2026 TJHS Annual Gathering Registration Forms

Registration Deadline is Friday, April 9, 2026

Deadline for cancellation with refund is April 15, 2026

For late registration, email Lynda Furgatch, furgatch@aol.com

 Hotel Reservations for Hampton Inn by Hilton, near the Galleria

4500 Post Oak Parkway, Houston, TX 77027

TJHS rate ($119 + tax) King or 2 Queens. Buffet breakfast. Free parking and Wifi included.

Click here for Online Booking

You will be redirected from the TJHS Website with Online Booking.

Or call direct at (713) 871-9911 and ask for TJHS special rate

Deadline for hotel rate was April 3, 2026. Beyond deadline, regular hotel rates may apply.

NOTE ABOUT SATURDAY AFTERNOON SCREENING OF GRIT AND GRACE:  The film screening event from 2:30 – 4:30 pm (without lunch) is open to the public at no charge, with required registration through the Holocaust Museum Houston for this session only

Friday, April 24, 2026

3:00 – 4:30 PM Welcome Table & Registration, Hampton Inn by Hilton Galleria, 4500 Post Oak Pkwy, Houston, TX 77027

5:15 PM – Carpool from Hampton Inn to Houston Congregation for Reform Judaism (HCRJ), 801 Bering Drive, Houston, TX 77057

5:45 – 7:00 PM Shabbat Dinner at HCRJ

7:15 PM – Shabbat Services led by Rabbi Steven M. Gross, featuring special remarks by Renee Wizig-Barrios, President and CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston, followed by Oneg

8:45 PM – Carpool returns to Hampton Inn 

Saturday, April 25, 2026

Morning Program

All Aboard! Meet no later than 8:50 AM in Hampton Inn lobby to board Charter Bus to Holocaust Museum Houston (HMH), 5401 Caroline Street, Houston, Texas 77004. Bus departs hotel promptly at 8:55 AM

9:20–9:30 AM – Enter HMH through security metal detectors and proceed quietly to assigned meeting room    

9:45–10:00 AM – Welcome Remarks

10:00–10:40 AM –“Voices of Resilience: A Story of Survival, Faith, and Song.” Anita Bonanno

10:45–11:15 AM – “Educating Houston: Teaching and Researching Jewish Studies at University of Houston (UH).” Dr. Caryn Tamber-Resenau and Miranda Ruzinsky

11:20–11:45 AM – “A House with a Jewish Soul: Memory, Love, and Legacy in Galveston.” Marilyn Flick and Shelley Kessler

11:45 AM–12:30 PM – Box Lunch in Meeting Room 

Afternoon Program: Options – Select (i) or (ii)

          (i) 12:30 – 2:00 PM – Tour of HMH with Docents Lynn Gordon, Janet Pozmantier, and Ali Katz.

          (ii) 12:30 – 2:00 PM –“Houston Jewish History as Lived Experience:  Women of Houston.” Melissa Cohen Nickels, Curator, Joan and Stanford Alexander South Texas Jewish Archives, Rice University, in HMH Meeting Room

2:00 – 2:25 PM – Break time and find seating in HMH Auditorium prior to 2:30 PM

2:30 – 3:00 PM – “Texas Jewish Stories: Family Histories on the Journey to Texas.” Melanie Weinberger and Students from The Emery/Weiner School

3:05 PM – 4:30 PM – “Grit and Grace: How Jewish Women Built a Better Texas.” Screening of film in HMH Auditorium, followed by Q&A with filmmaker, Barbara Rosenthal

4:45 PM – All Aboard! Charter Bus departs from HMH to return to Hampton Inn

Evening Program

6:15 PM – All Aboard. Charter Bus departs Hampton Inn for HCRJ, 801 Bering Drive, Houston, TX 77057

6:30–6:45 PM – Take seats for dinner

6:45–7:45 PM – Welcome and Blessings, followed by buffet dinner from Ken & Ziggy’s

7:45–8:15 PM – Enjoy dessert during presentation by Ziggy Gruber

8:15–9:00 PM – TJHS Award Presentations and Closing

9:00 PM – All Aboard! Charter Bus departs HCRJ and returns to Hampton Inn  

Sunday, April 26, 2026

9:00 – 11:00 AM – Board of Trustee and Annual Gathering Meetings in Hampton Inn Meeting Room. Installation of Officers and Board of Trustees. State of the Society Address.