Texas Jewish Stories
The stories below were written by TJHS members based on personal family histories or documents in the TJHS Collection archived at the Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin. These stories are examples of the many that are published in The TJHS Magazine. (Click on the A.I.-enhanced images to read stories.)
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The Jewish Literary Society of Houston
By Vickie Vogel
(Sylvan Beach Party, La Porte, Texas, 1913)
Reuben and Hilda Askanase
By Vickie Vogel
Rambling Round with Rosella
By Vickie Vogel
The Rubinskys of Brownsville
By Guerta Geifman Rubinsky
Popular in El Paso
By Vickie Vogel
Ima Joy's Waco
By Vickie Vogel
From Russia to the Texas Borderland
By Joyce Davidoff
San Antonio Lawyer and Hollywood Actress
By Judith W. Rosenthal
Isaac Solka -- Poland, Mexico, Corpus Christi
By Jack Solka
Mary From Minsk to El Campo
By Ileene Rosenfield Robinson
The Poet Rita Barr
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
Fort Worth Beth-El Archives
By Hollace Weiner