How a museum became a beacon of reconciliation in America’s most divided city

By Tuly Weisz

Published November 20, 2018 5:00am ET

How a museum became a beacon of reconciliation in America’s most divided city — Cary Summers, president of the Museum of the Bible, walks through an exhibit at the museum. | (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

For 2,000 years, the Bible has been the greatest source of division between Christians and Jews. In fact, our bitter history is full of biblically driven religious intolerance and persecution.

However, in America’s arguably most divided city — Washington, D.C. — there is a place that serves as a model for respect and reconciliation: the Museum of the Bible, which opened one year ago, in November 2017.