11. Jewish community

This collection is made up of one box containing bulletins, certificates, correspondence, event materials, photographs, programs, and scrapbooks from the Epstein Family, spanning from 1891-2020.

This collection is made up of 10 boxes and 1 map drawer containing photographs, news clippings, committee and board meeting minutes, administrative documents, and building documents, spanning from 1957-2023.

This collection contains materials from the bar mitzvah of Bertrand Moser which was celebrated at Congregation Emanu El in Houston, Texas on March 7, 1959.

The collection consists of one box containing nine letters in Yiddish from Morris Greenfield to his future wife, Bessie Peters (Polycov), in 1915 and one large family photograph with three generation of Greenfields from 1918.

This collection contains materials pertaining to the Texas Jewish Feminist Conference led by Sandra Block as a part of the American Jewish Committee Houston Branch.

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.

The Congregation Brith Shalom Records is comprised of 15 boxes offering a glimpse into the day-to-day goings-on of Congregation Brith Shalom, with documents spanning seventy years of the Jewish temple’s existence. Books, memorabilia, directories, programs, sermons, and bulletins from different decades show the similarities and changes at Brith Shalom as it continues to grow with the rest of Houston’s Jewish Community.

The Congregation Beth Israel Collection offers a glimpse into the day-to-day goings-on of Congregation Beth Israel, with documents spanning a century of the Jewish temple’s existence. Books, memorabilia, directories, programs, sermons, and church bulletins from different decades show the similarities and changes at Beth Israel as it continues to grow with the rest of Houston’s Jewish Community.