(JTA)—Jewish voters are set to vote 75% to 22% for Joe Biden, according to a poll by the American Jewish Committee. The poll released Monday, Oct. 19, shows the Democratic nominee expanding his support among Jewish voters from a 67–30 split in a poll last month and it...
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Jewish security officials have a message for election day: Be prepared for violence
(JTA)—On Thursday, Oct. 15, the FBI had a message for Jewish institutions across the country: Prepare for the possibility of violence on Election Day. That was the main takeaway from a webinar hosted by the Secure Community Network, which coordinates security for...
JFS finds new superpowers to help individuals dealing with Isolation 2020
Pandemic isolation affects everyone differently. It’s human kryptonite. Nobody is immune because there is no antidote for the great equalizer—the need for human connection. Since 1946, Jewish Family Service of Tidewater has been fighting isolation-induced illness,...
New Young Leadership Campaign Manager at UJFT
Matthew Kramer-Morning joined United Jewish Federation of Tidewater as Young Leadership Campaign manager this month. Originally from Northern Wisconsin, Matt Kramer-Morning has a diverse background in the professional Jewish world. Most recently, he served in a...
Registration, lawyers and patience: How Jewish groups are protecting voting access in 2020
(JTA)—If you’re in Arizona or Florida and a 585 area code pops up on your phone, you might want to answer: It could be a Jewish volunteer in Rochester, New York, whose mission it is to help you vote. The Greater Rochester Jewish Federation is one of a number of local...
2021 Campaign offering limited-time matching incentive during week of Thanksgiving
Tuesday, November 22 through Giving Tuesday, December 1 The 2021 Community Campaign of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater has come out strong, raising more than $3.4 million in its first four months. In a year which promises to be exceptionally challenging for...
Miller Family Library opens doors to community scholars
Laura and Jerry Miller’s vision of a library, filled with books and learning resources, where anyone in the Tidewater Jewish community can come to learn and study, will begin another chapter in its storied history on October 6. The Laura & Jerry Miller Family...
Kickoff headliner predicts an extraordinary campaign year for Tidewater
The morning after the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s 2014 Annual Campaign Kickoff, phones started ringing and emails started arriving in Campaign staffers offices. “How did he do it? That was amazing? I’ve never been to an event like this before— it was...
Meet the Presidents
Terri Tavss Sarfan, president, Simon Family Jewish Community Center Profession Jack-of -all-trades/ Master of none Education Bachelor of Science in Marketing, Virginia Commonwealth University Family Married to Lonny Sarfan Two daughters: Alex and Stephanie Four-legged...
HAT and Strelitz kick-start the year with important new programs and faculty
It has been an exciting and active summer for the administration and faculty at the Hebrew Academy of Tidewater and Strelitz Early Childhood Center. While many spent the last few months packed with family fun and sensational travel experiences, everyone ultimately...
Daniel A. Strasser
Suffolk—Daniel A. Strasser, 67, died Thursday, August 15, 2013 in his residence. He was a native of the Bronx, N. Y. and a resident of Suffolk for 10 years. He is the son of Irene Groveman Bockoff and the late Joseph Strasser. Mr. Strasser was a graduate of the...
Walter S. Segaloff
Newport News —Walter S. Segaloff died Sunday morning, August 18 leaving a gigantic hole in the fabric of the Virginia Peninsula, the Commonwealth and arguably the nation. While we may never fill that void, Walter’s lifetime of rich and meaningful accomplishments has...
Rosalind Norkin
Norfolk —Rosalind Norkin, 91, of Norfolk, Va. and Boynton Beach, Fla. passed away Thursday, August 15, 2013. A native of Philadelphia, she was the daughter of Isadore and Etta Green. She was a charter member of Temple Israel and its Sisterhood, a life member of...
Samuel J. Kramer
Norfolk —Samuel J. Kramer passed away on August 14, 2013 at the age of 96. He is the last of his generation of Kramers, his parents, Nathan and Mary Kramer having fled the pogroms of Russia to settle in Ithaca. He is predeceased by his wife, Anne G. Kramer, who passed...
Alan Kootner
Norfolk —Alan Kootner, husband of Donna Kootner passed away. Graveside services were held at Mikro Kodesh Cemetery in Chesapeake.
David Raymond Koltun
Norfolk —David Raymond Koltun, age 99, born in New York, N.Y, on Oct. 5, 1913, passed away Friday, August 16, 2013, just six weeks shy of his much look forward to 100th birthday. Dave is survived by his wife of 30 years, Helen; her children and grandchildren, Terri...
Albert Kaplan
Norfolk —Albert Kaplan was born January 13, 1924, at St. Vincent DePaul Hospital on Church Street in Norfolk,Va. His parents were Ida Goldman Kaplan and Sol Kaplan. The family lived in Park Place on 27th Street before moving to the duplex home they built at Gates and...
Dorothy Jean (“Dottie-Jean”) Chenman Goodman Cash
Virginia Beach —Dorothy Jean (“Dottie-Jean”) Chenman Goodman Cash died on Saturday, August 24, 2013. Born in Norfolk in July of 1930, Dottie- Jean was the daughter of the late Leon and Sonia Steiman Chenman, who came to the United States from their native Lithuania to...
Irvin Belkov
Irvin Belkov Virginia Beach —Irvin Belkov, 98, Norfolk native and son of Alex and Fannie Belkov, died peacefully on Tuesday, August 19, 2013 at home. Mr. Belkov is survived by his wife of 73 years, Mona Halprin Belkov, three sons, Arnold, William (Sara) and Charles...
The Days of Awe: Music of Memory and Celebration
Wednesday, Sept. 11, 4:30 -6:30 pm The Afro-Semitic Experience, a band beyond categorization, will perform their special, “soul-driven” music in a concert presented by Old Dominion University’s Institute for Jewish Studies and Interfaith Understanding. The bad is a...
YAD Sukkah Hop
Saturday, Sept. 21, 7 pm The UJFT’s Young Adult Division is hosting a progressive dinner like you’ve never seen before! Join this Sukkah Hop, at the homes of several YADian’s living in Middle Plantation in Virginia Beach. For $10, the evening will include appetizers,...
Tallwood High School to hold golf tournament for Israel exchange program
Thursday, Oct. 3, 11 am When we are consumed with our own culture and way of life, it is sometimes hard to imagine anyone else being intrigued in what is to us, a standard interest. At Tallwood High School’s Global Studies and World Languages Academy in Virginia...
Amos Guiora back by popular demand
Sunday, Sept. 22, 10 am Temple Israel and the Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater invite the community to join them for a free community briefing at the temple. Professor Amos Guiora will share insight on the renewed...
Free 10-day trip to Israel through Birthright
A trip for eligible young adults who have not gone on their free 10-day trip to Israel with Taglit-Birthright Israel, is being offered by Network JCFR. The organization is sending a group of 22–27-year-olds to Israel this winter. Registration opens Sept. 9, so...
Veterans Day event
Monday, Nov. 11, 11 am When the nation celebrates Veterans Day, a solemn ceremony will also take place at the Jewish Veterans Memorial on the Sandler Family Campus of the Tidewater Jewish community. Now three years old, the memorial was created through significant...
Jewish War Veterans chapter has full schedule
At a recent meeting of Jewish War Veterans Post 158 held at the Simon Family JCC, Lt. Cdr. Oliver Herion gave a lecture on being an Explosive Ordnance Demolition Technician in the navy. One might say the discussion was dynamite! Commander Herion also made an...