2025 TJHS Annual Gathering Registration Forms

Registration Deadline is April 11, 2025

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

 Hotel Reservations for Best Western, Bryan

1920 Austin’s Colony Parkway, Bryan

TJHS rate ($135 + tax), free breakfast, parking and Wifi included

Click here for Online Booking

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

Call Direct at (979) 731-5300 and ask for TJHS special rate

Deadline for hotel rate was March 31, 2025. Beyond deadline, TJHS rate will not be available.
Book now.   Regular hotel rates are high in the area.

Friday, April 25

3:30-5:00 PM             Welcome & Registration, Hyatt Place Hotel (1100 University Drive East, College Station)

6:00 PM                        Hotel guests meet in hotel lobby to carpool to Texas A&M Hillel (800 George Bush Drive)

6:30-7:30 PM             Shabbat Services, Texas A&M Hillel

7:30 PM                        Shabbat Dinner, Texas A&M Hillel

9:00 PM                        Carpool returns to Hyatt Place Hotel

9:00-10:00 PM           Hospitality room open at Hyatt Place Hotel

Saturday, April 26, 202

8:30-9:00 AM             Registration, Texas A&M Hillel (800 George Bush Drive)

8:45 AM                       Meet in hotel Lobby to carpool to Texas A&M Hillel

9:15-9:30 AM             Welcome – Joan Linares, President TJHS

9:30-10:00 AM          The Hillel at A&M – Tracing its Roots to 1916 with Don Reiser

10:00-10:45 AM        Jewish Life in Bryan-College Station: The Legacy of Temple Freda & Congregation Beth Shalom
                                          with William (Bill) Bassichis, Dena Kahan, and Leslie Feigenbaum

10:45-11:00 AM        —Break–

11:00-11:35 AM        Aggie Stories: Texas A&M Jewish Student Experiences—Past and Present

11:35-12:00 PM        From Odessa, Ukraine to Bryan, Texas:  It’s so much more than bagels with Blake Zeitman

12:00-1:15 PM           —Lunch – Box lunch catered by Zeitman’s Deli–

1:15-1:45 PM             Jewish Studies Program at Texas A&M with David Brenner

Art and History Enriching Jewish Studies: Presentations by 2 TJHS Grant Recipients

1:45-2:15 PM         We had to know who we were; we had to know who we weren’t, with Emily Williams

2:15-2:30 PM         —Break–

2:30-3:00 PM         Sisterhoods of the Southwest: Jewish Women’s Organizations’
Impact on Community Development in the Borderlands with Gabrielle Lyle

3:00 PM                   Closing

3:30-6:15 PM         Open time to tour College Station

6:15 PM                     Hotel guests meet in hotel Lobby to carpool to Maria Mia Tex-Mex

6:30-8:30 PM         Dinner at Maria Mia Tex-Mex Cantina, 1007 Earl Rudder Fwy S, College Station

8:30 PM                     Carpool back to hotel

8:30-10:00 PM      Hospitality room open at hotel with desserts and schmoozing

Sunday, April 27, 202

9:00-10:00 AM          TJHS Board of Trustees Meeting, Hyatt Place Hotel, Hospitality Room, 1100 University Drive East

10:00-10:15 AM        —Break–

10:15-11:00 AM        Annual TJHS Membership Meeting — President’s State of the Society;  
                                        Installation of TJHS Officers and Board Members for 2025-2027

11:00-11:15 AM        Adjournment

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