Lisa Richmon The pandemic surges and lulls before it rises again, but attacks on Israeli peace remains a front burner issue that never lets up. United Jewish Federation of Tidewater continues its partnership with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, known...
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Tokyo Olympics: All the Jewish athletes to watch
Emily Burack (JTA)—The 2020 Tokyo Olympics are finally happening, a full year after they were planned. And yes, they’re still being called the 2020 Olympics, even though they’re happening in 2021. The Jewish athletes competing this year—and there are many—are the...
Jewish life at Beth Sholom Village
Rabbi Adam Ruditsky Beth Sholom Village is not just a long-term care facility or rehab, an assisted living or memory care, but it is a dwelling place for Jewish life. At least that was so for Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, z’’l, who said: “A test of a people is how it...
Mitzvah of the Month at Temple Israel provides help to many throughout the community
Temple Israel participated in another successful Mitzvah of the Month in June by conducting a Jewish Family Service food drive titled, “Bare Necessities.” Members of the congregation donated money, food, and products that families need to survive the summer....
Stuart Arnold Blum
Virginia Beach—Stuart Arnold Blum, 62, passed away on July 7, 2021. Stuart was born to Stanley and Marilyn Blum on November 25, 1958 in Brooklyn, New York. Stuart is preceded in death by his wife, Jaime Spiegel-Blum and his mother, Marilyn Blum. Left to cherish his...
Morton L. Bresenoff
Raleigh, N.C.—Morton L. Bresenoff was born on January 10, 1929 in New York, N.Y. and passed away on July 5, 2021. Graveside service was held at Raleigh Hebrew Cemetery. Brown-Wynne Funeral Home.
Herman Rosenblat, Holocaust memoir fabricator
Herman Rosenblat, a Holocaust survivor who created a scandal by writing a memoir filled with untrue details, has died. Rosenblat died on Feb. 5 and was buried three days later in Hollywood, Fla., The Associated Press reported. He was 85. He created an uproar with his...
Leonard Nimoy, actor who played Spock on Star Trek’
Leonard Nimoy, the actor best known for his role as Spock on Star Trek, died at his home in Los Angeles. The cause of his death Friday, Feb. 27, was end-stage chronic pulmonary disease, The New York Times reported. He was 83. Nimoy’s Spock has proved to be one of the...
Jackie Suissa Muise
Virginia Beach —Jackie Suissa Muise, 77, of the 1100 block of Hubbell Drive, died Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015 in a local hospital. She was a native of Fez, Morocco and was the daughter of the late Maurice and Perla Cohen Suissa. She was a member of Hichal Sholom Temple....
Harry Norkin
Norfolk — Harry Norkin, 93, formerly of Norfolk and most recently of Boynton Beach, Fla., passed away Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015. A native of Philadelphia, he was the son of the late Louis and Rose Norkin. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife Rosalind Green...
Allan Mark Cogan
Norfolk — Allan Mark Cogan, 66, passed away on Sunday, March 1, 2015 in a local hospital. He was the former co-proprietor of Cogan’s in Ghent. Born in Norfolk, he was the son of the late Eulis and Pauline Cogan. Allan graduated from Maury High School in 1966 and...
Sylva Behr Altschul
Norfolk —Sylva Behr Altschul, 96, formerly of Norfolk, died Friday, Feb. 27, 2015 in Silver Spring, Md. Mrs. Altschul was born in Jersey City, N. J., and was the daughter of the late Louis Behr and Bertha Horowitz Behr. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lemuel...
Israel’s global humanitarian efforts highlight of CRC Forum
Sunday, March 15, 7:30 pm Sandler Family Campus The past few months have proven challenging for Dr. Ofer Merin, the featured speaker in the Community Relation Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s upcoming Israel Today Forum. “I’ve had to confront,...
The Maccabeats
Sunday, March 29, 3 pm Performing Arts at the J, presented by Leah Wohl*, presents The Maccabeats, a male a cappella group, performing at the Simon Family JCC. Tickets are going fast, so order now at 321-2338. Adults are $20 or $15 for JCC members; Children are $15 or...
JEC workshop explores meaning of chalutz
What is a “chalutz? ” This is the question that Leon Covitz posed at the recent Jewish Education Council Educators’ Professional Development workshop on Tuesday, Feb. 10. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Covitz is the director of education at Temple Israel and an educator...
Community rolls out support for Operation Hamantaschen
The culinary and creative efforts of the Tidewater Jewish community filled bodies and souls over the Purim holiday this year. An estimated 150 people of all ages came to the Sandler Family Campus on Sunday, Feb. 15 to participate in Operation Hamantaschen. The annual...
A brilliant essay
Jews and Words by Amos Oz and Fania Oz-Salzberger Yale University Press, 2012. 232 pages Jews and Words is not an ordinary book. It is the enchanting outcome of a unique collaborative conversation between a father and daughter. Amos Oz and Fania Oz-Salzberger are both...
Community Relations Council’s 3rd Annual Israel Poster Contest
Vote March 10–March 27 All entries in the Community Relations Council’s 3rd Annual Israel Poster Contest are on display (and available for voting) in the Sandler Family Campus Cardo. Stop by and cast a vote for an Israel Advocacy poster. The display includes the...
Local rabbis say amen to choice of Tidewater Together Scholar-in-Residence 2nd Annual Tidewater Together
Thursday–Sunday, March 26–29, 2015 When Rabbi Sharon Brous arrives in Virginia Beach on March 26 to begin a four day weekend as the 2nd Annual Tidewater Together Scholarin- Residence, she’ll meet a community that’s curious to find out: how does someone earn the title...
Camp
Dear Readers, Summer Camp has a way of impacting campers and counselors in a way, I believe, that only they truly understand. So many children can’t wait to return each year, and the same goes for the staff and counselors. A perfect example of the phrase, “you can...
10 years on Sandler Family Campus: Hebrew Academy of Tidewater Konikoff Center of Learning and the Strelitz Early Childhood Center
In the 1950s, a very determined group of leaders came together with a vision for a Jewish day school for the children of Tidewater. That dream became a reality and the Hebrew Academy of Tidewater opened its doors in Norfolk in 1954–1955. The founding men and women of...
Virginia Legislature passes resolution in support of Israel
Following a rocky start in the Virginia House of Delegates, Del. Brenda Pogge of Williamsburg accepted a substitute resolution by Senator Adam Ebbin of Northern Virginia, which was approved in the Senate, and made its’ way back to the House where it finally earned...
Speaking to Congress, Netanyahu slams ‘bad deal’ with Iran
WASHINGTON (JTA)—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech, in the end, was about reminding Americans that the enemy of your enemy may still be your enemy. He may have lost some friends in the process. Netanyahu spoke before the U.S. Congress on Tuesday,...
Spirituality of matzah balls
Every week my family and I are blessed to have anywhere between five and 20 guests for Shabbos. These guests come from various backgrounds and levels of observance and everyone knows that they are always welcome to come and enjoy a Shabbos meal. Recently, we had a...
Hollande at vandalized cemetery stresses Jews’ place in France
French President Francois Hollande at a visit to a vandalized Jewish cemetery said French Jews still see France as their homeland. “How do we understand the unnameable, the unjustifiable, the unbearable?” Hollande said Tuesday, Feb. 17 at the cemetery in Sarre-Union,...
Lesley Gore, singer of ‘It’s My Party’ fame
Singer-songwriter Lesley Gore, whose hit It’s My Party topped the charts in 1963 when she was 17, has died. Gore died Monday, Feb. 16 of cancer at a New York hospital. She was 68. It’s My Party was nominated for a Grammy Award and sold over 1 million copies. Other...