The Jewish Community of San Antonio, Texas

Synagogues & Jewish Congregations
Jewish Organizations
Jewish Food in San Antonio
Jewish Gift Shops/Judaica in San Antonio

Synagogues and Jewish Congregations in San Antonio

Agudas Achim (Conservative)
16550 Heubner
San Antonio, Texas 78248
Phone: (210) 479-0307; Fax: (210) 479-0295
Rabbi Leonardo Bitran
Jo Halfant, Executive Director
Bob Kolitz, President
Silvana Bacman, School Administrator
Dena Hoenig, Preschool Director

Chabad Lubavitch of South Texas
14535 Blanco Road
San Antonio, Texas 78216
Phone: (210) 492-1085; Fax: (210) 493-9460
Rabbi Chaim Block
Rabbi Yossi Marrus

Congregation Beth Am (Reconstructionist)
7150 IH-10 West
San Antonio, Texas 78213
Phone: (210) 492-4014; Fax: (210) 804-0531; e-mail: BethAm@satx.rr.com
Gary P. Kurzban, Ph.D., President
Mark Shiver, Vice President

New Jewish Congregation (chavurah*)
Phone: (210) 824-4417
Treasurer: Ed Mandel
*A chavurah is a fellowship of Jews, usually without a rabbi, who meet for prayer or study.

Congregation Rodfei Sholom (Orthodox)
3003 Sholom Blvd.
San Antonio, Texas 78230
Phone: (210) 493-3557; Fax: (210) 492-0629; e-mail: rodfei@sbcglobal.net
Rabbi Aryeh Scheinberg

Temple Beth-El (Reform)
211 Belknap Place
San Antonio, Texas 78212
Phone: (210) 733-9135; Fax: (210) 737-8946; e-mail: temple@beth-elsa.org
Rabbi Barry H. D. Block
Rabbi Allison Bergman Vann
Dr. Samuel M. Stahl, Rabbi Emeritus
Dr. David vanAbbema, Hazzan
Teresa Parker, Education Director
Jim Rowland, Executive Director
Nancy Gerson, Membership and Program Coordinator
Jean White, Music Director
Geri Gregory, Communications Coordinator
Iris Berman-Smith, Cemetery Administrator
Michael D. Kung, Facilities Manager
Blythe Simonson, Comptroller
Sylvan S. Lang, Jr., President
Debbie Kempler, Sisterhood President
Jeff Shapiro, Brotherhood President
Bendiner Library, Marlene Reynolds, Librarian

Temple Chai (Reform)
Holding Shabbat Services at the Campus of the San Antonio Jewish Community,
12500 N.W. Military Highway.
(210) 302-6958
e-mail: admin@templechaisa.org
Marcia Goren Weser, President
Jimmy Toubin, President Elect
Monroe Miller, Vice President
Michael Stern, M.D., Vice President

Military Chaplains
Lackland Air Force Base: Rabbi Anthony Dutsch, (210) 671-2911
Fort Sam Houston (Army) Jewish Lay Leader: Lt. Col. Kenneth K. Tannen, (210) 221-7932


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Welcome from the Jewish Organizations in San Antonio

Anti-Defamation League
Local contact: Art Riklin; Phone: (210) 828-1385
Local contact: Carl Wulfe; Phone: (210) 494-9545
Regional Office: (713) 627-3490
National URL: http://www.adl.org

Barshop Jewish Community Center
12500 N.W. Military Hwy., Suite 275
San Antonio, Texas 78231
Phone: (210) 302-6820; Fax: (210) 408-2341
E-mail: jcc@jcc-sa.org
Executive Director: Saul Levenshus
President: Richard A. Planto
Membership: Cathy Pottorf

B'nai B'rith
Alamo City Lodge, Alex Mirsky: (210) 490-2937
Brandeis Lodge, Irwin Barath: (210) 341-4502
Regional Office: (800) 899-7668

Brandeis University National Women's Committee
Book Drop: 401 Isom Rd., #540
Phone: (210) 340-5458

Eleanor Kolitz Academy
12500 N.W. Military Hwy., Suite #150
San Antonio, Texas 78231
Phone: (210) 302-6900; Fax: (210) 302-6913
Head of School: Robert A. Scott
Assistant Head of School: Sharon Bowles
President: Raphael Sonsino

Golden Manor Jewish Home for the Aged
130 Spencer Lane
San Antonio, Texas 78201
Phone: (210) 736-4544; Fax: (210) 732-4035; e-mail: letyv@goldenmanor.net
Admnistrator: Mark H. Forman

Golden Manor Women's Auxiliary
President: Reesa Pullen, (210) 342-8346

Hadassah, San Antonio Chapter
Chapter President: Sophie Seagall
Phone: (210) 691-1750

Hebrew Free Loan Association
P.O. Box 100282, San Antonio, Texas 78201

Hillel at UTSA (University of Texas at San Antonio)
Director: Rosalind Horowitz
Phone: 210-458-5418

Jewish Community Campus of San Antonio
12500 N.W. Military Hwy., Suite 100
San Antonio, Texas 78201
Phone: (210) 302-6800; FAX: (210) 302-2322
Campus Director: Mike Griffin
President: Daniel Kustoff

Jewish Family and Children's Services, Inc.
12500 N.W. Military Highway, Suite #250
San Antonio, Texas 78231
Phone: (210) 302-6920; Fax: (210) 302-6952
Executive Director: M.H. Levine
President: Jennifer Rosenblatt

Jewish Federation of San Antonio
12500 N.W. Military Hwy., Suite #200
San Antonio, Texas 78231
Phone: (210) 302-6960; Fax: (210) 408-2332
Mark S. Freedman,Executive Director
President: Mindi Alterman

Jewish War Veterans
Local Contact: Irwin Barath
Phone: 341-4502

National Conference of Community and Justice
(Formerly the National Conference of Christians and Jews)
501 S. Main, Suite 101
San Antonio, Texas 78204
Executive Director: Maudie Muraida
Phone: (210) 229-1991

National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW)
San Antonio Section
P.O. Box 90644
San Antonio, Texas 78209
Phone: (210) 493-1725
Co-Presidents: Amy Wulfe and Debby Zucker
National URL: http://ncjw.org

Theodore Herzl Rebels --AZA #1286

Women's American ORT
(Organization through Rehabilitation and Training)
Local Contact: Candy Gardner
Phone: (210) 828-6644
National URL: http://waort.org
World ORT Union URL: http://ort.org


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Jewish Food in San Antonio

DELIcious Foods
7460 Callaghan Rd. #300
San Antonio, Texas 78229
Phone: (210) 366-1844
e-mail: kosherone@stic.net
Kosher Bakery, Deli, Kosher Groceries, Catering
Kosher meats (Empire chickens, beef liver, brisket)
Deli lunches for walk-in visitors
Contact: Martha Rabinowitz

Jewish Community Center
12500 N.W. Military Hwy.
San Antonio, Texas 78231
Phone: (210) 302-6820


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Jewish Gift Shops/Judaica in San Antonio

Fogiel Gift Shop at the Barshop Jewish Community Center
12500 N.W. Military Hwy.
San Antonio, Texas 78231
Phone: (210) 302-6878

Congregation Agudas Achim Judaica/Gift Shop
16550 Heubner Road
San Antonio, Texas 78248
Phone: (210) 479-0307
Fax: (210) 479-0295

Temple Beth-El Sisterhood Gift Shop
211 Belknap Place
San Antonio, Texas 78212
Phone: (210) 733-9135
FAX: (210) 737-8946
Jill Marks, Shop Manager


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