{"id":25,"date":"2025-02-08T05:53:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T05:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevenfenber.skikmedia.nl\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2026-01-28T09:15:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T09:15:31","slug":"interviews-presentations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/index.php\/interviews-presentations\/","title":{"rendered":"ARTS AND CULTURE"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"25\" class=\"elementor elementor-25\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f72809f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f72809f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fc5f9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7fc5f9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ARTS AND CULTURE<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30a9ffb e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"30a9ffb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3303de6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3303de6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DOCUMENTARY FILMS<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-413c2b8 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"413c2b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e23c2b elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9e23c2b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ee2544 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9ee2544\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38eda63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"38eda63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Remarkable Experiences<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4648848 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4648848\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Friends of Jones Hall<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b091a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b091a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #cb997e;\"><a style=\"color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/190613252?fl=pl&amp;fe=sh\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\"><u><b>WATCH<\/b><\/u> <\/a><\/span>in nine minutes how the 1966 opening of the Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts propelled the Houston Ballet, the Houston Grand Opera, the Houston Symphony and Performing Arts Houston to international acclaim and contributed to the robust performing arts in Houston. Fenberg interviews arts patron Lynn Wyatt, former Houston Ballet principal dancer Lauren Anderson, prominent Rice University sociologist Stephen Klineberg, noted University of Houston history professor Joseph Pratt, and others. The film was presented before Itzhak Perlman performed with the Houston Symphony as part of Jones Hall\u2019s 50th anniversary celebration.<br \/><span style=\"color: #cb997e;\"><a style=\"color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/JonesHallBook2016.pdf\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>READ<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span> the 100-page book Fenberg wrote and produced with CORE Design Studio that tells the history of the performing arts in Houston and Jones Hall. The commemorative book was given to those who attended Jones Hall\u2019s 50th anniversary celebratory gala.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd8053b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dd8053b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09f3ea1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"09f3ea1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-8-1024x683.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3271\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-8-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-8-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-8-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-8.png 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The Houston Symphony performs at the Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1814ab5 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1814ab5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-063848f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"063848f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-749864e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"749864e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-8-1024x683.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3271\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-8-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-8-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-8-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-8.png 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The Houston Symphony performs at the Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-155eb9c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"155eb9c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acf1874 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"acf1874\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Remarkable Experiences<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e97258 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7e97258\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Friends of Jones Hall<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-077343a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"077343a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #cb997e;\"><a style=\"color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/190613252?fl=pl&amp;fe=sh\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\"><u><b>WATCH<\/b><\/u> <\/a><\/span>in nine minutes how the 1966 opening of the Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts propelled the Houston Ballet, the Houston Grand Opera, the Houston Symphony and Performing Arts Houston to international acclaim and contributed to the robust performing arts in Houston. Fenberg interviews arts patron Lynn Wyatt, former Houston Ballet principal dancer Lauren Anderson, prominent Rice University sociologist Stephen Klineberg, noted University of Houston history professor Joseph Pratt, and others. The film was presented before Itzhak Perlman performed with the Houston Symphony as part of Jones Hall\u2019s 50th anniversary celebration.<br \/><span style=\"color: #cb997e;\"><a style=\"color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/JonesHallBook2016.pdf\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>READ<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span> the 100-page book Fenberg wrote and produced with CORE Design Studio that tells the history of the performing arts in Houston and Jones Hall. The commemorative book was given to those who attended Jones Hall\u2019s 50th anniversary celebratory gala.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ac0f3f elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3ac0f3f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7778369 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7778369\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cf2aaa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4cf2aaa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ever Open<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebc6451 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ebc6451\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Congregation Emanu El<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e54ae72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e54ae72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e;\"><a style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 20px; color: #cb997e;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B6_9GAgheKo&amp;embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fstevenfenberg.net%2F&amp;embeds_referring_origin=https%3A%2F%2Fstevenfenberg.net&amp;source_ve_path=Mjg2NjY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>WATCH<\/b><\/a><\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>the 15-minute film that depicts the rich history and current activities of Congregation Emanu El, one of the largest Reform Jewish congregations in the nation. It was established in Houston, Texas, in 1944 with an emphasis on freedom of speech and social justice, values that it perpetuates today in the community and among its congregants. Watch an interview with Senior Rabbi Oren Hayon about the creation of <em>Ever Open<\/em>, a 15-minute documentary film commemorating Congregation Emanu El\u2019s 75th anniversary.<br \/>The interview starts at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VsUS8QsF4Tw?&amp;start=275\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e;\"><strong>4:35<\/strong><\/span><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VsUS8QsF4Tw?&amp;start=1442\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #cb997e; text-decoration: underline;\">24:02<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c416a94 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c416a94\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61631c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"61631c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-7-1024x683.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3269\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-7-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-7-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-7-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-7.png 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Senior Rabbi Oren Hayon in front of Congregation Emanu El in Houston, Texas.