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Jews and Jewish life

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Part of TARO subject browse terms

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Amalya Shandelman Photography Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 892
Overview This collection is made up of one box containing photographs taken by Amalya Shandelman of the final service held by the United Orthodox Synagogues in February 2018, following the events of Hurricane Harvey in the fall of 2017.
Dates: 2018-02-04

Houston Chronicle Photo Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0814
Overview Photographs used in the Houston Chronicle and/or taken by Chronicle photographers document activities within the Houston Jewish community between the 1940s and 2000s.
Dates: ca. 1940s-2000s

Houston Post Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0969
Overview Photographs used in the Houston Post and/or taken by Post photographers document activities within the Houston Jewish community between the 1950s and 1990s.
Dates: ca. 1950s-1990s

Joan and Stanford Alexander South Texas Jewish Archives Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 874
Overview This collection consists of correspondence, publicity materials, a statement about the founding of the Joan and Stanford Alexander South Texas Jewish Archives, formerly known as the Houston Jewish History Archive (HJHA), meeting materials, newsletters, and news clippings that feature the work the STJA is doing to preserve materials belonging to individuals and synagogues in the Houston Jewish community following the damage wrought by Hurricane Harvey in 2017.
Dates: 2017 - 2023

Kristal Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 834
Overview The collection consists of one box of correspondence to members of the Kristal family from 1921 to 1925, including two wedding invitations, and one news clipping. The majority of the correspondence is in Yiddish and much of it is from relatives in the Poland.
Dates: 1921 - 1925

Rice University Program in Jewish Studies Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 429
Overview The collection contains event flyers, "Branches" newsletters, and event posters, which document some of the activities the Program in Jewish studies participated in from 2015 to 2022.
Dates: 2015 - 2022

Robert I. Cohen gift store printing plate

 Collection
Identifier: MS 813
Overview The Robert I. Cohen gift store printing plate offers a fascinating glimpse into Cohen’s creative approach to advertising in his hugely influential department store businesses. The plate, meant to draw patrons in with its festive message, is redolent of Christmas shopping at the department store in the early 1900s.
Dates: 1900 - 1920

South Texas Jewish Archives vertical file

 Collection
Identifier: MS 772
Overview The collection includes individual files within the South Texas Jewish Archives including materials including: newsclippings, notes, correspondence, photographs, and other materials. The contents are donated by community members and/or gathered by the HJHA staff.
Dates: 1912 - 2023

Texas Jewish Historical Society Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1041
Overview Two boxes containing Texas Jewish Historical Society Newsletters, membership directories, and a brochure document some events and activities undertaken by the Texas Jewish Historical Society from 1999 to present.
Dates: 1999 - 2022