STJA. South Texas Jewish Archives

Overview The collection contains correspondence, family photographs, slides, property deeds, post cards, VHS recordings, audio of bar mitzvah, newsletters, news clippings, membership cards, and scrapbooks spanning the years 1908 to 2012.

Overview One box containing certificates, correspondence, a travel journal, photographs, a magazine article, event materials, and a Soviet Jewry nameplate documents Joyce Gilbert's activities in the Houston Jewish community and her work to assist Russian Jewry from 1975 to 2018.

Overview One box containing the Action Newsletter produced by Judith Goldman, correspondence, photographs, news clippings, and speeches documents some of Judith Goldman's time as president of Houston Action for Soviet Jewry from 1983 to 2020.

Overview The Jules H. Borger collection offers a glimpse into the Houston Jewish community from the 1910 to 2015. Containing a number of materials such as bulletins, postcards, photographs, programs, magazines, and news clippings, the collection illuminates the day-to-day existence of some of Houston’s more prominent Jewish points of interest.

Overview BBYO booklets and a group photo, a JCC event program, correspondence, and a photo from the 1974 Bellaire Senior Prom document some activities Karen Diane Katz participated in from 1972 to 1974.

Overview The collection consists of USO/Jewish Welfare Board documents, newspaper clippings, Adath Yeshurun materials, correspondence, and song lyrics from the Kass family spanning the years 1933 to 2003.

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

Overview The collection consists of personal photographs, a play written about Ben Katz, Beth Yeshurun programs, a VHS recording, and materials about the history of Beth Yeshurun that document some activities and interests of the Katz family within the Houston Jewish community from 1939 to 1991.

Overview The collection includes certificates, correspondence, family photos, publications, a Bellaire High School commencement program, speeches, a scrapbook, an oral history, and memorabilia from the 1960 Democratic National Convention that document the activities of Stephen Kaufman, primarily, and to a lesser extent his wife, Ann, and both of their families.

Overview The collection consists of six boxes containing immigration materials, correspondence, marriage records, directories, programs, newsletters, news clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, and memorabilia spanning the years 1896 to 2008.