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b46a2d2 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b46a2d2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d5b5f0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7d5b5f0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4737da3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4737da3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-7-1024x683.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3269\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-7-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-7-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-7-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-7.png 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Senior Rabbi Oren Hayon in front of Congregation Emanu El in Houston, Texas.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cea65d5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cea65d5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f864de elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8f864de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ever Open<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db78933 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"db78933\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Congregation Emanu El<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-238260e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"238260e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e;\"><a style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 20px; color: #cb997e;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B6_9GAgheKo&amp;embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fstevenfenberg.net%2F&amp;embeds_referring_origin=https%3A%2F%2Fstevenfenberg.net&amp;source_ve_path=Mjg2NjY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>WATCH<\/b><\/a><\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>the 15-minute film that depicts the rich history and current activities of Congregation Emanu El, one of the largest Reform Jewish congregations in the nation. It was established in Houston, Texas, in 1944 with an emphasis on freedom of speech and social justice, values that it perpetuates today in the community and among its congregants. Watch an interview with Senior Rabbi Oren Hayon about the creation of <em>Ever Open<\/em>, a 15-minute documentary film commemorating Congregation Emanu El\u2019s 75th anniversary.<br \/>The interview starts at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VsUS8QsF4Tw?&amp;start=275\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e;\"><strong>4:35<\/strong><\/span><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VsUS8QsF4Tw?&amp;start=1442\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #cb997e; text-decoration: underline;\">24:02<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-751cd6f e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"751cd6f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f40c802 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f40c802\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PRESENTATIONS<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bf9743 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6bf9743\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7c3bc3 elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a7c3bc3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e20fb15 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e20fb15\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1f2796 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f1f2796\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The John A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e35c43 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0e35c43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Museum of Fine Arts, Houston<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f4ec5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f4ec5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e;\"><a style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 20px; color: #cb997e;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6RPDU4vWmkE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>WATCH<\/b><\/a><\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Steven Fenberg at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam describe how Audrey and John Beck created a sweeping overview of the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist periods through the paintings they collected by renowned and remarkable painters.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/emuseum.mfah.org\/catalogues\/the_beck_collection\"><span style=\"color: #cb997e;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><b><u>SEE<\/u><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/a> the Museum of Fine Arts Houston&#8217;s new Beck Collection catalogue.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7018078 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7018078\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a66a220 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a66a220\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/6RPDU4vWmkE?si=KgU4ijlhI6NUskpH\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fotos-website-768x512.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-3297\" alt=\"Portrait of Leopold Zborowski\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fotos-website-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fotos-website-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fotos-website-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fotos-website.png 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Amedeo Modigliani\u2019s <i>Portrait of Leopold Zborowski<\/i> in the Beck\u2019s living room during Christmas.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf5f711 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cf5f711\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03cbef3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"03cbef3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e4da9b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7e4da9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/6RPDU4vWmkE?si=KgU4ijlhI6NUskpH\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fotos-website-768x512.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-3297\" alt=\"Portrait of Leopold Zborowski\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fotos-website-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fotos-website-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fotos-website-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fotos-website.png 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Amedeo Modigliani\u2019s <i>Portrait of Leopold Zborowski<\/i> in the Beck\u2019s living room during Christmas.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f78fda e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4f78fda\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b79fb7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3b79fb7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The John A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d906e9 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3d906e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Museum of Fine Arts, Houston<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a078594 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a078594\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e;\"><a style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 20px; color: #cb997e;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6RPDU4vWmkE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\"><b>WATCH<\/b><\/a><\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Steven Fenberg at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam describe how Audrey and John Beck created a sweeping overview of the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist periods through the paintings they collected by renowned and remarkable painters.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/emuseum.mfah.org\/catalogues\/the_beck_collection\"><span style=\"color: #cb997e;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><b><u>SEE<\/u><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/a> the Museum of Fine Arts Houston&#8217;s new Beck Collection catalogue.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a019b3 elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8a019b3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2aab25c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2aab25c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22a98a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"22a98a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Audrey Jones Beck: A Preeminent Benefactor of the Visual Arts in Houston<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b24d3e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4b24d3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Museum of Fine Arts, Houston<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e531db1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e531db1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e;\"><a style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 20px; color: #cb997e;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=COC183_03VU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>WATCH<\/b><\/a><\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>as part of the <em>Tales of Houston Women<\/em> series, Steven Fenberg describe with rare photographs the life of Audrey Jones Beck and how she and her husband John assembled an encyclopedic collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masterpieces and donated them to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and to the people of Houston.