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Today the vast majority of Jewish Texans are descendants of Ashkenazi Jews, those from central and eastern Europe whose families arrived in Texas after the Civil War or later. [1] Organized Judaism in Texas began in Galveston with the establishment of Texas' first Jewish cemetery in 1852. By 1856 the first organized Jewish services were being ...
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 ...
Many Jews, primarily from various German principalities, arrived in Dallas during a wave of mid-nineteenth century immigration to Texas following the Revolutions of 1848 in Europe. [2] Some of these Jews were "Forty-eighters" who had supported the revolutions. The city's first Jewish cemetery was established in 1854. [3]
Jews have inhabited the city of Galveston, Texas, for almost two centuries. The first known Jewish immigrant to the Galveston area was Jao de la Porta, who, along with his brother Morin, financed the first settlement by Europeans on Galveston Island in 1816. [1] de la Porta was born in Portugal of Jewish parentage and later became a Jewish ...
Jewish American people in Texas politics (1 C, 10 P) R. Rabbis from Texas (13 P) Pages in category "Jews from Texas" The following 47 pages are in this category, out ...
Pages in category "Jewish American people in Texas politics" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The Jewish Phenomenon: The 7 Keys to the Wealth of a People, by Steven Silbiger, 2010, Evans Publishing.
Pages in category "Jews and Judaism in Texas" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...