Jews and Jewish life
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Part of TARO subject browse terms
Found in 162 Collections and/or Records:
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
Katz Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 872
Overview
The collection consists of personal photographs, a play written about Ben Katz, Beth Yeshurun programs, a VHS recording, and materials about the history of Beth Yeshurun that document some activities and interests of the Katz family within the Houston Jewish community from 1939 to 1991.
Dates:
1939 - 1991
Kaufman family papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 769
Overview
The collection includes certificates, correspondence, family photos, publications, a Bellaire High School commencement program, speeches, a scrapbook, an oral history, and memorabilia from the 1960 Democratic National Convention that document the activities of Stephen Kaufman, primarily, and to a lesser extent his wife, Ann, and both of their families.
Dates:
1900 - 2021
Kaufman/Eskowitz Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0788
Overview
The collection consists of six boxes containing immigration materials, correspondence, marriage records, directories, programs, newsletters, news clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, and memorabilia spanning the years 1896 to 2008.
Dates:
1896 - 2008
Kenneth Horwitz Beaumont [TX] Jewish congregation materials
Collection
Identifier: MS 801
Overview
The collection consists of one box of event materials, a booklet about the history of Beaumont Texas, and four photographs.
Dates:
1952 - 1987
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
Lack Family/Temple B'nai Israel [Victoria, TX] collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 902
Overview
This collection is made up of one box containing administrative records, books, correspondences, news clippings, photographs, and programs from Temple B'nai Israel donated by the Lack Family, spanning from 1877-2019.
Dates:
1877 - 2019