Virginia Beach—Leonard “Lenny” D. Levine, Esquire, 84, passed away on Saturday, July 17, 2021. He was born in Norfolk, Virginia to Michael and Francis (Coleman) Levine. Leonard was pre-deceased by his parents, his beloved brother, Bobby, and his first wife of 52...
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Jackie Mason was a Jewish American comedy icon
Philissa Cramer (JTA)—Jackie Mason, who died Saturday, July 24 at 93, didn’t always set out to be a comedian. In fact, it wasn’t until he was 30 that he left behind the Orthodox rabbinate for irreverent open-mic nights. Mason, born Yacov Moshe Maza to Orthodox...
Rabbi Richard Hirsch, eulogized Martin Luther King Jr. and helped guide the Reform movement to Zionism
Rabbi Richard Hirsch spent the 1960s bringing Jews and Blacks closer in advancing civil rights in the United States. He spent the rest of his life bringing Reform Jews closer to Israel in advancing Zionism. Hirsch died Monday, August 16 in Boca Raton, Florida, his...
Lorraine Fink’s artwork to return to the Simon Family JCC in a retrospective exhibition
Originally published in the July 19, 2021 issue. August–September Robyn Sidersky Then, Now, & Looking Forward: Lorraine Fink Retrospective, featuring artwork created by Lorraine Fink over the last several decades, will be on display in the Leon Family Gallery at...
Summer Music Series begins at JMCC
Originally published in the June 28, 2021 issue. Wednesdays, July 7, July 14, July 28, August 14, August 18, 7:30 pm The Jewish Museum and Cultural Center presents The Zelma G. Rivin Wonderful Wednesdays Summer Music Series each year. The 2021 season features five...
Mazel Tov, Eric N. Schloss
Originally published in the June 28, 2021 issue. Mazel Tov to Eric N. Schloss, of Saltzberg & Schloss, who became the 68th president of the Maryland Association for Justice (MAJ). With 1,200 members, the MAJ is the largest Specialty Bar Association in Maryland....
Danny and Shikma Rubin, who welcomed their first child, Niv Moshe Rubin, on June 1, 2015. Niv was born at Sentara Leigh Hospital in Norfolk. Mom and baby are home and doing great. Niv (an Israeli name pronounced “Neev”) is the grandson of Joel and Sara Jo Rubin of...
Dr. Sharon Weinstein, for her second place award in watercolors, for her painting, Flower Whispers, at the Primeplus ArtFest in Norfolk. The exhibit is open through mid-July.
Nisana Siman-tov, a member of Kempsville Conservative Synagogue, on being named to The Virginian-Pilot Scholastic Achievement Team for Bayside High School.
Israeli Scouts perform
Sunday, June 28, 6:30 pm, Simon Family JCC Experience Israel with the Tzofim Friendship Caravan, a delegation of Israeli teens who tour the United States and proudly represent their homeland through song, dance and humor. Free and family friendly. Call 321-2338 for...
Jewish Museum and Cultural Center announces Summer Music Series “Wonderful Wednesdays”
Virginia Chorale: Wednesday, July 1 Tidewater Guitar Quartet:Wednesday, July 15 The 7th Annual Summer Music Series, “Wonderful Wednesdays” at the Jewish Museum and Cultural Center offers two evenings of performances in July. The Virginia Chorale, conducted by Charles...
Channel your “Inner Picasso” at Paint Nite with JFS
Jewish Family Service of Tidewater will host a Paint Nite with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the JFS Helping Hearts project. During the winter holidays, adults who live in local assisted living and nursing homes receive gift bags filled with teddy bears, candy...
Local author demonstrates courage
The Promise (A Tragic Accident, a Paralyzed Bride, and the Power of Love, Loyalty and Friendship) by Rachelle Friedman Globe Pequot Press, 2014. $24.95 Rachelle Friedman and Chris Chapman, both from Virginia Beach, met at East Carolina University in Greenville, N. C.,...
