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Museum Once Again Builds its Sukkah-on-the-Roof
In celebration of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot (September 25th - Oct 2nd), the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience (MSJE) is building a sukkah on the museum’s rooftop. The museum invites the public to visit the sukkah, learn about the holiday, and participate in a variety of public programs during the festive week.
Sukkot celebrates the fruits of the fall harvest and commemorates the temporary dwellings the Israelites lived in while wandering in the desert after the
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Gunther Karger's Kindertransport Story: Primary Source Deep Dive (Grades 3-5)
Our education blog entries are researched and written by interns in our Charles D. Zucker Jewish Studies Internship Program. For questions about educational programming and internships, contact Public Programs Manager Lizzi Meister. Gunther Kargar was born in Schmieheim, Germany, in 1933, to Herbert and Ida Karger. They lived near the town’s castle. Kargar’s early childhood in Germany was hard. As Jews, he and his family faced much hatred at the hands of the Nazis, who force
Jun 192 min read
Gunther Karger's Kindertransport Story: Primary Source Deep Dive (Grades 6-8)
Our education blog entries are researched and written by interns in our Charles D. Zucker Jewish Studies Internship Program. For questions about educational programming and internships, contact Public Programs Manager Lizzi Meister. Gunther Kargar was born in Schmieheim, Germany, in 1933 to Herbert and Ida Karger. They lived across the street from the town castle–with his grandparents, Karolina and Gustav Offenheimer. As the Nazis seized power, the country became increasingly
Jun 193 min read
MSJE Acquires its Oldest Artifact – Seventeenth Century Kiddush Cup Pre-Dates City of New Orleans by 41 Years
NEW ORLEANS, March 6, 2024 – The Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience is now displaying the oldest artifact in its collection: a silver kiddush cup made in the year 1677. The cup was recently donated to the museum by members of the Fraenkel family, in honor of Albert Fraenkel II (1928-2023) and his brother Francis “Shorty” Fraenkel. Albert had been the eighth-generation keeper of the family heirloom. Kiddush cups are used by Jews when saying a prayer for “the fruit of th
Mar 4, 20252 min read
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