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Tidewater Chavurah feeds the homeless at JCOC

Volunteers with Tidewater Chavurah provided a mitzvah for the Judeo Christian Outreach Center’s (JCOC) guests with a warm and filling dinner of chili, salad, cornbread, oranges, and cookies. After months of diligent planning, it paid off as the congregation got...

Exploring Israel through Minecraft

Tuesday, February 8, 4 pm Simon Family JCC and/or remotely Tidewater teens and pre-teens will not have to travel far to see Israel. In collaboration with Lost Tribe ESports, local teens will be able to learn about fun sites in Israel through games and challenges....

Virginia Jewish Advocacy Day[s] 2022 to take place via Zoom

Virginia Jewish Advocacy Day[s] 2022 to take place via Zoom

Meetings with Delegates and Senators: Monday January 31; Tuesday, February 1; and Thursday, February 3 Group meeting: Wednesday, February 2 One of the greatest tools in the hands of all Americans is the ability to meet with and influence representatives in government...

Crossing the Line 2: The New Face of Anti-Semitism on Campus

Wednesday, Jan. 18, 7 pm Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus To address the resurgence of anti-Semitism on American college campuses and to illuminate the nuanced relationship between anti-Semitism and anti-Israel propaganda, the Community Relations Council of the...

Ricki Rosen’s photography on display

Through Monday, Jan. 30, Sandler Family Campus Photojournalist Ricki Rosen, whose photography has been published by New York Times, Time Magazine, Newsweek, People, and Figaro, will exhibit her work in the Leon Family Art Gallery on the second floor of the Simon...

Transformative Jewish Journey planned for 4th Annual Tidewater Together

Four days of learning and exploration hosted by a variety of organizations in different Jewish settings, Tidewater Together began in 2013 as part of United Jewish Federation’s Strategic Plan. The Tidewater Synagogue Leadership Council planned and supported the concept...

Joseph inspires to make a difference

The great and most colorful Joseph saga extends over four Torah portions and 13 chapters. Just like Joseph, the dreamer and interpreter of incredible dreams (he should have kept some of them to himself!), the Jewish people have believed that noble, as well as...

US lawmakers divided on Kerry speech

Responding to Secretary of State John Kerry’s address on making peace between Israel and the Palestinians, many U.S. lawmakers said they were disappointed by the Obama administration’s decision to abstain on the vote in the U.N. Security Council of a resolution...

Across the U.S., 16 JCCs get bomb threats in a single day

WASHINGTON (JTA)—Bomb threats were called in to at least 16 Jewish community centers and other institutions in seven states on Monday, Jan. 9. The calls were prerecorded in some cases and live in others, with the caller using voice disguising technology, and likely...

Donald Trump says Israel is being treated “very, very unfairly”

President-elect Donald Trump accused the Obama administration of treating Israel with “total disdain” hours after Secretary of State John Kerry’s speech rebuking the country’s settlement policy and offering his plan for Middle East peace. Trump spoke to reporters on...

Blaming Obama doesn’t advance the cause of Middle East peace

What did Secretary of State John Kerry say that caused former Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren to say that U.S. policy toward Israeli has become “sad, tragic and dangerous?” That led Sen. Ted Cruz to say that Kerry and President Barack Obama are...

24th Annual Virginia Festival of Jewish Film

With the 24th season of the Virginia Festival of Jewish Film briskly underway, national and international movies, including documentaries and full feature dramas created by award winning Jewish writers and filmmakers, are being shown at multiple locales around...

Amy Brooke honored by BINA; school celebrates 10 years

BINA High School celebrated its 10-year anniversary honoring Amy Brooke on Dec. 9 and 10. Many alumni returned to Norfolk to be a part of the celebration, travelling from New York, New Jersey, and Maryland—several with young families—to catch up with their old...

Investing in the future of Tidewater’s Jewish community

It‘s never too early to think about how to leave your mark on the community and how you want to be remembered. Each year by using disposable income charitably, people make an imprint on the Tidewater Jewish community. That choice is an investment—whether it is making...

What Draws You… to volunteer, to give, to care?

Community-wide fundraising phone-a-thon Sunday, January 22, 9 am–1 pm Reba & Sam Sandler Family Campus Asking questions is one of the most time-honored traditions of Judaism, and the young adults organizing this year’s Super Sunday community-wide phone-a-thon have...

Adolf Burger, last of “Hitler’s counterfeiters”

PRAGUE (JTA)—Adolf Burger, a Holocaust survivor who was forced by the Nazis to counterfeit British banknotes during World War II , has died in Prague at 99, his family said. Burger, a native of Slovakia, was a typographer by profession. He was arrested in 1942 for...