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Texas Jews

The seawall and beach in Galveston, Texas, ca. 1910-1920. (Detroit Publishing Company photograph collection at the Library of Congress)
Posted inOff the Shelf

‘Melting Point’: When Zionists turned to Texas

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman June 10, 2025June 11, 2025

Books coverage is supported by a generous grant from The Milton and Sophie Meyer Fund. The funny thing about “family history” is that the more we explore it, the more […]

The author's 101-year-old family siddur. (David A.M. Wilensky/J. Staff)
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My grandpa’s 101-year-old time-traveling siddur

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky May 8, 2025May 9, 2025
A fire was found outside Congregation Beth Israel in Austin, Texas Sunday, Oct. 31. (Photo/Austin Fire Department)
Posted inU.S.

18-year-old suspect arrested in Austin synagogue arson case

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA November 11, 2021
A fire was found outside Congregation Beth Israel in Austin, Texas Sunday, Oct. 31. (Photo/Austin Fire Department)
Posted inU.S.

Fire set outside Austin, Texas synagogue following spate of antisemitic acts

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA November 1, 2021November 1, 2021
Goyim Defense League members hang an antisemitic banner from an overpass in Austin, Texas, Oct. 24, 2021. (Screenshot/CBS Austin)
Posted inU.S.

Neo-Nazi group led by Petaluma man hangs ‘Vax the Jews’ banner near JCC in Austin, Texas

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA October 25, 2021October 26, 2021
Jake Berman, a Jewish former student, speaks at a school board meeting in Southlake, Texas on Oct. 18, 2021. (Screenshot)
Posted inU.S.

Jews in Texas raise concerns after official tells teachers law requires ‘opposing’ views on Holocaust

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA October 20, 2021October 20, 2021
A security guard opens the door to the Whole Women’s Health Clinic in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo/RNS-AP-LM Otero)
Posted inOpinion

As a Texas rabbi, I will defy the abortion ban if necessary

by Rabbi Danny Horwitz and RNS September 3, 2021
Chabad in Houston usually drops pieces of gelt from a helicopter, but social distancing derailed that event this year. (Photo/JTA-Chabad of Uptown)
Posted inU.S.

Across Texas, the show of outdoor Hanukkah festivities must go on

by Jeff Siegel and JTA December 4, 2020
The synagogue in Breckenridge, Tex., in 1929. (Basil Clemons/University of Texas at Arlington Archives)
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A Texas synagogue burned to the ground, but there were no Jews left to mourn it

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA November 27, 2019November 27, 2019

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