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HISD Continues To Shift COVID-19 Policies, As Teacher Angst Grows HISD has told principals that unless contact tracing shows a staff member is exposed to COVID-19 on campus, educator and school staff have to quarantine at home on their personal leave. December 16, 2020, 6:00 AM Over 100 educators formed a car caravan to protest how state leaders have allowed schools to reopen and to pressure them at the ballot box. Its been some comfort for Kendra Yarbrough Camarena this fall, that if she got s...

Houston Viola Society launches pop-up concerts across the city Members of the Houston Viola Society are fanning out through the city this weekend to bring music to neighborhoods. Lawrence Elizabeth Knox December 15, 2020Updated: December 16, 2020, 11:03 am Houston Viola Societys Laura Cividino and Rainey Weber play a duet. Photo: J. Luis Ramirez In the spirit of giving, the Houston Viola Society is sharing its time and talent with anyone and everyone eager to listen. This weekend, ...

Three Brothers Bakery founder Sigmund Jucker dead at 98 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of10 Sigmund Jucker, one of the founders of Three Brothers Bakery, and his son Robert Jucker.Matthew White, Freelance / For the ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of10 Sigmund Jucker, who with is two brothers founders of the iconic Three Brothers Bakery in 1949, died Dec. 11 at 98. He is the last surviving founder of a business that has been a cornerstone in Houston’s Jewish community for generations.Three Brothers Bakery...

But one father is on a mission to make decorating for Hanukkah more popular. Philip Grosman started putting out lights for Hanukkah a few years ago at his home in Meyerland. Over the years it has grown bigger and bigger, with inflatables, wooden dreidels, even giant gelt added to the lawn. He even has a button so people can listen to Hanukkah music while they enjoy the display. If you want to check it out in person, you can visit the 5100 block of Carew St, Houston, TX 77096. You can also chec...

What can we be grateful for? Chanukah Hop Houston lights up dark time FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 Max, 6, and Charlotte, 2, Davis excitedly tend to yard decorations. Their family is participating in a driving tour of decorated homes called the Chanukah Hop Houston.Mark Mulligan, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less 2of6 The Davis family is one of eight to sign up for the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston’s inaugural event.Mark Mulligan, Houston Chronicle / Staff photograp...

Portland poet and author David Biespiel’s new memoir reflects on the Jewish life in Texas he left behind Updated Dec 10, 2020; Posted Dec 10, 2020 David Biespiel in 2019, in his office at the former home of the Attic Institute, a writing center he founded.Amy Wang | The Oregonian/OregonLive Facebook Share As a child, David Biespiel knew who he was: a Jewish boy growing up in Meyerland, Houston’s Jewish enclave. One day, he’d be a rabbi. As Biespiel navigated his teens, however, he began...

Sure we were in a house that did not flood. and meyerland, which is everyone to have flooding, the house we live in has never been flooded. we prepared the night before. i expected heavy rain. i expected water to maybe come up on the lawn. when my wife woke up 4:30 in the morning, and i was up already, we talked. discussed it. and she said brian, i think we have to get the girls out. i have three daughters. they had packed bags the night before just in case of emergency because we understand how...

I saw a young man pull out a large screen television from him home. he pointed to what was really a square of air with a bunch of charred of wood on the bottom, that was his house. he managed toal advantage that big screen television. are you having issues with cell service and getting emails and making phonems calls? reporter: we had a satellite phone with us. so its a challenge in these storms to keep the team together and get a signal out. but we have a lot of different ways to try to get it ...

Aftermath of this storm. its dumped 9 trillion gallons of water. >> we are in the southwestern portion of meyerland. as we were preparing for our live shot we had fema pulling out into a boat shouting out into homes. >> x drove from utah. our initial assignment was to collect people who are medically sick and couldnt get out of the house. we checked the houses, now we are moving back toward the collection point where well pick up children or people who are sick. we were just asking, is there any...

>> oh, no, im good. >> reporter: all right. you take care. and just one last time, the name of that complex where the people are and -- >> [inaudible] apartments and whats the other one -- >> village -- [inaudible] >> thats where i live. >> its flooded. eric: you know, in dealing with the meyerland area -- >> reporter: just one hinge, my anchor back in new york has a quick question. eric: there wasnt an evacuation order but, you know, youve got bayous. these are the low-lying concrete areas in n...