Collectors, family, friends, and mentors gathered from across the country—and globe—to honor artist Lorraine Fink during a reception celebrating Then, Now, & Looking Forward: Lorraine Fink Retrospective. The reception was held via Zoom on Sunday, Sept. 12. As a...
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Healing of the soul, healing of the body
Stephen Fried with area clergy Sunday, October 3, 5:30 pm Stephen Fried with area professionals Monday, October 4, 7 pm If someone were to ask what’s in your pillbox, you may answer blood pressure medication, cholesterol medication, immunosuppressants, something...
Dara Horn explores today’s antisemitism at ODU Workshop
Unpacking Antisemitism: An Action Based Workshop Sunday, October 17, 1 pm Free, open to community, limited space, pre-registration required JewishVA.org/UnpackingAntisemitism United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Jewish Community Relations Council and Konikoff...
Israel, social media, and the battle for the truth: Israel Today series kicks off 11th year with Noa Tishby
Wednesday, October 13, 7:30 pm A noxious new wave of social media antisemitism is spreading. How can it be fought? How can the truth about Israel be shared across digital networks? To answer these questions, Noa Tishby will visit Tidewater to kick off the 11th annual...
Lady Day at Emerson’s recalls Billie Holiday
October 29–31, Attucks Theater Set in 1959 in a seedy bar in Philadelphia, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill is a re-creation of one of Billie Holiday’s last performances, featuring more than a dozen musical numbers—including such classics as Strange Fruit, God...
NEXUS INTERFAITH DIALOGUE
The Jewish Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, invites the community to these events with the Robert Nusbaum Center at Virginia Wesleyan University. For more information visit https://www.vwu.edu/academics/robert-nusbaum-center/....
For Jewish groups, Syrian refugees are a reminder—not a threat
WASHINGTON (JTA)—American Jewish organizations don’t see the Syrian refugees as a threat; they see them as a reminder. With rare unanimity on an issue that has stirred partisan passion, a cross-section of the community has defended the Obama administration’s refugee...
Why no Facebook filter in solidarity with Israeli victims?
SHORT HILLS, N.J. (JTA)—“Show your support for the people of Paris by temporarily updating your profile picture with this new template we created,” read the Facebook-sponsored text promoted not 24 hours after last month’s terror attacks in Paris. The social media...
The Joseph Saga
The great and most colorful Joseph saga extends over four Torah portions and 13 chapters! How opportune it is as we celebrate the miracle of Hanukkah and the reading of Joseph’s awesome adventures, that the Jewish experience has often been to find ourselves like...
Help us continue to make miracles
Friends, As the year ends, we look back at events, visitors, and achievements— and yes, the challenges—the Tidewater Jewish community experienced in 2015. Our gratitude toward this community’s commitments, its accomplishments, its devotion and its dedication to...
An unprecedented experience at 2nd Annual National Israeli-American Council Conference
Washington DC.—For a vibrant 48 hours, 1,300 Israeli-Americans and Americans who are passionate for the State of Israel, gathered for the Second Annual National Israeli American Council Conference at the Washington DC Hilton in October. At this conference,...
Yitzhak Navon, 94, Israel’s first Sephardic president, buried in state funeral
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Yitzhak Navon, Israel’s first Sephardic president and the first president to visit Egypt, was buried in a state funeral on Mount Herzl. Navon, who served from 1978 to 1983, died Friday, Nov. 6 at 94. His body lay in state on the following Sunday...
Wife of Jewish restaurateur among 100 Paris victims named by media
French media published the names of over 100 victims of the Paris terror attacks, including the wife of the Jewish owner of a restaurant that was sprayed by gunfire. Djamila Houd, the spouse of Gregory Reibenberg, the owner of La Belle Equipe on Charonne Street, was...
Andre Glucksmann, French-Jewish political philosopher
French political philosopher Andre Glucksmann, who began his career as a Marxist and later rejected communism and criticized Russia, has died. Glucksmann, the son of Jewish immigrants from Hungary, died Tuesday, Nov. 10 in Paris at 78. He had battled cancer for...
Brian Wolfe
Manchester, United Kingdom —A man of understated brilliance, warmth and compassion, who was respected and admired by everyone who knew him, Brian Wolfe passed away on Saturday, Nov. 7. His passing leaves a huge hole in the family he loved, but his legacy of loyalty...
Howard Lee Popkin
Norfolk —Howard Lee Popkin, 85, of Germantown, Md., passed from complications of cancer on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015 surrounded by family. Born on October 23, 1930, the only son of Dora and Max Popkin from Norfolk, Va., where he grew up, he graduated from Maury High...
Robin and Ross Kantor on the birth of their son, Brody James Kantor on November 1, 2015. He is the brother of Joseph Adam Kantor, grandson of Dorothy and Edwin Salomonsky and Kathy and J. Jerry Kantor and great-grandson of Evelyn Adler
Film Festival partners with Naro for film before the Festival
Wednesday, Dec. 16, 7 pm The 23rd annual Simon Family JCC Virginia Festival of Jewish Film, presented by Alma* and Howard Laderberg, begins next month with a pre-event film. A film festival extra, Rosenwald, will screen at the Naro Expanded Cinema. It is the...
Speaker will sharpen understanding of cutting-edge Israeli healthcare innovations
Wednesday, Dec. 2, 7 pm, Business & Legal Society and Maimonides Societies of UJFT Thursday, Dec. 3, 12 pm, Women’s Division of UJFT, Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus Viva Sarah Press has her finger on the pulse of Israel’s creativity in the fields of...
Hebrew Academy implements research based character building program
Like adults, children experience a wide range of emotions during the course of a day—everything from sheer joy to frustration or confusion when things don’t go exactly as planned. While they may understand when and why they are upset, they don’t always understand how...
Family Fun at the Simon Family JCC
In November, the weather tends to cool a bit and family activities start to move indoors. This month, the Simon Family JCC drew crowds for three special events. On Saturday, Nov. 7, families gathered for Hoedown Havdallah, complete with a petting zoo. Children helped...
Locals attend AIPAC’s annual Schusterman Advocacy Institute High School Summit
The first day of a three-day-long Israel advocacy summit began before the crack of dawn on Sunday, Nov. 1. A dark and cold morning, the clocks had just turned back an hour and some were still awake celebrating Halloween. However, three Jewish nomads were on a mission...
Participation in 2016 Week of Extraordinary Deeds exceeds expectations
The week of October 19-25 was billed as an extraordinary one for the Tidewater Jewish community. Volunteers worked on committees and with the staff at the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, planning events to help make life better for others, while also...
Tavia Gordon—Tavia ben Yitzhak Pesach v’Malka
February 23, 1929–October 30, 2015 A giant in the community, Tavia Gordon is remembered by Rabbi Jeff Arnowitz and Rabbi Arthur Ruberg. Their eulogies from his funeral at Congregation Beth El are excerpted here: As we gather to remember and celebrate the life of Tavia...
Federation Women’s Luncheon honors new milestone givers
The Women’s Division of the UJFT held its annual Lion Tikva Chai Luncheon on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at the Sandler Family Campus. Guest Speaker Sarah Simha Benkemoun shared her personal Aliyah story with the luncheon participants, explaining her reasons for leaving France...
Hazak gets healthy
Congregation Beth El and Hazak ‘Got Healthy’ on Sunday, Nov. 1 when Hazak hosted a program exploring the benefits of maintaining a healthy lifestyle to achieve longevity. Approximately 80 people attended. The morning began with a breakfast buffet that included healthy...