How the Trump Administration Can Begin Squeezing Iran on Day One
This time, it shouldn’t take two years to put sanctions in place.
November 14, 2024
How Rembrandt’s Christian Art Made Room for Jewish Difference
The painter’s vision of tolerance.
In 2017, Mosaic published a series of articles on Rembrandt van Rijn and his artistic portrayals of both biblical and contemporary Jews. William Kolbrener takes a look at another painting, of the prophet Samuel and his mother Hannah, and explains how it embodies the great Dutch artist’s tolerant understanding of Christianity and his ability to incorporate and appreciate Jewish difference—an attitude sorely lacking in Rembrandt’s homeland today. (Video, 5 minutes.)
November 14, 2024
Why Whiteness Studies Is Bad for the Jews
And for everyone else.
The Latest Parliamentary Controversy That Could Topple the Israeli Government
Rabbis Bill II.
How Rembrandt’s Christian Art Made Room for Jewish Difference
The painter’s vision of tolerance.
The Americas’ Only Romaniote Synagogue Still Operates on the Lower East Side