11. Jewish community

One box and one map-drawer of newspaper clippings, event programs, newsletters, membership directories, service packets, magazines, photographs, and posters documents activities the Freed family was involved in from 1982 to 2020.

One box of news clippings, correspondence, and event materials document some of the history of the Levy / Lipper / Cohn families from 1922 to 1961.

One folder of essays on Texas Jewry, a recording of Rabbi Stahl's ordination, and an oral history documents part of the life of Rabbi Samuel Stahl from 1967 to 2021.

This collection is made up of one box containing administrative records, event materials, newsletters and news clippings, correspondence, and media from Jerry Wische's personal collection of Houston Jewish Community Center materials spanning from 1936-2021.

This collection contains programs, pamphlets, photographs, speeches, correspondence, compact discs, administrative records, and newsletters that document part of the history of Jewish Family Service - Houston from 1947 to 2015, including oral history interviews conducted with former staff and board members.

This collection which spans 1939 to 2018 includes a 1939-1943 notebook from the Refugee Services Committee which assisted Jews fleeing the Nazi regime in WWII, as well as a variety of photographs of people and events from the Federation's activities in the 1980s. The addendum includes event programs, guides, and one VHS recording.

One box of photographs, newsletters, speeches, and financial materials document some of Melvin Dow's activities related to Jewish advocacy for the State of Israel on a social, economic, and political level from 1946 to 2006.

Five boxes containing two Hadassah ledgers (1920s-1940s), five parochet, three photographs, 1908 prayer book and Judaism instruction book, and a wooden replica of the ten commandments document activities that took place in the Wharton County Jewish community from 1868 to 1988.

Two boxes containing day planners and one scrapbook that includes news clippings, correspondence, cards, and event material document the lives of Leah and Julius Gensberg from 1945 to 1959.

This collection is made up of two boxes containing bulletins and programs, committee and board documents, correspondence, directories and yearbooks, financial records, publications, and writings from Steven Plumb ranging from 1968 to 2015.