Events

Book Festival: Liel Leibovitz

Herzstein Foundation Multipurpose Room

Join us for Dinner & Learn surrounding Liel Leibovitz's How the Talmud Can Change Your Life: Surprisingly Modern Advice from a Very Old Book. With humor and passion, Liel Leibovitz returns to JBAF to explore the Talmud for its ideas about how to live a good life in the modern world. The host of Tablet […]

Book Festival: Joe Posnanski

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

Join us for a special sports-focused program featuring author Joe Posnanski and his book Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments. These days Houston LOVES baseball! Celebrated sportswriter Joe Posnanski circles the bases, calling out 50 of the most exceptional moments in the history of the game. You’ll be transported back to the […]

Book Festival: Chanie Apfelbaum

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

Join us for a special program featuring popular blogger Chanie Apfelbaum and her kosher cookbook Totally Kosher: Tradition with a Twist! 150+ Recipes for the Holidays and Every Day: A Cookbook in conversation with Riana Sherman. Founder and creative force behind the popular blog Busy in Brooklyn, Chanie Apfelbaum brings us a modern kosher cookbook with a twist. […]

Book Festival: Book Lovers Lunch

Herzstein Foundation Multipurpose Room

Join us for lunch with friends and these two incredible historical fiction novelists with unforgettable stories. Jennifer Roser  Once We Were Home: A Novel   When your past is stolen, where do you belong? Based on the true stories of four children, Ana, Oskar, Roger and Renata, all displaced and taken from their families during […]

Book Festival: Museum of Fine Arts Tour

MFAH - Museum of Fine Arts Houston 1001 Bissonnet St, Houston, Texas

Join us for a docent-led tour of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston based on the artwork and artists featured in The Lioness of Boston. The tour will feature artwork inspired by Isabelle Stewart Gardner’s own collections and include commentary on their significance. Advanced purchase required by Monday, November 13.

Book Festival Closing Night: Michael Schulman

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

Join us for closing night of the Ann and Stephen Kaufman Jewish Book & Arts Festival featuring Michael Schulman and his book Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat and Tears. America does not have royalty. It has the Academy Awards. For nine decades starlets, leading men and producers have chased the elusive Oscar. […]

Community Engagement Day with Student Researchers in Judaica

Congregation Beth Yeshrun 4525 Beechnut Street, Houston, United States

Come to an open house and visit with graduate students about their research highlighting the rich, contextual history preserved in select objects in the Mollie & Louis Kaplan Museum of Judaica. This event is open to an audience of all ages. Tickets are free, but RSVP is required.

Authors in Conversation: Danielle Friedman

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

For American women today, working out is accepted and expected, fueling a multibillion-dollar fitness industry. It wasn’t always this way. Seven decades ago, sweating was “unladylike” and girls grew up hiding their muscles and believing that physical exertion would cause their uterus to “fall out.” Thanks to a few forward-thinking pioneers, women began to move […]

Opera to Go!, Katie: the Strongest of the Strong

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

Opera To Go! is Houston Grand Opera’s fully staged, high-energy, 45-minute opera, sung entirely in English and designed with students and families in mind. Join HGO in the Kaplan Theatre at Evelyn Rubenstein JCC on January 28 at 2:00 p.m. for a sensory-friendly performance of this year’s Opera to Go!, Katie: the Strongest of the […]

Lunch and Learn: Israel : A Country in Crisis: What Do We Do Now?

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

A Lunch and Learn with Professor, Paul Liptz Join us for a Lunch and Learn on Tuesday, February 13 at 12:00 PM, as we welcome back our most recent 2023 Bunny and Leo Horvitz Scholar-in-Residence, Paul Liptz. From his home in Israel, Liptz will discuss the war in Israel and share ideas for ways to […]