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Texas
7300 Hart Lane
PO Box 28400
Austin, TX 78755-8400
(512) 735-8400
Fax: (512) 735-8401
Institutional Membership: 475 families
Percent Intermarried: NA
Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Hebrew
Classes; Derekh Torah; Havurot; Family Oriented
Programming; Outreach Seder; Counseling; Discussions on
Intermarriage; Extensive Adult Education; Preparation
for Conversion; Jews by Choice; Holiday "How-To" Workshops;
Oureach Learners Shabbat; Lectures on Intermarriage;
"December Dilemma" Discussions.
Contact: Marilyn Stohl, Education Vice President
11940 Jollyville Road
Suite 110 South
Austin, TX 78759
(512) 250-1043
Fax: (512) 257-7179
Email: jfs@jcaaonline.org
Institutional Membership:
Percent Intermarried:
Programs: Interfaith Couples Discussion Group;
Individual, Couples, and Family Counseling.
Contact: Mitch Sudolsky
P.O. Box 1562
Austin, TX 78767-1562
(512) 684-8158
Email: rabbimonty@aol.com
Institutional Membership: 34 families
Percent Intermarried: members - 60%; board - 60%
Programs: The Rabbi is innovator and ground-breaker
in performing a wide variety of interfaith wedding ceremonies
and blessing ceremonies. Our bylaws specifically include
the whole family for eligibility for all board positions
and for full participation in all Jewish rituals except
Bnei Mitzvah ceremonies. We offer conversion courses and
a whole array of Hebrew and classic text study programs
such as Mishnah, Midrash, and Kabbalah for those who want
to immerse themselves in Jewish learning.
Contact: Rabbi Monty Eliasov
PO Box 3321
Bellaire, TX 77402
(713) 705-7662
E-mail: rabbimarcy@l-chaimcenter.org
Institutional Membership: NA
Percent Intermarried: NA
Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Hebrew Classes; Times and Seasons; Discussion of Intermarriage; Extensive Adult Education; "December Dilemma" Discussions; Preparation for Conversion; Holiday "How-To" Workshops; Counseling; Free High Holiday services; Twice a month Shabbat morning Minyan.
Contact: Rabbi Marcy Greene
4402 Saratoga Blvd.
Corpus Christi, TX 78413
(361) 857-8181
E-mail: corpusrav@aol.com
Institutional Membership: 200+ members
Percent Intermarried: members - 25%; board - 33%.
Programs: Mentor Program; Interfaith Couples Group;
Extensive Adult Education.
Contact: Rabbi Paul Joseph
9401 Douglas Avenue
Dallas, TX 75225
(214) 361-6606
Fax: (214) 361-7524
Institutional Membership: 1375
Percent Intermarried: members - 3%.
Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Havurot; Family Oriented
Programming; Outreach Seder; Preparation for Conversion; Holiday
"How-To" Workshops; Outreach/Learner's Shabbat.
Contact: Rabbi William Gershon
6930 Alpha Road
Dallas, TX 75240
(972) 661-1810
Fax: (972) 661-2636
Email:apaley@templeshalomdallas.org
Institutional Membership: 900 families
Percent Intermarried: members - Unknown; board
- Unknown.
Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Hebrew Classes; Havurot; Discussion of Intermarriage; Extensive Adult Education; "December Dilemma" Discussions; Preparation for Conversion; Jews by Choice; Holiday "How-To" Workshops; Counseling; Lectures on Intermarriage.
Community Program: Melton Mini-School
Contact: Rabbi Andrew M. Paley
8500 Hillcrest Road
Dallas, TX 75225
(214) 706-0000
Fax: (214) 706-0025
Email: deinstein@tedallas.org
Institutional Membership: 2600 +
Percent Intermarried: members - at least 30%; board - 5%; 5% - Jews by choice; 5% - married to Jews by choice
Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes (Stepping Stones); Hebrew Classes; Mentor Program; Interfaith Grand-parenting programs; Young Adult program; Extensive Adult Education; "December Dilemma" Discussions; Preparation for Conversion (Choosing Judaism); Interfaith Moms Group; Interfaith Dads Group; Holiday "How-To" Workshops; Counseling; Outreach Committee; Individual Meetings with post-conversion students
Contact: Diana Coben Einstein
5402 Arapaho Road
Dallas, TX 75248
(972) 437-9950
Fax: (972) 437-1988
Email: Info@JFSDallas.Org
Institutional Membership: 1200 Clients
Percent Intermarried: clients - 25%; staff - 5-10%;
board - 10%.
