— A sign identifying the Chabad Jewish student center at Texas A&M University was vandalized and then stolen. An unknown vandal was caught on surveillance camer first kicking and knocking the sign down and then returning to steal it, local media reported. The incident occurred between 3 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. on Sunday. The incident…
— The gunman wearing a Nazi uniform during a shooting spree in Houston belonged to a Jewish fraternity in college. Nathan DeSai, 46, was carrying two guns and 2,500 rounds of live ammunition when he was shot dead by police Monday morning after injuring nine people in his attack on commuters, one critically. DeSai belonged…
— A letter signed by 43 rabbis in Texas called on the state’s Gov. Greg Abbott to remain in the United States refugee resettlement program. “At this moment, with the number of refugees and displaced persons at its highest in recorded history, it is more important than ever for Texas to protect and welcome refugees,”…
— A fire that destroyed the house of an Orthodox Jewish couple in Houston left one dead and one in critical condition in the hospital. Firefighters were called to the house of Eva Lou and Julius Chapman by neighbors at about 7:45 p.m. Friday, and found it engulfed in flames. The badly burned body of…
AUSTIN, Texas – A mock nativity scene at the Texas Capitol in which Baby Jesus was represented as the U.S. Constitution’s Bill of Rights was removed on Tuesday after Governor Greg Abbott complained that it was “tasteless sarcasm,” Abbott’s office said. The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation that was responsible for the display accused Abbott,…
“It was like, 45,000 Legos,” said Mike Lavi, estimating the number of pieces making up the 16-foot, 3-inches tall Lego menorah currently on display at Fort Worth’s Congregation Ahavath Sholom. Lavi, who designed the menorah, provided that estimate in a video produced by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram showing highlights of the menorah’s assembly. After Ahavath…
Like many other Jewish boys, Michael Dell was supposed to grow up to become a doctor, just like his father. But from early on he had other plans. At the age of 12 Dell already showed his knack for business, making a small fortune from trading stamps and selling newspaper subscriptions. So it was no…
The “Leopold Bloom,” above, is the knish for the urban adventurer, according to the bakery’s website. What happens when a homesick, Brooklyn-born bookworm decides to start making his own knishes in deli-starved Austin, Texas? You get , a wholesale bakery from which Joel Weinbrot slings up slightly loony literary-inspired knishes. The Austin Chronicle reports Weinbrot’s…
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