Jewish museums

The Exquisite Artwork, Jewish and Gentile, Inspired by the Book of Esther

Esther in the Age of Rembrandt.

Jenna Weissman Joselit
March 14 2025 12:01AM

An Unabashedly Zionist View of Theodor Herzl

The most consequential theater critic in modern history.

James Panero
Jan. 20 2025 12:01AM

Israeli Art in the Wake of the Black Shabbat

From the Ashes, a Fire Shall Be Woken.

Sarah Rindner
May 23 2024 12:01AM

The Jews of Washington, DC Get Their Own Museum

In a former synagogue that once hosted Ulysses S. Grant.

Gabby Deutsch
Feb. 26 2024 12:01AM

Jerusalem’s Museum of Italian Jewry, and the Synagogue It Houses

Neither Sephardi nor Ashkenazi.

Shmuel Munitz
Oct. 4 2023 12:01AM

Moses Maimonides, in His Own Hand and Throughout the Ages

The Golden Path.

Dovid Bashevkin and David Sclar
Aug. 10 2023 12:01AM

At the Jewish Museum, a Tribute to a Dynasty of Iraqi-Anglo-Indian Grandees

The Sassoons.

Ari Hoffman
July 18 2023 12:01AM

Maimonides at the Museum

The Golden Path.

Edward Rothstein
June 9 2023 12:01AM

Albanian Jewry Gets Its Own Museum

A rich 1,800-year history.

Avi Kumar
Dec. 22 2022 12:01AM

A Hand-Drawn Menorah from a Text Annotated by Maimonides Himself

A rare manuscript goes on display.

JNS
Dec. 15 2022 12:01AM

Using Artificial Intelligence to Put Names to the Faces of Holocaust-Era Photographs

From Numbers to Names.

Yaakov Schwartz
June 28 2022 12:01AM

Robbed of Its Congregants and Ravaged by War, the Great Synagogue of Aleppo Lives On, Virtually

Thanks to 51 photographs.

Matti Friedman
June 24 2022 12:01AM

The Danger of Letting Apolitical Jewish Institutions Become Politicized

Partisanship displaces purpose.

Jonathan Tobin
May 9 2022 12:01AM

In Vienna, the Rothschilds Are Getting Their Due

A Jewish success story—even if they never controlled the weather or created space lasers.

Liam Hoare
Dec. 24 2021 12:01AM
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