Facilities
Texas Hillel's new home is the result of a statewide (and beyond) capital campaign. The Topfer Center for Jewish Life at the Abe and Annie Seibel Building is named in honor of Mort and Bobbi Topfer of Austin and the late Abe and Annie Seibel from Galveston.
The two-story facility includes flexible multi-purpose spaces for meals and presentations, two upstairs meeting rooms and two libraries. With movable walls and furnishings the rooms are able to transition quickly from the look and feel of three small synagogues into space for movies, receptions and formal affairs. Texas Hillel has a loft between the first and second stories, with a 32-inch (0.81 m) television screen and tiered seating. The first floor game room is a comfortable place for students to hang out and play video games or watch Israeli satellite TV.
The facility was designed in a collaboration of Alterstudio with Black + Vernooy Architecture and Urban Design, and to develop the facility, this team worked with the Texas Hillel Building Committee, which was chaired by Bradley Schlosser of Schlosser Development and consisted of employees and volunteers, including then Texas Hillel Executive Director Rabbi David Kessel, Texas Hillel Director of Jewish Student Life Margo Sack, and University of Texas School of Architecture student Bryan Pravda.
Rabbi David Komerofsky is the current executive director (since January 2006).
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