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c65bbbc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c65bbbc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6351d65 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6351d65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=COC183_03VU\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Fotos-website-1-raoggwxxqrhd582z7gsc6hq8ck4e2ks3qeas6bzqes.png\" title=\"Newlyweds John and Audrey Jones Beck.\" alt=\"Newlyweds John and Audrey Jones Beck.\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Newlyweds John and Audrey Jones Beck.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-488fb72 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"488fb72\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8817035 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8817035\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ead0e40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ead0e40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=COC183_03VU\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Fotos-website-1-raoggwxxqrhd582z7gsc6hq8ck4e2ks3qeas6bzqes.png\" title=\"Newlyweds John and Audrey Jones Beck.\" alt=\"Newlyweds John and Audrey Jones Beck.\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Newlyweds John and Audrey Jones Beck.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc6f2f1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dc6f2f1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0354f52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0354f52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Audrey Jones Beck: A Preeminent Benefactor of the Visual Arts in Houston<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-412c3b3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"412c3b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Museum of Fine Arts, Houston<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67aa0e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"67aa0e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e;\"><a style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 20px; color: #cb997e;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=COC183_03VU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>WATCH<\/b><\/a><\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>as part of the <em>Tales of Houston Women<\/em> series, Steven Fenberg describe with rare photographs the life of Audrey Jones Beck and how she and her husband John assembled an encyclopedic collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masterpieces and donated them to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and to the people of Houston.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd53673 elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fd53673\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e2a75e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8e2a75e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-499d6f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"499d6f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hidden Treasures: An Exploration of Emanul El's Classical Music<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c3a7f4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2c3a7f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Congregation Emanu El<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfb67bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bfb67bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bymYgR7AuFg&amp;amp\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>WATCH<\/strong><\/span><\/a> Steven Fenberg explore the beauty of Congregation Emanu El\u2019s classical music as Jewish synagogues turn to more contemporary music. \u00a0Fenberg presents recently retired renowned organist and longtime choir director Dr. Ann Frohbieter, the congregation\u2019s professional choir and its outstanding 1966 Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ. Together they showcase the glorious and vanishing music composed in the 19th- and early 20th- centuries for cantor, choir and organ. Kurt Weill\u2019s elegant <em>Kiddush<\/em>\u00a0is performed and composer Dr. Michael Horvit conducts his\u00a0<em>Even When G-d is Silent<\/em>\u00a0as part of the program.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b77b2e4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b77b2e4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48b7164 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"48b7164\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/9-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1231\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/9-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/9-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/9-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/9.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Organist and choir director Dr. Ann Frohbieter at Congregation Emanu El\u2019s Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9a0e18 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f9a0e18\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-498ce19 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"498ce19\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f49d52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7f49d52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/9-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1231\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/9-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/9-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/9-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/9.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Organist and choir director Dr. Ann Frohbieter at Congregation Emanu El\u2019s Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52363f3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"52363f3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae87500 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ae87500\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hidden Treasures: An Exploration of Emanul El's Classical Music<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20d199b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"20d199b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Congregation Emanu El<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1338a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a1338a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bymYgR7AuFg&amp;amp\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>WATCH<\/strong><\/span><\/a> Steven Fenberg explore the beauty of Congregation Emanu El\u2019s classical music as Jewish synagogues turn to more contemporary music. \u00a0Fenberg presents recently retired renowned organist and longtime choir director Dr. Ann Frohbieter, the congregation\u2019s professional choir and its outstanding 1966 Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ. Together they showcase the glorious and vanishing music composed in the 19th- and early 20th- centuries for cantor, choir and organ. Kurt Weill\u2019s elegant <em>Kiddush<\/em>\u00a0is performed and composer Dr. Michael Horvit conducts his\u00a0<em>Even When G-d is Silent<\/em>\u00a0as part of the program.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c5f396 elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1c5f396\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66e516a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"66e516a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c631b8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c631b8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">AIDS: Just Say Know<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04bc596 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"04bc596\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">AIDS Foundation Houston<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68b5bb5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68b5bb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Steven Fenberg wrote and produced\u00a0<em>AIDS: Just Say Know<\/em>,\u00a0a short educational play that was performed throughout greater Houston in theaters, community centers, workplaces, religious centers and as in-service training for teachers and law enforcement officials when the lethal disease was just emerging. The play shows through the interactions of four characters how to prevent HIV\/AIDS. It requires two chairs, a box and four actors. Paper and a pencil are at each audience member\u2019s seat so anonymous questions can be collected at the end of the play and answered by a qualified cast member.