18th Annual Rice University Lecture Series - The Stories We Keep: A Conversation with Melissa Cohen-Nickels

Every archive has stories waiting to be discovered. Join Melissa Cohen-Nickels for the final conversation in the series about the people, places, objects, and unexpected discoveries found in the the archives. Through an interview-style discussion, Melissa will explore why the archives were created, what they preserve, and some of the remarkable stories that have emerged from the collections. Come behind the scenes and discover what the archives can tell us about Jewish life in Houston and South Texas and our place in history.

Melissa Cohen-Nickels, M.Ed., is Curator of the Joan and Stanford Alexander South Texas Jewish Archives located in the Woodson Research Center of Fondren Library at Rice University

The conversation will be held at K’nesseth Israel Synagogue in Baytown
100 W Sterling Ave, Baytown, TX 77520
Sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies and the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center Houston. 

Tickets: $14 Member | $16 Public
Purchase tickets HERE.