Programs: Parents of Intermarrieds; Discussion
on Intermarriage; Interfaith Couples Group; Couples Support
Group; Staff Sensitivity Training; Counseling; Lectures
on Intermarriage.
Contact: Michele Krieg Bauer, MA, LMSW-ACP
7900 Northaven Road
Dallas, TX 75230
(214) 739-2737
Fax: (214) 368-4709
Email: aallen@jccdallas.org
Institutional Membership: 2700 units
Percent Intermarried: members - Unknown; board - Unknown
Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes;
Times and Seasons; Derekh Torah; Havurot; Staff
Sensitivity Training; Extensive Adult Education; "December Dilemma" Discussions; Melton Mini-School; Holiday "How-To"
Workshops.
Other Programs: Holiday dinners/celebrations/workshops
Contact: Artie Allen, Executive Director
4408 N Stanton Street
El Paso, TX 79902
(915) 532-5959
Fax: (915) 533-0092
Email: LBach@TempleMountSinai.Com
Institutional Membership: 430
Percent Intermarried: members - 20%; board - 10%.
Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparation
for Conversion; Hebrew Classes; Mentor Program; Jews by
Choice; Holiday "How-To" Workshops; Outreach Learners
Shabbat; Counseling; Discussion of Intermarriage; Extensive
Adult Education; Staff Sensitivity Training; "December
Dilemma" Discussions.
Contact: Rabbi Larry Bach
4900 Briarhaven Road
Ft. Worth, TX 76109
(817) 332-7141
Fax: (817) 332-7157
Email: Rabbi@BethElFW.Org
Institutional Membership: 400 families
Percent Intermarried: members - NA; board - NA
Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparation
for Conversion; Hebrew Classes; Discussion of Intermarriage;
Jews By Choice; Couples Support Group; Counseling; Scholars-In-Residence;
Film Series; Extensive Adult Education.
Contact: Rabbi Ralph Mecklenburger
16020 El Camino Real
Houston, TX 77062
(281) 488-5861
Fax: (281) 488-3561
E-mail: federow@blkbox.com
Institutional Membership: 145 families
Percent Intermarried: members - 20%; board - 5%.
Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparation
for Conversion; Hebrew Classes; Holiday "how to" Workshops;
Counseling; Havurot; Mentor Program; Discussion of Intermarriage;
Extensive Adult Education; "December Dilemma" Discussions.
Contact: Rabbi Stuart Federow
1500 Sunset Blvd.
Houston, TX 77071
(713) 529-5771
Fax: (713) 529-0703
Institutional Membership: 2000 families
Percent Intermarried: members - 10%, board - 5%.
Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparation
for Conversion; Jews by Choice; Hebrew Classes; Havurot;
Family Oriented Programming; Discussions on Intermarriage;
Counseling; Extensive Adult Education; Holiday "How-To"
Workshops; "December Dilemma" Discussions.
Contact: Rabbi Joseph Prass
4131 South Braeswood
Houston, TX 77025
(713) 667-9336
Fax: (713) 667-3619
Email: btopek@jfshouston.org
Institutional Membership: 2,000
Percent Intermarried: clients - 15%; staff - 0%;
board - 5.5%.
Programs: Holiday "how to" Workshops; Counseling;
Lectures on Intermarriage; "December Dilemma" Discussions;
Premarital Workshops.
Contact: Barbi Topek, (MSW), Family Life Education
Coordinator.
4525 Beechnut
Houston, TX 77096
(713) 666-1881
Email: Rosen@BethYeshurun.Org
Institutional Membership: 2000 families
Percent Intermarried: NA
Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Hebrew
Classes; Outreach Seder; Preparation for Conversion; Counseling;
Extensive Adult Education; Holiday "how to" Workshops.
