Jews and Jewish life
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: TARO subject browse term
Found in 131 Collections and/or Records:
David Barg Military Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 982
Overview
Correspondence recommending and rejecting David Barg for Officer Candidate School and some military records, including separation paperwork, document some of Captain Barg's time in the U.S. military between 1936 and 1946.
Dates:
1936 - 1946
David Bell Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 868
Overview
This collection contains a copy of The Golden Book of Congregation Adath Yeshurun from 1941 and three B'nai B'rith Youth Organization yearbooks dated 1966 to 1968.
Dates:
1941 - 1968
David Wolf Family papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 757
Overview
The David Wolf Family papers contain religious certificates, photographs, news clippings, and books related to members of the extended Wolf family. Dated throughout the 1900s, the materials showcase Jewish traditions and engagements of three generations of the Wolf family.
Dates:
1908 - 1970
Dolores Wilkenfeld papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 797
Overview
The collection contains one box of speeches, event programs and media, newsclippings, and bulletins which document some of Dolores Wilkenfeld's interests and activities within the Reform Jewish Community in Houston and around the world from 1973 to 2017, with a focus on assisting Russian Jewry.
Dates:
1973 - 2017
Eisenberg Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 818
Overview
This collection consists of one folder containing newsclippings, a marriage certificate, photographs of Adath Yeshurun and Beth Yeshurun, an Adath Yeshurun newsletter, and a list of San Jacinto High School class of 1949 graduates.
Dates:
1937 - 1999
Emery-Weiner School collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 731
Overview
The collection consists of publications for a variety of purposes: student recruitment; fund-raising; periodic reporting, particularly to parents; and recording of community guidelines. Also included are student publications and an I. Weiner School yearbook. There are a few programs from student theater productions. Newsclippings and correspondence are also included.
Dates:
1978 - 2003
Epstein Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 865
Overview
This collection is made up of one box containing bulletins, certificates, correspondence, event materials, photographs, programs, and scrapbooks from the Epstein Family, spanning from 1939-1999.
Dates:
1939 - 1999
Farfel Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 879
Overview
The collection consists of twenty four boxes containing correspondence, photographs, awards, news clippings, University of Houston Board of Regents records, contracts, financial documents and business records ranging from the 1920s to the 1980s.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1927 - 1988
Fink Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 759
Overview
The Fink family Papers are comprised of photographs of the Fink family, the Purple Heart medal awarded to Harold Fink for his wartime service, and various papers related to the B’nai B’rith Youth Organization and Echo Hill Ranch---both organizations that nurture and encourage the growth of Jewish Teens.
Dates:
1930 - 1987
Fisher family papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 819
Overview
The Fisher Family papers include materials related to Rabbi Henry Cohen and his tenure at congregation B’nai Israel. A writer as a well as a scholar and community activist, Cohen’s knowledge of Jewry in Texas survives in the writings he left behind.
Dates:
1932 - 1941