And That’s True Too: The Life and Work of Lore Segal

Visit the Center for Jewish History to see the exhibit “And That’s True Too: The Life and Work of Lore Segal,” presented by the Leo Baeck Institute. Born in Vienna, Segal survived Nazi persecution as a child when she escaped on one of the earliest Kindertransports to England. Her subsequent life—marked by displacement, reinvention, and a lifelong engagement with language—shaped a body of work distinguished by moral clarity, wit, and intellectual rigor. The New York Times has said, “Lore Segal has quietly produced some of the best fiction and essays in American literature.”

This spring The New Press is releasing new editions of Segal’s novel Her First American, an evocative tale of race, romance, and the complexities of the human experience; Other People’s Houses, semi-autobiographical novel of a Jewish girl’s escape to England from Vienna after Hitler’s rise to power; and Shakespeare’s Kitchen, a collection of stories that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

Use the link below for more information about the exhibit and viewing hours.