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Community Members, Through our partner agencies JDC, The Jewish Agency for Israel, and World ORT, United Jewish Federation of Tidewater is on the ground in Ukraine, home to more than 200,000 Jews, every day of the year, helping the most vulnerable and supporting...
Transport facilitated by Magen David Adom and New York–based Hatzolah Air Lod, Israel (March 7, 2022)—When an apartment building in Kyiv was hit by a missile on Saturday, Feb. 26, Irina Karaush, 44, and her 19-year-old son, Mark, were injured. They received initial...
(JTA)—The world has had a crash course on Volodymyr Zelensky in recent weeks, as the Ukrainian president has galvanized his country against an unprovoked attack by neighboring Russia. The broad strokes of Zelensky’s career have long been known to those who pay...
Corned Beef and Cabbage Sandy Goldberg I am Jewish and my wife, Anne Bernadette, was born in Dublin. So, we have this mixed culture going where traditional Irish and Jewish foods are both served. I do all the cooking and when I planned to serve Corned Beef and Cabbage...
Chabad of Tidewater Thursday, March 17, 5:30 pm, Sandler Family Campus Chabad’s Annual Purim Party is back. Dinner, music, Purim mitzvoth, crafts, magic, face painting, balloon twists, and prizes. For more information or to RSVP, contact...
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Israel’s Diaspora Affairs Ministry is advancing a plan to send $1 million in emergency aid to Houston’s flood-hit Jewish community. In announcing the plan Monday, Sept. 4, Diaspora Affairs Minister Naftali Bennett called it an “unprecedented”...
Hurricane Harvey bombarded the Gulf Coast on August 26 with destructive winds and devastating flooding. The storm caused catastrophic destruction throughout the city of Houston and surrounding areas. The need for immediate relief and long-term aid continues to rise,...
BOSTON (JTA)—At 15, Elias Rosenfeld became a “Dreamer.” At the time, the Venezuela native was attending Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School in Miami, where he had lived since he was 6 years old, when his Jewish family moved to South Florida from Caracas. His mother...
When we saw the JCC campers playing with oversized Connect4 and checkers boards on the blacktop, an entire year of experimentation and hard work came full circle. Yes, all the effort was worth it. In fall 2016, YAD—United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Young Adult...
Tuesday, September 12, 6:30 pm Sandler Family Campus United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s 2018 Annual Campaign kicks off with a cocktail reception and keynote address by acclaimed author and lecturer, David Hazony. An American-born Israeli writer, translator, and...
As Hebrew Academy of Tidewater and Strelitz Early Childhood families enter the building this year, they are greeted with friendly smiles, photos of engaged children, and a new bulletin board that announces, “There’s no place like the Hebrew Academy of Tidewater.” On...
A pledge brother at Clemson asked me to go on Birthright on a national trip, Shorashim—the only Birthright trip organizer that has Israeli soldiers for the entire 10 days. Those seven Israelis were some of the greatest people I’ve ever met. In the Negev, we stayed in...
The Abisl Theater will present entertainment with a “Jewish Twist” It has hosted everything from bingo games to women’s auxiliary lunches, but by summer 2018, what is known today as The Pincus Paul Social Hall, named for a late benefactor, will also house the area’s...
I wasn’t here at Beth El last Shabbat, a day that brought concern and anxiety to us Jews in the Commonwealth and beyond. Miriam and I were in Florida so we could be with her father as he celebrated the 80th anniversary of his bar mitzvah. He put aside his walker and...
WASHINGTON (JTA)—An array of Jewish groups and lawmakers attacked as immoral President Donald Trump’s decision to end an Obama-era program granting protections to illegal immigrants who arrived in the United States as children. The Trump administration said Monday,...
As this High Holiday season approaches, a fresh New Year feels incredibly important for 5778. The news around the globe, nation, and our very own state, continues to have most of us on the edge of our seats and not far from our trusted news sources. Soon, however,...
Jeff Brotman, who co-founded the members- only retail giant Costco and was the chairman of its board of directors, died at his home outside Seattle. Costco Wholesale Corp. said Brotman died early Tuesday, August 1 at 74. The cause of death was not immediately known....
Lecominster, Mass. --Alvan J. "Al" Tall, age 91, died peacefully at home on July 26, 2017 surrounded by his loving family. He was diagnosed with Diffuse Lewy Body Dementia five years ago. For 60 years, he was the beloved husband of Sandra (Gibber) Tall, devoted father...
Jupiter, Flor ida—Barbara “Bobbi” Saunders of Jupiter, Fla., formerly of Hampton Roads, passed away on August 3, 2017. She is survived by her beloved husband of 65 years, Leonard W. Saunders, son Kenneth A. Saunders and wife Marybeth of Virginia Beach, daughter Karen...
Chesapeake —Scott Bruce Rebby, born February 5, 1964 in Utica, N.Y, passed away peacefully July 22, 2017 after a valiant fight against an unbeatable foe, Glioblastoma Multiforme tumor. He is survived by his parents Marilyn and Raymond Rebby, sister Jennifer Rebby,...
Virginia Beach —Miriam Meyer, 94, passed away July 26, 2017 at the Beth Sholom Terrace. A native of New York, she was the daughter of the late Morris and Sarah Kluger and the widow of Max Meyer, Jr. She lived for many years in Enfield, N.C. where she raised her family...
Virginia Beach —Lenore R. Metz (80) of 1805 Wingate Court, Virginia Beach, born to the late Isadore and Sondra Cooperman, joined her loved ones in heaven on July 19, 2017. Peacefully as she departed, at her bedside was her husband David Metz of 59 loving years. She...
Hopk inton , Massachusetts — Jerry Meldon, professor, passed away unexpectedly in Southmont, North Carolina on July 18, 2017. Jerry was born in New York City on October 23, 1947 to Helen and George Meldon. He attended Stuyvesant High School, earned his bachelor’s in...
Portsmouth —Irvin “Butch” Lichovitz, 78, of Richmond, left this life July 13, 2017. He was born in Altoona, Penn. and spent his childhood there before moving to Baltimore, Md., where his heart resides with the Orioles. As an adult, he moved to the Tidewater area and...
Suffolk —Gerline Aronoff Lerner, 84, of Suffolk, passed away July 31, 2017 following a long illness. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Martin Lerner, MD, her parents Isidore and Bertha Aronoff, her sisters Annette Brenner, Rebecca Green and Harriet...