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The Messages about Jews in Christian Art
By Edward RothsteinCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Edward Rothstein
Edward Rothstein is Critic at Large at the Wall Street Journal. His essays in Mosaic include “The Problem with Jewish Museums,” “Jerusalem Syndrome at the Met,” and “The Unusual Relationship Between Abraham Lincoln and the Jews.”
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Hollywood’s Retreat into Universalism
By Edward RothsteinCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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The Dismantling of Jewish Identity
By Edward RothsteinCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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Biblical Illiteracy = Cultural Illiteracy
By Edward RothsteinCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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Not “Your” City—”Everyone’s” City
By Edward RothsteinCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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Jerusalem Syndrome at the Met
By Edward RothsteinAn exhibition on the diverse multiculturalism of medieval Jerusalem has been ecstatically received. There's just one problem: the vision of history it promotes is a myth.
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How Jewish Museums Reflect the Condition of Mainstream Jews
By Edward RothsteinCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Monthly Essay ·
The Problem with Jewish Museums
By Edward RothsteinOurs is an era of museums celebrating the identity of nearly every group and ethnicity. But something else takes place when the identity in question is Jewish.
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In What Way Is This Music Jewish?
By Charles Krauthammer, Edward RothsteinCharles Krauthammer and Edward Rothstein exchange views.
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Unknown Musicians of a Wandering Race
By Edward RothsteinA remarkable concert reintroduces three Jewish composers who fled fascist Europe to America, where two of them pioneered a new art form—the symphonic film score.
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The Unusual Relationship Between Abraham Lincoln and the Jews
By Edward RothsteinAs a powerful new exhibit shows, the 16th president felt a close connection to the Jewish people. Why?
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Something More Profound than Prejudice
By Edward RothsteinCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
