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March 13, 2017

The Metropolitan Museum’s Fictitious Golden Age of Jerusalem

Jerusalem syndrome.

Elaborating on his February essay for Mosaic, Edward Rothstein explains how the Met’s recent exhibit, Jerusalem 1000-1400: Every People under Heaven, manipulated history to give the entirely false impression that the city was a model of tolerance and fruitful cultural interactions during the Middle Ages. (Interview by Eric Cohen. Audio, 45 minutes.)

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March 13, 2017

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