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Exhibit: June 8–July 31, Leon Gallery at the Sandler Family Campus As sea levels rise, so do tensions within the community. That is the idea that local artist Renée Calway is portraying in her exhibit, Rising Tides, Rising Tensions. The exhibit, which is inspired by...
As Camp JCC prepares to open for the summer of 2022, the word that keeps coming to mind is “Back.” Beyond the anticipation of being “back” at Camp JCC, who and what are “back” at Camp JCC is exciting. The campers are back. Enrollment requests poured in this year, and...
Thursday, June 30, 7:30 pm Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus “Jewish Geography” is a concept many Jews know well—conversations in which one person finds out whose sister went to sleepaway camp with whose cousin, and which suburban temple in Illinois shares a family...
Sunday, July 10–Tuesday, July 12 This summer, dynamic duo Isaac Brynjegard-Bialik and Rabbi Shawna Brynjegard-Bialik will visit Tidewater live and in-person for three days through the Milton “Mickey” Kramer Scholar-in-Residence Fund of the Congregation Beth El...
Brick, New Jersey—Oscar Brown, 95, of Brick, N.J. (formerly of Virginia Beach, Portsmouth, and Norfolk) passed away peacefully at home on May 27 after a battle with cancer. Born in Norfolk to Israel and Gussie Brown (of blessed memory), the youngest brother of Rose...
Chesapeake—Our beautiful mother, Terri Jean Koenig, 62, went home to be with her Lord on May 18, 2022, with her family and friends surrounding her in love. Terri was born in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin on April 4, 1960, to Audrey and William. Her main goal in life was...
A native New Yorker, Fern Leibowitz always was attracted to jewelry. While working as a CPA in New York City where she had contacts with wholesale jewelers, that attraction continue to grow. In Virginia Beach, Leibowitz followed her jewelry passion and went to work at...
Rabbi Dr. Israel Zoberman’s article on Israel’s 70th Anniversary, which was published in the Virginian-Pilot, was inserted into the Congressional Record by Congressman Scott Taylor. Dr. Zoberman is the founding rabbi of Congregation Beth Chaverim and Honorary Senior...
Through June A contemporary mixed media artist, Holly Berger Markhoff’s paintings are currently on exhibit at Richard Stravitz Sculpture & Fine Art Galleries in Virginia Beach. Influenced by the elongated figures of Modigliani and the gilding of Klimt, her...
The J. Samuel Goldback Scholarship Grants Selection Committee is accepting applications for the coming academic year. Scholarship grants of $500 to $4,000 are available to the children/dependents of Congregation Beth El members only. Grants are awarded based on the...
Tuesday, June 15, 1 pm Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus Join the Hebrew Academy of Tidewater’s board of directors, faculty, and staff in celebrating the graduating class of 2018. Business attire is requested. The ceremony will be followed by a dessert reception....
Friday, June 8, 7 pm A “congregation without walls,” Tidewater Chavurah’s events are held in members’ homes or at other locations. Their second Friday of the month Shabbat service will be at the home of Hal and Elaine in the Great Neck Meadows area of Virginia Beach....
JCamp begins next month, and as in past years, preparations are underway for this summer’s visiting Israeli Shlichim. Noya Arazi and Eilon Katzav arrive in Tidewater on June 12 to infuse JCamp with Israeli culture. They each bring a wealth of talents to enrich...
Many mothers, grandmothers, and great-grandmothers among the residents at the Berger-Goldrich Skilled Care Center and the Terrace Assisted Living facility, were honored by Beth Sholom Village on Mother’s Day with a special brunch. After guests ate, the new A’Bisl...
Thursday, June 14, 6 pm, Sandler Family Campus After serving as United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s executive vice president for 15 years, Harry Graber is set to retire on June 30. In addition to his service at UJFT, Graber was Jewish Family Service’s executive...
The Simon Family JCC held its signature fundraising event, One Night, on Tuesday, April 24. Hosted by Baker’s Crust Artisan Kitchen, 132 guests gathered for a night of outstanding Israeli cuisine, community, and philanthropy. This year’s guest chef, sponsored by the...
The momME time program through the Young Adult Division of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, was launched in 2016 as a way to bring Tidewater moms together to bond, relax, and engage with the community; completely kid-free. From the start it has been a huge...
Health Care, May 28, 2018
The annual Stein Family College Scholarship of the Tidewater Jewish Foundation was awarded this month to Lucie Waldman, a soon-to-be graduate of Princess Anne High School in Virginia Beach. Lucie is the 10th recipient of the four-year scholarship provided to a Jewish...
The Tidewater Jewish community was fired up on Thursday, May 3 for its annual Lag B’Omer Bash. This year’s event, hosted by the Simon Family JCC, the Young Adult Division of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, and Chabad of Tidewater, attracted nearly 200...
The ceremony began on a sunny spring morning beside a single dugout grave and a pile of dirt. On Sunday, April 15, 15 middle schoolers from Ohef Sholom Temple buried 1,000 worn-out prayer books in the Tree of Life section at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Norfolk. Everyone...
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Israeli leaders and citizens responded with euphoria as the Trump administration moved the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem on Monday, May 14, designating a pre-existing consular building as the official U.S. diplomatic mission to the Jewish State. Hundreds...
( JTA)—Handbag designer Judith Leiber died hours after the death of her husband, abstract painter Gerson Leiber. They died at home Saturday, April 28 in New York of heart attacks. She was 97 and he was 96. The couple’s deaths were announced to the New York Times by...
Virginia Beach - Dr. Joseph Rosenshein 89, passed away on April 21, 2018 in Virginia Beach. Joe was born in Kimball, West Virginia on April 19, 1929 to the late Sam and Ida Sarah Sattar Rosenshein. He was predeceased by his wife of 63 years Helene Silverman...
Norfolk—At the ripe young age of 93, Harry Pincus, Jr. passed away unexpectedly, but peacefully, on Thursday morning, April 19, 2018. Harry was born in Norfolk in 1924, the son of the late Harry Pincus, Sr. and Esther D. Pincus. He grew up on Redgate Avenue in Ghent,...
Richmond —Bernice Kahn, age 88, of Richmond, Va., passed away Tuesday, April 24, 2018. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Ionel Kahn; sister, Sally Tanzer; brother, Melvin Lerer; and daughter-in-law, Melinda Kahn. She is survived by her five children,...