A new presentation will explore the life and legacy of Mickey Gil, a key figure in New Orleans’ gay Carnival scene from the 1980s through the early 2000s.

New Orleans, May 3, 2026- Dave Walker pays a visit to MSJE's special exhibition on the New Americans Social Club of New Orleans A photograph from 1952, displayed in a section of the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience’s permanent galleries, shows a group of people posing on the front steps of the New Orleans Jewish Community Center. They are members of the New Americans Social Club — European Holocaust survivors who’d made their way to new lives in the American South. “I

AJT covers MSJE's annual rooftop Sukkah tradition In honor of Sukkot, the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience (MSJE) partnered with unCommon Construction to build a traditional sukkah on the museum’s rooftop. The museum’s sukkah served as both a free communal gathering space and as a venue for a weeklong slate of structured programming. https://www.atlantajewishtimes.com/new-orleans-museum-builds-rooftop-sukkah/During this annual harvest festival, Jewish households and c

Claudia Dreifus covers MSJE's opening for the paper of record With thousands of artifacts, a New Orleans museum tells of a different immigrant experience, far from the cities of the North. Continue reading in the New York Times.