Compiled by Ronnie Jacobs Cohen, Shalom Tidewater Editor’s note: This listing is current as of Wednesday, August 18. Due to the evolving nature of COVID-19, it is advised to check with congregations to learn specific protocols for attending High Holiday Services,...
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Be A Reader program enters 22nd year prepared to help students
Robin Ford As another potentially challenging school year is about to start, the Jewish Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Be a Reader (BeAR) program is gearing up for 2021–22. The program’s volunteers and staff hope to be able...
TJF Community Impact Grant helps Toras Chaim renovate auditorium
Thomas Mills Tidewater Jewish Foundation awarded a $7,500 Community Impact Grant in March to Toras Chaim to renovate their auditorium. Serving Tidewater’s Jewish community for almost 20 years, the school has undergone an extensive beautification project. Renovations...
Camp JCC campers make mitzvot the center of their camp experience
Michelle Fenley Two special groups of Camp JCC campers demonstrated this summer that joy can be found through doing mitzvot. Despite the limitations that COVID‑19 placed on summer experiences, the two oldest groups of campers at the Simon Family JCC’s summer camp...
Sprint 8 Challenge finishes strong with lost weight and gained energy
Earlier this summer, 14 members of the Simon Family Jewish Community Center participated in the Sprint 8 Cardio Challenge. “I wanted to challenge our members to change how they’re doing cardiovascular exercise with a clinically tested workout that provided real...
33rd Annual Strelitz International Golf Tournament, affectionately known as the Bob Josephberg Classic, slated for next month
Tuesday, September 14, 10:30 Registration; 12 pm Tee-off Bayville Golf Club in Virginia Beach Carly Glickman For the past 33 years, Strelitz International Academy’s annual golf tournament has been a highlight in the Tidewater community. The tournament sees more than...
Report from Israel
Having spent parts of June and July in Israel, the land in which I had the privilege to grow up, I was exposed once again to the vibrancy of Israeli society and democracy at the time of great and dangerous tumult in the Middle East. Obviously the “deal” with Iran...
Tom Hofheimer Young Leadership Mission to Israel The journey continues
Part two of a three-part series Halfway through the eight day journey of the Tom Hofheimer Young Leadership Mission to Israel, the experience continues to be overwhelming, exciting and thought-provoking. The Mission participants have already visited and met with...
Kids Connection New construction, elevated enrichment
When walking into the Simon Family JCC, there’s something new near the entrance. The expansive, open space is the new Kids Connection, a beforeand after-school enrichment program for Pre-K through 6th grade students. Part of the renovations taking place at the Sandler...
L’Shana Tova
Jewish Holidays 5776 Rosh HaShanah Sept. 13–15, 2015 Yom Kippur Sept. 22–23, 2015 Sukkot Sept. 27–Oct. 4, 2015 Simchat Torah Oct. 4–5, 2015 Hanukkah Dec. 6–14, 2015 Tu BiSh’vat Jan. 24–25, 2016 Purim March 23–24, 2016 Passover April 22–29, 2016 Yom HaShoah May 4–5,...
Jewish Federations of North America President Jerry Silverman to kick off Annual Campaign
Thursday, Sept. 17, 6:45 pm He’s casual, he’s passionate, he’s earnest and he heads up a movement that ranks collectively among the top 10 charities in the world. “He,” is Jerry Silverman, president and CEO of The Jewish Federations of North America. Silverman will be...
Iran deal will pass (or so says the math)
Does the Iran deal have the votes or not? Though President Barack Obama is vacationing on Martha’s Vineyard and Congress is in recess through Labor Day, there’s plenty of action on the agreement as lawmakers debate whether to vote with their colleagues, constituents,...
Here’s why Hamas and Israel may be secretly negotiating
TEL AVIV ( JTA)—After more than a decade of failed diplomacy, Israel could be close to signing a major agreement with the Palestinians. They’re just not the Palestinians you thought. After years of vowing not to negotiate with Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, Israel...
