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The Jewish population grew slowly in Austin’s fledgling years. Many of its earliest members were peddlers turned businessmen. They succeeded due to hard work, fair business practices and a sense of community.
Austin’s Jewish population grew from about 200 people in 1907 to 575 in 1937, largely due to this wave. Leopold Cohen left Russia in 1894, settling in Galveston initially. After the Hurricane of 1900, he moved to Austin, where he was joined by his older brother Israel.
6 paź 2015 · Jews in Austin just recently got two historic Torah scrolls to read from. The scrolls, along with a 19 th century synagogue, came from a disappearing Jewish community in Brenham. A community that embraced its Texas garb.
While Austin's Jewish population steadily rose and remained at about 1% of the total population of Austin for over a century, its communal growth trajectory differed from most Texas Jewish communities.
The Texas Jewish community has flourished in recent decades, growing from 60,000 people in 1960 to 131,000 in 2003. The booming sunbelt cities of Dallas, Houston, and Austin have each seen their Jewish population increase significantly. In Austin, Michael Dell helped to create a high-tech renaissance in the capitol city with his computer company.
The Jewish Outlook is the only Jewish newspaper in Austin, Texas, providing local, national and international news of interest to the Austin Jewish community. Our free newspaper is published four times per year in March, July, September and December and available online.
Some of the materials currently held by the Center are records of Austin’s earliest Jewish community activities. The AJCA's oral history committee has recorded many interviews with members of the local Jewish community.