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcc5b18 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dcc5b18\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e829dbf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e829dbf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/3-2-894x1024-1-r4vsylwkz74qawugt03gpqfxu4lsuiuwgj7g2ursto.jpg\" title=\"3-2-894\u00d71024\" alt=\"3-2-894x1024\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">1988 document certifying Steven Fenberg as a trained AIDS Foundation Houston volunteer.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d98cae elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6d98cae\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31a4c8a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"31a4c8a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d77d2d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d77d2d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/3-2-894x1024-1-r4vsylwkz74qawugt03gpqfxu4lsuiuwgj7g2ursto.jpg\" title=\"3-2-894\u00d71024\" alt=\"3-2-894x1024\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">1988 document certifying Steven Fenberg as a trained AIDS Foundation Houston volunteer.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ca30ce e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8ca30ce\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09e6fd1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"09e6fd1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">AIDS: Just Say Know<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2721db4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2721db4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">AIDS Foundation Houston<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43b048d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43b048d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Steven Fenberg wrote and produced\u00a0<em>AIDS: Just Say Know<\/em>,\u00a0a short educational play that was performed throughout greater Houston in theaters, community centers, workplaces, religious centers and as in-service training for teachers and law enforcement officials when the lethal disease was just emerging. The play shows through the interactions of four characters how to prevent HIV\/AIDS. It requires two chairs, a box and four actors. Paper and a pencil are at each audience member\u2019s seat so anonymous questions can be collected at the end of the play and answered by a qualified cast member.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f06c5c e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6f06c5c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06dc9c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"06dc9c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PUBLICATIONS<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef4b333 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ef4b333\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2872878 elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2872878\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ee326b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4ee326b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f579832 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f579832\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Remarkable Experiences <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f2d378 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7f2d378\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Friends of Jones Hall<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08656f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"08656f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/JonesHallBook2016.pdf\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><b>READ<\/b><\/span> <\/a>the 100-page history of the performing arts in Houston. The book produced in collaboration with CORE Design Studio celebrates the evolution of the Houston Ballet, the Houston Grand Opera, the Houston Symphony and Performing Arts Houston (formerly Society for the Performing Arts) and shows how the 1966 opening of Jones Hall propelled their success and transformed Houston.<br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/190613252?fl=pl&amp;fe=vl\"><span style=\"color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">WATCH<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong> the documentary.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d0a3d5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6d0a3d5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5ffb6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c5ffb6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/JonesHallBook2016.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/3-3-1024x683-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1221\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/3-3-1024x683-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/3-3-1024x683-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/3-3-1024x683-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Mayor Lewis Cutrer\u2019s statement on June 1, 1962, upon receiving the donation of Jones Hall to the City of Houston from Houston Endowment.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b95d05d elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b95d05d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5ae28a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f5ae28a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f784e00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f784e00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/JonesHallBook2016.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/3-3-1024x683-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1221\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/3-3-1024x683-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/3-3-1024x683-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/3-3-1024x683-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Mayor Lewis Cutrer\u2019s statement on June 1, 1962, upon receiving the donation of Jones Hall to the City of Houston from Houston Endowment.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bd571e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2bd571e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c395aea elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c395aea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Remarkable Experiences <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6e16a9 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a6e16a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Friends of Jones Hall<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-049fe2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"049fe2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/JonesHallBook2016.pdf\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><b>READ<\/b><\/span><\/a> the 100-page history of the performing arts in Houston. The book produced in collaboration with CORE Design Studio celebrates the evolution of the Houston Ballet, the Houston Grand Opera, the Houston Symphony and Performing Arts Houston (formerly Society for the Performing Arts) and shows how the 1966 opening of Jones Hall propelled their success and transformed Houston.<br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/190613252?fl=pl&amp;fe=vl\"><span style=\"color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">WATCH<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong> the documentary.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dea362b elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"dea362b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce5a046 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ce5a046\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7f312c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c7f312c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hidden Treasures<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ad05f1 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4ad05f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Congregation Emanu El<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d880a8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d880a8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>READ<\/strong><\/span> the program notes about the power of 19th- and early 20th-century Jewish classical music composed for cantor, choir and organ\u2014a body of exquisite sacred music that is vanishing as many congregations turn to more contemporary music.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bymYgR7AuFg&amp;amp\"><span style=\"color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">WATCH<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a> the program.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-048fdad e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"048fdad\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f92cdb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2f92cdb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Hidden-Treasures-pdf.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"598\" height=\"790\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2025-09-10-om-20.04.02.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3864\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2025-09-10-om-20.04.02.png 598w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2025-09-10-om-20.04.02-227x300.png 227w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90284d6 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"90284d6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3808e4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a3808e4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0942307 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0942307\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Hidden-Treasures-pdf.