Norfolk—Bernice passed away on Tuesday, September 28 at Sentara Leigh Hospital. She was preceded in death by her parents, Max and Martha Dubinsky; brothers, Leo and David Dubinski; husband, David Moses; and daughter, Maxine Moses Garnher. She is survived by her son,...
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Super Sunday raises funds and builds community for Jewish Tidewater
Super Sunday was truly a great community day, and a success by every measure. On Sunday, September 12, dozens of volunteers—members of Tidewater’s Jewish community—came together at the Sandler Family Campus to welcome friends, neighbors, and fellow community members...
The Rosenblatt family tree roots itself in giving back
In the 1950s and 60s, two Norfolk streets where Wexford Terrace turn into Colony Point, served as an enclave for Jewish business leaders and community builders raising families. Close to Wards Corner and the Norfolk Naval Base, the legacy location attracted many...
Legal Matters in the Jewish Community
Dear Readers, Just as we all need banks and dentists, there aren’t many of us who don’t require an attorney at some point in life…if not really often for some. Fortunately, we have plenty of top legal minds to choose from in Tidewater. Lisa Richmon talks to two such...
Local attorneys rise to the top
Practicing law can be like baking a cake. Both require precise timing and ingredients in exact measure. A dash of restraint goes a long way, too. Just ask attorney Neal Schulwolf who knows the power of pause when a new client reveals his search for a Jewish lawyer....
Gathering observes Sukkot
Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn and Rabbi Roz Mandelberg observe the mitzvah of waving the lulav and etrog at a gathering in Downtown Norfolk during Sukkot. The 56th Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, Filler-Corn is the first woman and the first Jewish person to...
Two Parshiyot
The two consecutive Parshiyot in the Book of Exodus (Sefer Shemot) of Varea and Bo serve as the most dramatic setting for a contest between two contenders for the divine title. Moses represents the unseen God of Freedom of the enslaved Israelites. In opposition stands...
United Nations to recognize Yom Kippur as official holiday
NEW YORK (JTA)—The United Nations will for the first time recognize Yom Kippur as an official holiday. Starting in 2016, no official meetings will take place on the Jewish day of atonement at the international body’s New York headquarters, and Jewish employees there...
Education Matters
Great Jewish Books Summer Program opens to applicants Amherst, MA—High school students are invited to apply to the 2016 Great Jewish Books Summer Program, a weeklong residential program at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Mass. Due to the popularity of the program...
Sandy Berger, national security adviser for President Clinton
Samuel “Sandy” Berger, who served as President Bill Clinton’s national security adviser, has died. Berger, a prominent player at the 2000 Camp David summit, died early Wednesday, Dec. 2 of cancer. He was 70. Berger, who was Jewish, was the top foreign policy adviser...
Tibor Rubin, Holocaust survivor and Korean War hero
LOS ANGELES (JTA)—Tibor Rubin, a Korean War hero who survived a Chinese prisoner of war camp and before that the Mauthausen concentration camp, has died. Rubin, who won the Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroism, died Saturday, Dec. 5 in Garden Grove, Calif., of...
Hope W. Price
Norfolk —Hope W. Price, 94, died November 19, 2015. She was a native of Henderson, N. C. and was the daughter of the late Taylor and Grace Weaver Watkins. She was preceded in death by her loving husband James Guy Price, MD. and her siblings, T.J. Watkins, Jr., Vivian...
Nancy Ruth Mazur
Virginia Beach —Nancy Ruth Mazur, 67, passed away Dec. 6, 2015. She was born to Howard and Gussie Handler Marks, and was raised in New Jersey where she met her husband Alan. Nancy loved playing Mahjong, reading books, doing needlework, and cooking. She adored spending...
Louis Klavan
Portsmouth —Louis Klavan, 89, passed away Thursday, December 3, 2015. He was born in Norfolk to the late David and Rose Klavan. He honorably served in the U.S. Army during WWII in the Philippines. He retired from the Norfolk Naval Shipyard after 38 years as a...
Ohef Sholom Temple for receiving the Elizabeth River Project’s recognition for the first time as a “River Star Business” at the Two-Star Achievement Level for 2015. This distinction is attained after a Restoration Advisory Committee reviews applications and decides...
3rd Annual Tidewater Together continues tradition of inspirational conversations
Feb.4–7, Thursday–Sunday, six locations Over four days in February, community members will have the opportunity to explore, question, learn and grow from a Jewish perspective when the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater and the Tidewater Synagogue Leadership Council...
Date With the State—Virginia Jewish Advocacy Day
Tuesday, Feb. 2, 7 am–4 pm Issue selection meeting: Thursday, Jan. 7, noon Insiders’ Briefing for attendees: Thursday, Jan. 28, 6:30 pm For years, members of Jewish communities from across the Commonwealth have gone to the State Capitol in Richmond to collaborate on...
Get Ready to Make Your Move on Super Sunday
Sunday, Jan. 31, 9 am–1 pm The young leaders of the Tidewater Jewish community are at it again. Demonstrating mettle and tenacity, more than a dozen 22- 45-year-olds have volunteered to be on a committee responsible for the planning and execution of Tidewater’s Jewish...
The Hampton Years offers opportunity for education and conversation between local Jewish and African American community
Sunday, Jan. 31, 2 pm, Wells Theater, Norfolk Emerging from Washington D.C.’s Theater J’s Locally Grown Festival in 2013, The Hampton Years by Jacqueline E. Lawton explores the development of great African American artists John Biggers and Samella Lewis under the...
Suffolk author to speak about a rabbi’s journey in WWII
Sunday, Jan. 24, 2 pm, Temple Sinai in Newport News Lee Mandel, author of Unlikely Warrior: A Pacifist Rabbi’s Journey from the Pulpit to Iwo Jima will speak about his book at Temple Sinai in Newport News. Unlikely Warrior is the story of Rabbi Roland Gittelsohn, who...
Interpreting our role in ‘Never Again’
Old Dominion University’s Institute for Jewish Studies and Interfaith Understanding offered students the opportunity to visit the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Twelve ODU students, along with Farideh Goldin, IJIU director, and professor of...
Freda H. Gordon Hospice and Palliative Care of Tidewater receives accreditation from National Institute for Jewish Hospice
Joining more than 60 hospices nationwide, Freda H. Gordon Hospice and Palliative Care of Tidewater became the second Hospice in Virginia to become accredited with the National Institute For Jewish Hospice (NIJH). The accreditation links Hospice and Palliative Care of...
23rd Annual Virginia Festival of Jewish Film
presented by Alma* and Howard Laderberg January 16 – 24, 2016 The Virginia Festival of Jewish Film celebrates and supports International Jewish film and filmmakers, presenting the newest and best films worldwide. The Festival brings together community and provides...
Relating the past to the present: Holocaust Commission’s 2016 student competitions
The official start of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Holocaust Commission’s 2016 Elie Wiesel Student Writing & Visual Arts Competitions was announced this month. This is the 19th year the Commission has invited students to enter the writing...
HAT and Strelitz students celebrate Grandparents Day
Thanksgiving break was about to begin and excitement filled the air as preschool through fifth graders from Hebrew Academy of Tidewater Konikoff Center of Learning and Strelitz Early Childhood Education Center celebrated during the cherished annual tradition of...
Operation Understanding returns to Hampton Roads in 2016
Founded by Lois and Barry Einhorn in 1998, Operation Understanding Hampton Roads was active until 2006. The program is re-launching in 2016 under the leadership of the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities, along with coalition partners, the Community Relations...