Jews and Jewish life
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Part of TARO subject browse terms
Found in 167 Collections and/or Records:
Shirley Barish papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 755
Overview
The collection contains correspondence, certificates, event materials, speeches and sermons, news clippings, newsletters, conference materials, photographs, a book draft and educational materials catalog, reports, and organizational materials that document Shirley Barish's time as an educator at Congregation Emanu El Religious School and as a youth group advisor for the Congregation's Temple youth groups.
Dates:
1965 - 2011
Sklar Family papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0789
Overview
The Sklar Family papers contain photographs and certificates relevant to the Sklar family, such as Fred Sklar’s confirmation certificate and bar mitzvah materials. The papers offer a look at institutions such as the B’nai B’rith Youth Organization and Congregation Beth Jacob, and the ceremonies that tie families and communities together.
Dates:
1930 - 1954
S.L. Wisenberg family papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 763
Overview
This collections is made up of congregation Beth Yeshurun Anniversary/Dedication books and two scrapbooks containing photographs, school report cards, programs, newspaper clippings, agendas, and correspondence document the interests and activities of S.L. Wisenberg as a child between 1961 and 2001.
Dates:
1961 - 2001
Sol B. Weiner Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 913
Overview
The collection consists of one folder consisting of an event program, photographs, and a photocopy from Beth Yeshurun's newsletter, The Message, documents a few events in the life of Sol B. Weiner from 1960 to 1985.
Dates:
1960 - 1985
Sol Schwartz family collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 0806
Overview
The Sol Schwartz family collection provides an in-depth look at the experiences of a Jewish family growing up in Houston, particularly through Alex Schwartz’ Autobiography and the Board Minutes he took for Congregation Rodefei Sholom. With its American Mizrachi Women Chapter Directory, Column by Rabbi Segal praising Alex Schwartz, and the Torah awarded Sol Schwartz, the collection showcases multiple family members and their contributions to the Houston Jewish community.
Dates:
1927 - 2008
South Texas Jewish Archives Oral History Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 976
Overview
The is a digital collection of oral history interviews conducted as part of the South Texas Jewish Archives.
Dates:
2018 - 2023
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
Star Furniture Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 897
Overview
This collection is made up of two boxes containing photographs, news clippings, memorabilia, financial documents, and event programs from Star Furniture, and an oral history conducted with Shirley Wolff Toomim and Ellen Toomim Robinson spanning the years 1925-2021.
Dates:
1925 - 2021
Steven Fenberg papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0804
Overview
The Steven Fenberg Papers are comprised of books, correspondence, documents, and newsprint relevant to the life of Steven Fenberg--America’s top scholar of influential Houston mogul Jesse H. Jones. Though many of the materials concern Jones, the rest explore Fenberg’s other philanthropic interests and connections with the wider Houston community, such as his patronage of AIDS Foundation Houston and affiliation with Congregation Emanu El. Additionally family records such as World War II...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1926 - 2021
Steven Plumb papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 1077
Overview
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.
Dates:
1968 - 2015