Originally published in the May 31, 2021 issue. Mazel tov to Rabbi Rosalin Mandelberg on receiving her Honorary Doctorate on Thursday, May 27 from Hebrew Union College—Jewish Institute of Religion for 25 years in the rabbinate.
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Mazel Tov, Rabbi Israel Zoberman
Originally published in the May 31, 2021 issue. Mazel tov to Rabbi Israel Zoberman for having Congresswoman Elaine G. Luria insert his article on the 73rd anniversary of the State of Israel into the Congressional Record. In addition, Congressman A. Donald McEachin...
Mazel Tav, Avi and Chana Horowitz
Originally published in the May 31, 2021 issue. Mazel tov to Avi and Chana Horowitz on the birth of their daughter. Chana’s parents are Amy and Jeffrey Brooke and her grandparents are Bina and Herb Zukerman and Elli and Leonard Brooke. Avi’s mother is Linda...
“There is much left unsaid” Mimi Lemay says about book following her viral essay to her transgender son
Originally published in the May 10, 2021 issue. Wednesday, May 12, noon, via Zoom, free Robyn Sidersky After Mimi Lemay wrote a letter to her son, Jacob, she realized she had more to say. The letter, turned into an essay that went viral, led her to write a book, What...
Hallie Ephron to discuss her latest novel, a combo of Marie Kondo and murder
Originally published in the May 10, 2021 issue. Thursday, May 13, 7:30 pm, Zoom, free Robyn Sidersky Hallie Ephron didn’t start writing until she was 40, and published her first book 10 years later. Unlike the rest of her immediate family, she didn’t initially want...
Family Havdalah and magic with Ohef Sholom Temple
Originally published in the May 10, 2021 issue. Saturday, May 15, 6 - 7:30 pm, Ohef Sholom Temple parking lot Cantor Jen will lead Havdalah at Ohef Sholom Temple’s first in-person, outdoor event of 2021. Bring chairs or blankets and a picnic style dinner to enjoy...
Jewish Education Night celebrates teachers and Jewish learning in Tidewater
The emphasis placed on Jewish learning in Tidewater was evident both in the number of people honored and the representation of many facets of the community at Jewish Education Night on May 19. Professional, volunteer and youth educators were honored at the annual...
Women’s Cabinet celebrates success at Annual Lunch
The United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Women’s Cabinet thanked outgoing members and welcomed those coming in to serve a three-year term during the Annual Spring Lunch on May 12 at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art. Jodi Klebanoff, outgoing chair, welcomed...
Dana Cohen receives 2015–2016 Stein Family College Scholarship of the Tidewater Jewish Foundation
A busy senior at Kempsville High School, if Dana Cohen is not tutoring second graders at an elementary school as part of her involvement with National Honor Society, she might be found in the yearbook office at school where she’s worked since her sophomore year. Or...
Congregation Beth El 10th Confirmands explore Jewish identity
On Saturday, May 16, Jaden Baum, Hannah Foleck, Olivia Kamer, Maya Lipton and Matthew Specht celebrated their Confirmation at Beth El with their teachers Leon Covitz and Rabbi Jeffrey Arnowitz. The 10th graders led nearly every part of the service and read almost all...
Don’t hibernate — Be a BEAR Mentor
Sixty-six earth year trips around our sun, travelling at the velocity of about 18.5 miles per second, constitutes the official age of retirement in the United States. By this time, most people are quite aware of the toll such a journey has on one’s body. It can be a...
Houston floods inundate Jewish homes and two synagogues
(JTA)—Two synagogues and the homes of countless Jewish residents were damaged in the floods that swept through Houston last month, inundating homes and businesses, sweeping away cars and leaving at least five people dead. Shirley (85) and Jack Alter (87), a Jewish...
Tom Hofheimer loved getting young people to Israel
Our last article spoke about the Fund’s expanding its horizons and the past 10 years witness to a sea change in emphasis. An important grant was given to ORT Israel for an innovative and award-winning volunteer program to bring “sunshine to hospitalized young Jewish,...
