Jewish museums

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

Singapore Gets a Jewish Museum

Located next to southeast Asia’s oldest synagogue.

Clement Yong
Dec. 22 2021 12:01AM

How the Sh’ma Was Transformed from a Prayer to a Totem

Silver bracelets, Greek inscriptions, and centuries-old Jewish folk beliefs.

Jessica Steinberg
Nov. 16 2021 12:01AM

In a New Exhibit, the Jewish Museum Avoids the Word Jew

Louise Bourgeois, artist without context.

Menachem Wecker
Sept. 1 2021 12:01AM
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