Some say the first American Jews were Texans, thought to have entered the New World in the 1500s alongside conquistadors headed for New Spain. They were possibly killed by the Spanish or left to explore new lands, or absorbed into the ranks of crypto-Jewry, forgotten by historical record. Their successors, now one of the oldest…
A few weeks ago, Holly Davies was getting ready to homeschool her kids and preparing the family for the High Holidays. When Hurricane Harvey hit, she helped evacuate 150 people from her neighborhood by airboat and shelter nearly 100 people in a local church. Then came the hard part. For the past three weeks, Davies…
Anti-Semitic flyers and stickers were found at the University of Houston last week, the latest in what is a broad campus outreach campaign mounted by white supremacist groups ahead of the new school year. The flyers were found on at the university’s main campus on Tuesday, the Algemeiner reported, and included phrases like, “Beware the…
(JTA) — A woman from Texas was asked to stop volunteering at a local church food pantry after it was discovered that she was both Jewish and lesbian. Carmen Hix wrote in a post on Facebook on Sept. 8 that she took a week off of work and donated over $500 worth of food to…
(JTA) — This Jewish year was not a quiet one, to say the least. From the tumultuous first eight months of Donald Trump’s presidency, to a wave of bomb threats against Jewish community centers, to a neo-Nazi protest in Charlottesville that turned violent, to the twin weather catastrophes of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, Jews, like…
In response to Hurricane Harvey devastating Houston, the greater southeast Texas and parts of Louisiana, the New York Police Department’s District 3 teamed up with Jewish community organization Amudim, the grocery store Seasons Kosher and other local Jewish organizations to send aid and supplies to where they’re needed most. As District 3 collected funds internally…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israeli government approved a proposal to send a $1 million aid package to help rebuild Jewish institutions in Houston. The package was proposed by Education and Diaspora Affairs Minister Naftali Bennett in response to Hurricane Harvey. The Cabinet unanimously approved the aid on Sunday at its regular weekly meeting. In announcing…
A group of Jewish professionals is spearheading a grassroots movement to help replenish Houston’s Jewish libraries after they were inundated with flooding during Hurricane Harvey, Haaretz reported. The online database they have created lists thousands of books — both those requested by Jewish institutions in Houston and those listed as available to be sent to…
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