A Pandemic Kol Nidre
The Houston Jewish History Archive is collecting accounts of high holiday practices during the pandemic. Dr. Melissa Weininger, Associate Director… read more
Untying War Widows: The Agunah in WWII
by Katherine Webber After the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Americans prepared themselves for war. War-time production began,… read more
A Biography of The World’s Greatest Yiddish Encyclopedia
Maurice Wolfthal, a local Yiddish translator and writer, writes about discovering a copy of the Algemeyne entsiklopedye (General Encyclopedia) in… read more
God Shelters the Faithful: The Prayer of Psalm 91
Psalm 91 expresses confidence that God will protect the righteous from plagues, demons, and wild animals, while allowing the wicked… read more
Where are you from? Thoughts on identity, Israeli poetry, and coronavirus
Where are you from? Thoughts on identity, Israeli poetry, and coronavirus by Naomi Kass ’20 Reading the Israeli poet Vaan… read more
“Social Distance” in the Rice Feminist Forum
Associate Director of the Program in Jewish Studies Melissa Weininger recently wrote about the concept of “social distance” in the… read more
The Houston Machzor
Diane Wolfthal, David and Caroline Minter Professor of the Humanities in the Department of Art History, has been working with… read more
Through Galveston to the Hinterland
On March 2, I attended a lecture by Bryan Stone, Professor of History at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi,… read more
Wikipedia Project on Jews and Gender
Last semester, students in Dr. Melissa Weininger’s class, “Sex and Gender in Modern Jewish Culture,” researched and wrote Wikipedia entries… read more
International Holocaust Remembrance Day at HMH
by Rose Kantorczyk, JSSA president On January 27, the Jewish Studies Student Association (JSSA) organized a group of students to… read more