Create a Jewish Life Your Way

Shabbat Services led by Rabbi Scott Hausman-Weiss.

The Learner's Minyan prayer service at HCRJ.

End the summer with a splash! 250-yard swim, 5miles on a spin bike, and 1.5mile run/walk on the bayou. Registration is $50/person. Includes: Finishers hat and post event celebration by the outdoor pool. All levels welcome (must be able to swim 250 yards unassisted) and ages 13+

Join YAD for a casual happy hour to unwind, connect, and celebrate the end of the season.

Please join us as we break ground on the new Chabad Jewish Student Center!

Brush up on your skills and join our High Holy Days Shofar Squad with Rabbi Fixler and Jeff Silk annual shofar class. It will blow you away! This program is open to people of all ages. Children must be accompanied by an adult. If you own a shofar, please bring it with you. A limited number of shofars will be available to borrow, and the New Traditions gift shop has a nice selection for purchase. Class participants will be invited to blow shofar as a special pat of our High Holy Day services on Rosh Hashanah (Erev) and Yom Kippur (N’ilah).

Our Rosh Chodesh program returns for Elul! This month, we'll be preparing for the High Holy Days. Led by Rabbi Sarah Fort, this session will be a meaningful way to connect with the season. Jewish women (bat mitzvah age and up) are invited to come together for a fun experience.RSVP by Thursday, August 20, to reserve your spot—spaces are limited!

The community is invited to join us at Beth Yeshurun for an Inclusive High Holy Day Program. This fully inclusive program is designed for all ages and abilities, with their families, caregivers, friends, and allies. Devices, Fidgets, Headphones, Movements, and Participation of all kinds are encouraged!

For interfaith and mixed-heritage couples in their 20s and 30s happening in Houston this fall! Embark is a low-pressure space, not focused on conversion, just on creating meaningful connections and thoughtful conversations about how two people can build a life together. The program runs from October 14th - December 18th with Rabbi Steve Gross leading six learning sessions, a Shabbat dinner, and an immersive weekend retreat! There will be 6-10 couples, so it’s a great chance to meet other interfaith couples and build community. If you or a couple you know are curious about exploring Jewish life, please pass this along. Check out the Houston Embark page to learn more!

We're thrilled to announce that Jewish Fertility Foundation (JFF) is officially coming to Houston! Starting July 6, Houston-area families navigating their family-building journey will have access to JFF's financial assistance, educational resources, and emotional support. We're so excited to welcome this incredible community into the JFF family. Contact Rebecca Guttman, Program Manager for the Houston location, with any questions. (rebecca@jewishfertilityfoundation.org)The JFF provides financial assistance, including grants ranging from $1,000 to $25,000, to help Jewish individuals and couples pursue fertility treatments such as IVF, IUI, and surrogacy.And save the date for our JFF-HOU Kickoff! Tuesday, September 1 at 7 PM at the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston. Registration coming soon!

Jews and Brews, by Jewston, is open to Jewish young adults between 22-29. Join us at 7pm at the Rice Village Little Woodrow's. First drink on us!

The Women of CBY invite you to kickoff of the program year with their annual Challah Bake, led by Sandra Finkelman! Beginners, learn to make challah. Experts, perfect your technique. Get our famous recipe and make your dough to bake at home!Open to all...$10 per adult or $18 per family. Kids and grandkids welcome! * A family is a parent and minor children. Additional adults please register individually*

The Margolis Gallery is pleased to present its new fall exhibition, Seeking Joy, on loan from the Heller Museum at Hebrew Union College in New York City. Celebrating moments of Jewish joy and resilience, this inspiring exhibit offers an uplifting experience as we enter the High Holy Day season.The exhibit opening will feature refreshments and a joyful music program. More details will be announced soon.

Celebrate the sweetness of the New Year with Chef Yotam Dolev by learning the techniques behind creating a rich, flavorful Rosh Hashanah honey cake from scratch!

Join us for a S’lichot evening of music that invites spiritual contemplation and showcases the beauty of the classical tradition. The concert, performed by Brinton Smith, cello, and Isaac Foreman, piano, will feature works by composers—friends of Beethoven, children of cantors, keyboard virtuosi, and child prodigies—whose Jewish heritage shaped their musical voices.

Join us for a two-part program for Selichot:The evening begins at 8:30 PM with a dessert reception in Stein Hall, followed at 8:45 PM by a special program designed to help us prepare for the High Holy Day season. Additional program details will be announced soon.At 10:00 pm, we move to the Barg Sanctuary for our beautiful Selichot service, where we welcome our High Holy Day choir for the first time and change the Torah mantles to their High Holy Day whites.We are delighted to invite Congregation Brith Shalom to join us again for our Selichot Program. This program and free and open to the community, but we ask you to register so we have desserts for everyone.

