Stephanie Peck This year celebrates the sixth, worldwide Reverse Tashlich, an effort to tackle the global pollution problem by cleaning up our waterways. Tashlich comes from the Hebrew word, meaning “to cast.” Each Rosh Hashanah, Jews cast away their sins during the...
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B’nai Israel welcomes new rabbi
Stephanie Peck At first glance, Rabbi Shlomo Eisenberg, B’nai Israel Congregation’s new rabbi, looks like a yeshiva student. Tall and lean, he has a generous smile and a warm welcome. After a few minutes of conversation, however, his composure and focus suggest a...
Sam Sachs “brings the party” to a party celebrating life after cancer.
Lisa Richmon Few would deny that Jenny Sachs can hold her own. She’s a mom, practicing psychologist, and singer in a five-person band with her husband Matthew, a child and adult psychiatrist. During the pandemic, Sam, their 11-year-old son and only child, was...
Tidewater teens compete in JCC Maccabi Games in Florida
Stephanie Peck Ten teen athletes from Tidewater travelled to Fort Lauderdale, Fla. to participate in the JCC Association of North America’s 41st Maccabi Games last month. Along with Tom Edwards, athletics director for the Simon Family JCC, these teens braved the...
Jewish Family Service: Outreach during the holidays
Stephanie Peck Among its many activities, Jewish Family Service attempts to make all the major Jewish holidays better for those who might need a bit of a boost or metaphorical hug. Prior to Rosh Hashanah, for example, Jewish Family Service will deliver holiday gift...
Beach Community Shul built on passion
Following four years of service to Orlando’s Jewish community, Rabbi Meir and Adina Lessoff have brought their passion and commitment to Virginia Beach. Their mission: to reach Jews in search of a deeper connection to their heritage. Arriving as newcomers to Virginia...
Your district, your vote: Virginia Beach’s new election system
Changes were recently made to Virginia Beach’s election system. In this year’s election on November 8, voters will only be able to select a city Council and a School Board representative who represents the specific district where a given voter resides. The previous...
For this year’s Sukkot, peace and Jewish agricultural law had Morocco’s etrog industry blossoming
(JTA)—A bumper crop of etrogs took a more direct route to Israel this year, thanks to a historic confluence of geopolitics and religious observance. Once home to the largest Jewish community in the Arab world, Morocco has a long history producing the citrus fruit used...
Tidewater Chavurah’s most recent mitzvah
Under the well-organized leadership of Adele Muller and Carol Smith, another Mitzvah was carried out and “is in the books.” A group of Tidewater Chavurah members prepared and fed a nutritious dinner at the Judeo Christian Outreach Center. They served baked rigatoni...
Rosh Hashanah with the ShinShinim
In Tidewater for a little more than a month, ShinShinim Aya Sever and Alma Ben Chorin are engaging community members of all ages. Since mid-September, the two Israelis have been busy celebrating and teaching about the Jewish holidays, adding an Israeli flair to...
Travel in time and explore Israel with Joe Perlov
Wednesday, October 26, 7:30 pm Sandler Family Campus Veteran educator and Israeli map expert Joe Perlov will offer the opportunity to go back in time to the founding of the State of Israel as he guides an interactive exploration of the nation’s map. Perlov’s...
Benji Lovitt: Stand-Up Comedy: What War Zone?
Tuesday, November 1 6 pm (Dinner), 6:30 pm (Show) Ohef Sholom Temple Benji Lovitt presents a hilarious picture of Israel by deconstructing cultural differences and the immigrant experience in Israel. Audiences laugh out loud as he sheds light on embarrassing Hebrew...
Unfolding Nature: Dancing Through Waves
JCC’s Leon Family Gallery Exhibit through October. Interdisciplinary artist Shony Rivnay’s art is on display in the Leon Family Gallery. The exhibit is presented by the Jewish Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, Simon Family JCC,...
