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Mia Klein In a visit to Tidewater, Rabbi Diana Fersko, author of We Need to Talk About Antisemitism and the rabbi at the Village Temple in Manhattan, shared a message of hope amid the ongoing war against Hamas in Israel and rising antisemitism around the world. “I...
Philissa Cramer (JTA) — As Elizabeth Rand watched an unnerving number of incidents pile up at colleges where her son was considering applying, she felt she had to do something. The longtime administrator of a Facebook group for people interested in discussing the...
NORFOLK - Mary Rose Foxworth Becker, 70, died peacefully on the morning of Saturday, October 28. She was born to the late Rosetta Foxworth and William Johnson, Jr. on May 9, 1953, in Norfolk, Virginia. She was predeceased by her husband, Bryan Rall Becker. Mary...
VIRGINIA BEACH - Helen Katz Sterling passed away peacefully at her home on October 27, after a long and beautiful life. She was 95. Helen was born in Lithuania on February 19, 1928, the youngest of five children of Aaron and Esther Katz. The family moved to...
Jacob Gurvis THOUSAND OAKS, California (JTA) — Elena Colomba was on her hands and knees, covered in chalk, drawing a large blue Star of David on the sidewalk on Tuesday, Nov. 14 — a tribute to Paul Kessler, the Jewish man and pro-Israel protester who died Monday, Nov....
Betty Ann Levin When Israel was brutally attacked on the morning of October 7, 2023, our community not only immediately condemned Hamas and stood in solidarity with Israel, but we also responded. On Sunday, Oct. 8, the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater opened the...
Norfolk – Marilyn W. Goldman, 94, of Norfolk, passed away April 14, 2023. She was the second of two children born to Abraham and Dora Wolowitz of Shenandoah, Pa. Sent to Norfolk by her father after obtaining her journalism degree from Penn State University, she met...
Virginia Beach – Suzette DeBell Rashkind, 75, a tiny woman with an enormous heart, passed away on April 1, 2023, after tenaciously battling numerous medical issues that strapped her strength but never her spirit nor sense of humor. She will always be so lovingly...
Raleigh, N.C. –Betty Joyce Hurwitz Rothman passed away in a Raleigh hospital after a long illness on March 29, 2023. She was born February 13, 1948 to Louis Hurwitz and Eva Cogan Hurwitz in Norfolk, Va. She graduated from Old Dominion University and taught elementary...
Elkton, Md.– Dr. Norman Salzberg, 84, passed away on April 10, 2023. He was the son of Aaron and Bertha Salzberg and the brother of the late Leon Salzberg and his twin brother the late Charles Salzberg. Norman grew up in Norfolk and attended Maury High School. He...
Sunday, April 30, 12–4 pm, Sandler Family Campus Celebrate Israel as she turns 75 at the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s and Simon Family JCC’s annual Yom Ha’Atzmaut celebration at the Sandler Family Campus this month. Right here in Tidewater, it’ll be...
A small but mighty group of Federation donors recently returned from a magnificent week-long journey through time and space to ancient and modern Israel. From Feb. 28 to March 9, participants of the 2023 UJFT Community Mission to Israel wandered through history,...
Dear Readers, Calling the current climate in Israel “complicated” could be the understatement of the century. Never do I recall major Jewish organizations, donors, and celebrities making public statements against Israel’s domestic policy. Or tens of thousands of...
The supreme governing bodies of the Technion, the Council acting on behalf of the International Board of Governors, and with the approval of the Technion Senate, resolved to confer upon Avraham Ashkenazi the Technion Honorary Fellow Award. The ceremony is slated to...
During my formative years, the 1960s, my parents instilled in me a love of both Judaism and Israel. As a college student, I volunteered on a kibbutz one summer, working in the fields and hitch-hiking around Israel. I married a non-Jew, who later converted to Judaism...
I ran into my dear friend Amy Lefcoe last spring at the Simon Family JCC and asked her, “So, when are we going back to Israel?” “Hmmm, let me think about that,” Amy replied. As always, Amy worked her magic and created what would fast become one of my most memorable...
In response to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement that he would delay a vote on judicial reforms in order to seek compromise, the Jewish Federations of North America released the following statement alongside the Conference of Presidents, the...
Eitan Altshuler is with the Cardo Café/Humusiya at the Sandler Family Campus, where he has created a popular Israeli menu. Passionate about Jewish community, here he discusses his time in Israel and how he evolved…and the importance food played in his growth. Jewish...
Celebrating Israel at 75 for me always comes down to the people…and fortunately for me, many memories. Between my family’s experiences and my own, I’ve chosen a few to share here. • My father, Victor, and his parents, Irvin and Elizabeth with his brother, Alex,...
The summer of 1977 changed my life forever. My parents, of blessed memory, provided me with the opportunity to travel to Israel through the American Zionist Youth Foundation. Along with 27 other college-aged students from across the United States, we embarked on a...
Camp JCC is a place for children to explore, challenge themselves, learn, grow, and experience new things outside of the construct and expectations of a classroom. Each camper, camp staff member, camp parent, and camp supporter have their own strengths, challenges,...
The Virginia Festival of Jewish Film, presented by Alma & Howard Laderberg, wrapped up its 30th anniversary on Wednesday, March 1, with Farewell Mr. Haffmann at Virginia Beach’s Beach Cinema Alehouse. The French film, distributed initially as Adieu, Monsieur...
Screening of Life in Stills: Wednesday, April 26, 7:30 pm, Sandler Family Campus As the adage goes, a picture tells a thousand words. How many stories could be written, then, from millions of photographic negatives? The PhotoHouse, founded in Tel Aviv in 1940 by Rudi...
Sunday, April 23, 11 am, Sandler Family Campus The most common thing you may have heard about the 2023 Janet Gordon Mah Jongg Day & Luncheon in support of Beth Sholom Village? The tournament is back! After a 3.5-year hiatus, the event planning committee is...
2023 Holocaust Day of Remembrance Sunday, April 16, 6:45 pm Temple Israel, 7255 Granby Street, Norfolk Yom Hashoah, a time to remember and reflect on the Holocaust, will take place in Tidewater on Sunday, April 16 at Temple Israel in Norfolk. The entire community is...
Thursday, April 20, 7:30 pm, Zoom Old Dominion University’s Institute for Jewish Studies and Interfaith Understanding, United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, and ODU’s Women’s Studies present a talk by Anne Gessler, PhD. Gessler’s talk explores the period between 1900...