Contact: Rabbi Brian Strauss (BStrauss@BethYeshurun.Org)
PO Box 35634
Houston, TX 77235-5634
(713) 728-5050
Institutional Memberhsip: 65 households
Percent Intermarried: members - 20%; board - NA.
Programs: Havurot; Discussions on Intermarriage.
Contact: Barbara Abramowitz
PO Box 271726
Houston, TX 77277-1726
(713) 663-7600
Fax: (713) 663-7600
Email: jichouston@aol.com
Institutional Memberhsip:
Percent Intermarried:
Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes;
Hebrew Classes; Times and Seasons; Discussion
of Intermarriage; Extensive Adult Education; "December
Dilemma" Discussions; Preparation for Conversion;
Interfaith Couples Group; Holiday "How-To"
Workshops; Counseling; Free High Holiday services; Twice-a-month
Shabbat morning Minyan.
Contact: Rabbi Howard Siegel
1410 Redwood
McAllen, TX 78501
(956) 686-9432
E-mail: mcallenrabbi@yahoo.com
Institutional Membership: 170 families
Percent Intermarried: members - 15%; board - 0%
staff - 0%.
Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparation
for Conversion; Hebrew Classes; Jews by Choice; Derekh
Torah; Holiday "how to" Workshops; Counseling; Discussions
on Intermarriage; Lectures on Intermarriage; Extensive
Adult Education; Films on Intermarriage; "December Dilemma"
Discussions; Confirmation Unit on Inter-dating.
Contact: Rabbi Steven Rosenberg, Ph.D.
North Richland Hills, Texas
NORTH TARRANT JEWISH FELLOWSHIP
3541 Garwood Drive
North Richland Hills, TX 76117
(817) 831-9512
E-mail: RebMarc@HawkPCI.Net
Institutional Membership: 26 families
Percent Intermarried: members - 40%; board
- 20%.
Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes;
Preparation for Conversion; Hebrew Classes; Jews by
Choice; Interfaith Couples Group; Havurot; Outreach
Seder; Discussions on Intermarriage; Counseling; Lectures
on Intermarriage.
Contact: Rabbi Marc Ben-Meir, Ph.D -- will
consider performing interfaith marriages; will travel.
211 Belknap Place
San Antonio, TX 78212
(210) 733-9135
Fax: (210 737-8946
Email: temple@beth-elsa.org
Institutional Membership: 2,569 adults and children
Percent Intermarried: members - 12%; board
- 17%.
Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Hebrew Classes; Mentor Program; Extensive Adult Education; "December Dilemma" Discussions; Preparation for Conversion; Jews by Choice; Melton Mini-School; Holiday "How-To" Workshops; Outreach Seder; Counseling.
Other Programs: Brunch honoring non-Jewish spouses raising Jewish children; Conversion Candidate Discussion Groups.
Other Programs in Your Community: The JCC offers a series of discussion groups for interfaith couples. Please contact Betsy Cowan at (210) 302-6876.
Contact: Nancy Gerson, Membership/Program Coordinator
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE
1931 NW Military Highway
Suite 202
San Antonio, TX 78213-2144
(210) 349-5481
Institutional Membership: NA
Percent Intermarried: clients - NA; staff - NA;
board - NA
Programs: Preparation for Conversion; Jews by Choice;
Preparation for Intermarriage
Contact: Arlene Dryer, Clinical Social Worker
5400 Fellowship Lane
Spring, TX 77379
(281) 376-0016
Email: Office@cjcn.org
Institutional Membership: 240 families
Percent Intermarried: members - 25%; board - 25%.
Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparation
for Conversion; Outreach Seder; Counseling; Holiday "How-To" Workshops, "Back to Basics" program, teaching the basics.
Contact: Rabbi Seymour Rossel
3501 S. Donnybrook
Tyler, TX 75701
(903) 561-4284
Fax: (903) 561-5040
Institutional Membership: 100
Percent Intermarried: members - 2%; board - 0%.
Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparation
for Conversion.
Contact: Rabbi Arthur Flicker
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