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Friday, Nov. 22, 8:15 pm and Saturday, Nov. 23 3:30 pm and 4:45 pm B’nai Israel Saturday, Nov. 23 7:30 pm Sandler Family Campus B’nai Israel Congregation’s Ann Zukerman Memorial Scholar-in-Residence weekend will feature Rabbi Ken Spiro. Rabbi Spiro is a senior...
Sunday, Dec. 15, 2 pm, Chrysler Museum, $18 Ori Z. Soltes, PhD, former director and chief curator of the B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum, will be the first presenter for The Jewish Museum and Cultural Center’s Tidewater Jewish Visual Arts Advisory...
Thursday, November 21, 6:30 pm Sandler Family Campus Strelitz International Academy, in partnership with the Simon Family JCC, will present Lenore Skenazy, founder of the Let Grow movement and author of Free-Range Kids, for an engaging event at the Simon Family JCC....
Tuesday, October 29 6:00 - 7:15 pm Simon Family JCC Calling all 6th-8th Graders for the 3rd annual Middle School Kick Off. At this gathering, connect with new and old friends, enjoy a pizza dinner, share ideas, plan future get-togethers, and have fun. This...
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - We bid farewell to Ethel-Raye Greenspan of Norfolk, Virginia, whose journey of life gracefully concluded on October 16, at the age of 87. Ethel-Raye touched countless lives with warmth and kindness, leaving behind cherished memories that...
NORFOLK - Holly Silver Margason passed away peacefully on Oct. 11, surrounded by her family while watching The Wizard of Oz, one of her favorite movies. Fittingly, she passed during the moment where Dorothy crosses over from the black and white world into the magical,...
(JTA) — Lily Ebert, the Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor who educated millions on TikTok and cultivated a late-in-life friendship with King Charles III, died Wednesday, Oct. 9 at her home in London. She was 100. Ebert’s death was announced by her great-grandson Dov...
For almost 10 days in November, my family and I will be immersed in German-Jewish culture in the city of my mother’s birth, Bielefeld, Germany, seeing old friends and cousins who will be making their way from Denmark. This trip is the culmination of all...
The Jewish Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater posed a series of questions to the candidates running for Virginia’s Second Congressional District: Congresswoman Jen Kiggans and Missy Cotter Smasal. Their responses follow. JCRC...
With permission to reprint from Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington and Washington Jewish Week, this is a recent Q&A with candidates for the U.S. Senate, Senator Tim Kaine and Hung Cao. Printed are the candidates’ responses to two questions...
In recognition of the first anniversary of the brutal attacks by Hamas, several elected officials and retired U.S. military leaders issued letters in condemnation of the atrocities and in solidarity with the Jewish community. Among those sending letters were U.S....
Some Basic Facts: A majority of Americans (61%) say the U.S. should play a role in diplomatically resolving the Israel-Hamas war. Still, more want the U.S. to play a minor role (37%) than a major one (24%). An additional 19% would prefer for the U.S. to play no...
Seven members of the Team Virginia Beach delegation to the JCC Maccabi Games & Access 2024 arrived on August 5 at the Houston airport at 1 am – delayed but excited for the upcoming competitions. More than 1,700 teens from across the globe convened in this Texan...
Several members of Old Dominion University’s Hillel attended Congressman Bobby Scott’s 43rd Annual Labor Day Cookout in Newport News. Amy K. Milligan, PhD, ODU’s Batten Endowed Associate Professor of Jewish Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies, director, Institute...
New and familiar faces flooded the Metzger Outdoor Aquatic Center water park and splash pad at the Simon Family JCC for the annual End of Summer Shabbat and Pool Party, hosted by PJ Library in Tidewater, UJFT’s Young Adult Division, and the Tidewater ShinShinim....
Tidewater Jewish Foundation hosted the Life & Legacy Plus Leadership Launch on Thursday, August 15. The event brought leaders of Tidewater’s Jewish organizations, agencies, and synagogues together, and marked the beginning of a renewed commitment to securing the...
