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He was a respected counselor at a summer retreat for Jewish youth - Echo Hill Ranch. This was a well-known camp for kids and pre-teens situated near Kerrville,TX. In its heyday, it was host to well over 200 campers each year in the 1960s through about 2000.
The cemetery owned by Congregation Beth Israel is the oldest Jewish cemetery in Houston. [19] Congregation Beth Israel owns and operates two cemeteries. Its historic West Dallas cemetery, founded in 1844, is located at 1201 West Dallas, just west of downtown Houston.
The Houston Jewish community is centered on Meyerland. As of 1987 Jews lived in many communities in Houston. [2] In 2008 Irving N. Rothman, author of The Barber in Modern Jewish Culture: A Genre of People, Places, and Things, with Illustrations, wrote that Houston "has a scattered Jewish populace and not a large enough population of Jews to dominate any single neighborhood" and that the city's ...
The Jewish Herald-Voice is a weekly community newspaper serving the Jewish community of Houston and the Texas Gulf Coast for more than 115 years. The newspaper is the longest-running Jewish paper in the Southwest. [1] Commonly known as the JHV or The Herald, the newspaper has a readership of more than 40,000.
The Riverside Memorial Chapel is an American Jewish funeral home chain with their main facility at 180 West 76th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City. [1] The company has been owned by Service Corporation International since 1971.
He also served the Houston Jewish community as “rabbi-at-large” for the remainder of his life. On January 20, 1965, Rabbi Schachtel delivered the inaugural prayer for President Lyndon B. Johnson in Washington, D.C. [ 2 ] He was the author of several published works, including The Real Enjoyment of Living (1954), The Shadowed Valley (1962 ...
Beth Yeshurun Day School was the first Jewish Day School in Texas, founded in 1949 under the leadership of Rabbi William S. Malev, the rabbi of the congregation at that time. [citation needed] During the COVID-19 pandemic in Texas, as of 2022, more students attended Beth Yeshurun Day School than previously. An organization called Prizmah stated ...
Jerry J. Moore (1927–2008), Houston-based r/e developer who became the largest shopping center developer in the U.S. in the late 1980s [109] [110] Stephen Muss (1928–), Florida-based developer known for re-development of Miami Beach, Florida [111] [112] Fred Ohebshalom (1952–), Iranian-born NYC-based developer, founder of Empire ...