Genealogy Event

Kenneth Hoffman, executive director of the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience, will discuss Jewish genealogy and other related topics at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 4, at the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon, Metairie.

Hoffman asks: “What do an immigrant's trunk from Galveston, a two dollar bill, and a prosthetic leg have in common? They can tell us a lot about the Southern Jewish experience, which in turn can tell us a lot about America.” He will then discuss “The Southern Jewish Experience in Ten Artifacts” through 10 untold tales of the Southern Jewish Experience.

Kenneth Hoffman was born in Houston and raised in Baton Rouge. He earned a bachelor’s and a Master’s Degree in history from Tulane University. He has worked as a grant writer for the New Orleans Museum of Art and as the curator of education at the Louisiana State Museum. From 2004-06, he served as president of the Louisiana Association of Museums, leading the association through the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. In 2017, he completed an 18-year tenure as director of education at The National WWII Museum.