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"598\" height=\"790\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2025-09-10-om-20.04.02.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3864\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2025-09-10-om-20.04.02.png 598w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2025-09-10-om-20.04.02-227x300.png 227w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5600608 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5600608\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e490564 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e490564\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hidden Treasures<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-118dcb4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"118dcb4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Congregation Emanu El<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-926880c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"926880c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>READ<\/strong><\/span> the program notes about the power of 19th- and early 20th-century Jewish classical music composed for cantor, choir and organ\u2014a body of exquisite sacred music that is vanishing as many congregations turn to more contemporary music.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bymYgR7AuFg&amp;amp\"><span style=\"color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">WATCH<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a> the program.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d30439 elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4d30439\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7d4de1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f7d4de1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4a67cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d4a67cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Jones Hall, The Building That Expanded Houston's Horizons                                                           <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff3563b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ff3563b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Houston Chronicle<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60792e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60792e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>READ<\/strong><\/span> how the 1966 opening of Jones Hall galvanized the performing arts in Houston and epitomized the city\u2019s evolution from a provincial boomtown into a sophisticated urban center.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4233b69 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4233b69\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b4aa38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9b4aa38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Jones-Hall-the-building-that-expanded-Houstons-horizons.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2-3-1024x683-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1217\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2-3-1024x683-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2-3-1024x683-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2-3-1024x683-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The 1966 opening of the Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts won the American Institute of Architect\u2019s Honor Award, the nation\u2019s highest honor for architectural excellence.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c07efc elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1c07efc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55297e4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"55297e4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c5bedf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4c5bedf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Jones-Hall-the-building-that-expanded-Houstons-horizons.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2-3-1024x683-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1217\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2-3-1024x683-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2-3-1024x683-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2-3-1024x683-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The 1966 opening of the Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts won the American Institute of Architect\u2019s Honor Award, the nation\u2019s highest honor for architectural excellence.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f1a468 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9f1a468\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c86bdd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6c86bdd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Jones Hall, The Building That Expanded Houston's Horizons                                                           <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-951b66c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"951b66c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Houston Chronicle<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4dd443 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e4dd443\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>READ<\/strong><\/span> how the 1966 opening of Jones Hall galvanized the performing arts in Houston and epitomized the city\u2019s evolution from a provincial boomtown into a sophisticated urban center.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39295fb e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"39295fb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20ab999 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"20ab999\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">INTERVIEWS<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffa6721 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ffa6721\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a08683 elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2a08683\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af68da9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"af68da9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4281278 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4281278\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Audrey Jones Beck: An Interview With Thomas P. Lee, Jr.<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b2f616 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5b2f616\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Houston History Magazine<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff6793c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ff6793c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>READ<\/strong><\/span> how John and Audrey Jones Beck assembled an encyclopedic collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masterpieces and gave them to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and to the people of Houston.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23068ba e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"23068ba\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0922fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f0922fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/houstonhistorymagazine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/audrey-jones-beck.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Fotos-website-6-rax7er5nkq4nzd8l6t5e9xeylncsek7svhox8n9jsk.png\" title=\"Foto\u2019s website (6)\" alt=\"Foto&apos;s website (6)\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">John and Audrey Beck at home in front of Maurice de Vlaminck\u2019s <i>Landscape at Valmondois<\/i>, one of the first paintings they bought in the 1960s for their collection. <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e46810 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1e46810\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd7269c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bd7269c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e483202 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e483202\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/houstonhistorymagazine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/audrey-jones-beck.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Fotos-website-6-rax7er5nkq4nzd8l6t5e9xeylncsek7svhox8n9jsk.png\" title=\"Foto\u2019s website (6)\" alt=\"Foto&apos;s website (6)\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">John and Audrey Beck at home in front of Maurice de Vlaminck\u2019s <i>Landscape at Valmondois<\/i>, one of the first paintings they bought in the 1960s for their collection. <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d24592f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d24592f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c66a481 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c66a481\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Audrey Jones Beck: An Interview With Thomas P. Lee, Jr.