TJHS seeks nominations for Outstanding Recognition Awards in two areas: (1) Significant Historic Site Preservation and (2) Extraordinary Historic Project. Only one award per year can be given in each category, but an award is not necessarily given each year.
TJHS accepts nominations that identify those individuals who have made a significant and lasting impact on the preservation of Texas Jewish history.
Use the button below to access the nomination form. The submission deadline is July 15 of each calendar year.
Previous Awardees
Significant Historic Site Preservation
Leon and Mimi Toubin for the restoration of the Orthodox Synagogue orgininally in Brenham and moved to Austin in order to continue as a sacred place for Jewish worship services.
Babette Samuels for her work in preserving Temple Beth-El in Corsicana.
Extraordinary Historic Project
Rabbi Jimmy Kessler for the 1980 founding of the Texas Jewish Historical Society, which continues to educate, preserve, and archive Texas Jewish history.
Lynna Kay Shuffield for her work in documenting and preserving Jewish cemeteries in Texas.