Jewish Herald-Voice

The Jewish Herald-Voice is a weekly publication that caters to the Jewish community along Texas' Gulf Coast. Its main office is located in Upper Kirby, Houston. Founded in 1908, it proudly claims to be the oldest Jewish newspaper in the Southwestern United States.

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Guide to planning a wine trip to Israel

2 weeks ago | jhvonline.com | Aaron Howard

I’m not quite an oenophile. I enjoy a good glass of Pinot Noir. But I’ve never been to wine school. Nor have I visited more than a handful of local wineries in my life. However, if I wished to plan the perfect wine trip to Israel, the guidebook I’d want to have is “Wine Journey: An Israeli Adventure.” Written in Hebrew and English, it’s a guidebook to some 170-plus Israeli wineries that welcome visitors.
Spring-cleaning tips

2 weeks ago | jhvonline.com | Amy Bernstein |Bernstein Realty

Spring cleaning is a time-honored tradition that allows you to declutter, organize and deep clean your living space after the winter months. Here are some valuable tips to make your spring-cleaning process more efficient and effective: 1) Create a plan: Before diving into spring-cleaning, take some time to create a detailed plan. Identify which areas of your home need the most attention and prioritize tasks based on importance.
Jewish Federation honors Houston educators

2 weeks ago | jhvonline.com | Matt Samuels

Three Houston educators will be honored at the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston’s Community Leadership Awards Night in September along with young adult leaders and a Jewish communal professional. Jack Segal Academy of Beth Yeshurun head of school Jennifer LeVine has been named the Harold Reingold Yavneh Award winner. Robert M. Beren Academy Rabbi Asher Block and Miriam Browning Jewish Learning Center of Congregation Beth Israel teacher Daniel Smith will receive the Irving L.
Meeting with Netanyahu, Trump again floats proposal for US to take over Gaza

2 weeks ago | jhvonline.com | Ben Sales

Trump also appeared to make an analogy between the plight of the Israeli hostages and the Holocaust. Last time President Donald Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington, he shocked listeners by announcing that the United States would take over Gaza. Now, Netanyahu is in Washington again. And, after weeks during which the Gaza takeover proposal appeared to have receded, Trump brought it back. “You know how I feel about the Gaza Strip,” he said.
Beth Yeshurun cemetery vandalized in broad daylight

3 weeks ago | jhvonline.com | Matt Samuels

Congregation Beth Yeshurun’s cemetery on Allen Parkway was vandalized in what police are looking into as a possible hate crime. The incident happened in the middle of the day, Friday, March 21, and included shattered flower pots, knocked-over headstones and broken irrigation pipes and hose bibs. Groundskeeper Jose Ramirez discovered the damage when he returned to close the gates at 5 p.m. Beth Yeshurun officials said the damage is estimated to be close to $10,000.
World premiere: Noga Flaishon’s ‘Memoriam’ at Main Street Theater

1 month ago | jhvonline.com | Aaron Howard

One of the two major characters in Noga Flaishon’s stage play “Memoriam” is Rivka, the last Holocaust survivor. The other is Rivka’s granddaughter, Rachel, who is a buyer of memories at the for-profit company, Memoriam. Set in the near future, “Memoriam” portrays a time when a person’s memory can be sold, extracted, digitized and turned into a commodity. Rachel’s company wants to buy Rivka’s Holocaust memories. And they want Rachel to set up the deal.
Gal Gadot Just Became the First Israeli Actor with a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

1 month ago | jhvonline.com | Lior Zaltzman

“To all the young girls watching, if a girl from Rosh HaAyin can get a star at the Hollywood Boulevard, anything is possible," she said to cheers at the ceremony this week. This week, “Wonder Woman” and “Snow White” star Gal Gadot made history when she became the first Israeli actor to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Houston Jewish Film Festival: The abduction of a Jewish youth becomes a cause celebre

1 month ago | jhvonline.com | Aaron Howard

It’s never a good sign when a government official, accompanied by three soldiers, knocks on your door after bedtime. In the opening scene of the historical drama feature film “Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara,” the official has arrived to tell the Mortara family that their 6-year-old son Edgardo has been baptized. The official carries an order to remove Edgardo from his Jewish family. The time is 1858. The place is Bologna, which then was part of the Papal States. Pope Pius IX rules.
Houston Jewish Film Festival: The undiscovered legacy of Roman Vishniac

1 month ago | jhvonline.com | Aaron Howard

In 1935, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee commissioned photographer Roman Vishniac to document impoverished Jewish communities in Poland, Romania, Czechoslovakia and Lithuania. The JDC was the world’s largest Jewish relief organization at the time. The JDC sought images that it could use as fundraising materials to encourage Americans to respond to the plight of Jews in Eastern Europe. The Vishniac family had moved to Berlin after the Russian Revolution.
Houston Jewish Film Festival: A deep look at the Borsht Belt

1 month ago | jhvonline.com | Aaron Howard

From the 1920s through the 1970s, the Catskills was the vacation playground for Jewish people. Known as the Borsht Belt, the area was home to a dense concentration of more than 500 resort hotels and hundreds of bungalow colonies in New York’s Sullivan and Ulster counties.