And That’s True Too: The Life and Work of Lore Segal presents a richly documented exploration of the life and literary legacy of Lore Segal (1928–2024). 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 exhibition features photographs, manuscripts, rare books, and archival materials that trace Segal’s journey from prewar Vienna to New York and examine how exile informed her novels, short stories, translations, and children’s books, as well as her influential career as a teacher.
The title And That’s True Too reflects Segal’s commitment to complexity and multiple perspectives—an ethos that runs through her writing and her reflections on memory, identity, and human connection.
Special events:
January 22, 2026: Exhibition Opening with a reading by actor Toni Kalem (in person) and livestreamed
February 12, 2026: Horace Cayton, Black Renaissance Man and Raconteur (online)
March 4, 2026: Tell Me a Lore: The Children’s Books of Lore Segal (online)
April 15, 2026: Still Talking: Celebrating Lore Segal in Performance (in Person) purchase tickets here
At the Leo Baeck Institute, New York, in the Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street
New York, NY 10011