The mission of the Museum is to educate people of all ages and backgrounds about the broad tapestry of Jewish life in the 20th and 21st centuries—before, during, and after the Holocaust.
Multiple perspectives on modern Jewish history, life, and culture are presented in the Museum’s unique Core Exhibition and award-winning special exhibitions.
Acclaimed public programs, including discussions, films, plays, and concerts, highlight the richness of Jewish culture and ideas.
The Museum is also home to National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene.
Chef Alon Shaya is a two-time James Beard Award-winner whose Israeli-style New Orleans restaurants have been hailed as among the country’s best. He
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Together, Serge and Beate Klarsfeld tracked down Klaus Barbie—the “Butcher of Lyon”—and orchestrated his extradition to France, helped clinch the convictions of former
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In honor of Women’s History Month, this upcoming three-day festival, «Untold Stories of Jewish Women,» celebrates Jewish women in theater, song, and poetry.
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The musical rediscovery continues in the second concert series of “Discovering the Treasures of Yiddish Musical Theater.” The performance comes alive with songs
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The vast majority of photographs from the Holocaust, including iconic images such as «the Warsaw ghetto boy» and the selections at Auschwitz were
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The Museum’s monthly Stories Survive Speaker Series enables Holocaust survivors to share their life stories in their own words. On March 4, Mordechai
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Join us as Professor Samuel Kassow illuminates life in the Lodz Ghetto with two back-to-back fascinating lectures: “What was Different About the Lodz
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