Posted on · Joshua Zinn learns about some the movies featured at this year's Houston Jewish Film Festival, which runs March 3-18.
Posted on · Houston Matters examines the lessons learned after the storm.
Posted on · The neighborhood of Meyerland got hit hard by Tropical Storm Harvey.
Posted on · (Above: The Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center in Meyerland. Photo: Wikipedia Commons) On Sunday (March 12, 2017), the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston was evacuated for the second time in less than a month after receiving a bomb threat. JCCs and other Jewish organizations nationwide have received more than 150 such bomb threats since […]
Posted on · (Above:Â The Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center in Meyerland. Photo: Wikipedia Commons) On Sunday (March 12, 2017), the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston was evacuated for the second time in less than a month after receiving another bomb threat. JCCs and other Jewish organizations nationwide have received more than 150 such bomb threats since […]
Posted on · The 2017 Houston Jewish Film Festival runs March 5-19 at the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center. Among the numerous films screened this year is the Academy Award nominee Life Animated. The documentary tells the story of a young man who was unable to speak as a child until he and his family discovered a unique way to […]
Posted on · Emmy Award-winning tap dancer and choreographer Jason Samuels Smith was in Houston last week (Feb. 9, 2017) to give a master class on tap at the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center in Meyerland. And we wondered: could he teach all of Houston to tap over the radio? He dropped by our Geary Performance Studio to […]
Posted on · The Emmy Award-winning dancer shows us his moves, and talks about improvisation, Miles Davis and those gold tap shoes.
Posted on · Three generations of Jewish artists inspire a new contemporary dance piece
Posted on · Over the past year or so, we’ve been sharing the stories of Houstonians who’ve followed in the career footsteps of their loved ones in our occasional series The Family Business. However, today we bring you the story of a family whose members, with each passing generation, tried to rebel against the family business, which was […]
Posted on · Passover begins next week, on the evening of Monday, April 14. And later this month, Houston Public Media TV 8 presents a new documentary entitled “The Story of the Jews.” With those two occasions, we thought we’d take the opportunity to learn about Houston’s Jewish population, history, and culture with Michael Duke of the Jewish […]
Posted on · For more than 30 years, the critically acclaimed Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company has performed high energy contemporary dance. The company performs this week at the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center as part of ERJCCâs Dance Month. Catherine Lu of Houston Public Mediaâs arts and culture unit sat down with Carolyn Dorfman to discuss this weekendâs […]