44th TJHS ANNUAL GATHERING
April 14-16, 2023
Austin, Texas
Texas Jewish Family Stories
The following stories have been written by TJHS members based on family histories and documents in the TJHS Collection archived at the Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin. These stories are among the many that are published in The TJHS Magazine.
Ramblin' Round with Rosella
By Vickie Vogel
The Rubinskys of Brownsville
By Guerta Geifman Rubinsky
Popular in El Paso
By Vickie Vogel
San Antonio Lawyer and Hollywood Actress
By Judith W. Rosenthal
Isaac Solka -- Poland, Mexico, Corpus Christi
By Jack Solka
Ima Joy's Waco
By Vickie Vogel
From Lithuania to Houston
By Sheldon Lippman
Texas Jews in Early Fort Worth
By Hollace Weiner
From Paris, France, to Hereford, Texas
By Vickie Vogel
“Be an advocate for Texas Jewish history…”
Sheldon Ike Lippman
TJHS President, 2021-2023
This TJHS Website represents over 42 years of the Texas Jewish Historical Society in “preserving the Jewish experience in Texas” and more. I encourage you to explore the menus above to discover stories and find tools that might help you in uncovering your own history. And learn more about TJHS.
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Many family and community stories fill archives of The TJHS Magazine. You will find 42+ years worth of archived issues in the drop-down menu. And you can search by author name or subject to find a particular issue among the archived issues.
A comprehensive database of Texas Jewish Burials under TJHS Project drop-down menu is easily searchable to assist in genealogy research. If you have a Jewish friend or relative buried in a Jewish cemetery located in Texas, make sure they are in this database. This is one opportunity for you to help memorialize departed family and friends.
The TJHS Speakers Bureau can offer entertaining stories of “Little Known Jews” and other topics brought to your events in person or via Zoom. Find the request information under the TJHS Projects drop-down menu.
TJHS gives grants to researchers and for projects that advance the preservation of Jewish history. There is an online application form under the Apply for a Grant drop-down menu. Individuals and organizations can honor a person or persons who have made a lasting contribution to Jewish heritage in Texas; go to Nominate for TJHS Award in menu to send in an online nomination.
Become a Member is easy online. There are buttons in the menu above and footer below. If already a Member, you can give a gift of a membership to children, grandchildren, or friends. And despite the name, you don’t have to be Jewish to join.