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...
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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...
Beth El to bid farewell to Rabbi Arthur and Miriam Brunn-Ruberg
Saturday, June 11 9:45 am Shabbat morning services at Congregation Beth El will include a ‘fond farewell’ to Rabbi Arthur and Miriam Brunn-Ruberg on Saturday, June 11. A festive luncheon will follow. RSVP to sandy@bethelnorfolk.com.
B’nai Israel’s Annual Ann Zukerman Scholar in Residence with Rabbi Tzvi Flaum
Thursday, May 19–Saturday, May 21 Rabbi Tzvi Flaum has been involved in women’s collegiate education for more than 50 years. He currently serves as the Dean of Religion at the Landers College of Touro in Manhattan, as well as a professor of the honors courses dealing...
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...
Medical cannabis significantly safer for older patients with chronic pain than opioids
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev research BEER-SHEVA, Israel, February 14— Medical cannabis therapy can significantly reduce chronic pain in patients age 65 and older without adverse effects, according to researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and...
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...
CRC, HUBB, and VCIC present Marshall, conclusion of Building Bridges Week
The 25th Annual Virginia Festival of Jewish Film, presented by Alma & Howard Laderberg* and Patricia & Avraham Ashkenazi, began with a free, pre-festival event at TCC Roper Performing Arts Center featuring the movie, Marshall. Presented in honor of Martin...
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...
For Jews in the Netherlands, Catholic Carnival feels like ‘hardcore Purim’
TILBURG, Netherlands (JTA)— Although he lives in a city with only a few dozen Jews, the Israel-born photographer Idan Hemo and his family enjoy each spring what he calls “hardcore Purim” street festivities. “Everyone dresses up, including and especially the adults, in...
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...
De Mommas and De Poppas’ tribute to parents draws big crowd to Beth Sholom Village
A cast of community members sang, danced, and joked about mothers, fathers, and kids during the A’Bisl Theater’s tribute to the Fifth Commandment during a spirited variety show at Beth Sholom Village on Sunday, Feb. 4. More than 200 people packed into the Pincus Paul...