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Jews and Jewish life

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

Found in 182 Collections and/or Records:

Emery-Weiner School collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0731
Abstract

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 0865
Abstract

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: 1891 - 2016

Estelle Panzer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0917
Abstract

Two boxes containing media and scrapbooks, as well as a digitized oral history interview, document the life of Estelle Panzer from 1980 to 2019.

Dates: 1980 - 2019

Farfel Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0879
Abstract

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 0759
Abstract

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 0819
Abstract

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

Freed/Fisherman Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0974
Abstract

The collection is made up of three boxes and one map-drawer containing awards and certificates, correspondence, event materials, photographs, posters, and publications from the Freed/Fisherman family, spanning 1915 to 2011.

Dates: 1915 - 2011

Freedman Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0800
Abstract

This collection contains a JCC newsletter, a Confirmation program and photograph, a Navy baseball team photo taken during World War II, and a Hebrew New Years Eve card, which document some activities and events the Freedman family participated in from 1935 to 1982.

Dates: 1935 - 1982

Friedman Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0832
Abstract

Made up of mostly class photos from Beth Yeshurun Day school, the Friedman Family papers show David and Rachel Friedman growing up in the tight-knit community formed by Beth Yeshurun’s outreach to Houston Jews.

Dates: 1970 - 2013

Gaber / Kline Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0854
Abstract

This collection is made up of four boxes containing certificates, correspondence, event materials, memorabilia, news clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, and publications from the Gaber/Kline Family, spanning from 1916 to 2017.

Dates: 1916 - 2017