Kee Tavo (Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8)
With the High Holy Days 5776 soon upon us, how reflective of their grateful spirit and challenging thrust is this Parasha! The Israelites are taught that re-entering the Promised Land is more than a physical act. At the core of this great adventure is a spiritual...
Baltimore Jewish educator dies in car crash
(Baltimore Jewish Times via JTA)—Neely Tal Snyder, a Jewish educator and advocate who was known for her professional dedication, was killed in a car crash on Monday, August 10. Snyder, 37, was waiting to make a left turn on Route 30 in Reistertown, Maryland, near the...
Orna Porat, grande dame of Israeli theater
Orna Porat, a German convert to Judaism who became a grande dame of Israeli theater, died at the age of 91. Porat passed away Aug. 6 in her home, i24 News reported. Porat won the prestigious Israel Prize in 1979 for a lifetime of achievement in theater as well as...
Theodore Bikel, Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof
(JTA)—Theodore Bikel, an actor and folk singer who was recognized in 1997 with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Foundation for Jewish Culture, has died at 91. Bikel, who won fame playing Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, doing more performances of the role...
Gertrude (Trudy) K. Rosenblatt
Virginia Beach —Gertrude (Trudy) K. Rosenblatt, 93, passed away on July 18, 2015. She was born in Norfolk and was the daughter of Adolph and Jenny Lipkin Kramer. Trudy was predeceased in 2008 by Sam, her beloved husband of 65 years. Her brother, Herbert (Pete) L....
Virginia Evett Rosen
Norfolk —Virginia Evett Rosen, 90, died Thursday, August 6, 2015 in Beth Sholom Home. She was a native of Pinetown, N. C. and a resident of Norfolk for most of her life. She was the daughter of the late William Marslender and Cora Waters Evett and was preceded in...
Dr. Sally Rose Rogers
Washington , D.C.—Dr. Sally Rose Rogers, PhD in Classics, died Monday July 20, 2015. Sally was born on November 10, 1948 in Smithfield, N.C. She was the first born daughter of John Patterson Rogers, Jr. (of blessed memory) and Martha Pridgen Rogers. She is also...
Nancy Nordlinger Nusbaum
Norfolk —Nancy Nordlinger Nusbaum died peacefully on August 3, 2015 at her home. Born on April 14, 1929, Nancy was the older of two children born to Alan and Rose Nordlinger. Nancy grew up in the West Ghent section of Norfolk where she met and dated the love of her...
Robert L. “Bob” Mandell
Virginia Beach —Robert L. “Bob” Mandell, 92, of Richmond, Va., passed away on July 27, 2015. He was preceded in death by his wife, Bernice, his parents, Harry and Hannah Mandell and his brother, Jack Mandell. Bob was born on June 25, 1923, in Paterson, N.J. A child of...
Seth Allen Littman
Virginia Beach —Seth Allen Littman, 39, passed away Thursday, July 2, 2015. He was born in Norfolk, Va. to Richard Littman and Pamela Horner Hughes. Seth was an outdoor person who enjoyed rock climbing, camping and spending time with his children. He was predeceased...
Rose G. Jacobson
Norfolk —Rose G. Jacobson passed away on Monday, August 10, 2015 in the comfort of her home. Born in Norfolk, she was the daughter of the late Dr. Robert Daniel Glasser and Anna Ida Bear Glasser. Rose was predeceased by her beloved husband of 52 years, Howard...
Shirley Saunders Hurwitz
Virginia Beach —Shirley Saunders Hurwitz, 95, passed away on July 22 at The Terrace. A native of Norfolk, she was the daughter of the late J.L. and Rena Saunders. She was preceded in death by her husband Beryl Hurwitz (Barney). She is survived by her children Carole...
Barbara Broudy Howie
Norfolk —Barbara Broudy Howie passed away unexpectedly in her sleep at her home on Sunday, July 19, 2015. Born in Norfolk, she was the daughter of the late Sara Swersky Tuckman and Arthur Jacob Tuckman. Left to cherish her memory is her husband, Jeff; her daughter,...