Chesapeake—Sammy Sandler, 74, passed away November 19, 2020 in Virginia Beach, Va. Online condolences can be expressed to the family by visiting www.vacremationsociety.com.
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COMING SOON! 8 Days of Hot Hanukkah Deals
Every day from Friday, December 11 through Friday, December 18, there will be a different "Hanukkah Hot Deal," including discounts for Camp JCC, the Cardo Cafe, the JCC, Virginia Festival of Jewish Film, Melton School, and more. Visit the UJFT Facebook page and...
Stein Family College Scholarship set to open December 1
Now in its 11th year, the Stein Family College Scholarship will begin accepting applications on December 1, 2020 for the 2021-2022 academic year. The annual grant for Jewish students in Tidewater provides a scholarship of up to $10,000 a year for college tuition. The...
Raising awareness of the benefits of Hospice and Palliative Care
Freda H. Gordon Hospice & Palliative Care Celebrates November as National Hospice and Palliative Care Month Throughout November, Freda H. Gordon Hospice & Palliative Care joined organizations across the nation hosting community activities in recognition of...
New director for UJFT’s Jewish Community Relations Council
Rabbi Batya Glazer has been building relationships between the Jewish community and representatives of faith and ethnic communities through dialogue, working in coalition, and educational programming for years. She says she finds these relationships to be “an...
Tikkun Olam at Temple Israel: feeding the hungry during COVID
Not many people (if any) have fields to harvest or vineyards to glean, but as Jews, can still perform the mitzvah of Pe’ah by feeding the hungry—and Temple Israel does, generously and often, in gifts to Mazon, the Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund, and its annual High Holy...
David Stephen Waranch
Norfolk —David Stephen Waranch, 63, of the 800 block of W. Princess Anne Road, died Friday, Oct. 18, 2013 in his residence. He was a native and lifelong resident of Norfolk and was the son of the late Sam and Ann Wise Waranch. He graduated from Maury High School and...
Jacqueline Stern Marten
Virginia Beach —Jacqueline Stern Marten, 90, died peacefully on Oct. 9, 2013. Born in New York City on May 3, 1923, Jacqueline was predeceased by her beloved husband Albert with whom she shared 52 years of a marriage filled with extraordinary love and devotion....
Virginia Dorothy Lewis Mann
Virginia Beach —Virginia Dorothy Lewis Mann, of Virginia Beach, Va., AKA “the smiling lady wearing the hat” passed away Monday, Oct. 7, 2013 at Beth Sholom Home, where she had resided for the past seven years. Born in Toledo, Ohio on May 31, 1912, she was the eldest...
Pearl Decker Forman
Virginia Beach —Pearl Decker Forman, 94, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013. Pearl was born in South Norfolk, Va., often called Berkley. She was one of two daughters and two sons of Benjamin (Ben) and Jennie Decker. Pearl attended Henry Clay Elementary School,...
Armond Caplan
Virginia beach —Armond Caplan, real estate developer, family man, and philanthropist, died Oct. 9, 2013 after a short illness at the age of 101. Armond was the third oldest of six children of Louis and Tillie Caplan. He was born on June 22, 1912 in Portsmouth, Va. He...
Dr. Gary Zola at Ohef Sholom Temple for Scholar in Residence
Friday, Nov. 15–Sunday, Nov. 17 Ohef Sholom Temple’s 2013 Marvin and Lillian Davis Scholar in Residence Weekend will feature Dr. Gary P. Zola, associate professor of the American Jewish Experience at Hebrew Union College- Jewish Institute of Religion and executive...
Temple Israel getting dressed up for first-ever derby
Saturday, Nov. 16, 7:30–10 pm Giddy up, Hampton Roads! Temple Israel is dressing up and placing bets for a night at the races when the synagogue hosts its first-ever Temple Israel Derby. The fast-paced action will happen inside “Brody Downs” (formerly Brody...
