Virginia Beach—Thelma Fay Goldman Lazernick passed away April 20, 2022, in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Thelma was born in Norfolk, Va., January 27, 1928, to Solomon and Fannie Swersky Goldman. She grew up in the Ghent section of Norfolk and graduated from Maury High...
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Barbara Hornstein Levinson Breit
Washington, DC—On Friday, April 22, 2022, Barbara Horstein Levinson Breit, age 91, of Silver Spring, Md., formerly of Portsmouth, Va., passed peacefully surrounded by her family. Barbara, a lifetime member of Gomley Chesed Synagogue, spent most of her life in...
Sura Goldner
Sura Goldner passed away on April 21, 2022. Predeceased by her spouse Dr. Martin Goldner. She is survived by her children, Kim Cohen (Daniel), Lance Goldner, Mark Goldner (Sharon). A funeral was held in Suffolk at Holly Lawn Cemetery with Rabbi Roz Mandleberg...
Mimi Reinhard, Jewish secretary who typed up Schindler’s list saving herself and other Jews
(JTA)—Mimi Reinhard had studied literature and languages as an undergraduate before World War II. But it was a course in shorthand that saved her life. Reinhard was imprisoned at the Plaszow concentration camp outside of Krakow when she was chosen, due to her...
Remembering Neal Adams, a comic book legend who championed Holocaust awareness
(JTA)—Comic artist Neal Adams, who passed away at age 80 in New York City on April 28, is best known for having revolutionized Batman and other iconic comic book characters for both the DC and Marvel brands. But Adams himself was also a fearless crusader: He battled...
Marty Einhorn Pavilion set for completion next month
In almost perfect coordination with the appearance of spring flowers, a new outdoor structure at the Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus is making its own debut. The Marty Einhorn Pavilion is rapidly taking form, with an anticipated completion of early next month....
UJFT’s Society of Professionals gets first look at Cavalier Hotel
The grand reopening of Virginia Beach’s historic Cavalier Hotel will take place in March, but United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Society of Professionals (SOP) received a special “sneak peak” on February 1. Axel Suray, executive vice president of Gold Key PHR,...
YAD MomME Time takes on Hiddur Mitzvah Project
As part of the Gary Rosenthal Hiddur Mitzvah Project, members of UJFT’s Young Adult Division’s MomMe made mosaic Shabbat candlesticks on Wednesday, Jan. 24 during a Tikkun Olam event at the Simon Family JCC. Gary Rosenthal is best known for his unique line of Judaica...
Dr. Bern Wollschlaeger captivated community with his personal story of discovery and transformation
More than 160 members of the community, including religious school students from Ohef Sholom Temple, Congregation Beth El, Temple Israel, and KBH attended a powerful and timely presentation by Dr. Bernd Wollschlaeger on Sunday morning, Jan 28 at Ohef Sholom. Author of...
Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she will serve as long as she has ‘steam’
WASHINGTON (JTA)—Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told a Jewish audience that she would serve on the U.S. Supreme Court as long as she felt up to it. Ginsburg, appearing Thursday, Feb. 1 at a Forward event at Adas Israel synagogue in Washington, D.C., appeared to confirm...
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Retirement, February 19, 2018
William L. Nusbaum to receive Humanitarian Award
Thursday, March 22, 5:45 pm The Westin, Virginia Beach Town Center The Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities has selected William L. Nusbaum to be among those receiving its prestigious Humanitarian Award this year, at their 54th annual dinner. The Tidewater...
CRC’s annual Date With the State 2018 exceeds expectations
How often are you asked by a state legislator for help with pushing his tax credit effort or guidance as to the current status of anti-Israel divestiture efforts? Probably not very often. But in my case, at last month’s statewide Jewish Advocacy Day in Richmond, I...
Mathilde Krim, AIDS research pioneer who fought disease’s stigma
Mathilde Krim, a prominent AIDS researcher who fought the stigma surrounding the disease, has died. Krim passed away on Monday, Jan. 15 at the age of 91, people close to her wrote on Facebook. The researcher founded the AIDS Medical Foundation in 1983, at a time when...
