Thursday, August 4 8:30 am–3:30 pm Great Neck Middle School (tentative) Online option available The 15th Biennial Educators’ Conference will take place next month. Presented by United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Holocaust Commission, along with Echoes &...
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Mildred K. Abraham
Charlottesville, Va.—Mildred K. Abraham, 91, of Charlottesville, Va., passed away peacefully on June 17, 2022, in the home that she loved so much at Westminster Canterbury of the Blue Ridge. Born on November 28, 1930, in the city of New York, she was the daughter of...
Evelyn Tavss Adler
Virginia Beach—Evelyn Tavss Adler passed away on June 30, 2022 in Virginia Beach. She was predeceased by her husband Marvin Adler, her parents Bessie and Daniel Tavss, her siblings Irving Tavss and Jeane Reznick, brothers-in-law Jerome Gross, Joe Reznick, Ted Adler,...
Natalie Mandel Aron
Norfolk—Natalie Mandel Aron, 90, passed away on June 2, 2022. Born in Brooklyn, New York, she was the daughter of Anna and Isaac Mandel. Natalie moved to Norfolk at age 14 and became a true Southern Belle. Following graduation from Maury High School, she attended the...
Wendy Allison Cooper
Virginia Beach—Wendy Allison Cooper, 61, died peacefully on June 15 at her home in Virginia Beach surrounded by loving family after a courageous struggle with a gastrointestinal illness. She leaves to cherish her memory her mother and stepfather, Elaine Cooper and...
Harris Richard Sloane
Delray Beach, Fla.—Harris Richard Sloane, 78, a resident of Boca Raton, Fla. and East Falmouth, Mass. (formerly of Virginia Beach, Va.), died peacefully in Delray Beach, Florida on July 4, 2022, surrounded by his family. He was born in Randolph, Massachusetts on May...
Angels Watching Over Me: A Tribute to Veterans Through Dance
Veterans’ Day Sunday, November 11, 4 pm | Norfolk Academy The Elbert Watson Dance Company presents Angels Watching Over Me: A Tribute to Veterans Through Dance. This performance is free and open to the public. For information, call 757-461-6236.
Annual Veterans Day service and celebration honors service to America
Monday, November 12, 9:30 am | Sandler Family Campus In addition to honoring veterans who have served in America’s armed forces, Tidewater Jewish Foundation’s 9th Annual Veterans Day service and celebration honors those who continue to do so with dedication and...
Jewish War Veterans Post 158 seeks new members, ramps up activity
When U.S. Naval Lt. Commander Adam Goldberg was stationed in Rhode Island, he was an active member of its Jewish War Veterans Post. So, in 2013 when he was transferred to Norfolk, Va., it was only natural to him that he join JWV Post 158, one of the oldest chapters in...
Celebrating 70 Years of heroes and hope: Israel’s Lone Soldiers and FIDF
The brave men and women of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) put their lives on the line each day to protect the hopes and dreams inspired by the Jewish state. Since 1981, Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) has supported the defenders of Israel with educational...
How can we be unified without being uniform? asks Avraham Infeld
During Avraham Infeld’s recent threeday visit to Tidewater, he made many statements that caught my attention. While here, Infeld spoke with various groups—from BBYO teens to rising young adult leaders, to senior Federation leaders. Infeld is president emeritus of...
HIAS, immigrant aid group vilified by Pittsburgh gunman, vows not to back down
JTA)—Before he shot dead 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue, Robert Bowers blamed one Jewish organization: HIAS, an immigrant aid group that has been helping refugees since the 1880s. “HIAS likes to bring invaders in that kill our people,” he wrote on his website. “I...
Christ & St. Luke’s Resolution Regarding the Tree of Life Synagogue Tragedy
WHEREAS, the clergy, leadership and congregation of Christ and St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Norfolk, Virginia, are committed to striving for justice and peace among all people and respecting the dignity of every human being; WHEREAS, we as a congregation are blessed...
