Events

Children’s Scholarship Ball

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

Proceeds from the Ball benefit the Irvin Kaplan Children's Scholarship Fund, which provides financial assistance to children of all religious and ethnic backgrounds in need of financial assistance for infant care, preschool, summer camp and special needs programs. Each year more than 300 children are the recipients of the proceeds of this event. Learn more here!

Authors in Conversation: Susan Weidman Schneider

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

Join us for an author talk with Susan Weidman Schneider, author of Frankly Feminist: Short Stories by Jewish Women from Lilith Magazine. Dinner: 6:30 PM | Author Event: 7:30 PM These short stories represent the widest range of Jewish feminist fiction.  Sharing numerous points of view, these stories will resonate with your own experience or share a […]

Toddler Tales: Story & Playtime

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

Join your friends for Toddler Tales: Story & Play Time in the J’s indoor play space! Hear a children’s story and stay and play in the J’s indoor play space. These fun weekly story times will feature guest readers from the Houston Jewish Community and crafts that relate to the book of the week. Toddler […]

Where Life Begins –Citrons, Citrons, and Citrons!

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

Join us for a pre-film event celebrating Citrons. This three course interactive class will excite the senses and prepare you for life on a Calabrian farm! Instructor: Chef Ellen The Cramer-Jacobs Family Culinary Studio is our NEW hands-on culinary kitchen created to be a destination for culinary classes and events for the Jewish Community and […]

HJFF SNEAK PREVIEW NIGHT: WHERE LIFE BEGINS

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

Directed by Stéphane Freiss Italy, 2022, 100 minutes Genre Drama Language Italian, French with English Subtitles Foreign Language Title Alla Vita Southern Italy is the setting for this beautiful film, where an Orthodox Rabbi brings his family to harvest etrogim (citrons) for Sukkot. Two worlds collide as the Rabbi’s daughter, Esther, looks for a way […]

Tot Shabbat & Open Gym

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

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. RSVPs are required and spaces are limited.

School Days Out Camp: Spring Break

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

J Camps Spring Break will keep your kids busy while school is out! With a variety of fun-filled activities for kindergarten through fifth grade, campers will experience our beloved J Camp rooms with counselor-led activities, camp crafts and board games plus tons of fun in the art studio, gymnastics center, sports gym and aquatics complex. We will […]

52 Shabbats: Friday Night Dinners Inspired by a Global Jewish Kitchen

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

Be one of the first to enjoy a culinary experience in the Cramer-Jacobs Family Culinary Studio, the NEW hands-on culinary kitchen at the J! There are many opportunities to continue your Jewish learning journey through food. Morgan Jankovic, The Foodie Chef, will lead you in the preparation of recipes from the featured Jewish cookbook. In […]

Tot Shabbat & Open Gym

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

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. RSVPs are required and spaces are limited.

HJFF OPENING NIGHT: MARCH ’68

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

Directed by Krzysztof Lang Poland, 2022, 118 minutes Language Polish with English Subtitles Foreign Language Title Marzec ’68 Genre Drama Warsaw, 1968. Hania and Janek, two students uninterested in politics, fall madly in love as the city is engulfed in protests against the authoritarian regime’s antisemitic policies and crackdown on civil liberties. But they are […]