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Maximize 2024 tax benefits with smart year-end giving

Maximize 2024 tax benefits with smart year-end giving

As the end of the year approaches, individuals and families are considering ways to maximize the financial benefits of their charitable giving. Tidewater Jewish Foundation offers guidance to help donors make informed decisions that align with their financial goals...

Philanthropy can start young

Philanthropy can start young

Some say it’s never too early to learn about generosity and tzedakah. That seems to be a prevailing philosophy for Alyson Gross and Michael Yaary, parents of two-year-old Asher.  Instead of gifts for his recent birthday party, the Strelitz International Academy...

Seniors Club plans its annual holiday party

Seniors Club plans its annual holiday party

Wednesday, December 18, 12 pm YNOT PIZZA Landstown Commons Open to all JCC Seniors Club members and gamers, the Seniors Club annual holiday party includes a White Elephant Gift exchange (up to $10), for which all attendees should bring a gift.  The Seniors Club...

Square Up for Maccabi Team Virginia Beach

Square Up for Maccabi Team Virginia Beach

In preparation for the 2025 JCC Maccabi Games in Tucson, Arizona, Team Virginia Beach is holding a fundraiser. . .  Square Up for Maccabi.   The 50/50 football square fundraiser involves no skill, talent, or knowledge of football, but it is an opportunity to win up to...

Lev Ayzenshtok

NORFOLK - Lev Ayzenshtok, 86, passed away peacefully on November 4, 2024. Born in Russia in 1938 to Aleksander and Riva Ayzenshtok, Lev was a Holocaust survivor whose life was a testament to resilience and strength. After surviving the horrors of World War II, Lev...

Elizabeth I. Cohen

VIRGINIA BEACH - It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Elizabeth Ilene Ochs Cohen (Beth), who passed after a long illness on November 19, 2024 at the age of 72.  A native of Norfolk, she graduated from Norview High School and spent most of her...

Myra Marcus Coplon

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...

Marvin David Feit

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...

Dr. Mark Greenspan

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...

Pauline Zedd Katz

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...

William Laderberg

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...

Anshelle H. Loeb

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...

Edward Mark Rafal

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...

Barbara Joseph Spigel

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...

Joyce Moore Turner

TUCSON, ARIZONA - Joyce Moore Turner, age 104, passed away on August 27.

KNOWLEDGE IS KEY 

SOME BASIC FACTS. • During Israel’s 1948 War of Independence, Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion struck a deal with leaders of the Haredi community to exempt those whose full-time occupation was Torah study from mandatory military service. Arab citizens of Israel...

Your Dollars at Work

Birthright Israel brings 13,500 participants to Israel  As antisemitism reaches historic levels across the world, Birthright Israel participants will strengthen their Jewish identity and build relationships with the land and people of Israel when they need it...

Thomas Lee Barney, Esq. 

NORFOLK – Thomas Lee Barney, 77, passed away peacefully in his sleep on June 19 after a long and courageous battle with cancer.  Born March 20, 1947, in Portsmouth, Va., to parents Jacob Arnold Barney and Miriam Eisenberg Barney Katz, Tom was proudly a lifelong...

Sidney Morton Cohen

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – Sidney Morton Cohen, also known as Lucky and Sid-the-Kid, passed away on July 6 at the age of 87, surrounded by family.  Sid was an Air Force veteran who loved traveling to national parks with his family, the Atlantic Ocean and being a best...

Peggy Hughes Dorsk

VIRGINIA BEACH – Peggy Hughes Dorsk passed away on June 14.  She was born in Comer, Ga. to the late John and Eunice Hughes on July 31, 1933. She was predeceased by her husband Bob Dorsk, five siblings, and one nephew.  Peggy had many interests: golf, cards,...

Janyth “Jan” Lee Garrett Fine

VIRGINIA BEACH – Janyth Lee Garrett Fine, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend, passed away on June 17.  She was born on September 3, 1943, in Newport News, Va., and was the daughter of the late Roy and Lily Garrett. Jan’s commitment to the...

Morton Joseph Glasser

VIRGINIA BEACH – We mourn the loss of Morton Joseph Glasser, age 96, cherished husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, and uncle, who died on June 14.  Born in Norfolk, Va. on March 21, 1928, he was the son of the late Robert B. and Anna H. Glasser....

Edmund R. Goldsticker

VIRGINIA BEACH – Edmund R. Goldsticker, 88, passed away on July 3.  Eddie was born in 1935 in Norfolk, Va., to the late Harry and Molly Goldsticker. He was a graduate of Maury High School and the Norfolk division of the College of William & Mary and had a...

Barbara Ann Hearst

VIRGINIA BEACH – It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Barbara Hearst on June 10.  We will always remember her beauty, elegance, grace, and impeccable sense of style. Her ability to turn heads when she walked into a room and the grace she...

Harvey Theodore Pizor

VIRGINIA BEACH – Harvey Theodore Pizor was born in Wilmington, Del. on September 11, 1930, and passed away on June 8. He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 65 years, Joan Marilyn Pizor, and his brother, Jimmy Pizor. Harvey is survived by daughter Marcie...

Jacob Stromberg 

PORTSMOUTH—Jacob Stromberg, 68, passed away peacefully on June 14.  Jack was born in Ottawa, Ontario Canada on February 8, 1956, to Hyman and Lily Stromberg, of blessed memory.  He is survived by his longtime partner, Mary Mihalczo, sister Deborah Stromberg...