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11. Jewish community

 Record Group
Identifier: 11
Materials from the Jewish communities in and around Houston, Texas

Found in 184 Collections and/or Records:

Rauch Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1078
Abstract

Two boxes containing correspondence, photographs, news clippings, awards, letters and postcards, documents some activities that the Rauch family was involved in from 1939 to 2012.

Dates: 1939 - 2012

Ileene Rosenfield Robinson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0905
Abstract

Materials documenting the history of the Meyers, Robinson, Rosenfield, Bishkin, and Bass families of El Campo and Wharton, Texas. Includes family records and family histories as well as collected materials on the histories of El Campo and Congregation Shearith Israel in Wharton.

Dates: 1909 - 2005

National Council of Jewish Women [Greater Houston Section] Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0183
Abstract

This collection is made up of 7 boxes and 1 map drawer containing scrapbooks, photographs, event programs, event invitations, news clippings, newsletters, and brochures from 1982-2025.

Dates: 1982 - 2025

Irving Rose Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0062
Abstract

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

Dates: undated

Balbine Schwarz Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1107
Abstract

This collection consists of one box containing letters, photographs, and newspaper articles about Holocaust survivor Balbine Schawrz who created a mosaic for the Holocaust memorial St. Avold Memorial Cemetery in France. The collection spans the years 1895 to 2019.

Dates: 1895 - 2019

Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0713
Abstract

The collection contains twelve boxes of correspondence, event materials, media, minutes, photographs, a scrapbook, newsletters and other printed materials spanning the years 1935 to 2020.

Dates: 1935 - 2020

Pryzant Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0716
Abstract

Family history materials, photographs, a diploma, and a cemetery deed document the lives of members of the Pryzant family from 1920 to 1994.

Dates: 1920 - 1994

Feld Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1064
Abstract

Scrapbooks and photographs document the activities of members of the Feld family, primarily Mose and Fannie Feld, from 1937 to 2006. One scrapbook focuses on the work of M.M. and Boys Harbor in La Porte, Texas. This collection would be of interest to anyone seeking information about the history Jewish business owners, the Jewish Community Council (today the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston), and Boys Harbor (boy's home).

Dates: 1937 - 2006

Arbisser Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0983
Abstract

Five boxes containing a 50th Anniversary quilt, correspondence, news clippings, a scrapbook, a photo album, yearbooks, educational and marketing materials, book: D'vorah Binstok Arbisser - Her Life Through Family and Food, LPs from KTRH radio titled "Congregation Beth Yeshurun," document the history of the Arbisser family and activities they were involved in from the 1956 to 2003.

Dates: 1956 - 2003

Burgheim / Browning Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0940
Abstract

One box of photographs, news clippings, and family correspondence documents the lives of members of Burgheim / Browning family from 1896 to 1985.

Dates: 1896 - 1985