Friday, August 19, 5 pm, Simon Family JCC Join PJ Library and PJ Our Way in Tidewater and the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Young Adult Division for this end-of-summer celebration at the Simon Family JCC’s outdoor water park. In addition to extending a warm...
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Suzanne Legum Barr
Norfolk—Suzanne Legum Barr 91, of Norfolk, passed away July 23, 2022. She was born September 7, 1930, to the late A.J. and Bessie Legum in Berkley, Virginia. She was a graduate of Maury High School and attended Randolph Macon Woman’s College before returning to...
Robert Eisen
Norfolk—Robert Dean Eisen, 72, died on Tuesday, May 31, 2022 at his residence in downtown Norfolk. Born in Philadelphia, he lived in Norfolk since 1955. Robert attended Norview High School and graduated from American University in Washington, D.C. and The American...
Estelle Ruth (Edison) Fineman
Newport News—Estelle Ruth (Edison) Fineman, age 104, of Newport News, Virginia, died peacefully on July 25, 2022. She was born on June 17, 1918 in Portland, Maine, and was happily married to the late Charles Fineman for 40 years. She is survived by her three daughters...
Howard A. Forman
Winter Park, Fla.—Mr. Howard A. Forman, 65, of Winter Park, died Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at Health Central following a brief illness. Mr. Forman was born October 12, 1956 in Washington, District of Columbia, to the late Jacob and Rosalyn (Levine) Forman. He moved to...
June Goldman
Norfolk—Our beloved June Rae Goldman nee Shank (Junie), 86, of 215 Brooke Ave. in Norfolk, Va. died peacefully July 20, 2022. June was born in Richmond, Virginia to the late Samuel and Hilda Shank, where she attended Thomas Jefferson High School. In 1969, she married...
Pamela Herod
Mazel Tov to Pamela Herod, daughter of Zena Herod, on receiving her Doctoral degree from Augusta University/Medical College of Georgia on December 14. Herod’s current research has been adopted by a large health system in the southeast and is focused on improving the...
Madeline Budman
Mazel Tov to Madeline Budman on her acceptance to Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion for rabbinic ordination. A 2018 graduate of Georgetown University, she is a member of Ohef Sholom Temple and is currently employed at Washington Hebrew Congregation...
Isaac Gabriel Doron, M.D.
Virginia Beach —Dr. Isaac Gabriel Doron passed away January 7, 2019 at the age of 88. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Margalith, his three sons Yoav, Ronen, and Sagie and his five grandchildren, Max, Lindsay, Justin, Lauren and Jacob, as well as his two older...
Rosalind Laibstain Gamsey
Norfolk —Rosalind Laibstain Gamsey, 91, passed away peacefully in her home on January 12, 2019. She is survived by her loving husband of almost 71 years, Milton Linwood Gamsey, brother Leonard Laibstain (Carol), her children; Dr. Alan Gamsey (Helen), Rita Burnat, and...
Eugene Lazernick
Chesapeake —Eugene Lazernick passed away January 5, 2019 in Chesapeake. Eugene was born December 2, 1953 to Albert and Thelma Lazernick. He was a graduate of Granby High school. Eugene was an Air Force Veteran and was a proud counselor for NA. He was predeceased by...
Estelle Walters Nelson
Portsmouth —Estelle Walters Nelson, 101, of Sterling Point, passed away Saturday November 10, 2018. She was the wife of the late Samuel Nelson and the daughter of the late Albert and Mollie S. Walters. Estelle was a past member of Gomley Chesed Synagogue, its...
Josephine Masserman Samuels
Virginia Beach —Josephine Masserman Samuels, 91, died peacefully in her Virginia Beach home, December 16, 2018. She was born in Forest Hills, New York. She was predeceased by her beloved husband of 66 years, Leroy Samuels, and her dear son, Charles Samuels. She is...
