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H igh H o l y Days
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FREE for students! No RSVP needed! Full schedule of services, including tashlich and break fast Community members welcome Info at houstonhillel.org/hhd
Sh ab b at Shabbat with Houston Hillel In person Shabbat celebrations and dinners take place every Friday night at Houston Hillel, on campus, and around the community. Houston Hillel’s Shabbat dinners are sponsored by Elton and Janet Lipnick, David and Kathy Lipnick, and Amy and Myles Kelman in memory of Paul and Fannie Lipnick. The Lipnick/Kelman families have generously sponsored Houston Hillel’s Shabbat dinners in Paul and Fannie Lipnick’s memory each year since 2009.
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University of Houston Lunches
Every Tuesday from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm in the UH Hillel Student Lounge.
Shmear Society Lunches at Rice
Go to Israel for FREE!
FREE weekly in-person lunches every Wednesday on campus at Rice. Stop by once in a while or each week.
Experience Israel with Houston Hillel and Birthright Israel. Call for details and to find out if you are eligible.
Jewish Learning Fellowship
ILF - Israel Learning Fellowship
The Jewish Learning Fellowship is a 10-week conversational seminar for students looking to deepen their understanding of Judaism on their own terms.
Contact Daniel about this multi-week course.
Meeting Friends and Having Fun 1:1 Coffee & Zoom Chats
Holiday Celebrations Jewston Style
Get connected to the Jewston and Houston Jewish communities.
Micro-Community Shabbat Dinners
Jewston Trivia Nights
Join Carly and your closest friends for a small and meaningful Shabbat dinner. Contact Carly for more information about how you can join.
The name says it all. Follow Jewston on Facebook for the location, days, and times!
Graduate Student Lunches
Community Shabbat Dinners
Check the Hillel Facebook Group for your grad school for monthly lunches for medical, law, and grad students throughout Houston.
Jewish Conversations and Learning
Houston Explorations
Jewston Dinner Conversations
20somethings are moving to Houston at a higher rate than ever, and Jewston wants to show them just how amazing the Bayou City really is! Explore a new museum, park, or community event with us every month!
Cooking & Cocktail Making Classes
What is more Jewish than food? Nothing! We will meet at Houston Hillel for Ashkenazi Mixology, Sephardic Recipes, Hamantashen and Passover treats.
Monthly home cooked, kosher Shabbat dinners that bring together 20somethings and grad students for celebration, delicious food and togetherness.
From Tu b’Shevat to Shavuot
Ask about these intimate dinners with a conversation facilitated by Carly, Kenny or Daniel.
Tu b’Shevat and Passover Seders, Purim whiskey tasting and Shavuot cheeseboard making. Jewston brings memorable holiday experiences and opportunities to all Jewish 20somethings in Houston
Jewish Learning Cohorts
Holiday Meals and Celebrations
Our weekly programs include high impact learning opportunities that create community amongst young adults in a meanful and lasting way. Topics include Racial Justice and others.
Jewston ensures that every Jewish 20something has the opportunity to attend religious services and holiday meals to fulfill their Jewish needs. All meals and services are free to Jewston participants.
Launched six months ago, QJews looks forward to engaging programs and events during the coming year. Interested? Contact Sara Keene at sara@qjews.org. Thank you to the Houston Jewish Community Foundation for providing the financial resources to hire a QJews Program Director - Houston’s only professional solely dedicated to working with the LGBTQ+ Jewish community.
Providing a celebratory space for Houston’s Queer Jews in their Twenties and Thirties
This is just a sampling of our calendars. Need details? Send a message to hillel@houstonhillel.org!
Fall 2022
Rabbi Kenny Weiss
Executive Director kweiss@houstonhillel.org
Houston Hillel - Jewish Life on College Campuses in Southeast Texas Jewston - Houston’s Community for Jewish Twentysomethings QJews - A celebratory space for Houston’s Queer Jews in their Twenties and Thirties
Ida & William Zinn Building 1700 Bissonnet Houston, Texas 77005 713-526-4918 houstonhillel.org
Daniel Kimel
hillel@houstonhillel.org jewston.org qjews.org
Jewish Agency Israel Fellow to Houston Hillel daniel@houstonhillel.org
Carly Fleck
Director of Jewston and Springboard Innovation Fellow carly@houstonhillel.org
Sara Keene
QJews Program Director sara@qjews
Houston Hillel enriches the lives of Jewish undergraduate students, graduate students, and young professionals so that they may enrich the Houston Jewish community, the Jewish people, and the world.