Hal’s Navy: Just added—Special Jewish Book Festival event
Wednesday, Nov. 6, 7 pm Hal’s Navy by Cdr. Harold Sacks, USN (Ret.) A literature-loving Jewish boy from the Bronx, Hal Sacks joined the U.S. Navy for a three-year stint and ended up serving his country for 20 years. Along the way he fought in the Korean and Vietnam...
7th Annual YAD-Chabad Shabbat — Friday, Nov. 8
YAD and Chabad are teaming up for the seventh consecutive year to celebrate Shabbat. Dinner and lots of l’chaims are sure to make a great evening. Supervised playroom will be provided for children. $10 per adult; $5 per child. Chabad House is located at 1920 Colley...
Israeli Youth Ambassadors at Tallwood High School visit Simon Family JCC
Wednesday, Oct. 30, 3:30–4:30 pm Join the Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater and the Children and Family department of the Simon Family JCC to welcome Israeli Youth Ambassadors in their annual student exchange with Tallwood High...
Veterans Day Memorial service at Sandler Family Campus
Monday, Nov. 11, 11 am The Jewish War Veterans Monument on the Reba and Sam Sandler Campus of the Tidewater Jewish community was a dream come true for many local veterans. The Tidewater Jewish Foundation invites the community to attend its annual Veterans Day Memorial...
Matthew Levitt author of HEZBOLLAH: The Global Footprint of Lebanon’s Party of God
Monday, Nov. 4, 7 pm Hezbollah provides a thorough examination of the group’s covert activities beyond Lebanon’s borders , including its financial networks and its criminal and terrorist oper a t ions worldwide. With previously unreported material printed in this...
Global Day of Jewish Learning author personalizes boundaries of Judaism
Sunday, Nov. 17, 1–3 pm The Simon Family JCC will celebrate Jewish heritage through Jewish-based learning in conjunciton with 350 communities worldwide as part of the Global Day of Jewish Learning. Conceived to mark the completion of Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz’s historic...
Russ & Daughters
Russ & Daughters Reflections and Recipes from the House that Herring Built Mark Russ Federman Foreword by Calvin Trillin Schocken, 2013 205 pages, 25.95 ISBN 978-0-8052-4294-2 What are Anthony Bourdain, Oliver Sacks and Martha Stewart in total agreement on? You...
Autobiography of a Delicatessen—Katz’s
Autobiography of a Delicatessen—Katz’s Photographs by Baldomero Fernanadez Text by Jake Dell Bauer & Dean, 2013 383 pages, $39.95 ISBN 978-0-9838632-6-7 This autobiography is a wonderful photo album of a New York City landmark; plus a few dozen pages of text...
Israel to Go-Look and Cook Book
Israel to Go-Look and Cook Book Lara Doel, editor Lunch Box Press, 2013 119 pages Taglit-Birthright Israel sends Jewish adults between the ages of 18 to 26 to Israel to strengthen individual Jewish identity. The program has been a very successful partnership between...
Four on food—briefly noted
Jerusalem, a Cookbook Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, 2013 320 pages, $35 ISBN 978-1-60774-394-1 For months this at once beautiful and practical cookbook (covered in plastic so food and liquid stains can be easily wiped off) was among this...
Hal’s Navy
Cdr. Harold H. Sacks, USN (ret) Parke Press 2013 220 pages $19.95 (paper) ISBN 978-0-9883969-3-7 Baby boomers and pop culture fans may remember a hit sitcom that ABC aired in the 1960s— McHale’s Navy. The series, which ran for four years, was filmed in black and white...
Isaac: the mediocre patriarch
Almost the entire career of our Father Isaac is recorded in parashat Toledot. It begins, “V’ele toledot Yitschak ben Avraham; Avraham holid et Yitschak.” (“Now, this is the story of Isaac son of Abraham; Abraham sired Isaac.”) Other than his birth and early childhood,...
Meet the Presidents: Marcia Samuels, president, Jewish Family Service
Profession I am a licensed clinical psychologist in a private practice in Norfolk. Education Undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia; master’s and doctorate degrees from Florida Institute of Technology. Family Married to David Kamer Two children, Olivia...