Abbott G. Saks
Norfolk —Abbott G. Saks, 87, died Sunday, January 12, 2019 in a local hospital. He was a native and lifelong resident of Norfolk and was the son of the late David and Celia Bress Saks. Mr. Saks was a retired adjunct associate professor of Spanish at Old Dominion...
Richard Waitzer
Norfolk —Richard Waitzer passed peacefully surrounded by his family on January 12, 2019. Born in Brooklyn in 1932 to the late Murray and Shirley Holtzman Waitzer, the family moved to Washington, DC in 1934 and Norfolk in 1936, where he spent the remainder of his life....
Tidewater Learning Connection: A conference for educators and parents
Sunday, February 24, 9:30 am–12:45 pm Sandler Family Campus, $10 An initiative of the Hebrew Academy of Tidewater Konikoff Center of Learning, Tidewater Learning Connection brings nationally recognized authors, speakers, and expert educators to engage the community in...
Virginia Jewish Advocacy Day
Join CRC in Richmond for an important Date (with the State) Wednesday, February 6, 7 am–4 pm Bus leaves from the Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus One of the greatest American privileges is being able to make your voice heard. The United Jewish Federation of...
The Samuel Project – A story for grandparents and grandchildren
Sunday, January 27, 2 pm, TCC Roper Performing Arts Center, $10, free for teachers and students Actors Hal Linden and Ryan Ochoa to speak following the film. A longtime assistant to Steven Spielberg, filmmaker Marc Fusco has been intrigued by the impact of previous...
Join famed film critic, Mal Vincent for his 10th annual Hollywood tell-all Mal Vincent’s Pick: Cast a Giant Shadow
Monday, January 28, 7:15 pm Naro Expanded Cinema, $10 Audiences line up each year at the Virginia Festival of Jewish Film to hear Mal Vincent dish juicy stories on some of America’s beloved classic film stars. As Virginian-Pilot’s entertainment editor for more than 20...
Budapest Noir – A view of the dark and mysterious world of 1930s Budapest
Wednesday, January 30, 7:15 pm Beach Cinema Alehouse, $10 Budapest Noir is a period thriller set in the politically-troubled autumn of 1936. The film follows Zsigmond Gordon, a worldweary reporter asking unwanted questions about the seemingly unimportant murder of a...
Resident families and community invited to honor their parents
Saturday, January 26, 10 am, Beth Sholom Village In synagogues around the world on January 26, Jews will read the sedrah Yitro in the Book of Exodus. Yitro includes the Ten Commandments, number five of which is to “honor thy father and thy mother.” Beth Sholom Village...
JDC-Eshel’s Photography with Joy
Through January Leon Family Gallery Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus Featuring photographs taken by Holocaust survivors living in Israel, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee’s Photography with Joy exhibit is on display in the Simon Family JCC ’s Leon...
Parsha Poster Project, Hillel Smith
February Utilizing a bold graphic aesthetic to tell biblical stories, the Parsha Posters project contains 54 illustrations that embody the emotions and characters of the parshat hashavua (weekly Torah portion). Each poster cleverly integrates the Hebrew name of the...
Distant Survivors, a play based on Holocaust poetry
Temple Israel Night at the Theater Saturday, February, 2, 7:30 pm Zeiders American Dream Theatre Distant Survivors, a play based on the stirring Holocaust poetry of William Heyen, that was adapted for the stage and directed by June Prager, runs January 24 through...
Boxing World Champion Dorin Spivey joins Simon Family JCC team
Classes: Mondays, 6:45 pm; Saturdays, 11 am $99 per month for members; $150 per month for non-members Dorin Spivey has been boxing for more than 26 years. He’s won two National Boxing Association titles and the World Boxing Association NABA lightweight title, and has...
When Heroes Fly
Reviewed by Chen Glikman When Heroes Fly shows multiple dimensions of Israeli society. The film begins with a very dramatic and full of action opening scene that takes place during The Second Lebanon War in 2006. The story then moves to the reality of four soldiers’...