NORTHWEST HOUSTON CHAVURAH



 

Welcome to the Northwest Houston Chavurah 

Upcoming Shabbat Services


Friday, June 12th, 2009 @ 8:00 PM

     Matthew Osterman Bar Mitzvah

Saturday, June 13th, 2009 @ 10:00 AM

     Matthew Osterman Bar Mitzvah


All services held at St. Ignatius Loyola (Christus Center)7810 Cypresswood Drive, Spring, TX 77379, unless otherwise noted.


8:00 Services feature an Oneg Shabbat immediately following the service.  Please feel free to bring a dessert.



         
Raffle Winners

Our yearly raffle extravaganza was once again a success.  Every ticket was sold! Thanks to all of you who did such a great job with this.  

This years winners spanned the country:

2nd prize: Joel Cohen of Baltimore, Maryland

1st prize: Andrew and Larissa LeBovidge of Houston, Texas

Grand Prize: Diane Berman of Gainesville Florida


Thanks to our Raffle Dinner sponsors:

Gratzi Italian Restaurant

and 

CiCi's Pizza

Rabbi Mathew D. Michaels is the founding spiritual leader of the Northwest Houston Chavurah.  He served congregations in Brownsville, TX, Evansville, IN, Houston and Spring, TX before the formation of NWHC in 2005.  He also served as the Interim Executive Director of the Hillel Foundation for Greater Houston and Interim Rabbi of Temple Emanuel, Beaumont, TX.

Our rabbi earned a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1974, a Master’s of Hebrew Letters from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Los Angeles and was ordained from HUC-JIR, Cincinnati in 1980.  In 2005 HUC-JIR bestowed the title of Doctor of Divinity, Honoris Causa in recognition of his 25th anniversary in the rabbinate. 

During his 20 years in the Houston area, Rabbi Michaels has been very active in the Jewish community.  He is past president of the Southwest Association of Reform Rabbis (SWARR) and the Houston Rabbinic Association.  He has served on the boards of several major Jewish organizations including: AJC, Jewish Family Service, JCC, and the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston.

Rabbi Michaels is the proud father of  Mara (and her husband Daniel), Marty, Mindy and Benji.

 

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Steering Committee Meeting Dates

Location:
  Pa's Backyard Grill
               17045 Stuebner Airline

Time:          7:00 PM

Dates:        Every Other Wednesday
        
                 


Everyone is invited!
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