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(May  30, 2023) – The Jewish Federation of Greater Houston led lobbying efforts in the recent legislative session in partnership with five other Texas Federations.  The lobbying efforts directly resulted in the Texas Legislature appropriating $1 million in each of the next two state fiscal years to supplement the amount of funding available for the […]

(June  13, 2022) – Thanks to the generosity of Joan and Stanford Alexander, the Federation was able to launch Houston’s Jewish Community Security Program and hire our first Community Security Director. We are pleased to announce that Alfred “Al” Tribble, Jr. agreed to join our Federation team in this position. Al will officially begin on June […]

June 22, 2020 – The Jewish Federation of Greater Houston’s Board of Trustees is proud to announce that longtime Federation supporters and Houston philanthropists Velva and Fred Levine have generously made the lead gift for the new Federation building, which will be named the Velva G. and H. Fred Levine Jewish Federation of Greater Houston […]

November 11, 2019 — The Jewish Federation of Greater Houston works with our city’s seven Jewish Day Schools to ensure students receive the help they need and the services they are entitled to to foster success in school. One of the ways the Federation does this is by helping schools access Federal Title services. These […]

February 2, 2020 — The Jewish Federation of Greater Houston celebrated the 25th anniversary of Collage with a sold-out crowd of approximately 840 at the Royal Sonesta on Tuesday, February 11. Mother and daughters-in-law team Martha Weisberg Barvin, Kaori Barvin, and Olivia Barvin chaired the event, which is the largest gathering of Jewish women in […]