Two Houston Hillel facilities & a presence throughout Houston
Houston Hillel Ida & William Zinn Building
1700 Bissonnet
Houston, Texas 77005
Blinn College Baylor College of Medicine Houston Baptist University Houston Community College Lamar University Lone Star College Rice University UT McGovern Medical School Sam Houston State University South Texas College of Law Houston Stephen F. Austin State University Texas A&M Galveston Texas Southern University Law School University of Houston UH Downtown UH Law Center University of Saint Thomas UT Medical Branch Galveston Young Professionals
Houston Hillel’s Student Lounge in the A.D. Bruce Religion Center at the University of Houston
Thank you to Houston Hillel’s donors, July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2022 $50,000 & above Jewish Federation of Greater Houston
$1,000 & above Anti-Defamation League Lily Jin and Grant Beiner Louise and Mike Beldon Joelle and Jeff Berlat $20,000 & above Sandra Borak Barbara and Mark Brookner Aaron Forman Trust Stanford and Joan Alexander Renie and Paul Carniol Leah and Eric Cohn Family Fund Congregation Beth Israel Goldberg Endowment Fund Congregation Beth Yeshurun of B’nai B’rith Congregation Emanu El Hillel International Gary Cortes Terry Cweigenberg Karen and Mitchell Lukin Frieda and Melvin Dow Edith and Bernard Stolbun Rabbi Gideon Estes Family Foundation Ruth Falik and David Tweardy Jason Fischer $10,000 & above Martha and Donald Freedman Linda Jayaram and David Barish Elaine and Jeffrey Friedberg Albert and Ethel Herzstein Shifra and Terry Gardner Charitable Foundation Rabbis Elaine and Houston Jewish Community Fdn Brenner Glickman Amy Gold Sandy and Richard Jackson Irving Gold Janet and Elton z”l Lipnick Michele and Robert Goodmark Ellen and Richard Lowe Joelle Hamovit Maccabee Task Force Fdn Barbara and Buddy Herz Edith and Robert Zinn Jake and Nina Kamin Foundation Jane and Lawrence Joseph $5,000 & above Carolyn and Jay Kaplan Maurice Amado Foundation Mario Kapusta Joelle and Jeff Berlat Melissa and Steven Kean Deisi and Max Blankfeld Sean Kessel Michele and Robert Goodmark Y. Ping Sun and David Leebron Robin and Bennett Greenspan Lou and Herb Mizis Barbara and Barry Lewis Karol and Daniel Musher Carol and Barry Myones Ione and Sidney Moran Linda and Jerrold Paine Patricia Kalmans Paula and Irving Pozmantier and Michael Ozer Radoff Family Foundation Rozanne and Howard Rubin Lee and Gary Rosenthal Ethan Schultz Andrea Stolar and David Vener Prissy and Leonard Roth Marcy Rothman
Marlene Rubin Rozanne and Howard Rubin Michael Rudd Lisa and Michael Sachs Susan and Ed Septimus Irene and Frank Shaw Helen and Andrew Spector Sterling Family Foundation Sarna and Bill Sunshine Takiff Family Foundation Barbara and Ben Tobias Rabbi Joseph Topek Rona and L.A. Train Rabbis Amy and Kenny Weiss Bill Wilson Naomi and Brian Wittlin Mira and Bobby Wizig Judy and Ronnie Yambra $500 & above Amy Altchuler Martha Barvin Paul Katz Rachel and Eric Bishop Rita Blumenfeld Charles Bornstein Daniel Braun Nathan Canen Joyce and Arthur Dauber Paula and Daniel Dreyfuss Rebecca Esser-Stuart and Josh Pollak Lindsey Frachtman and Scott Friedman James Grant Brian Hall and Rachel Jones Hasbara Fellowship Stanley Hoffberger Innocean Israel On Campus Coalition Yosef Kerzner Saranne and Livingston Kosberg Lena and Eric Lieb Joan Morgenstern
