ABOUT US:
Houston Jewish Funerals and Dallas Jewish Funerals were established to provide the Houston and Dallas communities an alternative to the growing number of funeral homes owned by corporate giants. We are a family owned and operated funeral home. We answer our own phones 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You will never speak to an answering service or outsourcing agency, only to our caring and compassionate staff. We look forward to serving you and your family and invite you to call, come by or simply email us to learn more about our funeral home and the services we offer. Our philosophy is to treat your family as our own, which is something Owner/Founder/Director Jeff Friedman is known for.
Jeff Friedman has been in the funeral business for almost 20 years. Born in Dallas, Jeff worked in funeral homes in Chicago, Dallas and Houston before opening up Houston Jewish Funerals and Dallas Jewish Funerals. Since opening in 2001, almost 3,000 families have trusted Jeff and his team with compassionate and personalized service while saving thousands of dollars over the corporate giants.
Jeff and his wife Tammy and daughter are all very active in the community, holding leadership positions in a number of organizations. Jeff is a proud supporter of Independent Funeral Homes across the country for the important role they perform for families in need.
Michelle Massey Nowak, Funeral Director in Charge for our Houston location and a veteran in the funeral industry has worked with Jeff and Houston Jewish Funerals since 2002, becoming full time with us in 2006. Born in Amarillo, Michelle since moved to Houston many years ago raising two daughters and two sons. They are all proud to call Houston their home. Aside from coordinating the detail office and planning at-need and pre-need funerals, Michelle, her husband Nick and son Lance caringly and professionally conduct picking up our families loved ones from their place of death, day and night. Michelle along with her family are involved in multiple organizations within their community and are passionate about providing each family with the highest level of service and personalized attention that they expect and deserve.
Scott Vines is Managing Partner in Houston Jewish Funerals and Dallas Jewish Funerals. Scott along with his wife Lauren and two girls have lived in Houston for more than 10 years, while Lauren is a born and raised 3rd generation Houstonian. The whole family is actively inolved in the community. Relatively new to the funeral industry, Scott brings a fresh perspective to the business and the families we serve.
Stan Friedman is the Operations Manager for our Plano location. His innovative ideas and mastery of business has proved to be a continuing success for reaching more families than ever before in the community. He and his wife, Marsha, have been very active in the Dallas community for several years. They have three sons (one of which we cannot fail to mention -- Jeff Friedman) and four grandchildren. Stan received his degree in Government from UT-Austin. He has also completed the Para-Rabbinic Fellows program at Hebrew Union College and the Florence Melton program, a project of the University of Judaism in Jerusalem.
Stan is very active in the Dallas area Jewish community. He has served on the Board of Directors of Jewish Family Services and Beyt Midrash. He was president of the congregation at Adat Chaverim in Plano, a founder and the religious leader of B’nai Israel in Frisco, and is currently serving on the Board of Directors of Nishmat Am in Plano. After retiring from a distinguished career in computer sciences with the Federal Department of Human Services, Stan turned his attention to working with the community as the Dallas City Director for the B’nai B’rith Youth Organization and, later,with the Campaign Department of the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas.
Kevin S Johnson is the Managing Funeral Director of the Plano location. He was born and raised in Wichita, KS and moved to Dallas in 2001 to complete school at Dallas Institute of Funeral Service. He is proud to have over 13 years of service in the Funeral Industry working in his first funeral home shortly after high school. Throughout his years of service Kevin has been able to work in various positions in the profession from pre-need sales to at-need arrangements as well as other duties in the funeral home. He considers it an honor to meet with each family and help them with arranging the details of the services families select for their loved one and works with the family throughout the service to make sure everything is according to their wishes.