Houston Congregation for Reform Judaism

Hamentaschen Baking Day

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Purim is Coming!  Purim is Coming!

 

Join us for a morning of coffee, conversation and hamentaschen baking!   Hamentaschen made will be used for our oneg and Religious School.

This is a great way to get involved and meet new people.  No experience needed.

Want to make hamentaschen at home?  Here is a recipe we found on Reform Judaism.org

Ingredients:
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
Filling:
6 ounces chocolate chips
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon milk
1 tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg, beaten
Directions:
Combine all dough ingredients and blend well to make cookie dough. Roll thinly on lightly floured board.
Combine all filling ingredients except egg in a small saucepan. Cook over low heat until melted. Remove from heat. Blend in egg.
Cut dough into circles and place one teaspoon of filling in each center. Pinch up sides to form 3-pointed hamantasch.
Place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes.

2nd Annual Deli Shabbat Dinner

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Join Us on Friday, November 13 at 6 PM for our 2nd Annual Deli Shabbat catered by Kenny & Ziggy’s.

The meal is $36.00 per person 10 years and older.

Each table will be set to include Kishka and Gravy, Corn Beef Finger Sandwiches, Pastrami Finger Sandwiches, Mushroom Barley Soup and Pickles.

Buffet will include Vegetarian Stuffed Cabbage, Brisket and Gray, Roasted Potatoes, Carrot Soufflé and String Bean Almandine

Children’s meal of soup and all beef hot dog served with chips $9.00 per child 10 years and under.  To reserve your spot, please register below.

This Special Shabbat Dinner Has Been Generously Underwritten By Don and Anne Graubart.

2nd Annual Deli Shabbos

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High Holy Day Baking Day

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Come join us as we bake for our Rosh Hashanah Oneg and Break the Fast Meal.  Meet new friends as we prepare goodies to stock the freezer in anticipation of the High Holy Days.

 

We will meet in the HCRJ Kitchen at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, September 9th.  The temple will supply the flour, white sugar, butter, eggs, vanilla, salt, baking powder, baking soda and cooking spray.

Please bring your favorite recipes and any special ingredients and baking pan(s) you will need.

RSVP to the temple office at 713-782-4162 or admin@hcrj.org.

From Russia with Love – Shabbat Dinner & Service

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A Got Shabbat from the Pale Settlement

 

 

Russian Dinner at 6:00 PM (Dinner is full)
Shabbat Services at 7:15

The shtetl of Eastern Europe was the epicenter of a world which was isolated in time and space. As a result, it became a crucible for Jewish culture, literature and music.

Join us Friday night, March 20, as we will celebrate the cultural heritage of the Jews of the Pale Settlements.

All are welcome to join us at 7:15 Friday nights for Shabbat Services. You do not need to be a member to join us in prayer as we welcome the Sabbath bride. Immediately following services, we gather together at the oneg (joy) for cookies and conversation.

HCRJ uses the modernized edition of the Union Prayer Book. This prayer book contains extensive transliteration of most of the Hebrew prayers, thereby enabling those who do not read Hebrew to participate in the liturgy. We encourage you to discover within its pages a fresh approach and a return to the ideals of Reform Judaism.

 

 

 

Sup & Swap Chanukah Casino Night

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Join the HCRJ Sup & Swap Group for the First Annual Casino Night celebrating Chanukah 

The festivities will include:

Blackjack
Craps
Texas Hold-em
Dreidle

A delicious Chanukah dinner will be provided; and our own Rabbi Gross will make the latkes!

Cost is $8.00 per person. Adults only.
Bring a dessert and a bottle of wine to share with the group.

gotshabbat? 1st Annual Deli Shabbos Dinner & Services

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The history of Jewish deli food speaks directly to who we are as a people.

This history reflects life in the shtetl; it is shaped by the laws of our faith; and it exemplifies early ways of preserving food before refrigeration. Walking into a Jewish deli today is like walking into an interactive food museum where Jewish history, culture and cuisine come together to educate as well as satiate.

On Friday night, November 21 we will be welcoming Ziggy Gruber (owner of Kenny & Ziggy’s) to the pulpit for our First Annual Deli Shabbos.

Ziggy is preparing a very special Shabbat Dinner followed by a sermon about the meal during services. The theme of this year’s Deli Shabbos experience will be chicken. Join us for dinner and services and learn everything you ever wanted to know about the Jewish aspects of chicken from soup to chopped liver. We promise you will not leave the synagogue hungry.

DINNER IS SOLD OUT, BUT COME TO SERVICES AT 7:15 PM AND HEAR ZIGGY GIVE THE SERMON

High Holiday Baking Day

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Join us as we bake a bunch of yummy treats to stock our freezer with sweets for the new year!

The temple will supply flour, white sugar, butter, eggs, vamilla, salt, baking powder, baking soda and cooking spray.  You bring your favorite recipes and any special ingredients and baking pan(s) you will need.

Please RSVP to hcrj@hcrj.org

High Holiday Baking Day

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Join us as we bake a bunch of yummy treats to stock our freezer with sweets for the new year!

The temple will supply flour, white sugar, butter, eggs, vamilla, salt, baking powder, baking soda and cooking spray.  You bring your favorite recipes and any special ingredients and baking pan(s) you will need.

Please RSVP to hcrj@hcrj.org