An art historian and retired museum director, Tom L. Freudenheim studied at Harvard College, Hebrew Union College, and New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts, where his focus was on Islamic and Early Christian Art.  He served as director of the Baltimore Museum of Art, Worcester Art Museum, and Gilbert Collection (London), as well as Assistant Secretary for Museums at the Smithsonian Institution (Washington), where he had oversight responsibility for the national museums.  He was also director of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and Deputy Director/COO of Berlin’s Jewish Museum.  Freudenheim has written about issues relating to art and religion for many years, as well as about art and museums for The Wall Street Journal, Curator: The Museum Journal, and other publications.