any single neighborhood" and that the city's "hub of Jewish life" is the Meyerland community. The first synagogue to open in Houston was the Orthodox Beth Israel Congregation, now the Congregation Beth Israel, which opened in 1854. Islam Houston is also home to a significant number of Muslim Americans. As of 2017 the estimated population of Muslims in Houston was over 250,000. During that year there were over 209 mosques and religious centers, with the largest being the Al-Noor Mosque (Mosque of Light). In 2007 Barbara Karkabi of the Houston Chronicle wrote that the Sunni and Shia Muslims "generally enjoy good relations in Houston." The University of Houston has separate student organizations for Sunni Muslims and Shia Muslims, the mostly-Sunni Muslim Students Association and the Shia Association of Muslim Students. Buddhism In the late 1970s Buddhists began establishing themselves in Houston. Even though the first wave of Vietnamese immigrants to Houston, occurring after the end of the Vietnam War, was mostly Catholic, subsequent waves of Vietnamese immigrants were mostly Buddhist. The Texas Buddhist Association (TBA) in Houston was founded in 1978 by Reverend Jan Hai. In order to allow westerners to come to Buddhism in a context they could understand, Hai adopted a congregational form similar to that of a Christian church. The American Bodhi Center, a property located in unincorporated Waller County, near Hempstead, is a part of the TBA. It includes log houses, dormitories, and a meditation hall. In 2009 Zen T. C. Zheng of the Houston Chronicle stated that it is one of the United States's largest Buddhist developments. The Buddha Light Temple opened in 1984, making it one of the first Buddhist places of worship. Fo Guang Shan Chung Mei Temple () is a Buddhist Temple located in Stafford, Texas. Dawn Mountain Tibetan Temple, a Tibetan Buddhist temple and community center, is located in Montrose. A husband and wife, Rice University religious studies professor Anne Klein and therapist Harvey Aronson, started the temple in 1996. The Houston Zen Center practices Sōtō Zen Buddhism. The Myoken-Ji Temple, a Nichiren Buddhist temple, is located in proximity to the University of Houston. As of 2011 it is led by Rev. Myokei Caine-Barrett, who was born in Kawasaki, Japan, in Greater Tokyo. In 2020, Kadampa Meditation Center Houston opened up a space in Montrose for the study and practice of meditation and modern Buddhism. The community is part of the