch dayan ha"emet.He was a was a wonderful teacher with a delightful sense of humor. It was an honor to be in his class as part of Me'ah.

It was an honor to work with Rabbi Diamond at the CJL. His kind and gentle manner brought the students into the building. Rabbi Diamond made everyone feel welcome.

What a poignant loss. Jim was a deeply loving and caring human being, as everyone who was ever a colleague, friend, or student knew well. His broad tolerance, natural humility, and easy humor made him a peacemaker, and his empathy and dedication made him a minister without peer. I was blessed that my term as Episcopal chaplain at Princeton overlapped his at the Center for Jewish Life. May this awful shock for his family be somehow ameliorated by the knowledge that the thousands Jim...

Jim was the Hillel Rabbi at Wash U St Louis when I was an undergraduate. He guided me from my secular, anti-religious stance as a new freshman toward a path of traditional observance by the time I graduated. Jim was my teacher, my guide, my friend, my professor (Modern Israeli Literature in translation), and host for my first Shabbat in Jerusalem shortly after graduation. He challenged me, and when I asked a question, he rarely answered. Rather, he gave me a book to read or pointed me to...