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MSJE to Open Special Exhibition About Holocaust Survivors in the South: The New Americans Social Club offers lessons about patriotism, community
New Orleans, March 16, 2026 – The Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience (MSJE) will open its newest special exhibition to the public on Friday, March 20. “Holocaust Survivors in a New Land: The New Americans Social Club of New Orleans” tells the story of Holocaust survivors who made new lives in the South, becoming citizens, opening businesses, organizing Yiddish-language entertainment and Holocaust memorial programs, and even confronting neo-Nazis. Executive Director Ke
Mar 25
The Times-Picayune: "New exhibit looks at Holocaust survivors who formed a social club in New Orleans"
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
May 41 min read
Atlanta Jewish Times: "New Orleans Museum Builds Rooftop Sukkah"
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
Oct 16, 20251 min read
The New York Times: "A New Showcase for the Story of Jews in the South"
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.
Oct 19, 20211 min read
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