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RBG: One Justice for All

RBG: One Justice for All

The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg prompted an emotionally charged deep-dive into her body of work and personal life, including her 20-year long relationship with personal trainer Bryant Johnson. At 67, Ginsburg, aka ‘Notorious RBG,’ who was appointed by President...

France Levy Birshtein

Norfolk—Frances Levy Birshtein, 81, passed away peacefully with her family by her side in Norfolk, Virginia on September 28, 2020. The daughter of the late Fannie and Hyman Davis, she was born Frances Anne Davis on February 8, 1939 in Manhattan and spent her early...

Doris Riemer Friedman

Norfolk—Our amazing mom and special force of nature, Doris Friedman, left this earth on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. She was surrounded by her loving family, and that’s exactly what she would have wanted. She was beautiful both inside and out...

Howard Earl Gold

Winter Park, Fla.—Howard Earl Gold, age 81, of Winter Park, passed away on Thursday, September 24, 2020, at AdventHealth Winter Park. Howard was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, a son of the late David and Julia Cohen Gold. He was a graduate of the University of...

Julian H. Gutterman

Virginia Beach—Julian was born on November 13, 1930 in Flandreau, SD, the son of Simon and Satoris Weinberg Gutterman, and died on September 27, 2020. He graduated from Flandreau High School in 1948 where he played in the marching band for four years. Julian continued...

Tidewater is instrumental in improving life for disabled Israelis

At a luncheon in Virginia Beach last month, visiting Israeli Avital Sandler-Loeff described how difficult it can be to live with a physical disability in Israel. “Think about Jerusalem,” Sandler-Loeff says. “Now try to imagine yourself in a wheelchair going in the old...

Engraver etches wrong birth year on Ed Koch stone

A tombstone engraver made Ed Koch nearly two decades younger after carving the wrong birth year into the New York City mayor’s granite slab. Tommy Flynn of Flynn Funeral & Cremation Memorial Centers Inc. transposed two numbers in Koch’s birth year, making him born...

Evelyn Kozak, world’s oldest Jewish person

Evelyn Kozak, the world’s oldest Jewish person, died in New York at the age of 113. Kozak, who was also the world’s seventh oldest person, died last week, a day after having a heart attack. She would have been 114 in August. She was born on the Lower East Side of...

Yoram Kaniuk, Israeli author and journalist

JERUSALEM (JTA)—Yoram Kaniuk, an acclaimed author and journalist who had the designation Jewish removed from his Israeli identification card, has died. Kaniuk died Saturday, June 8 after fighting cancer for many years. He was 83. Born and raised in Tel Aviv, Kaniuk...

Jack Weintraub

Sarasota, Fla .—Jack Weintraub, 91, of died May 28, 2013. Born in Brooklyn, Jack kept moving south from New Jersey to Portsmouth, Va. to Columbia, S.C. and to Sarasota Fla. In Florida for 30+ years, he continued a career as a Jewish Federation volunteer, and as a...

Stanley Weigen

Virginia Beach —Stanley Weigen passed away on Monday, June 10, 2013 in Paris, France while on vacation with his beloved wife, Frances Birshtein Weigen. He was the adoring father and father-inlaw of Maureen Weigen-Liebovitz, Janet and Norman Shiner. He was the son of...

Honoring the graves of Tidewater Jewish veterans on Memorial Day

The flags flutter again from the gravestones of Jewish veterans of Tidewater because a team of patriots and veterans met at local Jewish cemeteries to honor these heroes. “We should have the veterans of our community in our mind all year round,” says Jim Eilberg, a...

Bringing Israel Home

Sunday, August 11, 5 pm Calling all rising college freshmen, currently enrolled college students, recent graduates and Birthright alumni. Your peers who are planning an upcoming event want to see you in August! The Community Relations Council of the United Jewish...

Stacey Neuman and David Aikman on their wedding, which took place May 19, 2013 at the Cavalier Yacht and Golf Club. Stacey and David will reside in Charlottesville, Va. Stacey is the daughter of Terry and Bob Neuman of Maitland, Fla. David is the son of Marlene and...

Virginia Mann on her 100th birthday on May 31, 2013. She is the proud mother of Susan Levine and Robin Grandle. A party was held at Beth Sholom Village in the birthday girl’s honor.

Dr. Lawrence Levin, chief of cardiology at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, was recently honored in the New York Times Sunday edition. He was chosen one of the city’s “Super Doctors.” Levin is in private practice and is affiliated with New York...

Vergie McCall on being named Beth Sholom Village Volunteer of the year. A dedicated volunteer at BSV for nine years, she leads two Torah study classes a month and has created a newly introduced program to BSV titled Women of the Torah. This new program will help...

YAD at Tides

Sunday, July 14—Tailgating Party: 4 pm; Tides Game: 6:05 pm Join the Young Adult Division (YAD) of the UJFT for an exciting afternoon at the ballpark! For the second year in a row, YAD is throwing a tailgating party and then heading to see the Tides take on the...

Briefly Noted: Summer Reading Especially for Baseball Fans

Is This a Great Game, or What? Tim Kurkjian St. Martin’s Press, 2007 255 pages, $24.95 ISBN-10:0-312-36223-4 ESPN’s Tim Kurkjian autographed his book: “Hal, to a great Jewish Commander, and a lifelong Yankee fan.” For that alone one is compelled to recommend it,...

JCC Annual Presidents’ Cup Golf Tournament

The Simon Family JCC’s Third Annual Presidents’ Cup Golf Tournament was an enormous success despite the inclement weather. Close to 100 golfers braved the elements to show their support of the JCC and its mission. The 2013 tournament surpassed all expectations, both...

Strelitz Preschool students learn what it means to repair the world

Learning the values of tikkun olam, repairing the world, the Strelitz Early Childhood Center students created projects that have an impact on the Sandler Family Campus, the Tidewater community, and to Israel. This “home grown” approach took place right in the campus...

Melton holds 11th graduation

When this year’s 13 Melton graduates received their certificates, they joined a group of 170 proud adults in the community who have completed the first two years of the Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning. The students, who took weekly classes at the Simon...