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Tuesday, February 15, 7:30 pm Virginia MOCA, free Everyone has stories to tell, but the trick is how to make each story the best story. Actor, visual effects producer, and host of The Moth, Corey Rosen, teaches how to get past telling “the same” stories and helps each...
Williamsburg—Bertram Donald Aaron died peacefully within spitting distance of 100 years on December 31, 2021 with close family by his side. The Daily Press “Citizen of the Year” at age 97, Bert was a visionary, public citizen, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. It has...
Oregon—Debbie Kantor Brooks passed away at home in Oregon on December 30, 2021. Debbie was born on April 21, 1956 in Harlingen, Texas to Barry and Reatha Kantor and lived most of her life in the Hampton Roads area. She graduated from the University of South Carolina...
Ohio—Mary Casey Cantin passed away at home in Ohio on January 1, 2022. Mary was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 28, 1927. She is preceded in death by her loving husband, Dr. Ira Marshall Cantin, her mother Laura Corliss Casey, and father, James Casey....
Suffolk—It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Brenda Dolsey of Suffolk, Virginia, who passed away on December 5, 2021, at the age of 81, leaving to mourn family and friends. She was predeceased by her parents, James David Jolly and Georgia Irene Lewis...
Virginia Beach—Leonard David Frierman, 85, passed away on December 20, 2021 in Virginia Beach. Left to cherish his memory are his loving wife of 50 years, Margaret (Peggy) Frierman; brother Michael Frierman of Lakeland, Florida; daughter Anne Sewell (Henry) of...
Norfolk—Harriet Martin Salsbury, 92, of the 7200 block of Granby Street, died December 12, 2016. Mrs. Salsbury was born in Sekernice, Czechoslovakia in 1924 and came to the United States when she was nine years old and has been a resident of Norfolk for the past 70...
Norfolk —Larry David Rosenbaum, 64, died October 9, 2016. His parents, Elliott and Charlotte A. Rosenbaum, and sister, Ilene R. Soroko predeceased him. Altmeyer Funeral Home.
Virginia Beach —Benjamin Allan Marks passed away November 29, 2016 at age 82. He was a devoted husband, confidant and friend to Nancy. He was a loving father to daughter Carolyn (Mark) Jacobs of Florida as well as a loving grandfather to Rachel Jacobs. He will be...
Virginia Beach —Thomas Aaron Lindsey, 95, died in his home in Virginia Beach on December 4, 2016 surrounded by loving friends and family. A World War II and Navy Veteran born in Chicago, Thomas, the son of David and Tillie Lindsey, met his loving wife of 65 years...
Norfolk —James Ronald Kurtz, 58, passed away December 11, 2016. He was born in Virginia Beach, Virginia and grew up in Chesapeake, Virginia. He was preceded in death by his parents, James and Ann Kurtz and a brother-in-law, Edward Jordan. He is survived by his...
Virginia Beach —Alvin Jack Bookbinder, 94, of Virginia Beach passed away on December 12, 2016. Jack was one of five children born to Minnie and Hyman Bookbinder. He was raised in Newport News, Virginia, and returned to this area after he proudly served in the Navy...
Sunday, Jan. 15 TCC Roper Performing Arts Center, Norfolk The Holocaust Commission of the UJFT has a unique opportunity to collaborate with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra and the Virginia Festival of Jewish Film to show the award-winning documentary, Defiant Requiem...
Begins Sunday, Jan. 8, 6–8 pm Rabbi Ellen Jaffe-Gill, spiritual leader of Tidewater Chavurah, will continue her popular class Torah Study for Skeptics, meeting in the parish hall at Old Donation Episcopal Church. The class meets on the second and fourth Sundays of...
Sunday, Dec. 25, 7 am–2 pm Spend time with residents and be part of a more than 30-year-tradition. Volunteer activities include: • Serving food • Reading books • Playing board games • And, more! Well-behaved animals are also welcome. A Switch Day social for residents...
Sunday, Jan. 15, 12:30 pm Temple Sinai Newport News Bring an appetite for a showing of the documentary Deli Man at Temple Sinai. Feast on deli meat or cheese sandwiches, Sabra hummus, chips and dill pickles, Dr. Brown’s sodas and more (including popcorn), while...
Sunday, Dec. 25, 9:30 am–3 pm Mister G concert: 11 am Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus Partaking of delicious and comforting food during the holiday season spans all religious traditions. With Hanukkah and Christmas sharing the same date this year, what could be...
Thursday, Jan. 12, 12 pm, Sandler Family Campus To prepare for this year’s Date with the State on Wednesday, Feb. 8, the Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Legislative Action Committee will host a meeting to discuss potential...
Wednesday, Feb. 8, 7 am–4 pm For years, members of Jewish communities from across the Commonwealth have gone to the State Capitol in Richmond to collaborate on Virginia Jewish Advocacy Day, also known as Date with the State. This annual event has proven to be a...
Sunday, Jan. 22, 9 am – 1 pm Super Sunday, the Tidewater Jewish community’s largest single fundraising day of the year, is as predictable as eating latkes during Hanukkah. Volunteers from throughout South Hampton Roads will gather at the Reba and Sam Sandler Family...
Pharaoh dreamed two dreams. In the first, he was standing on the river Nile. He watched as seven skinny cows consumed seven stout ones. It was a dream, but it was Pharaoh’s type of dream. It was about him and he was the focal character. Pharaoh liked that. He turned...
Last December I traveled to India with American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee’s (JDC) Entwine. My peers and I connected with the Jewish community, particularly the Jewish Youth Pioneers (JYP), a young-adult delegation of Jewish-Indians who live in the greater...
Since launching in September, the Tidewater Jewish Foundation’s Life & Legacy program has created new levels of excitement and engagement within the Tidewater Jewish community. The Harold Grinspoon Foundation’s Life & Legacy program is a four-year initiative...
(New York, NY)—In a powerful statement issued by an array of Holocaust institutions, scholars and educators from around the world (including United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Holocaust Commission), an alarm is being sounded on the rise of groups that promote...
In early December, Dana Cohen, a child survivor of the Holocaust and a member of the Holocaust Commission, Elena Barr Baum, director of the Holocaust Commission, and I attended the annual conference of the National Council for the Social Studies in Washington, DC,...
Now in its ninth year, the Stein Family College Scholarship will begin accepting applications on January 3, 2017 for the 2017-2018 academic year. The annual grant for Jewish students in Tidewater provides a scholarship of up to $10,000 a year for college tuition. The...