Mazel tov to Dr. Amy K. Milligan of Old Dominion University, for being named an associate editor of the new journal, Jewish Folklore and Ethnology, published by Wayne State University Press. The first of its kind in English, JFE is a peer-reviewed annual journal. An...
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Gerald Marvin Bazar
Virginia Beach—Gerald Marvin Bazar passed away peacefully at home on August 7, 2021, at the age of 77. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island to his parents Meyer (Mickey) and Bella (Barbara) Bazar, both of blessed memory. At the age of three, his parents moved the...
Gloria Mautner Blum
Boca Raton, Fla.—Gloria Mautner Blum, of Boca Raton, Fla., formerly of Norfolk, passed away on August 2, 2021. She was born on May 31, 1938 in Brooklyn, N.Y. to Joseph and Sylvia Mautner. Gloria came to Norfolk when she was 18 years old and was one of the first...
Morton Bresenoff
Raleigh, N.C.—Morton Bresenoff, BBA, JD, ML&T, CPA, CFP, born January 10, 1929, left us peacefully on July 5, 2021 surrounded by his loving children. Ever the gentleman, he grew up in Manhattan, the son of an immigrant corner grocery store owner. After earning a...
Bessie Silver Finder
Norfolk—Bessie Silver Finder, 99, died peacefully on July 21, 2021. A longtime resident of Norfolk, Bessie was born in Lakewood, N.J. to the late Anna and Harry Silver. After nursing school, she joined the Army Corp of Nursing as a 2nd Lieutenant stationed at Fort...
Jane Susan Glasser Frank
Newport News—Jane Susan Glasser Frank, 74, passed away Thursday, July 22, 2021 with her children by her side at Riverside Regional Medical Center. She was born in Norfolk, Va., the daughter of Rose Frances and Bernard Glasser, of blessed memory. She was the wife of 47...
United Jewish Federation of Tidewater and Community Relations Council statement on proposed Iran Nuclear Deal
The United Jewish Federation of Tidewater and its Community Relations Council believe the proposed nuclear deal between Iran and world powers is cause for grave concern. We share the Administration’s goal of achieving a negotiated, peaceful solution to Iran’s nuclear...
Burt Shavitz, Jewish co-founder of Burt’s Bees
Burt Shavitz, the Jewish beekeeper and co-founder of the Burt’s Bees cosmetics company, has died. Shavitz, born Ingram Shavitz in Manhattan in 1935, died of respiratory problems in Bangor, Maine, on Sunday, July 12 while surrounded by family and friends. He grew the...
Harry Sterling
Virginia Beach —Harry Sterling, 99, Holocaust survivor, Jewish educator, cantor, passed away Thursday, June 18, 2015 at home with his family by his side. Born in Serock, Poland on June 10, 1916, Harry was the son of Reb Eliyahu (who perished in the Holocaust at...
Blanche Dubins Lipman
Portsmouth — Blanche Dubins Lipman passed away on June 30, 2015 at Churchland House in Portsmouth. Blanche was born in N.Y. on May 13, 1922, daughter of Mary Davidson Dubins and Julius Dubins. Through friends in N.Y., she met Ansel Lipman, a captain in the army. They...
Selma Leach
NORFOLK—Selma Leach, 90, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 8, 2015, with her family by her side. Selma was born in Richmond, Va. to the late Jerome and Anna Jacobs. A founding member of The Beth Sholom Home, a strong supporter of The Battered Women’s Shelter,...
Sylvia Karlin Gould
Norfolk — Sylvia Karlin Gould, 97, passed away Tuesday, July 7, 2015. She was a lifelong resident of Norfolk, Va., and was an honors graduate of Maury High School. Born to the late Jacob Karlin and Mollie Fox, she is also predeceased by her beloved husband, Irving...
Willie Chernitzer
Norfolk — Willie Chernitzer, 90, died peacefully, surrounded by his family, Wednesday, July 1, 2015. He was born in Philadelphia, Pa. in 1924 to Abraham and Goldie (Bobbie) Chernitzer. Willie grew up in Norfolk. Upon graduating from Maury High School in 1942, he...
