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Harriet Gail Dickman

Virginia Beach—Harriet Gail Dickman, 82, of Virginia Beach, passed away peacefully on Friday, September 10, 2021. She was from Roanoke Rapids, N.C. and the daughter of Harold and Ray Kruger Bloom. She was the wife of Stanwood Dickman for 60 wonderful years. Mother to...

William Hirsch Kittner

Norfolk—William Hirsch Kittner passed away peacefully at his home on September 3, 2021. Bill was born January 19, 1930 in Weldon N.C. He was the son of the late Louis and Rose Kittner and the baby brother to Joe, Dave, Dot and Harry of blessed memories, and sister...

Frank Sheffer

Virginia Beach—Frank Sheffer, 97, passed away on Thursday, September 2, 2021. Frank was born in Lancaster, Pa. on March 10, 1924 to Emma and Isidore Sheffer. Later they moved to Suffolk, Va. He grew up as the youngest of four children. He learned bookkeeping from his...

Harvey Warren Steen

Virginia Beach—Harvey Warren Steen, 90, passed away on August 30, 2021 after a brief illness. He was born on January 2, 1931 in Bronx, N.Y. to the late Emanuel and Mary (Schmookler) Steen. His family moved to River Edge, N.J. where he excelled as a student and...

Anne Lynn Fleder Verner

Boca Raton, Fla.—Anne Lynn Fleder Verner passed away on August 30, 2021 after a hard fought four-month battle with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Anne was 61 years old. Anne was a brilliant, hilariously funny, wonderful and beautiful woman who was married to her best...

Culture Shock

The Medrash tells us about a man named Yosef Meshisa. The context of the Medrash makes it sound like he lived at the time of the Greeks. He was what we would call a traitor. He joined the Greeks, adopted their culture, and assisted them in military strategy. When the...

Congressman Whitman meets with community leaders

Congressman Rob Whitman, 1st District, met with members of the Jewish community at the Sandler family Campus on Friday, Oct. 30. Among the many topics discussed were the Iran Nuclear deal, Israel, the U.S. budget, election of Paul Ryan as Speaker of the House and the...

Holocaust trauma psychiatrist Henry Krystal

Dr. Henry Krystal, a concentration camp survivor and Holocaust trauma expert, has died. Krystal, a psychiatrist whose research focused on former concentration camp inmates, passed away Oct. 8 at his home in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, from complications caused by...

Abraham Mandel

Abraham Mandel, 96, passed away on Oct. 3, 2015. He was the son of the late Rae and Joseph Mandel. Abraham moved with his family to Norfolk, Va. in 1938 where he met and married his wife of 73 years, Sylvia Levinson. He was preceded in death by his wife and only...

Mel Losick

Virginia Beach —Mel Losick passed away with his family by his side on October 15, 2015. He was a member of Virginia Beach EMS since 1970. He was a retired critical care paramedic and an adjunct instructor at TCC. He began Armel Enterprises, Inc. in 1970. He leaves...

Ava Jean Loeb

Norfolk —Ava Jean Loeb, 57, passed away peacefully on October 21, 2015, following a courageous and private battle with cancer. Born June 13, 1958, in Bethesda, Md., Ava graduated from Kellam High School, and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in education from Old...

Irene Helen Stein Levin

Virginia Beach —Irene Helen Stein Levin died Thursday, October 29, 2015 at the age of 89. She was predeceased by her husband, Bernard H. Levin. She is survived by her four children, Judith L. Miller and her husband, Robert of Christiansburg, Va., Sharon L. Murphy of...

Carl Janow

Virginia Beach —Carl Janow passed away on Monday, October 26, 2015, at his residence. He was born August 14, 1923 in Rhinebeck, N. Y. to Rebecca Gazen and Morris Janow. Carl graduated from Clarkson University School of Technology in Potsdam, N.Y. with a degree in...

Tavia F. Gordon

Norfolk —Tavia F. Gordon of Norfolk, Va. died at age 86 on Friday, October 30, 2015. He was born of February 13, 1929 in Norfolk. He was the third of five children of Mollie and Isaac Gordon of blessed memory. Tavia co-founded Gordon Paper Company along with his...

My son the mentor, author and role model

Danny Rubin is no stranger to the readers of this publication. His picture has graced many a page in the Jewish News because of his volunteer work for the Simon Family JCC, United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s YAD, Temple Israel, Beth Sholom Home and other agencies...

CRC partners with Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce

Wednesday, Nov. 18, 11:30 am, Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus The newest partner in the Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s annual Israel Today series is the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce. A panel of experts will discuss...

Annual Book Festival Holocaust luncheon features a sentimental story

Thursday, Nov. 12, noon, Simon Family JCC Sarah Wildman will present Paper Love: Searching for the Girl my Grandfather Left Behind at the Lee and Bernard Jaffe*Family Jewish Book Festival’s annual Holocaust luncheon. This journalist details her search to shed light on...

Closing Day at the Book Festival is Global Day of Jewish Learning

Sunday, Nov. 15, 2 pm, Sandler Family Campus The conclusion of the Lee and Bernard Jaffe* Family Jewish Book Festival coincides this year with the 6th annual Global Day of Jewish Learning. In 2010, The Global Day was created to celebrate the completion of Rabbi...

Let There Be Water author informs and inspires Book Festival audience

Seth M. Siegel shared his passion for averting a water crisis in this country and around the world with community members on Sunday, Nov. 1 at the Simon Family JCC. Siegel, the keynote speaker for the Lee and Bernard Jaffe* Family Jewish Book Festival, recently...

JFS volunteer provides shoulder to cry on

JFS honors Staci Katz as the 2015 Max Japha Volunteer of the Year Each year, Jewish Family Service of Tidewater honors a volunteer with the Max Japha award to recognize their outstanding volunteer commitment to the agency. Max Japha was extremely active in the Jewish...

Sisterhood across high barriers

An Improbable Friendship: The Remarkable Lives of Ruth Dayan and Raymonda Tawil and Their 40-Year Mission to Build Understanding Between Their Peoples Anthony David Arcade Publishing, 2015 312 pages As we observe the tide of rising rage and violence in Israel,...

Continued commitment at Men’s Major

They enter the room quietly and unadorned in their everyday attire. They are met warmly by their hosts, Steve and Art Sandler and quickly begin looking around for friends to greet and with whom to share the latest news of a business triumph, a special family...

Veterans’ Day 2015

I promised the Jewish News an article on Veterans’ Day long before I had my recent nine weeks in and out of hospitals and, finally, rehab at Beth Sholom. But somehow I never got around to it. So here are my thoughts on Veterans Day—today. I may have mentioned in a...