By Amanda Lopatin, HJHA Intern
The RMC (Rice Memorial Center) is the hub of campus life for Rice students, featuring 
Coffeehouse, the campus bookstore, Willy’s Pub, and now, an HJHA exhibit! The exhibit, entitled “Bagels and BBQ: A Taste of Texas Jewish Life,” includes a variety of artifacts from the 1910s to the 1970s, highlighting a range of different aspects of private and public Jewish life. Included in the display case are deli menus, bar mitzvah photos, cookbooks, and even a commemorative T-shirt from a synagogue barbecue.
For many Rice students, this exhibit exposed them to Jewish life in Texas for the first time. Hanszen College sophomore Arshia Batra said that although she grew up in Houston, she had no idea that there was a Jewish community in the area until browsing this exhibit. Julian Gonzalez, another Hanszen sophomore, was intrigued by the time-span covered by the exhibit, describing the exhibit as “a little screenshot of history.”
To visit this little “screenshot” of history, enter the RMC through the main doors and turn left.