Temple Emanuel continues its Friday Light worship services on the beach
With clear air and the waves gently lapping against the sand, the limitless expanse of ocean and sky invite contemplation of the infinite possibilities life offers. Against this backdrop, the voices of Temple Emanuel’s sacred musical troupe, the Levites, meld with the...
Temple Emanuel’s Lunch Bunch
Thursday, July 30, 12 pm The world depends on three things: prayer, study and deeds of loving kindness. 1. World class. To observe national poetry month, ODU German professor, Frederick Lubich, PhD, will present excerpts from Jewish writer Heinrich Heine, Germany’s...
Two books in one
Unlikely Warrior A Pacifist Rabbi’s Journey from the Pulpit to Iwo Jima Lee Mandel Pelican, 2015 368 pp., $28.95 ISBN: 978-1-455619887 To a child growing up at the end of the 20th century, the epic battles of the Second World War were 50 years in the distant past...
Summertime, and the reading is easy
It’s summer, that time of year when everyone drops everything they’re doing, finds a quiet stretch of sandy shore and spends all day delving into their new favorite books. Or maybe not. But whatever your plans, there’s no denying that the season brings a bumper crop...
Temple Israel offers helping hand to d’ART Center
On April 17 an explosion at the Selden Arcade caused damage to the d’ART Center and artists’ studios. The City of Norfolk closed the Selden and repairs are now underway. As one of her initial priorities as incoming executive director at Temple Israel, Nancy Tucker...
Mazel Tov to the Hebrew Academy of Tidewater HAT Class of 2015
Time flies. Cliché, but true. That is surely what all HAT parents felt about their children at the Hebrew Academy of Tidewater’s commencement ceremony, held on June 4. As parents, it’s difficult to comprehend the passage of time between cribs and baby bottles and the...
Sixty-five and counting!
Dear Readers, Ten thousand baby boomers are turning 65 each day in this country. That’s a lot of daily additions to the ‘senior pool,’ though I bet that most celebrating those birthdays cannot believe they’re actually ‘seniors.’ That said, the ‘Seniors of 2015’ remain...
Federation installs new president and honors community members at biennial meeting
The 2015 Biennial of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater was more than a public meeting where new officers and board members were installed. The evening event, held on June 16 at the Sandler Family Campus, was a celebration of leadership, volunteerism and...
Throughout Hillary Clinton’s life and career, U.S. Jews have been close at hand
WASHINGTON (JTA)—From the man who married her grandmother to the man who married her daughter, from working a room full of bar mitzvah guests on behalf of her husband’s political career to headlining major pro-Israel events during her own, Hillary Rodham Clinton’s...
Jewish groups celebrate Supreme Court ruling extending gay marriage rights
WASHINGTON (JTA)—How often do you get the opportunity to pack “109 years,” #LoveWins and the rainbow colors into 140 characters? That’s how the American Jewish Committee celebrated the Supreme Court ruling Friday, June 26 extending marriage rights to gays throughout...
The land of love
When I lived in Australia I knew a man named Tom. He could be difficult to deal with, but everyone had patience for him because they knew that his shortcomings were not his fault. He had been through the Holocaust. One thing that Tom did that was completely out of...
TripAdvisor CEO: A tech exec with a soft spot for Israel
NEW YORK (JTA)—When Stephen Kaufer, the CEO of TripAdvisor, an $11 billion company that runs America’s leading user-generated hotel review website, thinks back to all the places he has visited, one stands out as his favorite. Jerusalem. “Oh my gosh, looking at all of...
Seven things about Triple Crown winner American Pharoah—and his Jewish owner
NEW YORK (JTA)—On Saturday, June 6, a brawny three-year-old colt named American Pharoah took to the Belmont Stakes racetrack and became the first Triple Crown winner since 1978. The win has not only rocked the sports world, but is also a triumphant stand for Ahmed...