Young adults, join us for an evening of mingling and mahjong! Whether you’re a seasoned player or have never touched a tile, this event is all about learning, playing, and connecting. We’ll have multiple tables running throughout the night, including beginner-friendly games led by experienced players and tables ready for seasoned players. Float between games, grab a drink, enjoy light bites, and meet new people as you go. Register now to learn, play, sip, and mingle! 🀄✨

Enjoy the High Holy Days with Houston Hillel and Rabbi Kenny Weiss and Cantorial Soloist Sara LaMesh. FREE for students, Jewston participants and the community! Even though the High Holy Days are free, please consider making a donation of $200 per person (or any amount that suits you) so that we can continue to provide amazing programs and support for Houston's Jewish college students and twentysomethings.

Roses for Rosh Hashanah is the continuation of a program started in the 1980’s by the Council of B’nai B’rith Houston Lodges.All sales will benefit residents of Seven Acres and The Medallion.Seven Acres & The Medallion volunteers together with volunteers from The Jewish War Veterans Houston Levy Post 574 (JWV) are going to make the community’s New Year bloom, again.Order a dozen roses NOW at https://www.sevenacres.org/roses-for-rosh-hashanah/, to make sure that roses will be delivered on Friday morning, Sept. 11, 2026 * before erev Rosh Hashanah. One dozen Roses purchased for Seven Acres and The Medallion residents will be delivered in vases. Roses purchased for yourself, a loved one or a friend will be wrapped with filler and greenery and available for pickup 12:30 pm to 3 p.m., Friday Sept. 11, 2026 – in the circle driveway in front of Seven Acres opposite the flagpole, 6200 N. Braeswood Blvd.(* Thursday morning Sept. 10, volunteers will sort and prepare the Roses and that evening they will sort the orders.) The deadline to place orders is Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (Labor Day).Every resident at Seven Acres and The Medallion will receive a bouquet of roses.Order and pick up roses – Cost is $ 36.

Holocaust Museum Houston is thrilled to host our third annual Latinx Heritage Month – Community Building Day event. As a free day for families and community members, this event celebrates Latinx Heritage Month by uplifting the history and culture of Houston’s Latinx community while highlighting the interconnections between the Jewish and Latinx community. In the spirit of community building, this event brings together Houston’s diverse community as we work together to promote an inclusive and civically engaged society. The event will feature information about local community organizations serving the Jewish and Latinx community, bilingual (English/Spanish) tours of our Holocaust gallery, a 3G survivor talk, family activities, and special performances. Schedule: All Day: Jewish and Latinx Tabling Organizations All Day: University of Houston SACNAS Science Demos 10:30 AM: Mariachi Performance featuring Mariachi Los Galgos, Meyerland Performing and Visual Arts Middle School 11 AM: Docent Guided Holocaust Gallery Tour (English) 12 PM: Docent Guided Holocaust Gallery Tour (Spanish) 12:30 PM: Lotería/Bingo 1 PM: Docent Guided Holocaust Gallery Tour (English) 1 PM: Segundo Barrio Children’s Chorus Performance 1:30 PM: Docent Guided Holocaust Gallery Tour (Spanish) 2 PM: Docent Guided Holocaust Gallery Tour (English) 2:30 PM: Lotería/Bingo 3 PM: 3G Holocaust Survivor Talk with Margo Aaron 4 PM: Lotería/Bingo

Enjoy the High Holy Days with Houston Hillel and Rabbi Kenny Weiss and Cantorial Soloist Sara LaMesh. FREE for students, Jewston participants and the community! Even though the High Holy Days are free, please consider making a donation of $200 per person (or any amount that suits you) so that we can continue to provide amazing programs and support for Houston's Jewish college students and twentysomethings.

Enjoy the High Holy Days with Houston Hillel and Rabbi Kenny Weiss and Cantorial Soloist Sara LaMesh. FREE for students, Jewston participants and the community! Even though the High Holy Days are free, please consider making a donation of $200 per person (or any amount that suits you) so that we can continue to provide amazing programs and support for Houston's Jewish college students and twentysomethings.

Enjoy the High Holy Days with Houston Hillel and Rabbi Kenny Weiss and Cantorial Soloist Sara LaMesh. FREE for students, Jewston participants and the community! Even though the High Holy Days are free, please consider making a donation of $200 per person (or any amount that suits you) so that we can continue to provide amazing programs and support for Houston's Jewish college students and twentysomethings.

Join Holocaust Museum Houston for an evening lecture featuring Dr. Tabea Linhard, author of Unexpected Routes: Refugee Writers in Mexico. Unexpected Routes chronicles the refugee journeys of six writers whose lives were upended by fascism in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War and during World War II. During her lecture, Dr. Linhard will explore the stories of German author Ruth Rewald, who was murdered during the Holocaust, and Czech writer and journalist Egon Erwin Kisch, who wrote about the Holocaust while in Mexico. While the writers she discusses in the book came from different backgrounds and wrote in different languages, they all made sense of their forced displacement in works that reveal their conflicted relationships with the people and places they encountered in transit as well as in Mexico. The literary output of these brilliant, prolific, but also flawed individuals reflects the most salient contradictions of what it meant to escape from fascist occupied Europe. This event is free and open to the public but advanced registration is required.