26. South Texas Jewish Archives

Photographs used in the Houston Post and/or taken by Post photographers document activities within the Houston Jewish community between the 1950s and 1990s.

A portion of the book of David Robinson's family tree (roughly 35 pages) prepared by Laura Nicholson for her brother, covering the relatives and descendants of his great-grandmother Adele Levy Heyman from 1777-1948. The family tree also includes photographs and biographical information of family members.

Event materials, a certificate, and a preschool roster document some activities at Congregation Beth El in Missouri City, Texas, from 2017 to 2024.

Materials including newsletters, by-laws, rosters, programs, minutes, speeches, event materials, newspaper articles, and two VHS tapes fromKesher Inc. which was a parent support group for Jewish children with learning differences.

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.

Five boxes containing two Hadassah ledgers (1920s-1940s), five parochet, three photographs, 1908 prayer book and Judaism instruction book, and a wooden replica of the ten commandments document activities that took place in the Wharton County Jewish community from 1868 to 1988.

Two boxes containing day planners and one scrapbook that includes news clippings, correspondence, cards, and event material document the lives of Leah and Julius Gensberg from 1945 to 1959.

This collection is made up of four boxes containing a certificate, correspondence, directories, newspaper clippings, photographs, programs, publications, memorabilia, records, and writings from the Robbins/Levy family spanning from 1819 to 2005.

This is a born-digital collection made up of materials collected from synagogues, businesses, organizations, and individuals documenting shifts made in the daily lives of members of Houston's Jewish community in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic from 2020 to 2021.

One box containing correspondence with Marjorie Arsht from individuals in the Texas Republican Party documents personal affairs and some political and social activity in which Marjorie Arsht was involved from 1962 to 2002.