The session ‘Jews and Judaism in Rembrandt’s Own World’ took place on January 24, 2022
Session moderator — Gary Schwartz, Guest Curator, Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center
Lecturers:
Simon Schama, University Professor, Columbia University, New York
Keynote ‘Rembrandt in the Work and Lives of Jewish Immigrant Artists in Britain’
Mirjam Knotter, Chief Curator and Exhibitions Manager, Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam
‘Jewish Daily Life and Material Culture in Rembrandt’s Time’
Bart Wallet, Professor of Jewish History, University of Amsterdam
‘The Ashkenazi Community of Amsterdam’
Participants of the discussion:
Larry Silver, James & Nan Farquhar Professor Emeritus of History of Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Steven Nadler, WARF Professor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Michael Zell, Associate Professor of Baroque and Eighteenth-Century Art, Boston University
Shelley Perlove, Professor Emerita, University of Michigan
Liya Chechik, Curator, Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, Moscow
On the splash screen: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn. Old Woman Reading, Probably the Prophetess Anna. 1631. Fragment. Rijksmuseum
