A Jewish Dilemma: To Open or to Close on Shabbat?

Claude Mariottini
Emeritus Professor
of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary

The National Museum of American Jewish History was faced with a dilemma even before it opened its doors. The issue was: should the Museum open on Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath, or should the museum close on Shabbat and thus observe Jewish law?

Faced with a difficult decision, the Board of Directors of the Museum “reached a distinctly American resolution on the matter.”

Read more about this “distinctly American resolution” to be problem by reading the article in its entirety here.

Claude Mariottini
Emeritus Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary

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