Stephanie Elad is serving her second term on the Frisco ISD school board, and Jared Elad is in his first term on the Frisco City Council. (Courtesy of the Elad family)
From left, Susie Avnery, Lorraine Friedman and Susan Myers lead the dedicated team at Southwest Jewish Congress.(Courtesy Southwest Jewish Congress)
Southwest Jewish Congress ‘Texas Sized Event’ set for April 23
Temple Emanu-El preschooler Leo V thinks his classroom’s weekly Shabbos guest, “Mr. Marty” (Mintz), is “really, REALLY nice. He reads to us about colors; red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple. Mr. Marty is funny and silly, and I love him and my friends love him too.” (Deb Silverthorn)
‘Mr. Marty’ tells the stories, shares the love
“We lived through time travel stories. Sometimes she was 19 or 75, but she was always clear about what was happening in that moment,” said author Glenna Hecht of her mother Gerry, shown together in 2014. “In those experiences, I learned so much about her and her life.” (Glenna Hecht)
A daughter’s way to reach her mother through dementia
AJC Dallas facilitated a bipartisan briefing on antisemitism for Texas lawmakers March 11, 2026. (Courtesy)
Texas lawmakers briefed on antisemitism
“Silent Holocaust,” part of the exhibit “Perceptions: Observations & Reflections of the Western Muslim” at the University of North Texas in February 2025, was later cited in the Anti-Defamation League’s 2026 Campus Antisemitism Report Card. (TJP Archive)
UNT earns D in ADL antisemitism report
Courtesy Steinberg Family
“This gift is intended to enable JFS to expand, to consolidate and to enhance its services in a way that will benefit far more individuals and families for generations to come,” said Karla Steinberg, with her husband Larry and son Oliver outside JFS Dallas’ Karla and Larry Steinberg Building on Quorum Drive. (Courtesy)
JFS moves into new home: The Karla and Larry Steinberg Building
“My Mimi is the best Mimi, and she is so much fun to be with because she just loves us,” said Mila Wolf, Cheryl Strauss’ granddaughter and Cook-A-Book pal, shown with others during a February 2026 session. (Courtesy: Cheryl Strauss)
Cook-A-Book means yummy reading
Alexander Muss High School in Israel celebrate the return of Israeli hostages. (Courtesy JNF-USA)
Grants available for Texas high schoolers to study in Israel
Rabbi Mendy Zajac and Sofer Rabbi Moshe Klein began the Dallas Children’s Torah in Chaim Meir Zajac’s room at Children’s Medical Center Dallas. (Courtesy Zajac family)
Dallas Children’s Torah unites community after medical crisis
Nearly 1,300 members of Jewish Dallas gather for Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas’ One Night event on Feb. 17, 2026, at the Eisemann Center in Richardson. (Kim Leeson)
Nearly 1,300 attend One Night
Dallas native Ryan Prager, drafted by the Cleveland Guardians last summer, pitched for the Lynchburg Hillcats — the Guardians’ Single-A affiliate — last August. He is currently in spring training with Cleveland in Goodyear, Arizona, and will play for Team Israel March 6–11, 2026, in Miami. (Courtesy Lynchburg Hillcats)
Dallas’ Ryan Prager named to Team Israel for WBC
Congregation Anshai Torah’s Hazzan Matt Austerklein during a November 2025 visit to Ann & Nate Levine Academy. (Courtesy: Lauren Withrow-Edgar)
Anshai Torah to install Hazzan Matt Austerklein
Brendy Eber, left, and Zohar Gorny, far right, meet with medics from United Hatzalah during a Feb. 13 visit to Akiba Yavneh Academy. The seniors are co-presidents of the Points for Peace basketball tournament, which benefits United Hatzalah as this year’s designated recipient. (Courtesy)
AYA Points for Peace seeks to fund ambulance for United Hatzalah
“It is the 613th commandment that ‘you shall write for yourself this song,’ and that ‘song’ is the Torah,” said Rabbi Yitz Cohen, shown with his wife Rosie at the Nishmat Am Gala in 2017. With family and the community, they will complete the Cohen Family Torah at 1 p.m., Sunday, March 8, at Congregation Nishmat Am. “Participating by donating a letter, a word or whatever, is as if one wrote the Torah themselves. Sharing in this sacred moment, in whatever way, eternalizes our People.” (Courtesy)
Cohen family Torah completion, dedication set for Sunday, March 8
Rabbi Jak Rubin speaks at an interfaith Israel solidarity event Oct. 15, 2023 in Irving.(Sharon Wisch-Ray)
StandWithUs condemns incident targeting Olami Dallas Jewish life center
Sheila Brown and Hal Babitch at Chabad of Frisco’s December 2022 menorah lighting. (Courtesy Chabad of Frisco)
Brown and Babitch dedicate Torah to Frisco Chabad
Jillian Glantz will present “Remember My Soul,” at 9 a.m. Sunday, March 8, 2026, at Congregation Beth Shalom in Arlington.
At Beth Shalom, Dallas native to screen Jewish history film
Gathering with many of the March 1 book fair authors on Feb. 15, 2026, for a pre-event dinner, Jewish Federation of Fort Worth & Tarrant County Community Engagement Manager Cindy Simon said, “We are so excited for this event, and we look forward to welcoming the community.” (Courtesy: Cindy Simon)
Tarrant County Jewish Authors Book Fair set for March 1
David Ashton, 2026 Outstanding Young Attorney awardee; Sherry Goldberg, Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas chair; Robert French, Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas CEO; and Michael Newman, 2026 Bill Finkelstein awardee, pose at the Federation’s annual Cardozo Cocktail event. (Tamytha Cameron)
Celebrating leadership at the JFGD’s 15th annual Cardozo Cocktail
Howard Haber, second from left, stands with American and Israeli firefighters during a deployment in Israel. (Howard Haber)
Israel called, a local Jewish firefighter answered
Dallas Jewish Historical Society Executive Director Beri Schwitzer interviews author Shari Rubin, whose book is “The Jewish South,” during a November 2025 program at the Aaron Family JCC. (Courtesy Aaron Family JCC)
JCC BookFest showcases standout lineup
Participants in the Jan. 10 adult b’nai mitzvah service at Adat Chaverim gather following the celebration. Front row, from left: Suzanne Ginsburg, Jennifer Redman, Robin Schriefer, Irena Wayne, Gallia Benglas, Olivia Foster and Rachel Betcher-Smith; back row: Rabbi Adam Ruditsky, Steve Kriss, Kurt Schriefer, Rebecca Moore, Elizabeth Pimper, Adrian Wang and Jonathan Goldstein. (Steven Kriss)
