Metropolitan Museum of Art

So long, ‘amulet.’ Hello, ‘phylactery.’ The Met Museum has updated that tefillin description.

The revision came days after Twitter users criticized the New York museum’s labeling.

By Philissa Cramer July 28, 2020 3:07 pm

Twitter debate ensues after Metropolitan Museum of Art labels tefillin as Egyptian amulet

It is listed as part of the museum’s Islamic art department.

July 26, 2020 9:59 pm

Picasso painting sold by family escaping the Nazis can remain at the Met

The family of German businessman Paul Leffmann waited too long to demand the return of Picasso’s “The Actor,” and it would be unfair to force the Met to give it up, a federal appeals court ruled.

June 27, 2019 12:50 pm

Met museum won’t accept new gifts from Sackler family members linked to Oxycontin

By Marcy Oster May 15, 2019 1:49 pm

A tour guide uncovers Passover secrets in the Met Museum’s Egyptian wing

By Debra Nussbaum Cohen March 20, 2018 4:19 pm

Judge says Met Museum can keep Picasso sold by Jew fleeing the Nazis

February 8, 2018 9:04 am

Met museum’s new president likens role to managing Yanks

By Hillel Kuttler April 16, 2015 12:48 pm

‘Homely’ ancient rock adds evidence of King David’s existence

By Menachem Wecker December 15, 2014 5:26 pm

Sotheby’s: Steinhardt collection ‘most valuable’ Judaica auction ever

April 30, 2013 5:52 pm

U.S. looking at Chabad-Russia feud over texts

By Sue Fishkoff May 16, 2011 6:15 pm

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