вЂњThe story of Jews in the South parallels a lot of American history,вЂќ Hoffman said, explaining that it begins in Colonial times (albeit Spanish and French colonies, not British ones). Because Mississippi passed its first statewide prohibition law in 1907 (enacted in 1908), this jug dates to before that time.Д®ach state has its own unique Jewish history, though the narratives as a whole diverge from the early Jewish American experience most Yankees may be familiar with. Leon Hersdorffer of Mississippi owned a wholesale and retail liquor distribution operation. His background and experience won him a lunch with its leadership and, a few years later, he is now spearheading the museumвЂ™s grand re-opening in his home state of Louisiana as the instituteвЂ™s executive director. The museum shuttered, with an eye toward expansion, in 2012, while Hoffman was working as the director of education at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans. He interned there during a summer off from graduate school at Tulane University, where he got his MasterвЂ™s of History in 1993. вЂњSo it was always a popular destination.вЂќД«ut Hoffman returned to the museum for more than its temperature control. вЂњThe cabins were not air-conditioned, but the museum was,вЂќ said Hoffman, a former camper and counselor at the URJ Henry S. For Kenneth Hoffman, it was also a place to stay cool in the swelter of a Mississippi summer. Since opening its doors in 1986, the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience was a hub for Southern Jews looking to get in touch with their regionвЂ™s vibrant past or to donate the remnants of their dwindling small town communities. For 26 years, the only museum devoted to Jewish life throughout the American South operated on the grounds of a Reform summer camp in Utica, Miss.

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