Esther and Gary Polland Nancy Rapoport and Jeff Van Niel Bruce Reichstein Shirlee and Mark Rosenthal Hava Rothman Thelma and Morton Rubin Joyce and Arthur Schechter Liz and Rob Shoss Andrea Stoler Barbara and Richard Strax Kendall Toarmina-Pang Rina and Leon Trakhtenberg Justin Wakter Denise Marks and Steven Weisberger Judy Winograd Susie and Alvin Zimmerman $136 & above Alice Adam Ervin Adam Barry Adelson Bill Asher Paula Eisenstein-Baker and Stephen Baker Jessica and Mark Berenson Robert Blum Michelle Blumenthal Diana Brackman Sharon and Daniel Brener Claire and Dick Brooks David Broscow Miriam and Lewis Brown Marcia Citron and Mark Kulstad Julie Cohn Michael Covinsky Judith and Nachum Dafny Ilan Duvdevani David Enav Enterprise Products Beverly and Howard Feldman Iris and Alan Fisherman Janice and David Gerber Jay Goldberg Laura Goldberg and Neil Aquino Rhoda Goldberg Stanley Goldberg Leah and Jonathan Gross Roslyn and Ricky Haikin Lawrence Harari Bernice Heilbrunn Emily Jackson Andrea Kahn-Kothmann Geraldine Karkowsky Joan and Larry Katz Lisa Katz Steven Katz Leslie Kian Emily Klein Bruce Kothmann Julia Kothmann Ellen and Lewis Krinsky Larry Laufman Victoria and Alex Lazar Beth and Jeff Lefkowitz
Marjorie and George Leventon Stacy Levitan Seth Lubin Fran and James Lucari Diane Lowenthal and Bradley Moskowitz Lauren Nowak Judith and Alfred Osborn Jr. Julia Paeglis PayPal Giving Fund Dikla and Daniel Pickelner Melissa and Logan Ratner Ronald Richman Geri Rothschild Joshua Rothstein Thelma and Morton Rubin Lauren Schwartz Megan Sheena Alyssa Silva Richard Skora Ashton Smith Annette and Larry Sondock Marty Sosland Sam Stein Gail and Gary Swartz Swiff Memorial Fund/DJCF Judy and George Taffet Steven Tapper Samantha Teltser Ellen Brodsky Gaber Alice Toarmina Imanouel Tsimchi Harriet and Nathan Wasserstrum Rosanne Wechter Sharon Wechter and Seymour Rossel Jamie and Jeffrey Weinberg Dawn Weisz Jolene and Alan White
Leanne Coronel Maxine Coz Jennifer Croft Dara and Kenneth Deitz Grant Dorfman Laurie Anne Drell Deborah Dutilh Fanni Farago Flora Farago Marsha and Alan Feiveson Jonathan Finger Sandra and Steven Finkelman Carly Fleck Diane and Barry Fond Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Fox Janice and Bob Frank Lex Freeman Sharon Fried Fran Friedman Jan and Martee Fuerst Alisha Klapholz and Josh Furman Dan Ginsburg Millicent Goldschmidt Carol and Barry Goodfriend Lauren Henderson Tobi and Rabbi Daniel Horwitz Charlotte and Michael Horwitz Gerson Hurwitz Jared Imber Rachel Iwicki Miriam Joachim Arnold Kagan Stuart Kane Celine and Jay Kaplan Carolyn and David Karesh Joseph Kass and Sarah Lavine-Kass Tillie Koch Beth Koenigsberg and Michael Williams Up to $136 Mardi and Mark Kunik Jonas Actor Carole and Alan Kuritzky Carol Alberts John Landa Patti and Daniel Altman Norri and Jason Leder Amazon Smile Rita Leidner Sam Aminfard Sandra Lepson Lior Ashkenazy Dor Janis Lestin Myra and Arthur Bahme Bryna Levi Francine Beckman Esther and Lynn Levine Rosalie Berg Jeffrey Levine Laurel Steinberg and William Berg Cantor Mark Levine Simon Birenbaum Martine and Harold Levine Kathleen and Sidney Blumenthal Jean and Mort Levy Shirley Brener Irene and Joseph Bromberg Sara Brook Laura Broscow Ellen Brover Michaele and Michael Brown Myra Brown Antonio Cavazos Gloria and Edward Chaika Michelle Cohen Shirley and Alan Cohn Sharon and Paul Colbert
Joan Linares Yemimma Lipschultz Lauren Gass Barbara and Shmuel Lutfak Geena May Crissy Nolen Lidya Osadchey Rabbi Johnny Ouzzan Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church Lauren Philipson Carolyn Plessner Lauren Post Beth and Bruce Resnick Adara Robbins Helen and Larry Rose Seth Rosenblatt Jessica Rubinsky Karen and William Rubinsky Lindsay Sand Andrew Schneider Marsha and Lonny Schooler Herman Schultz Elissa Schwartz Joshua Schwartz Toby and Rabbi Jack Segal Phyllis Selber Jeff Seltzer Susan and Edward Septimus Ronit Sherwin Tamara and Adam Siegel Lee Silva June and Julian Silverblatt Barrie Skalsky Susan and Alec Smith Linda Susman Nora and Matthew Teltser Milo Rhys Teplin Zara Tickner Betsy-Ann Toffler Sarah and David Topper Sam Walton Leslie and Sanford Weiner Eli Weiss Rabbi Eric Weiss and Dan Alpert Arlyne and Herb Weiss Nate Weiss Carol and Michael Wilk Natalie and Aaron Willis Matias Wolansky Daniel Wolfe Chris Yiannias Nancy Zuckerbrod