The Living Room minyan

Finally, Havdala at someone else's home in South Austin—thanks Natalie and David. 

With several hundred Jewish families below the lake, we long suspected there must be—and have sought out—signs of traditional/Conservative Jewish life in South Austin. Well now we know it exists in the shape of the Living Room minyan. 

The minyan's families live on both sides of the lake and, it seems, are drawn largely from Congregation Agudas Achim. It is child friendly and meets at least once a month for a traditional egalitarian Shabbat service or Havdala, followed by an appropriately kosher pot luck. The people we met are welcoming, warm, and engaging, and we look forward to getting together with them soon.

For us, it's evidence of light at the end of the tunnel.