11. Jewish community

Three boxes containing photographs (wedding, family, events), a photo album, materials in support of political candidates, awards/certificates, correspondence, newsletters, news clippings, books, and school report cards document activities undertaken by members of the Plotkin family from 1945 to 2017.

One folder containing a Hebrew karaoke sing along and Shabbat Shalom book, both undated, documents some interests of Irving Rose.

Two boxes containing Emery-Weiner school materials ( yearbooks, directories, school photos. ID card), River Oaks Elementry materials (report card, programs), ID card from school in Israel, Bar Mitzvah photo album and practice materials, BBYO materials (books, panoramic photos), invitations, certificates from 2001-2017.

This collection is made up of 51 boxes and includes materials from Congregation Adath Yeshurun, Congregation Beth El, and Congregation Beth Yeshurun; the Schwartz Family Library; materials from the congregations' merger; Shearith Israel Congregation in Wharton, Texas and a few other congregations from the years 1891-2021.

This collection contains an audio recording of Shabbat services at Congregation Beth Yeshurun in 1956 - Rabbi William Malev, Cantor George Wagner, and Harry Croft's Bar Mitzvah.

One box contatining a bound volume of Noah's Ark childrens newspaper, Hadassah minutes, cookbooks, and a WWII ration book documents some activities that Linda Freedman Block's family was involved in from 1922 to 2012.

This collection contains documents and memorabilia donated by Libby and Edward Marvins related to their time as congregants at Emanu El as well as an oral history conducted with Libby Marvins by staff with the Houston Jewish History Archive in 2018. The materials (including photos, newsprint, correspondence, and other unique items) offer insight into the events and organizations of the Houston Jewish community in the latter half of the 20th century.

The collection contains correspondence, photographs, news clippings, citizenship paperwork, a confirmation certificate, a book on the history of Temple Israel, guides to Jewish cemeteries in the area, and an oral history interview with Paula Schwartz Stein which document part of the lives of members of the Schwartz and Stein families within the Schulenburg Jewish community and events at Temple Israel from 1925-2020.

Two boxes containing Texas Jewish Historical Society Newsletters, membership directories, and a brochure document some events and activities undertaken by the Texas Jewish Historical Society from 1999 to present.

The collection contains event flyers, "Branches" newsletters, and event posters, which document some of the activities the Program in Jewish studies participated in from 2015 to present.