Standing with Pittsburgh: Norfolk Academy
On Monday morning, October 29, Norfolk Academy Headmaster Dennis Manning spoke to Upper School students and faculty about the necessity to respond to evil by “exercising moral agency” in the world. An excerpt: We have a local, regional, and school history, all of...
Standing with Pittsburgh: Old Dominion University
Old Dominion University hosted a gathering on Monday, October 29. The program, attended by several hundred people, was sponsored by the Institute of Jewish Studies and Interfaith Understanding, ODU Hillel, Student Engagement and Enrollment Services, and the University...
#WeAreAllJews The Jewish media stand with Pittsburgh
(JTA)—Earlier this year, our colleagues at the three leading Jewish newspapers in the United Kingdom published the same front-page headline and joint editorial voicing concern over rising anti-Semitism in Britain’s Labour Party. Today we have found a mournful occasion...
Standing with Pittsburgh
Across the nation, vigils, services, and town hall meetings have taken place since the horrific murders at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday, October 27. The same is true for Tidewater. In sanctuaries and in public spaces and in private schools, the...
Here Are the Names of the Victims of the Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting
The 11 victims of the Saturday, October 27 attack on a Pittsburgh synagogue included two brothers with intellectual disabilities, a married couple and a physician who assisted patients in the early days of the AIDS crisis. The chief medical examiner of Pittsburgh's...
Sidney Shachnow, Holocaust survivor who went on to command US forces in Berlin
(JTA)—Sidney Shachnow, a child Holocaust survivor from Lithuania who went on to become a two-star general and the commander of U.S. forces in Berlin during the Cold War, died earlier this month in Southern Pines, N. C,, where he lived. He was 83. He and his family...
Jefferson Airplane co-founder Marty Balin
Marty Balin, the co-founder of the iconic 1960s psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane, has died in Tampa, Florida, of unspecified causes. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer was 76. Born Martyn Jerel Buchwald to Jewish parents in Cincinnati in 1942, Balin was one of...
Yaakov Weinroth, attorney who represented Netanyahu and other politicians
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Yaakov Weinroth, a prominent Israeli attorney who represented several top Israeli politicians, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has died. Weinroth died Tuesday, Oct. 16 of cancer. He was 71 and reportedly worked until nearly his last day....
Sonya Lee Yavner
Virg inia Beach —Sonya Lee Yavner, 89, died on Saturday, October 13, 2018 in Virginia Beach. Born in Norfolk, she was the daughter of the late Helen Adelman Feldman and Ellis Feldman, and was the widow of Jerome Yavner. Mrs. Yavner graduated from Maury High School and...
Ruth Wolfe
Baltimore , Md.—On September 24, 2018, Arlene Ruth Wolfe (nee Silverstein) passed away. She was the beloved wife of Norman Wolfe; devoted mother of Wendy (Dr. Jeffrey) Miller and Lisa (Dr. Howard) Roesen; dear sister of Gerald “Jerry” (Elaine) Silverstein; dear...
Irvin Leonard Posner
Norfolk —Irvin Leonard Posner, MD, passed away on September 29, 2018. He was born in Richmond, Va. On October 6, 1930 to the late George and Frances Posner. Irvin graduated from Maury High School, University of Virginia, and University of Virginia Medical School. He...
Anita Daitch Parks
MADISON/VIRGINIA BEACH—Anita Daitch Parks, age 92, passed away suddenly of a stroke, on Sept. 8, 2018 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. surrounded by her children, Dr. Barbara Parks (Mike Basto) of Virginia Beach, Dr. Richard Parks (Dr. Miriam) of Huntington Beach, Calif....
Mark L. Goldstein
Lehigh Valley , Pa.—Mark L. Goldstein, beloved husband, father, and leader of the Lehigh Valley Jewish community, passed away on October 11, 2018, after living with cancer for an extended time. He was 60 years old. Mark served as the executive director of the Jewish...