Ohef Sholom Temple’s Woodstockley Gardens: a picnic with a 1960s flair
Perfect weather, a great crowd, terrific music, delicious food and a wonderful time at “Woodstockley Gardens” combined to make Ohef Sholom Temple’s Congregational Picnic a resounding success. Held on Saturday, May 9 in neighboring Stockley Gardens, the area was...
Student art exhibit completes the Holocaust Commission’s 2015 Elie Wiesel competitions
The Holocaust Commission of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s successful 2015 Elie Wiesel Visual Arts exhibit came to a close on June 1. The show featuring student work was held at the Old Dominion University Virginia Beach Center for one month. Student...
HAT students learn about Civil War during adventurous field trip
Hebrew Academy fifth graders had an exciting learning adventure, stepping back in time to experience life during the Civil War. Students visited Pamplin Historical Park and the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier in Petersburg, Va. A 424-acre historical campus,...
Legal Matters in the Jewish community
Dear Readers, At one time or another, everyone needs an attorney. Buying a home? Need a will? How about a pre-nup? Adoption? Divorce? Fender bender? Incorporating? Hiring? Firing? The list goes on and on. Fortunately, Tidewater has attorneys who are qualified and...
Chris Kraus joins Ohef Sholom Temple as its first director of Family Learning
Ohef Sholom Temple’s Long Range Plan in 2006 envisioned engaging a full-time educator for its Religious School, but it wasn’t until 2013 when the Religious School Strategic Plan called for putting the vision into action. Throughout 2014, Linda Fox-Jarvis, then...
The Mothers Circle empowers women raising Jewish children
Dynamic conversations and religious discussion riveted the Klezmer Room at the Sandler Family Campus with participants of The Mothers Circle. Over the last nine months, 10 women who were not raised Jewish, but are married to Jewish men, de-mystified Judaism, learned...
Hineni! graduates meet with Hofheimers before leaving for Israel
On Tuesday, June 2, Marcia Hofheimer and Joyce Strelitz and family, on behalf of the board of the Tom Hofheimer Fund, hosted the participants of the upcoming Tom Hofheimer Young Adult Mission to Israel for a special nesiah tovah (good journey) gathering. Twenty...
What will the ADL lose when Foxman leaves?
NEW YORK (JTA)—If there’s one thing that can be said of longtime Anti-Defamation League leader Abraham Foxman, who is stepping down this month after nearly 30 years at the helm, it’s that he never holds back from speaking his mind. In an age of canned, anodyne...
Will Iran be able to build nuclear weapons? Your voice matters!
The answer could be determined by the June 30 deadline for a final agreement between Iran and the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany (known as the P5+1 which includes the U.S., UK, China, Russia, France and Germany). The outcome has...
Bonna Devora Haberman, Women of the Wall founder
Bonna Devora Haberman, the founder of Women of the Wall, a group pressing for egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall, has died. Haberman, a Canadian-born scholar, author and activist who lived in Israel and the United States, died Tuesday, June 16 of cancer, The...
Ron Moody, Jewish actor best known for playing Fagin
Ron Moody, a British Jewish actor best known for playing a character historically considered an anti-Semitic stereotype, has died at 91. Moody, who played the Jewish criminal Fagin in the stage and film versions of Oliver, an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Oliver...
Jerrold G. Weinberg
Norfolk —Jerrold G. Weinberg, 87, passed away on Saturday, June 12, 2015 in a local hospital. A native of Norfolk, he was the son of the late Reba Gladstone and Charles P. Weinberg. He was retired as a partner in the Law Firm of Weinberg and Stein. Mr. Weinberg was a...
Melissa Hoffman Schoen
Virginia Beach—Melissa Hoffman Schoen, formerly of Virginia Beach, Va., died December 19, 2014, in her home in Simi Valley, Calif. A native of Norfolk, Missy was the daughter of the late Alan Lewis and Renee Beverly Ornoff Hoffman. She is survived by her husband, Jay...