Events

Yom Ha’atzmaut: Celebrating Israel’s 75th Birthday

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

Bring your family to the J to celebrate Israel’s 75th birthday through the lens of art, photography, music, sports and culinary. To mark this special birthday, there will be double the fun with two celebrations for the community to enjoy on April 26 and April 30. Celebration highlights include: Visit the Cramer-Jacobs Family Culinary Studio […]

Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy: Israel at 75

Rice University 6100 Main St., Houston, TX

Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy presents Israel at 75, a conference where diplomats, subject-matter experts, policymakers and stakeholders will assemble to analyze the binational relationship between the United States and Israel, address the role of the United States in Middle East foreign policy, and explore the challenges and opportunities Israel faces internally and […]

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 […]

Photograph 51

Joe Frank Theatre @ the J 5601 S Braeswood Blvd, Houston, United States

Written by Anna Ziegler | Directed by Jennifer Decker A humorous and moving portrait of Rosalind Franklin, one of the great female scientists of the twentieth century, and her fervid drive to map the contours of the DNA molecule. A chorus of scientists relives the chase, revealing the unsung achievements of this trail-blazing, fiercely independent […]

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.

Photograph 51

Joe Frank Theatre @ the J 5601 S Braeswood Blvd, Houston, United States

Written by Anna Ziegler | Directed by Jennifer Decker A humorous and moving portrait of Rosalind Franklin, one of the great female scientists of the twentieth century, and her fervid drive to map the contours of the DNA molecule. A chorus of scientists relives the chase, revealing the unsung achievements of this trail-blazing, fiercely independent […]

Photograph 51

Joe Frank Theatre @ the J 5601 S Braeswood Blvd, Houston, United States

Written by Anna Ziegler | Directed by Jennifer Decker A humorous and moving portrait of Rosalind Franklin, one of the great female scientists of the twentieth century, and her fervid drive to map the contours of the DNA molecule. A chorus of scientists relives the chase, revealing the unsung achievements of this trail-blazing, fiercely independent […]

Yom Ha’atzmaut: Celebrating Israel’s 75th Birthday

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

Bring your family to the J to celebrate Israel’s 75th birthday through the lens of art, photography, music, sports and culinary. To mark this special birthday, there will be double the fun with two celebrations for the community to enjoy on April 26 and April 30. Celebration highlights include: Visit the Cramer-Jacobs Family Culinary Studio […]

Author Talk with Sandi Wisenberg

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

Join us for an evening with Sandi Wisenberg speaking on her new book The Wandering Womb: Essays in Search of Home, winner of the 2022 Juniper Prize in nonfiction from University of Massachusetts Press. Southern Review of Books writes, “A reader doesn’t have to be a Jewish feminist of a certain age to find something […]

J Second Stage Presents: Descendants

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

Imprisoned on the Isle of the Lost – home of the most infamous villains who ever lived – the teenaged children of Maleficent, the Evil Queen, Jafar, and Cruella De Vil have never ventured off the island… until now. When the four troublemakers are sent to attend prep school alongside the children of beloved Disney […]