Jews and Jewish life
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Part of TARO subject browse terms
Found in 153 Collections and/or Records:
Jerry Wische JCC Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 931
Overview
This collection is made up of one box containing administrative records, event materials, newsletters and news clippings, correspondence, and media from Jerry Wische's personal collection of Houston Jewish Community Center materials spanning from 1936-2021.
Dates:
1936 - 2021
Jewish Family Service records [Houston]
Collection
Identifier: MS 785
Overview
This collection contains programs, pamphlets, photographs, speeches, correspondence, compact discs, administrative records, and newsletters that document part of the history of Jewish Family Service - Houston from 1947 to 2015, including oral history interviews conducted with former staff and board members.
Dates:
2008-2015
Jewish Federation of Greater Houston records
Collection
Identifier: MS 714
Overview
This collection which spans 1939 to 2018 includes a 1939-1943 notebook from the Refugee Services Committee which assisted Jews fleeing the Nazi regime in WWII, as well as a variety of photographs of people and events from the Federation's activities in the 1980s. The addendum includes event programs, guides, and one VHS recording.
Dates:
1939 - 2018
Jewish Herald-Voice Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 781
Overview
This collection contains issues of the Jewish Herald-Voice, as well as related correspondence, newsprint and articles, photographs, and a Directory of Jewish Organizations showcasing different aspects of the Jewish community and smaller groups that make it up. "Representing the great and powerful diversity of [the Houston and Texas Gulf Coast Jewish communities,] the Herald unites many thoughts in its weekly pages" (Newspaper owners Samuels and Levy).
Dates:
1928 - 2008
Jewish Institute for Medical Research Records
Collection
Identifier: MS 922
Overview
This collection consists of one box containing correspondence, meeting materials, photographs, news clippings, etc. pertaining to the history and operations of the Jewish Institute for Medical Research from 1959-2019.
Dates:
1959 - 2019
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 HJHA 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
Joyce Gilbert papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 805
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.
Dates:
1975 - 2018
Jules H. Borger collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 810
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.
Dates:
1910 - 2015
Karen Diane Katz Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 989
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.
Dates:
1972 - 1974
Kathy Cohn Knott Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 1042
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.
Dates:
1922 - 1961