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Jewish American Heritage Month celebrated in May

By Presidential Proclamation every year since 2006, May is Jewish American Heritage Month (JAHM) in recognition of the indelible contributions Jewish Americans have made, and continue to make, to America’s history, culture, and society. The Weitzman leads this...

Lag B’Omer

Thursday, May 19 Family Fun, 5 pm Happy Hour (21+), 6:30 pm Join YAD and Chabad of Tidewater for a night of socializing, networking, relaxing, and celebration of Lag B’Omer in the new Marty Einhorn Pavilion at the Sandler Family Campus. Kosher BBQ graciously provided...

Community Genizah Burial

Sunday, May 22 If you have Shaimos that you would like to dispose of, please be in touch with Matthew Kramer-Morning at mkmorning@ujft.org for instructions on drop off at the Sandler Family Campus the week of May 16. Collections will then be buried in Mikro Kodesh...

Reel ’em in at the Annual Fishing Derby

Sunday, May 22, 1–4 pm, Sandler Family Campus Anglers get that gear ready for the Simon Family JCC’s Catch and Release Fishing Derby at Lake Sandler. This is the one day of the year that the public is invited to the Sandler Family Campus to fish on its private lake...

SHANE MATTHEW SANDLER

Norfolk —Shane Matthew Sandler, 45, passed away February 3, 2018. He was born on August 11, 1972 to Ronald Sandler and Aesun Kim in Norfolk. Left to cherish Shane’s memory are his parents Ronald Sandler, Aesun Kim, and step-father, Kwang Kim; daughter, Samantha...

JORDAN N. ROSENBLUM

Virginia Beach —Jordan Norman Rosenblum, 83, died peacefully on Tuesday, Feb. 6 in Florida surrounded by family. Although he was born in New York City, his family moved to Virginia when he was a few months old. He was the son of the late Samuel and Ruth Rosenblum of...

ROSALINE NEWBERG

Norfolk —Rosalin Newberg, 95, died peacefully on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. She was born in 1922 to Jenny and Jacob Wahrman, and later attended Blair and Maury High Schools. She was married 38 years to Sylvan Newberg who preceded her in death. Left to cherish her memory...

PAUL M. LIPKIN

Norfolk —Paul M. Lipkin died at home on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018 at the age of 90. The son of Sam and Anna Lipkin, he was born in Norfolk, Va., became an Eagle Scout and graduated from Maury High School in 1945. He served two years in the Army in occupied Germany and...

DEBRA ANN LINDEN

Norfolk —Debra Ann Linden of Richmond, passed away after a brief illness on February 12, 2018. She was born in Norfolk, Va. Debra was preceded in death by her father, Gene M. Linden. She is survived by her mother, Sylvia Linden; sister and brother-in-law, Roberta and...

NATALIE G. LEVINSON

Norfolk —Natalie Goodman Levinson, 88, died Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018 in Norfolk. She was the eldest of two children born to Bessie Briskman Goodman and Samuel Goodman. Her parents and brother, Leroy Goodman, preceded her in death. Natalie was a lifelong resident of...

Nefesh Mountain— Spirituality through Jewish Bluegrass

Let the skies rejoice and sing a new song Let the earth dance with glee Let the oceans give a mighty roar So their praise will echo through the tree — Psalm 96:11, from A Mighty Roar, track 3 in Beneath the Open Sky CD What do you get when you mix the Tanakh’s 96th...

Art for Understanding

Celebrating Israeli culture and bringing communities together through art and dance March 9–16 More than 70 artists and guests from Israel, including former First Lady Miri Shafir Navon, will travel to Virginia as part of Art For Understanding next month. This...

Leon Family Gallery

Erin Zimmerman Scenes from Israel February A writer, producer, and director for CBN Documentaries, Erin Zimmerman earned an M.A. in Broadcast Journalism from Regent University, then spent four years at CBN News, where she served as a segment producer and line producer...

The New York Cantors

Premieres Sunday, March 11, 8 pm on WHRO TV 15 Three young cantors, all rising stars in the Jewish music scene, are brought together in Amsterdam’s revered 17th century Portuguese Synagogue for a concert of Jewish sacred and secular music arranged for orchestra and...

Gil Troy – The Zionist Ideas: Visions for the Jewish Homeland

Tuesday, March 13, 7:30 pm Meyera E. Oberndorf Central Library, 4100 Virginia Beach Blvd, Virginia Beach Free and open to the community A leading political historian and one of today’s most prominent activists in the fight against the de-legitimization of Israel, Gil...

Purim: A timeless holiday

Purim’s extraordinary fun making often masks and matches the extraordinary seriousness of the life and death issues behind the holiday—while allowing for the healthy release of pent-up tension and emotion. After all, a threat of genocide hanging over a vulnerable...

Senior Seder 2018

Wednesday, March 21, 12 pm Simon Family JCC The Joseph Fleishma n n Memorial Fund of the Tidewater Jewish Foundation and the Simon Family JCC invite Seniors to celebrate Passover at the Senior Seder. Taking place in the Multipurpose Room at the Simon Family JCC, Rabbi...

February is National Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion month

Dedicated to offering programs throughout the year that raise awareness and bring people with disabilities, their families, and those who love them, into their Jewish communities in meaningful ways, for Jewish Family Service of Tidewater, National Jewish Disability...

Tidewater celebrates Purim

Purim, is a joyous holiday celebrated every year on the 14th of the Hebrew month of Adar. This year, on February 28. It commemorates the salvation of the Jewish people in ancient Persia from Haman’s plot to destroy all the Jews, as recorded in the Megillah (book of...

Why show Animal House at a Jewish film festival

Wow! It is truly remarkable that the Virginia Festival of Jewish Film presented by Alma and Howard Laderberg* and Patricia and Avraham Ashkenazi has been around for a quarter of a century. That’s a long time to bring culture and entertainment to Tidewater by showing...