Local Organizations and Services

3 Stars Cinema
3401 Armstrong Ave • Dallas, TX 75205
(214) 766-7144
www.3starscinema.org

President: Boris Palchik

Since 2001, 3 Stars Cinema has brought a diverse array of thought provoking, inspiring, and entertaining Jewish-themed films from around the world to the North Texas region. The mission of 3 Stars Cinema is to create a public forum for monthly screenings of classic and contemporary Jewish-themed films, and to facilitate post-film dialog and discussions.

Association for the Advancement of Bris Milah
7023 Northaven Rd • Dallas, TX  75230
(800) 85MOHEL
rebmohel@aol.com
www.brismilah.org

Contact: Rabbi Michael Rovinsky

Recognized by the State of Israel. The Association for the Advancement of Bris Milah strives to provide every Jewish child an opportunity for a Bris Milah. Hospital privileges are extended in the states of Texas, Missouri, Kansas, and Maryland.

The Bikur Cholum Society & Jewish Hospice Council of the Southwest Region
/ Ohr Hadash Jewish Healing Center
2113 W. Spring Creek Parkway  • Plano, TX 75023
(214) 692-8489 • 24/7 Emergency: (214) 334-5252
rosie@ohrhadash.org
www.ohrhadash.org

Director: Rosie Cohen

Bikur Cholim is a volunteer organization that visits and supports the sick and elderly in Dallas and surrounding communities.The organization offers seminar-based training to people of all ages who are interested in volunteering.



B'nail B'rith Youth Organization (BBYO)
Aaron Family Building on the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Jewish Community Campus
7900 Northaven Rd • Dallas, TX 75230
(214) 363-4654
(214) 363-4714 (f)
nto@ntobbyo.org
www.bbyo.org
www.b-linked.org

Regional Commission Chair - Alissa Goodman
Senior Executive Regional Director - Sherrie Stalarow
Dallas Program Associate - Tracy Davis
Dallas Council President - Steven Mintz
Dallas Council Director - Alex Aronoff

With more than 18,000 members and 80 years of experience, BBYO is known as the largest and most effective provider of identity-building and leadership development programs for Jewish teens.

Bris Milah Board of North Texas
6902 Creek Hollow Dr • Dallas, TX 75252
(214) 923-8115
dallasmohel@aol.com

Contact: Rabbi David S. Shawel

This board was founded in 1986 to promote the observance of Brit Milah, ritual circumcision. Through informative meetings, educational brochures, and video showings concerning the Brit ceremony, Jewish families of all denominations are provided with information about this ritual. As Dallas' only local mohel, Rabbi Shawel is on staff at Medical City Dallas and has hospital privileges at Presbyterian and HCA Medical Center Plano hospitals.

Capital Campaign for the 21st Century
7800 Northaven Rd. • Dallas, TX 75230
(214) 750-8170
(214) 750-0397 (f)

Contact: Deborah Fisher

The Capital Campaign was formed in 1999 to build, as well as expand and renovate, existing agency facilities within the Dallas Jewish community.

Community Homes for Adults, Inc. (CHAI)
634 Preston Royal Village, Ste 214 • Dallas, TX 75230
(214) 373-8600
(214) 373-8601 (f)
homes@chai18.net 
www.chaidallas.org

President: John D. Rosenberg
Executive Director: Lea Rosentha-Bond

CHAI serves adults with mental retardation primarily from Dallas (and the North Texas area) by operating small community integrated group homes, with six residents in each home. Residents of CHAI group homes live near family and friends and are fully included in the Jewish community. The only program of its kind in Texas and the contiguous states, CHAI provides opportunities for residents to know success, feel pride, and develop a sense of security - to be individuals of worth and dignity. 


Dallas Hebrew Free Loan Association 
P.O. Box 671235 • Dallas, TX 75367-1235
(214) 696-8008
(214) 696-6554 (f)
dhfla@sbcglobal.net
www.dhfla.org

President: Ann Kahn

The Mission of the Dallas Hebrew Free Loan Association is to assist people of the Greater Dallas Jewish Community who are in need by providing interest free loans.  DHFLA, established in 1935, has loaned over $2,000,000 through four different programs:  Adoption Loans, General Assistance Loans, Home Health Care Loans, and Student Loans.  All of our loans are handled with complete anonymity and respect.

Dallas Holocaust Museum / Center for Education and Tolerance
211 North Record St, Ste 100 • Dallas, TX  75202
(214) 741-7500
(214) 747-2270 (f)
www.dallasholocaustmuseum.org

President: James M. Hogue
Executive Director: Elliott Dlin

The Dallas Holocaust Museum is dedicated to reducing prejudice by teaching about the Holocaust, preserving the experiences of those who survived and honoring the memory of those who perished.

Dallas Jewish Committee on Scouting 
4117 Forbes Drive • Plano, TX  75093
(972) 233-2585
plano_rosenfield@yahoo.com

Chair: Stuart Rosenfield

Promotes boy scouting among Jewish youth.

Dallas Jewish Community Foundation
7800 Northaven Rd • Dallas, TX  75230
(214) 615-9351
info@djcf.org
www.djcf.org

Chair: Donald H. Schaffer
Executive Director: David Agronin

The Foundation helps local philanthropists implement innovative estate planning strategies with optimal tax benefits to help them create a personal legacy and fulfill their unique philanthropic goals. The Foundation manages over $130 million in assets and is an independently incorporated, publicly supported charity.

