Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — Louise Glück, a Jewish-American poet who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2020, died Friday, Oct. 13. She was 80. Acclaimed since the 1970s for poetry that filtered personal and feminist themes through classical mythological,...
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Solidarity for Israel demonstrated at Sandler Family Campus
Stephanie Peck Jewish Tidewater gathered in support of Israel on Tuesday, October 10, three days after the tiny nation was brutally attacked. Nearly 500 people, including many political dignitaries, attended the Community Solidarity Gathering for Israel to condemn the...
Lee & Bernard Jaffe Family Jewish Book Festival 2023
For more than 40 years, this annual celebration of Jewish authors, books, and ideas has featured authors from a variety of backgrounds who have written about a diverse array of topics, providing the community with opportunities to engage with bestselling and...
Letter – Israel’s Dilemma
On October 7, 50 years after the last unprovoked mass enemy incursion into the sovereign state of Israel, hundreds of Hamas terrorists entered southern Israel from Gaza with the intent to murder as many Jews – mostly civilians – as possible and to kidnap hundreds of...
A view from Israel
Liz Dovrat Where to start? How do you describe the terror, horror, and devastation of the last few days? It feels similar to how I processed the first shutdown of COVID-19, but with a knot of terror and sadness. My internal dialogue from the first day or two: My...
Jewish News Supplement – Legal and Estate Planning
Sarah Schloss
Suffolk—Sarah Schloss, 74, of Suffolk, Virginia, passed away on January 29, 2023. Sarah was born on January 29, 1949, in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was the daughter of Phillip C. and Adrienne Ball. Sarah graduated from Mt. Healthy High School in Cincinnati and attended the...
Florence S. Tavss
Virginia Beach—Florence S. Tavss was born in the Bronx in 1926 to Henry and Lillian Schonholt. She died January 31 at the age of 96. She was raised in Norfolk where she graduated with an associate degree from William and Mary. It was there that she met and married her...
Dr. Joel Norman Zaba
Norfolk—Dr. Joel Norman Zaba of Norfolk, 78, passed away in his home on February 1, 2023 with his wife Diane, friend Tricia and his loving four dogs by his side. Born to the late Benjamin Zaba and Rubye Hillman Zaba in Norfolk, Joel graduated from Maury High School in...
30th Annual Virginia Festival of Jewish Film: February 23–March 1, 2023
30th Annual Virginia Festival of Jewish Film February 23–March 1, 2023 The Virginia Festival of Jewish Film, presented by Alma & Howard Laderberg, marks its 30th Anniversary with another exciting line-up of five films. This year’s films include topics as...
Alleging exclusion, Jewish faculty boycott James Madison University’s Holocaust commemoration event
(JTA)—An event that took place at James Madison University on Thursday, Jan. 26 to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day was scheduled to feature lectures about the legacies of Auschwitz and the intersection between white supremacy and antisemitism. There was...
JScreen’s fourth annual Jewish Genetic Screening Awareness Week
February 5–11 Atlanta, Ga.—A national non-profit public health initiative dedicated to preventing genetic diseases, JScreen’s fourth annual Jewish Genetic Screening Awareness Week is taking place Sunday, Feb. 5 to Saturday, Feb. 11. Initiated in 2020 with...
Association of Holocaust Organizations’ winter conference offers insights and opportunities
One of the first items of business when someone is new to a role is to reach out to colleagues in the field to better understand how things work and learn best practices. I was fortunate to have the beginning of my tenure as director of United Jewish Federation of...
Dear Readers: Investing and Retiring
Dear Readers, Last month I listened to an Apple News In Conversation podcast featuring an interview with Steve Lopez, author of Independence Day: What I Learned About Retirement From Some Who’ve Done It and Some Who Never Will. In his mid-60s and considering...
Preparing for retirement: Investing in your personal future
The question looms for most everyone in the workforce: When will I know I’m financially prepared to retire? Jeffrey S. Chernitzer, CPA/PFS (Personal Financial Specialist), a wealth advisor with Buckingham Strategic Wealth, agreed to offer Jewish News readers some...
Filling days with family, friends, and activities: Stephanie Adler Calliott
Jewish News: Where were you educated? Stephanie Adler Calliott: I attended the University of Maryland College Park and had the best four years as a Terp. My college roomies and I are still very close. JN: What was your work history? SAC: When I graduated from college,...
Playing a good balance: Bernie Mayer
Jewish News: Where are you from and where were you educated? Bernie Mayer: I am from Cincinnati, Ohio. My undergraduate degree was from Miami University (Ohio), and I completed my Master of Science in Social Work at The University of Louisville (Kent School of Social...
Interests are important: Edward H. Karotkin, MD
Jewish News: Where were you educated? Edward Karotkin: I earned my Bachelor of Science degree at Union College, Schenectady, New York; and attended medical school at Wake Forest, formerly Bowman Gray School of Medicine. JN: What was your work history? EK: I have been...
Never too old for this puzzler: Sandra Lefcoe
New chapters and challenges seem to have always been the norm for Sandee Lefcoe. During the early years of her marriage, for example, she worked at the University of Virginia Hospital in Recreational Therapy in the psychiatric unit. Then, with one of her best friends,...
Teens learn about and practice charitable giving
The B’nai Tzedek Teen Philanthropy Program encourages teens to become involved in tzedakah by establishing a fund for Jewish charitable giving. The program also aims to help teens explore what Jewish values are important to them for positively impacting the world....
Jewish community of Tidewater gets down to the Tachlis—the brass tacks
Zack Bodner, CEO of the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto, Calif., spends much of his time reflecting on how to ensure that Jewish life remains meaningful, relevant, and joyful for future generations. Through reflections and conversations with colleagues and friends,...
JCC Youth Basketball League earns cheers during ODU game
The Old Dominion University men’s basketball team played Georgia State on their home turf at Chartway Arena in Norfolk on Thursday, Jan. 19. But for many in attendance, the highlight of the evening came at halftime: When young athletes from the Simon Family JCC Youth...
Jewish Community Relations Council and Holocaust Commission have new directors
After a national search, United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s program department started 2023 with new directors for its Holocaust Commission and Jewish Community Relations Council. Both directors quickly immersed themselves in their roles with projects and events....
JCC Seniors— Great people, great programs, great space
The new membership year for the JCC Seniors Club is off to a great start, due in part to its active year in 2022. There is so much going on with this mainly retired and very active group that it’s hard to know where to start or who to feature. Here are a few...
New Year, New You series aims to help people reach 2023 health goals
Michael Roizen: Wednesday, Feb. 15, 12 pm, online, free Michelle Segar: Wednesday, March 15, 12 pm, Sandler Family Campus, $12 (includes lunch) To assist people in achieving their health goals in 2023, United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Lee and Bernard...
Lisa Barr, author of New York Times bestselling novel, Woman on Fire, to speak in Tidewater
Wednesday, March 21, 12 pm Chrysler Museum of Art Woman on Fire, a New York Times bestseller, is a gripping tale of a young ambitious journalist embroiled in an international art scandal centered around a Nazi-looted masterpiece. The situation forces the...