Abigail Rapoport
The Jewish Museum “The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt”

Abigail Rapoport is the Curator of Judaica at the Jewish Museum. She previously worked on Judaica within the European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Rapoport holds a PhD in medieval art history from the University of Pennsylvania where she also received her MA in seventeenth-century Dutch art. Her prior exhibition, Beauty and Ritual: Judaica from the Jewish Museum, New York originally ran at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in 2022 and will be traveling to the Frist Art Museum, Nashville in 2026. Abigail was listed on New York Jewish Week’s “36 to Watch” in 2022 and recognized by the Borough President of Manhattan for her work in Jewish culture and art. Abigail currently serves as a board member on the Council of American Jewish Museums.