Events

Babies & Ballet

Indoor Playscape @ the J 5601 S Braeswood Blvd, Houston, Texas

Combining dance and music, Babies & Ballet provides entertainment for your baby while you move your body. Liberally called ballet, this class will flow through easy dance steps and stretches. Here, babies being babies are welcome! This is a safe space for all to feel understood without judgment. Please wear socks and comfortable clothes for […]

Toddler Tales: Story & Play Time

Indoor Playscape @ the J 5601 S Braeswood Blvd, Houston, Texas

Join your friends for Toddler Tales: Story & Play Time in the J's indoor playscape! Hear a children's story and stay and play in the J's indoor playscape! These fun weekly story times will feature guest readers from the Houston Jewish Community. Toddler Tales: Story & Play Time is FREE and open to the public, […]

Hamantaschen Happiness: The Purim Pastry Party

Cramer-Jacobs Family Culinary Studio @ the J 5601 S Braeswood Blvd, Houston, TX

Indulge in a creative twist on traditional hamantaschen with pastry chef Sarah Schnitzer. Explore innovative recipes, like chocolate hamantaschen filled with luscious banana jam. Unleash your culinary creativity, perfect your pastry skills, and savor the delightful fusion of flavors in these unique Purim treats. Menu: Chocolate banana hamantaschen Blueberry cheesecake hamantaschen Cheddar and tomato jam […]

Event Series Houston Jewish Film Festival

Houston Jewish Film Festival: The Dinner

Kaplan Theatre @ the J 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX

SNEAK PREVIEW  The Dinner  Thursday, March 21 | 7:30 PM  Drama | Directed by Matti Harari and Arik Lubetzki   2020 | Israel | Hebrew and Russian with English subtitles | 79 Min. | Kaplan Theatre A smart dinner party turns into a cold buffet of secrets and lies in this gripping film. Emma and […]

Open Gym & Tot Shabbat

Houston Gymnastics Center 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX

Celebrate Shabbat with your friends and family with open gym in the gymnastics center followed by musical services. Open gym will begin at 10:30 AM in the gymnastics center, followed by music and services at 11:30 AM in the atrium of the Samuels Family Community Pavilion. RSVPs are required and spaces are limited. Cost: $5 […]

Houston Jewish Film Festival 2024

Evelyn Rubenstein JCC 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX, United States

New promising, entertaining and exceptional award-winning films are featured in this annual festival, which brings Jewish lives and stories to the big screen. The Festival, now in its 20th year, shines the spotlight on Jewish and Israeli culture, art and history.

Heroes, Handstands & Havdalah

Houston Gymnastics Center 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX

Unleash your inner superhero while we close out the end of Shabbat and welcome a new week with HEROES, HANDSTANDS & HAVDALAH! Run, stretch and tumble in the gymnastics center followed by a musical havdalah program. We will learn about a wonderful hero, Esther from the Purim story. Kids will enjoy superhero-themed crafts and snack […]

HC68 Purim Party

Merfish Teen Center 9000 S. Rice, Houston, TX

Celebrate Purim with the J! Celebrate with live music, arcade games, airbrush tattoos, raffles and hamantaschen! Don't forget your Purim costume!

Houston Jewish Film Festival: June Zero

Kaplan Theatre @ the J 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX

OPENING NIGHT  June Zero  Sunday, March 24 | 7:00 PM  Drama | Directed by Jake Paltrow 2022 | Israel | Hebrew, with English subtitles | 105 Min. | Kaplan Theatre   American filmmaker Jake Paltrow revisits the 1962 trial of Adolf Eichmann with a gripping Hebrew-language historical drama centered on three Israeli characters on the periphery […]

School’s Out Camp

Evelyn Rubenstein JCC 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX, United States

School’s out, so let’s have some fun at the J! Kindergarten through 5th graders will stay active with counselor-led activities, camp crafts and board games plus tons of fun in the art studio, gymnastics center and aquatics complex. Camp hours are 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM and PM Care is available from 3:30 PM - […]