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The Messages about Jews in Christian Art
By Edward RothsteinAnd how Jews used art to send messages about themselves.
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 RothsteinMany recent Hollywood movies seem to exhibit a fear of showing too much Jewish particularism. Why?
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The Dismantling of Jewish Identity
By Edward RothsteinAssuming no education, offering little knowledge, and affecting not to care about either, New York's Jewish Museum promises to inspire new forms of an “ever-changing” Jewish identity.
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Biblical Illiteracy = Cultural Illiteracy
By Edward RothsteinThe Bible molded modern English and shaped American society and culture. Now, as attacks on the Museum of the Bible suggest, it has been cripplingly tossed aside.
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Not “Your” City—”Everyone’s” City
By Edward RothsteinHow the Met, in its exhibition Jerusalem 1000-1400 and in its defense against critics of that exhibition, exploits the vocabulary of openness.
Monthly Essay ·
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 RothsteinThey are still invoking dated forms of self-abnegation, or engaging in more or less ignorant forms of advocacy, or yearning for a vague universalism.
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.
Observation ·
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 RothsteinAs Wagner illustrates, anti-Semitism is more than a mere dislike of Jews—it's a metaphysical condition that shapes the very way the world is perceived.
