Examines the Jewish roots and communities in southern Texas and Houston.
Know someone who would love this shiur?
What’s said in this shiur
The opening of this shiur, in Jewish History Soundbites’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.
[Music] both of those projects initiatives got off the ground because of the garage prolific team members slain in west germany out of the 24 who were killed were out of the 24 who were killed were americans who had come to learn i say one million jewish children who were made to become losers [Music] it is never too little it is never too late and it is never enough rabbits and shimon and lazaroff long time of in texas rabbi and rabbitson yeshua and freddie wender of the young israel of houston and robin robertson joseph rodinski of the united orthodox synagogue these were the rabbis of houston in the last half a century which built the orthodox jewish community they were the architects of the rebirth of orthodox jewry in houston over the last several decades and it is to their credit that the orthodox community in houston is a vibrant and flourishing houston is a vibrant and flourishing present and not just a fascinating story of the past so the city series is back it's a bit of an unintended hiatus and we'll have some more cities being profiled over the fall the coming fall and winter and we're happy that it's back before i get to houston it's going to have a little uh belated tribute uh not purposely belated just because i haven't had too many episodes lately we're back on track though now for the fall and winter so just a tribute to a couple of weeks ago the
Jump to a moment
- 0:02[Music] both of those projects initiatives got off the ground because of the garage prolific team…
- 3:39weeks before everything fell apart and the world went dark and with the outbreak of the…
- 7:16the homes were at that time below sea level and it destroyed the town until today…
- 10:18fined if they came into synagogue without a head covering so they had they had they…
- 13:21in america so houston eventually has two different orthodox uh schools one was galician from the…
- 16:23patronizing and it was a there was a certain uh divisiveness in the new york jewish…
- 19:24are our pioneers in the rise of department stores and other industry they become many jews…
- 23:02in the 1940s and 50s until orthodoxy has a resurgence later on which we'll get to…
- 26:06which wanted to encourage jewish scholarship amongst the member rabbis and to also to to you…
- 29:09and um and and uh and he becomes a hit and he goes ahead and comes…
Every second of this shiur plays inside FilteredTube — a filtered YouTube library where each video was reviewed against one written standard before it could appear. No ads, no comments, no autoplay into anything unapproved.
Why is this here?
Before this shiur could appear, it was reviewed against one written standard — the same standard for every video in the library, no exceptions and no algorithm deciding on its own. It was reviewed on July 19, 2026. It is listed under Torah. If you believe something here does not belong, tell us — every challenge is read by a person.
Get the week’s best, by email
One email a week — a handful of approved shiurim and music. No account needed.
Know a family who would use this? Give a FilteredTube membership.