September 1, 2017
Rembrandt’s Jewish Vision
By Rabbi Meir SoloveichikA non-Jewish Dutch artist may be the most Jewish artist of them all.
This essay is part of a series of essays by Rabbi Meir Soloveichik on the intersection of Jews and Judaism with the artistic practice, and the aesthetic vision, of the great 17th-century Dutch master. “Rembrandt’s Light,” immediately below, introduces the series, and is followed by the first essay, “What Happened at Mount Moriah: Rembrandt and the Binding of Isaac.”
Rembrandt’s Light
Of all places on earth, this one was surely the least likely to be the favored haunt of a Lithuanian rabbi. Even more surprising than the place itself was how the rabbi reacted to what he found there.
