Spring City, Pa—Marvin “Marvelous Marv” Kuriloff, 94, died Sept. 5, 2020 in Southeastern Pennsylvania Veterans Center, Spring City. He was the husband of the late Claire (Green) Kuriloff. Born in Bronx, N.Y., he was the son of the late Sam and Maude (Crook) Kuriloff....
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Roberta Leibowitz
Virginia Beach—Roberta Leibowitz passed away on September 3, 2020. Roberta leaves many family and friends behind. Her children: Dianne Gallardo and husband Greg; Neil Leibowitz and wife Mary; Lynn Hammond and husband Hutch. Grandchildren: Jessica Warren and husband...
Pansy Donsky Perlman
Norfolk—Pansy Donsky Perlman passed away Thursday, September 3, 2020 at the age of 90. She was born June 22, 1930 in Norfolk, Virginia to Jacob and Jennie Odessky Donsky. Pansy graduated from Maury High School in 1948 and completed her education in 1952 at RPI...
David Metz
Virginia Beach—David Metz, 91, passed away on August 31, 2020 peacefully at his home surrounded by his family at his bedside. He was born to Abraham and Fannie Metz on July 23, 1929 in Brooklyn, N.Y. He is predeceased by his parents, his sister Anna, and brother...
High Holidays 5781 Special Edition
Dear Readers, For the first time in the vast majority of our lifetimes, most of us will ‘attend’ High Holiday services by watching computer screens, tablets, televisions, and perhaps even our phones. While these strange circumstances brought on by the COVID-19...
Ushering in 5781—Resilient Together
It is still hard to believe how much our world has changed in the last six months. How many times have we heard ‘unprecedented,’ and the ‘new normal?’ How many times have we heard the word ‘resilience?’ I happen to believe that ‘resilience’ perfectly describes our...
Rabbi Israel Zoberman of Congregation Beth Chaverim on his appointment by the Virginia Beach City Council to serve on the Virginia Beach Human Rights Commission. It is the first time a rabbi will serve on this commission.
May is Older Americans Month
Monday, May 20 at Simon Family JCC Since 1963, May has been a month to appreciate and celebrate the vitality and aspirations of older adults and their contributions. The theme for Older Americans Month 2013 is “Unleash the Power of Age,” and it has never been more...
Dancing with the Stars at Temple Israel
Sunday, May 19, 5:45 pm Harry and Sue Cohen stepped onto the dance floor as strangers at the Candlelight Supper Club near Ocean View one fateful evening in 1955. Mutual friends suggested they fast dance together. But the bebop stopped. Harry took Sue into his arms for...
Academy Award nominated film The Gatekeepers to show at Naro
Begins May 10 The movie, The Gatekeepers raises profound moral questions through the lens of six retired heads of Israel’s security agency, Israel Security Agency (ISA). It is a powerful, compelling and important movie. While I am neither a moviegoer or movie critic,...
Jewish Family Service offers free two-part series for Adults with ADD and AD/HD
Tuesday, May 28, and Tuesday, June 11, 6:30-7:30 pm Have you have ever felt that you were capable of so much more? When you hear the words lazy, crazy or stupid, do you believe they apply to you? Do you know what needs to be done, but just can’t focus enough to do it?...
Ohef Sholom is Off to the Races
Saturday, June 8, 6 pm Ohef Sholom Temple’s Annual FUNdraiser, formerly known as Casino Night, will be Night at the Races, and it promises to be fun-packed. As guests enter the temple, red velvet ropes will separate them from the “thoroughbreds” who will race later in...
Israel Today Forum features Middle East peace expert just back from Israel
Thursday, May 23, 7 pm Information “hot off the press” is how David Makovsky characterizes what he’ll be discussing at the third and final Israel Today forum at the Simon Family JCC on the Sandler Family Campus in Virginia Beach. Makovsky is flying to Virginia Beach...