Enough already
Few Torah readings underscore the limitations of human nature—even those of our greatest leaders—as does Parashat Beha’alotekha (Numbers 8 through 12), read last Shabbat. A literary analysis of chapter 11 especially shows us Moses in all his flawed and very real...
Body of Israeli hiker retrieved by army buddies in Nepal
The body of Israeli hiker Or Asraf was retrieved from a remote area of Nepal and was returned to Israel. The Israel rescue teams on Monday, May 4 took the body extracted from a rocky mountainside in the Langtang area and airlifted it to Kathmandu. It was flown to...
Dave Goldberg, husband of Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg
Dave Goldberg, the CEO of Survey Monkey and husband of Lean In author Sheryl Sandberg, died suddenly after exercising while on vacation. Goldberg, 47, was at a resort in Mexico on Friday, May 1 with family and friends, The New York Times reported. The cause of death...
Helen Elkin
VIRGINIA BEACH—Helen Elkin, age 93 passed away at Sentara Life Care Center on May 5, 2015. Born Sept. 24, 1921 in Brooklyn, N.Y., she lived in Far Rockaway, Queens, N.Y. and worked as an executive legal secretary at Cravath, Swain and Moore for 16 years, until...
Dolores Becker
Virginia Beach —Dolores Becker, 82, beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away on Friday, April 24, at Sentara Virginia Beach Hospital. She was born on October 4, 1932 in Philadelphia, Pa., daughter of the late George and Faye Jaffee. She was a...
A conversation about a final resting place
Almost 10 years ago, As Ed and I turned 60, we began to talk about death. Not in a grim sort of way, but simply about where we wanted to be buried and how to make decisions that would free our children from having to deal with these matters at a naturally stressful...
Denise Hoffman: a VBCPS Volunteer of the Year
More than 22,000 individuals served as volunteers in Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) during the 2014–2015 school year, donating more than 690,000 hours of service, valued at $15,562,883. On Thursday, April 30, at VBCPS’ annual community celebration of these...
Beth and Barry Dorsk on the engagement of their son, Justin to Erin Giblock. Justin is the grandson of Robert Dorsk of blessed memory and Peggy Dorsk, Jack Koonan of blessed memory and Barbara Krampf. Erin is the daughter of John and Cindy Giblock, and granddaughter...
Rabbi Israel Zoberman, spiritual leader of Congregation Beth Chaverim, on his article on Yom HaShoah and Yom HaAtzmaut being inserted into the Congressional Record by Congressman Scott Rigell.
Younger players in this year’s JCC Golf Tournament
Monday, June 1, noon Heron Ridge Golf Club Some young arms will be swinging clubs at the Simon Family JCC’s 5th Annual Presidents’ Cup Golf Tournament. Eric and Bill Miller, along with Evan Levitt, JCC development director, have recruited players who are under 35...
Jewish Museum and Cultural Center announces Summer Music Series “Wonderful Wednesdays”
Pavel Ilyashov: Wednesday, June 17 Virginia Chorale: Wednesday, July 1 Tidewater Guitar Quartet: Wednesday, July 15 Anders-Aguirre Trio: Wednesday, August 12 Adagio Trio: Wednesday, August 26 The 7th Annual Summer Music Series, “Wonderful Wednesdays” at the Jewish...
Noah’s Ark Family Fun Day at Beth El
On Sunday, April 26, Beth El Synagogue hosted a Noah’s Ark themed Family Fun Day. Open to the community, more than 40 families with infants to grandparents attended. With decorations courtesy of Leslie Siegel, there was something for all to enjoy. Whether it was...
No practical solutions
America in Retreat: The New Isolationism and the Coming Global Disorder Bret Stephens Sentinel, 2014 269 pages, $27.95 ISBN 978-1-59184-662-8 Bret Stephens, is a Pulitzer Prize winning correspondent and deputy editorial page editor of the Wall Street Journal and...