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Southern Jewish Museum Opens in New Orleans
Southern Jewish Museum Opens in New Orleans
The Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience includes exhibitions, collections and programs focusing on the history and culture of Southern Jewish life. By Susanne Katz June 29, 2021, 7:49 pm Edit
Courtesy of the Crosby Family Collection // The Jewish Orphans’ Home in New Orleans, circa 1915.
This permanent gallery includes sacred texts, images and symbols that explore Jewish holidays, lifecycles and beliefs of Southern Jews.
// Photos courtesy of the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience
Courtesy of the Rubel Family Collection // Members of the Rubel family in Corinth, Miss., circa 1880s.
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In this rendering provided by the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience, an area of the new museum is seen in New Orleans. (Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience via AP)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) A new museum under construction in New Orleans will explore the journey of immigrant Jews and subsequent generations to the American South who brought with them a religious way of life they struggled to maintain while seeking acceptance in the home of the Bible Belt.
With multimedia interactive exhibits and a collection of more than 7,000 artifacts, the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience will illustrate the ways Southern and Jewish cultures influenced each another’s families, businesses, religions, politics and food habits as Jewish staples like potato latkes and matzo ball soup were met with Southern grits and gumbo.