<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12ae6c0 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"12ae6c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Houston History Magazine<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4eecdd3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4eecdd3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>READ<\/strong><\/span> how John and Audrey Jones Beck assembled an encyclopedic collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masterpieces and gave them to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and to the people of Houston.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-937e7d5 elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"937e7d5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3daddf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a3daddf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b43427 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9b43427\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Jones Hall: Past, Present and Future<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7371a5 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c7371a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Houston Public Media<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d13b40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d13b40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>LISTEN<\/strong><\/span> to a conversation with reporter Amy Bishop about the Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts\u2019 50th anniversary and its profound impact on the performing arts in Houston.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/articles\/news\/2016\/10\/12\/173140\/jones-hall-past-present-and-future-part-two\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>LISTEN<\/strong><\/span><\/a> to Part 2.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7451c40 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7451c40\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4e897c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d4e897c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/articles\/news\/2016\/10\/10\/172902\/jones-hall-past-present-and-future-part-1\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fotos-website-7-1024x683.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3443\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fotos-website-7-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fotos-website-7-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fotos-website-7-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fotos-website-7.png 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The 1966 Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts under construction. The unique ceiling adjusted to accommodate audience size and performances.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a00f077 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a00f077\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-357eadf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"357eadf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e07f0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8e07f0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/articles\/news\/2016\/10\/10\/172902\/jones-hall-past-present-and-future-part-1\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fotos-website-7-1024x683.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3443\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fotos-website-7-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fotos-website-7-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fotos-website-7-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fotos-website-7.png 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The 1966 Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts under construction. The unique ceiling adjusted to accommodate audience size and performances.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d52f25 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0d52f25\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1eb1976 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1eb1976\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Jones Hall: Past, Present and Future<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28963e7 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"28963e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Houston Public Media<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e67b91a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e67b91a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>LISTEN<\/strong><\/span> to a conversation with reporter Amy Bishop about the Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts\u2019 50th anniversary and its profound impact on the performing arts in Houston.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/articles\/news\/2016\/10\/12\/173140\/jones-hall-past-present-and-future-part-two\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>LISTEN<\/strong><\/span><\/a> to Part 2.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-406a516 elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"406a516\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2505a2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f2505a2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58d73bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"58d73bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ever Open<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0791e75 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0791e75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Congregation Emanu El<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36bf3ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36bf3ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VsUS8QsF4Tw?&amp;start=275\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #cb997e; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\">WATCH<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a> an interview with Senior Rabbi Oren Hayon about the creation of <em>Ever Open<\/em>, a 15-minute documentary film commemorating Congregation Emanu El\u2019s 75th anniversary.<br \/>The interview starts at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VsUS8QsF4Tw?&amp;start=275\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e;\"><strong>4:35<\/strong><\/span><\/a> and begins after the film at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VsUS8QsF4Tw?&amp;start=1442\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #cb997e; text-decoration: underline;\">24:02<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2a069c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e2a069c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e99fc7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7e99fc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-7-1024x683.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3269\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-7-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-7-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-7-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-7.png 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Senior Rabbi Oren Hayon in front of Congregation Emanu El in Houston, Texas.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84cbac0 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"84cbac0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd72e1c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cd72e1c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-160995f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"160995f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-7-1024x683.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3269\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-7-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-7-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-7-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cartoon-Jones-7.png 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Senior Rabbi Oren Hayon in front of Congregation Emanu El in Houston, Texas.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb1fdda e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"eb1fdda\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ccdc6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3ccdc6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ever Open<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-091539b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"091539b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Congregation Emanu El<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24dff62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24dff62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VsUS8QsF4Tw?&amp;start=275\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #cb997e; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\">WATCH<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a> an interview with Senior Rabbi Oren Hayon about the creation of <em>Ever Open<\/em>, a 15-minute documentary film commemorating Congregation Emanu El\u2019s 75th anniversary.<br \/>The interview starts at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VsUS8QsF4Tw?&amp;start=275\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e;\"><strong>4:35<\/strong><\/span><\/a> and begins after the film at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VsUS8QsF4Tw?&amp;start=1442\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #cb997e; text-decoration: underline;\">24:02<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ARTS AND CULTURE DOCUMENTARY FILMS Remarkable Experiences Friends of 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