Wednesday, May 25, 9 am–2 pm Simon Family JCC The 29th annual celebration of National Senior Health + Fitness Day will include group fitness classes, raffles, games, prizes, and featured speakers. Free and open to the public, registration is not required. For more...
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Carwash for Team Virginia Beach
Sunday, June 12, 1–3 pm, Sandler Family Campus A fundraiser car wash to benefit #TeamVB that is going to San Diego, Calif. this summer for the JCC Maccabi Games, will take place on Sunday, June 2. The #TeamVB delegation is comprised of seven local teens. At the...
Local art and Judaica collector offers a unique experience to tour museum exhibit
Friday, June 10, 10 am, Chrysler Museum of Art Clay Barr will conduct a special tour of The Guiding Hand: The Barr Foundation Collection of Torah Pointers, now on exhibit at the Chrysler Museum of Art, through United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Konikoff Center...
Pool opens Memorial Day weekend at Sandler Family Campus
Saturday, May 28 The Simon Family JCC is planning a full outdoor summer at the Metzger Outdoor Aquatics Center—enjoying its first near-normal season since 2020—when the pool opens on Memorial Day weekend. The pool’s opening also signals the re-start of the Swordfish...
Elie Wiesel Visual Arts Competition on display
Throughout May, Sandler Family Campus Winners of the Elie Wiesel Visual Arts Competition from local and national schools in the Junior and Senior divisions, as well as other works of art selected for judging, are currently on display in the Cardo of the Sandler Family...
Jewish community to hold Memorial Day Commemoration
Friday, May 27, 9:00–9:30 am Veterans Memorial on the Sandler Family Campus The Jewish community of Tidewater will hold a brief ceremony to commemorate Memorial Day in preparation for the long weekend on Friday, May 27. Hosted by the local Navy Chaplains, in...
Before Tidewater had Missions
Arnold Leon In 1964, Telsa and I attended the national UJA conference in New York City. While there, I noticed a meeting of a “Young Leadership Reunion.” Curious, I went in. A caucus was taking place with people who had been to Israel. Intrigued, I found out that the...
Bernstein at 100
Friday, April 13, Ferguson Center for the Arts Saturday, April 14, Chrysler Hall Saturday, May 12, Sandler Center: Bernstein on Broadway Leonard Bernstein, Israel, and the Power of Music On September 17, 1948, at 30 years old, Leonard Bernstein boarded a plane bound...
Bernstein at 100
Go to Jewish News Facebook, like the Leonard Bernstein post to enter for a chance to win a pair of tickets to the performance Saturday, April 14 at Chrysler Hall. Deadline to enter: April 9, 2018. Bernstein at 100 https://goo.gl/woQdWg
Life & Legacy year one celebrates success of year one
Eight million dollars in Legacy gifts and $80,000 in grants distributed to 10 local agencies On Monday, March 19, the Tidewater Jewish Foundation brought together more than 150 community members to celebrate their generosity and provide $80,000 in incentive grants to...
Tidewater’s Jewish community responds to the State of Israel in 1948
Placing our trust in the “Rock of Israel,” we affix our signatures to this proclamation at this session of the Provisional Council of State, on this soil of the homeland, in the city of Tel-Aviv, on this Sabbath Eve the 5th day of Iyar, 5708. (14th May, 1948) Seventy...
Israel at 70: It’s time to reclaim the Z-word, Zionism
JERUSALEM (JTA)—All too often, when I ask campus organizations that are pro-Israel and deeply Zionist why they avoid using the “Z-word” in their messaging and literature, I’m told, “Zionism doesn’t poll well.” True, not polling well is one of today’s great sins. But...
Celebrate Israel@70
Stories, authentic Israeli food, music, art, camels, a HUGE Israeli flag, and more Virginia Arts Festival and United Jewish Federation of Tidewater present Israel Story’s Mixtape: The Stories Behind Israel’s Ultimate Playlist Sunday, April 15, 7:30 pm Harbor Club at...
Israel@70
Israel@70, April 9, 2018
Professor Gil Troy makes the case for the Zionism of today and tomorrow
On March 13, Tidewater was treated to an intimate, but spirited visit with Professor Gil Troy, a noted scholar of modern American history, as well as of the history and philosophy of Zionism from its 19th century roots to today. In The Zionist Ideas: Visions for the...
Time to celebrate
David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister, publicly read the Declaration of Independence of Israel on May 14, 1948. The anniversary of this date on the Jewish calendar is known as Yom Ha’atzmaut, and this year is Thursday, April 19. As the Tidewater Jewish...
Stephen Hawking was admired by Israeli physicists for his insights and his humanity
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Dr. Stephen Hawking was a rare and inspirational man whose deep insights into the mysteries of the physical universe were matched only by his courage in the face of a cruel, debilitating illness, which he met with good spirit and a unique sense of...
JEROME YAVNER
Virginia Beach —Jerome Yavner, 93, died on Sat., March 10, 2018 in a local convalescent center. A native of Norfolk, he was the son of the late Bessie Glasser Yavner and Robert Simon Yavner. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy having served in World War II . He had...
LEWIS A. STERN
Virginia Beach —Lewis Arthur Stern of St. Thomas, U.S.V.I., passed March 14, 2018 in Beth Sholom Village. He was 83 and suffered from Parkinson’s disease. Lou was a wonderful husband to Marie-Louise Burnett; father of Isobel Stern Bartel of Chesapeake, Gillian Stern,...
IONEL KAHN
Richmond , Va.—Ionel A. Kahn, age 89-ish, of Richmond, passed away Sunday, March 4, 2018, while surrounded by his loving family. He was preceded in death by his daughter-in-law, Melinda Kahn. He is survived by his loving wife of 67 years, Bernice Kahn; five children,...
SHIRLEY GROSSMAN
Richmond , Va.—Shirley Laskoe Grossman, 87, was born and raised in Richmond’s Shockoe Bottom and passed away on March 18, 2018. She graduated from John Marshall, and spent most of her working life in the St. Mary’s Hospital business office, then proudly served as a...
DANIEL GOLDMAN
Norfolk —Daniel Goldman, 68, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 17, 2018 after a courageous battle with cancer. He was the chief buyer for Spartan Nash Finch, Military Distributors of Virginia. He was born in France, the son of the late Esther Wondolowicz...
Elliot Warsof
Elliot Warsof, who was the recipient of the Bob Reinhard Campaign Award from the Jewish Community Federation of Richmond on Thursday, March 22. Warsof is a graduate of the University of Miami and a real estate broker for S.L. Nusbaum Realty Co. He is a board member of...
Splash & Dash
Sunday, May 20, 1–4 pm, ages 7–15 The Simon Family JCC is the local regional host for the USA Triathlon Youth Aquathlon Splash & Dash for kids ages 7–15. This sports event combines swimming and running. Ages 7-10 have a 100-meter swim and 1-mile run, and ages...
Norman Soroko to be presented lifetime achievement award
Sunday, April 15, 10 am, Temple Israel Norman Soroko is being honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Seaboard Region, Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs, at it’s annual recognition breakfast. Soroko became involved in Men’s Club in the late 1980s at B’nai...
Eyal Rob for Israel Today
Thursday, April 19, 6:30 pm, Congregation Beth El Celebrate Yom HaAtzmaut with a free and open to the community event. From Holy Land to Club Land: The Evolution of Israel through Music, Rob will bring the Tel Aviv music scene to Tidewater, reflecting the young Jewish...