Join us for a special Simchat Torah celebration! As part of our 6:00 p.m. service, we will unroll the Torah as a community and highlight well-known stories and moments with popular songs, accompanied by our band. This will be a lively and family-friendly service. We will march with the Torah to join in a festive meal together and engage with Torah through learning.
Our guest teacher, Mark Goldberg, Ph.D., will speak on “Rethinking Diaspora: Jewish Houston as a Case Study.”
Mark A. Goldberg is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Houston. He is an affiliate of the Center for Mexican American and Latino/a Studies, the Jewish Studies Program, and the Center for Public History. His research focuses on U.S. Latino history, immigration, and borders. His book, Conquering Sickness: Race, Health, and Colonization in the Texas Borderlands (Univ. of Nebraska Press, 2017), examines the role of health and healing in imperial expansion and nation building in the Texas-Mexico border region. He is currently working on another book project on the history of Cuban Jewish migration and a digital archival project, documenting the history of Jewish Latinos in the United States. Professor Goldberg teaches courses on Latino history, immigration, Jewish Studies, and early America.