CARL PETER WISOFF
Norfolk —Tonight, and now every night, the evening sky will be a bit brighter. On Wednesday, January 24, while on his 96th trip around the sun, Carl Peter Wisoff passed peacefully from this world to join his beloved wife and soul mate, Patricia Kelsay Wisoff, amid the...
PABLO SAVRANSKY
Chesapeake —Pablo Savransky, 88, passed away on January 29, 2018. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina to the late Isaac and Rosa Savransky and was also predeceased by his wife of 53 years, Fanny Savransky and a daughter, Augustina Savransky. He is survived by his...
DORIS JACQUELINE REITER
Virginia Beach —Doris Reiter, 91, of Virginia Beach, Virginia passed away on January 24, 2018. Born and raised in the Bronx, she graduated from New York University and settled in Manhattan and then Mount Vernon, N. Y. before relocating to Virginia Beach in 1975 with...
SUSAN MIRMAN
Norfolk —Susan F. Mirman, daughter of Virginia and Alan Mirman, sister of Jill Mirman, mother of Rachel Ianni, and aunt of Sam Owen, died the afternoon of January 11, 2018 in Staunton, Va. as a result of a seizure connected to on-going health issues. Fortunately,...
RONALD J. HURWITZ
Norfolk —Ronald Joseph Hurwitz, 64, passed away peacefully at home on January 1. He was born in Norfolk and was the son of the late Leonard and Lorraine Hurwitz. He is survived by his wife, Sharon; his daughter, Allena (Neil) Anglen; and his grandson, Raleigh Anglen....
STANLEY GOODMAN
Norfolk —Stanley David Goodman died on the morning of January 28, 2018. Stanley was a native and lifelong resident of Norfolk. Born in 1929, Stanley was the son of Norfolk natives Jacob Goodman and Tillie Legum Goodman. Schooled in the Norfolk Public Schools System,...
Escape to Virginia. From Nazi Germany to Thalhimer’s Farm
Robert H. Gillette Charleston: History Press, 2015 252 pages Robert H. Gillette is a retired educator living in Lynchburg, Va., who researched this intriguing story and retraced it within its larger historical context through the experiences of Werner (Töpper) Angress...
Rabbi Dr. Israel Zoberman
Rabbi Dr. Israel Zoberman, founding rabbi of Congregation Beth Chaverim, whose article on President Trump’s Jerusalem Declaration was inserted into the Congressional Record by Congressman Scott Taylor. Rabbi Zoberman also was the keynote speaker at the 25th...
Jewish Museum and Cultural Center to celebrate 10th anniversary
Sunday, March 25, 4–7 pm Uno’s Pizzeria, 5900 East Virginia Beach Blvd, Norfolk Save the date for the Jewish Museum and Cultural Center’s 10th anniversary celebration. Each ticket includes an all you can eat Italian buffet and one alcoholic beverage. Silent and live...
Chabad of Tidewater hosts “Purim at the Circus” Featuring The Twins from France
Thursday March 1, 5 pm Wyndham Garden, Downtown Norfolk The Twins From France will amaze children and adults alike with their mind-boggling acrobatic and daredevil feats in a performance unlike any other. A reading of the Megillah will also take place. RSVP to...
Torah class at KBH
Tuesdays, 2 pm, Kehillat Beit Hamidrash A conservative synagogue located in Virginia Beach’s Kempsville section, Kehillat Beit Hamidrash Synagogue does not have a formal rabbi. But that does not stop the congregation from having a weekly Torah study class. When the...
Beneath the Open Sky tour travels to Tidewater
March 9–11, Ohef Sholom Temple Back by popular demand, Mama Doni and her four-person bluegrass band, Nefesh Mountain, return to Tidewater for multiple concerts and a musical Kabbalat Shabbat over three days. In fall 2016, under her “Mama Doni” billing, Doni Zasloff...