Alfred Dreyfus tell his story to HAT students
Last month, fourth and fifth graders at Hebrew Academy of Tidewater were privileged to hear Alfred Dreyfus tell his story of survival during the Shoah. With his son Mark, he told the students that instead of hearing a story of horror and death camps, they were going...
The Sunderlins: Four years and counting at Camp JCC
For Heather Sunderlin, mother of nine-year-old twins, Camp JCC has it all. She works full-time as the director of employee services at Wall, Einhorn & Chernitzer; her husband, Rich, is in the Navy and is often away for weeks; and she wants her sons Dylan and Tyler...
Professionals hear about investing in Israeli start-ups
Thirty business, legal and medical professionals assembled at Vandeventer Black law offices on Wednesday, April 17 to learn about Israeli innovation and the opportunity for Americans to invest in start ups in Israel. According to presenter Brian Rosenzweig of JANVEST,...
Yom HaShoah Holocaust Remembrance reception at Old Dominion University
Students and faculty were guests of Old Dominion University’s Office of Intercultural Relations and Hillel on Monday, April 8, for the Yom HaShoah Holocaust Remembrance reception. Jay Ipson, a holocaust survivor from the Kovno ghetto in Lithuania, and a cofounder/...
New friends and old films— a great “Movie Combo”
Three-dozen women met at Cinema Café in Virginia Beach to make new friends and watch a modernday “classic” on Sunday, April 21. Directed by Barry Levinson, “Avalon” is a coming-of-age story for countless Eastern European Jewish immigrants, who came to the United...
Salute to a dozen Jewish moms for Mother’s Day 2013
NEW YORK (JTA)—What do Golda Meir, Natalie Portman and Aviva Shalit have in common? They’re all on JTA’s Top Jewish Moms list. With Mother’s Day on Sunday, May 12, we present our select group (in alphabetical order but for our final choice): Bella Abzug The first...
Unique collaboration between Jews and Christians at Pro-Israel event
Members of the Jewish and Christian communities shared a special night honoring Israel, and one another, at Virginia Beach’s Rock Church on April 23. Organizations representing the two communities, including Christians United for Israel, the United Jewish Federation...
JCC’s 2013 Israel Festival: Happy 65th!
More than 1,000 people attended Israel’s 65th birthday celebration at the Simon Family JCC on Sunday, April 28. The JCC’s biggest party of the year, Israel Festival celebrates Yom Ha’Atzmaut, the official anniversary of the State of Israel. From main stage musical and...
About This Marathon Week: Reflections from a Norfolk native on five days of terror in Boston
The word Marathon has been used in many ways. ‘It was a marathon effort.’ Thoughts of ancient Greece. But add the word, ‘Boston,’ in front of it, and a jubilant scene of miles of cheering spectators marveling at the heroic efforts of the most athletic to the most...
How shmitta can help us kick the consumerist habit
FALLS VILLAGE, Conn. (JTA)—Judaism is designed to be a person’s operating system, the platform on which other areas of one’s life functions. But for many Jews, religious practice sits on a shelf alongside theater subscriptions, gym memberships and soccer practice,...
Intergenerational study of American Jewish Community launches with United Jewish Federation of Tidewater participating
A new survey launched by Dr. David Elcott and Stuart Himmelfarb explores the attitudes, activities, plans, priorities, and beliefs of Jewish adults 18 and over. The research targets all four adult generational groups (Millennials, Gen X-ers, Boomers and WWII/...
Kurt Rosenbach is recipient of Endowment Achievement Award
The board of directors of the Tidewater Jewish Foundation honored a long-time community leader and Life Trustee, Kurt Rosenbach, with a special award at its March board meeting. Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), the organization that unites Jewish...
Audience discusses Israel’s creation at Step Up film series
Israel’s history is familiar to Rabbi Rosalin Mandelberg. Her mother is from the country, Mandelberg lived there as a student, and she has visited many times. Yet, Mandelberg says she couldn’t help from saying “Wow,” as she watched the film Creation of a State, the...