Dallas Jewish Historical Society
Aaron Family Building on the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Jewish Community Campus
7900 Northaven Rd • Dallas, TX  75230
(214) 239-7120
(214) 369-8373 (f)
www.djhs.org

President: Mark M. Schor
Executive Director: Deborah Tobias

Established in 1971, the Dallas Jewish Historical Society's mission is to preserve and protect the history of the Dallas Jewish community. Serving as a community archives, the Dallas Jewish Historical Society collects documents, letters, photographs and general memorabilia depicting how Jews lived, worked and worshipped in Dallas.

Dallas Kosher (Vaad Hakashrus of Dallas)
7800 Northaven Rd • Dallas, TX  75230
(214) 739-6535
(214) 739-4635 (f)
info@dallaskosher.org
www.dallaskosher.org

President: Morti Tenenhaus
Executive Director: Jeri Finkelstein

Dallas Kosher seeks to preserve the Jewish dietary laws by standardizing and supervising kashruth in Dallas.

Elderly Communal Housing at Dallas (ECHAD)
2620 Ruidosa • Dallas, TX  75228
(214) 321-2130
(214) 321-0207 (f)
jblyke@echadapartments.org

President: Jerry Rasansky
Administrator: Joanne B. Lyke

Kesher Foundation, Inc.
6710 Levelland Rd • Dallas, TX  75252
(972) 381-1101
rabbikesher@yahoo.com

Spiritual Leader: Rabbi Asher Goldschmidt

Mikvah Israel
660 Preston Forest Center, PMB 251 • Dallas, TX 75230
(972) 776-0037
cswinston@hotmail.com

President: Cynthia Winston

Mikvah and the accompanying system of family purity were once as well known and widely practiced in a Jewish home as lighting Sabbath candles. A mikvah is a pool filled with natural water, and immersion within it is a connection to nature, the universe, and G-d.

The mikvah is one aspect of the divinely ordained system called family purity which infuses spirituality into the martial relationship. Mikvah Israel, housed in a beautiful, modern structure, is dedicated to making the mikvah experience both pleasurable and meaningful.

Parents of North American Israelis
14455 Preston Rd Ste 108 • Dallas, TX 75254
(972) 392-3445
rsrivin@sbcglobal.net
www.pnai.org

President: Robert Rivin

Parents of North American Israelis is Hagesher, the bridge between families in the United States and Canada and their children and grandchildren in Israel. PNAI is comprised of over 2400 families in over 35 chapters in many states and provinces. They are an all-volunteer, non-profit organization that welcome as members children, siblings, grandparents, and other close relatives of North American Israelis.

Rabbinic Association of Greater Dallas
Contact:  Hanna Geshelin
7800 Northaven Road  • Dallas, TX 75230
(214) 239-7131
(214) 239-7171 (f)
hgeshelin@jfgd.org

President: Rabbi Adam Raskin

Society of Israel Philatelists 
PO Box 814665 • Dallas, TX 75381
(972) 458-7336
petrogreen@hotmail.com
www.israelstamps.com

President: Arnold Paddock, Ph.D.

The Society of Israel Philatelists (SIP) was founded in 1948 to promote the study and enjoyment of the stamps of Israel, Holy Land and Judaica.

Southwest Jewish Congress

11311 N Central Expy Ste 300, Dallas, TX  75430
(214) 361-0018

(214) 361-8377 (f)

gil@swjc.org

www.swjc.org

President: Jonathan M. Spigel
Executive Director: Gil Elan

Texas-Israel Chamber of Commerce
1302 E. Collins Blvd • Richardson, TX 75081
(214) 576-9639
gyavner@texasisrael.org
www.texasisrael.org

President & CEO: Greg Yavner

The Texas-Israel Chamber of Commerce is a private, not-for-profit business organization whose aim is to boost the economies of Texas and Israel by helping member companies and individuals develop important business relationships with each other and explore new market opportunities.  The Chamber is also a local B2B business development organization which is making a difference in building your community.

The Texas-Israel Chamber of Commerce can help take your handshake around the globe. The TiCoC is bringing together companies and industries, bridging the geographic and cultural barriers to benefit businesses in Texas and Israel. A growing number of Texas-based companies are exploring and developing business opportunities and relationships with companies, investors and entrepreneurs in Israel and seeking access to Israel’s expansive capital markets.

The Texas Jewish Post
7920 Beltline Rd., Ste. 680 • Dallas, Texas 75254
(972) 458-7283
(972) 458-7299 (f)
news@texasjewishpost.com
www.texasjewishpost.com

Managing Editor: Rene Wisch

The Texas Jewish Post, now in its fifty-sixth year of continuous weekly publication, is the only independent newspaper serving the Greater Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. TJP features news of local, regional, national and international interest. Organizational news, social items, including pictures, are printed at no charge. Complete synagogue services are published at no charge to the synagogues. Newcomers to Greater Dallas are invited to have a "Baruch Haba," (welcome to Dallas), subscription at no charge for three months.

Vogel Alcove Childcare Center for the Homeless 
7557 Rambler #262 • Dallas, TX 75231
(214) 368-8686
(214) 368-0414 (f)
blandix@vogelalcove.org 
www.vogelalcove.org

President: Craig Budner
Executive Director: Barbara Landix

The Vogel Alcove provides free childcare, developmental and social services to homeless families with young children ages six weeks to six years, referred through a network of eighteen different affiliated shelters. Children also have on-site access to medical and dental care.