Tidewater Jewish Foundation recently named Aryeh Litt the 2024 Feldman Family Medical and Health Professions Scholarship recipient. Currently pur- suing a degree in Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling at Hofstra University, Litt’s mission is to serve others. Litt's...
Sunday, Sept. 22, 10 am, Ohef Sholom Temple The Rabbi Sacks Tidewater Community Book Club, a collaboration between the Konikoff Center for Learning of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater and local synagogues, gathers every two months with the aim of uniting the...
Mentoring and Training Session: Wednesday, Sept. 25, 12 pm Sandler Family Campus This year marks a huge milestone for the Be A Reader (BeAR) Literacy Project – its 25th anniversary of inspiring young readers. For a quarter of a century, BeAR has been a game-changer in...
Class begins Tuesday, Sept. 24, 6 pm, on-line This fall, the Konikoff Center for Learning of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater is offering a new 10-week Melton course titled, The Jewish State: Examining the Jewish Identities of Israelis. The course will...
Monday, October 7 8:30 am Sandler Family Campus October 7th was a turning point in modern Jewish history, both because of the tragic depth of that day’s events and the monumental events that followed. Join United Jewish Federation of Tidewater and its Jewish Community...
NORFOLK - Carol Cohen, 77, passed away on August 16. A native of Norfolk, she was the daughter of the late Irving and Eleanor Cohen, and was predeceased by her husband, Phillip Kurzer. She was a retired special ed teacher in the Atlanta Public School System. Carol was...
CHESAPEAKE - Myra Marcus Coplon, born on June 2, 1934, passed away on August 25, at the age of 90. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Joel Stan Coplon. She leaves behind a loving family who will cherish her memory. Her children, Ronnie C. Hecht...
CHESAPEAKE - Marvin David Feit, 82, passed away on August 8. Marvin was born in New York City on March 14, 1942, to the late Abraham and Sarah Feit. Growing up in New York City, he later attended Brooklyn College earning a Bachelor of Science degree, a Master of...
NORFOLK - Dr. Mark Greenspan, a dis- tinguished physician and attorney, passed away peacefully August 5, following com- plications of old age. Dr. Greenspan is survived by his wife Betty, whom he married in 2000 and lived with in Tidewater until his death; his former...
MONROE TOWNSHIP, N.J. - Pauline Zedd Katz, 84, died on September 1. She was born in Norfolk, Virginia in 1940, where she lived and worked until marriage to her husband, Norman. They first met at a New Year’s Eve party in 1959, when Norman was stationed there in the...
NORFOLK - William Laderberg, 75, died peacefully on September 3 at home. He was born and raised in Portsmouth, lived for many years in Virginia Beach, and made his true home in the Ghent area of Norfolk. He was the eldest child of Alma Goldstein Laderberg and Howard...
NORFOLK - Anshelle H. Loeb was born on June 23, 1946, in Brooklyn, New York. She was raised in Seaford, Long Island, N.Y. While attending General Douglas MacArthur High School in Levittown, N.Y., she met the love of her life, Jeffrey Loeb. One week after Jeff...
NORFOLK - Edward Mark Rafal, 74, passed away on September 5. He was a lifelong native of Norfolk, Va., and was the son of the late Ben and Goldye Rafal. Ed was a faithful and longtime employee of LM Saunders and Sandler Foods for many years until his retirement. He...
NORFOLK - Barbara Joseph Spigel passed away in her sleep the morning of Sept 5. She was 96 years old. Barbara led a full life. She was a student, teacher, and professor of history and literature, a lover of books, theater, Shakespeare, and bad puns. To satisfy her...
TUCSON, ARIZONA - Joyce Moore Turner, age 104, passed away on August 27.
Another successful summer concluded last month for Camp JCC. More than 230 campers attended this year – from Hampton Roads, as well as from California, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Washington DC, and Richmond In addition, families relocating to Hampton Roads...