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Tuesday, March 1, 7:30 pm Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus Free, registration required: JewishVA.org/IsraelToday Admired for his engaging and boundary-pushing photography, Roie Galitz is equal parts passion and commitment in his pursuit to get the best shots of...
A new column for Jewish News, B’Tayavon will feature a recipe from a local chef in each issue. The first is from Philip Sifen who shares his recipe for Shakshuka. Enjoy! Shakshuka Philip Sifen Servings: 2 Allergens: Wheat and Eggs Shakshuka is basically peasant food,...
Supplement to Jewish News February 14, 2022.
Tzedakah is more than a financial transaction. Giving builds trusting relationships and includes contributions of time, effort, and insight. Tzedakah—philanthropy and charity—as well as Tikkun Olam (repairing the world) are concepts and values that are carried...
The Simon Family JCC Swordfish Winter Swim team is undefeated through its first four swim meets. Jacob Gynan, head coach and Waverly Howard, assistant coach, have lead the Swordfish to virtual swim meet victories over JCCs from Mid-Westchester, N.Y., Milwaukee, Wisc.,...
Children from kindergarten through second grade participated in the Israel Club, a new after school class at the Simon Family JCC on Monday, January 31. The idea of creating an Israel Club stemmed from the desire to build connections between the next generation and...
At this sacred season of re-consecration to recollection, we are poised between Yom Hashoah’s monumental burden of sorrow and Yom Ha’ Atzmaout’s transforming joy. We pause at this great twilight oscillating between the helplessness of Yeoush’s despair and Hatikvah’s...
WASHINGTON ( JTA)—Israel’s government and pundits are unabashedly pleased by the missile strike ordered by President Donald Trump early Friday, April 7 on the Syrian airfield from where a deadly chemical attack is believed to have been launched. Prime Minister...
WASHINGTON ( JTA)—Lawmakers in Congress continued to press the Trump administration to address perceived spikes in bias crimes in the United States and in anti-Semitism abroad, reflecting bipartisan concern that President Donald Trump remains insufficiently engaged on...
Illustrating an intriguing fact concerning 2,000-year-old seeds that were discovered inside an ancient jar in Israel in 1963, Hannah Marin won CRC’s 5th Annual Israel Poster Contest. Students in grades 1-12 were eligible to compete in the contest by designing a...
In its third and final women’s outreach event of the year, United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Women’s cabinet partnered with UJFT’s Holocaust Commission to host a Girls’ Afternoon at the Movies, bringing back to Tidewater the award-winning film, Defiant Requiem....
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BBYO International Convention 2017 and Eastern Region’s Spring Convention served as dynamic meeting places and real-world classrooms to provide teen leaders opportunities for shared leadership resources and new skills to help change the world. The record-breaking...
Celebrate the State of Israel’s 69th birthday (Yom Ha’Atzmaut in Hebrew) at the annual community-wide Israel Fest. TASTE #WITHISRAEL Fresh Israeli fare made by visiting chefs from Puzzle Israel with desserts and drinks prepared by local synagogues and agencies •...
Elliott Horowitz, the author of Reckless Rites: Purim and the Legacy of Jewish Violence—considered the most wide-ranging book on Jewish violence—has died. Horowitz, who taught early modern Jewish history at two Israeli universities, died suddenly on Saturday, March 18...
Ingeborg Syllm-Rapoport, a German neonatologist who passed her doctoral defense exam nearly eight decades after she was denied the opportunity by the Nazis, has died at 104. She reportedly died Thursday, March 23 in Berlin. A funeral will be held in the German capital...
Virginia Beach—Captian Lev Shikhman, Soviet Naval Engineer, Retired, weighed anchor Friday, March 24, 2017 to rendezvous with his beloved wife, Roza in God’s Heaven to complete one of the greatest love stories of life. Born May 31, 1924 in Russia, Lev was destined as...
Norfolk —Harriet Semel Orleans passed away at home on March 16, 2017. She was the daughter of Sarah Coplon Semel and was born on November 9, 1925. She was predeceased by her husband Howard Orleans, her daughter Dana Kishter, and her brother, Sidney Semel. Harriet is...
Portsmouth —Julius Marcus passed away reluctantly and fighting for every breath at Sentara Heart Hospital on Saturday March 25, begging for the chance to “get out of here and go home.” Born on January 11, 1928, he was the son of the late Meyer and Rebecca Marcus, one...
Norfolk —Stuart Irwin Glazer, 82, passed away on March 18, 2017. He was the son of the late Marion and Meyer Glazer. He graduated from Maury High School and attended the University of Miami. He had been a member of Ohef Sholom Temple. Stuart showed great perseverance...
Virginia Beach —Anne Verner (Burg) passed away Sunday, March 19, 2017, peacefully with her family at her side. A native of Montreal, Canada, she was pre-deceased by her parents Harry and Esther Leon, her sister Lya Joy Boles, and her two loving husbands, Harold Verner...
Norfolk —Jerry Brittman, died March 22, 2017 in Norfolk. He was the son of Barney and Blanche Brittman. He was a member of Temple Israel and was a Master Mason with Norfolk Masonic Lodge #1. Funeral Services were held in Forest Lawn Cemetery by Cantor David Proser....
Virginia Beach —Judith H. Baker, 72, passed away peacefully on March 28, 2017 surrounded by her loving family. Judy was a loyal and devoted employee of Towne Bank Mortgage for many years. She was preceded in death by her husband Melvin Baker. Left to cherish Judy’s...
Violins of Hope (Violins of the Holocaust-Instruments of Hope and Liberation in Mankind’s Darkest Hour) James A. Grymes Harper Perennial, 2014 319 page, $15.99 Author James A. Grymes is a noted professor of musicology at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte who...
Morris Benjamin Panitz and Elana Havusha Panitz on the birth of their daughter, Ziva Liora, in Jerusalem on Feb, 1, 2017. The grandparents are Yosi and Suzie Havusha, of Los Angeles, and Rabbi Michael and Sheila Panitz of Norfolk.
Keano Rich and Evan Allen, 10th graders at Ocean Lakes Math and Science Academy and members of Ohef Sholom Temple, who won first place in the Computer Science senior division for their project on neural networks at the regional Tidewater Science and Engineering Fair...