First responder at Chernobyl nuclear disaster to speak at Jewish Book Festival
Community conversation: Monday, November 7, 12 pm Sandler Family Campus Russian speakers conversation: Monday, November 7, 2 pm Sandler Family Campus While the world watches, fighting has continued around the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine since...
Dan Grunfeld: By the Grace of the Game: The Holocaust, a Basketball Legacy, and an Unprecedented American Dream
Holocaust Commission pick for Lee & Bernard Jaffe Family Jewish Book Festival Wednesday, November 2, 7:30 pm Sandler Family Campus Basketball was first included as a medal event in the Summer Olympics in 1936 in Berlin. During those Olympics, Hitler showed...
Be A Reader literacy program needs volunteers
The Jewish Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Be a Reader (BeAR) program is out of hibernation and heading back into schools at the end of October. Returning to the classroom means BeAR needs more volunteers. Just an hour a week...
Ohef Sholom Temple to celebrate Charles Woodward’s 40th year as music director
Friday, October 28, 6:30 pm, Ohef Sholom Temple During Shabbat Services and at a festive Oneg Shabbat, Charles (Chuck) Woodward will be honored for his 40 years as Ohef Sholom Temple’s music director. Known throughout Tidewater as a choral conductor and keyboard...
Wiesenthal
Tuesday, November 15, 7 pm, Wells Theater A one-man show, this is the inspiring true story of Simon Wiesenthal filled with hope, humanity, and humor. Sometimes referred to as the “Jewish James Bond,” he devoted his life to bringing more than 1,000 Nazi war criminals...
Lolly Pearl Bernstein
Norfolk—Lolly Pearl Bernstein, 99, passed September 17, 2022. Born in Norfolk to Jacob and Jennie Donsky, she was raised in Colonial Place, was a graduate of Granby High School, a widow of Elmer Bernard Bernstein, and lifelong member of Temple Israel. She is survived...
Hyman Brooke
Norfolk—Hyman Brooke (Hymie), born May 7, 1923, passed away on Sunday, October 9, 2022 after a short illness. Born and raised in Norfolk, he graduated early from Maury High School and attended the Norfolk Division of the College of William and Mary. His studies were...
Rochelle “Shelly” Brown
Virginia Beach—Shelly Brown died peacefully at home in Virginia Beach, Virginia, one day before her 89th birthday. She was born and raised in Sydney, Nova Scotia, as Rochelle Gaum, where she and her sister Eleanor were sometimes mistaken for their British royal...
Hyman Cohen
Virginia Beach—Age 96! Hyman Cohen of Virginia Beach, Va. Hy Cohen was a loving, compassionate, generous, and absolutely adored pillar of his family and community. A wonderful father, husband, grand, and great-grandfather. “Hy” was a mensch with a jester’s wit who...
Milton Reid
Norfolk—Milton J. Reid, 90, died Monday, October 3, 2022 after several month of declining health. His beloved wife, Judy, and his children and grandchildren were by his side when he peacefully passed away. Milton was born in the Bronx, New York, on June 1, 1932 the...
Marcia Schwan
Norfolk—Marcia Solomon Schwan, devoted wife, loving mother, and artist who resided in Tidewater for nearly 70 years, died on September 21, 2022 at the age of 92. Born May 12, 1930 in Baltimore, Maryland to Dr. Samuel Solomon and Sara S. Solomon, Marcia graduated from...
Esther Stark
Norfolk—Esther Stark of Norfolk, Virginia, passed away on October 5, 2022 at age 100. She was the daughter of the late Morris and Jennie Stam Lesser and was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 46 years, Louis Stark and sister, Freida Goldstein. She was a...
Marty Einhorn Pavilion’s dedication brings community together— in a new, outdoor structure
The dedication of the Marty Einhorn Pavilion took place on a practically perfect Sunday morning earlier this month. The bright blue sky hosted puffy white clouds, the jazz sounds of the Jimmy Master’s Trio welcomed guests, lunch was tasty, and the program, paying...