(JTA) — I was just out of college when I got a freelance assignment from a small entertainment magazine to interview a rising comic named Pee-wee Herman. Of course, that wasn’t his real name, but the man-child persona — one part Howdy Doody, one part third-grade nerd,...
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Beth Sholom Village sells existing senior health care and housing campus
New name for community is Maimonides Healthcare BSV will continue as provider at new sites In response to national trends that threaten the financial viability of stand-alone skilled care nursing facilities, Beth Sholom Village (BSV) recently sold its 120-bed skilled...
Summer Camp opens at JCC with spirit and fun
Off to an exceptional start, Camp JCC’s campers and counselors are quickly finding their rhythm – building solid relationships throughout the camp community. One key to Camp JCC’s initial success is the dedicated team of counselors who seamlessly settled into their...
Food of beauty: Rosewater
Summer is full of passion, so it is particularly fitting that Tu b’Av takes place during this warm season, this year on August 1. Sort of the “Jewish Valentine’s Day,” Tu b’Av is historically a grape harvest festival during which matchmaking was encouraged and love...
Jewish education: an investment in the future
Nearly $650,000 in scholarship donations were secured for the 2022-2023 school year through Tidewater Jewish Foundation, an approved scholarship foundation under the Virginia Education Improvement Scholarship Tax Credits program. These funds have supported families...
A tale of two histories: 150 years of Jewish history in Tidewater and Israel
At Tidewater’s celebration of Yom Ha’Atzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day, visitors to the Sandler Family Campus’ Fleischmann Lounge saw a collage of photographs, news articles, and scanned documents telling a 150-year-old story. Through a partnership with...
Where stamps intersect Judaism
Joe Weintrob has been collecting stamps specifically about Israel, Jewish life, and the Holocaust since he was in the Cub Scouts in 1954. Now, Weintrob particularly likes to look for KKL (Keren Kayemet Le’Israel) stamps, which feature the early history of Israel and...
A rewarding and robust retirement: Steve and Nancy Rosenberg
Long-time Virginia Beach residents Nancy and Steve Rosenberg have made the Simon Family JCC’s Fitness facilities a huge part of their life. Steve, a retired health care administrator, works out on the elliptical, treadmill, free weights, weight presses, and band...
Local golfer Jeffrey Flax competes in the 2022 Israeli Maccabi Games
In August of last year, Jewish News extended best wishes and mazel tov to local attorney Jeffrey Flax for qualifying for the Masters Golf Division in the 2022 Israeli Maccabi Games (formally called The Maccabiah Games, a quadrennial Jewish Olympics). As of...
A stitch in time brings happiness to others
The quilters at Ohef Sholom Temple are all about creating beautiful designs that bring joy and provide a rewarding sense of community. Marsha Moody says it’s fun, creative, and meaningful. “I’ve always loved fabric,” Moody says. “When we lived in Charlottesville in...
Indian River High School honors the memory of Holocaust survivors
In the first semester of the 2021–22 school year, I taught my Virginia and U.S. History classes about the Holocaust and mentioned the local survivors and rescuers who had graciously shared their stories with former Indian River High School students in the past. I...
New director of Lifelong Learning at Ohef Sholom
Many congregants and families at Ohef Sholom Temple already know its new director of Lifelong Learning, Alyson Morrissey. There are several reasons that Morrissey is well known around the temple. A beloved Jewish educator, Morrissey has taught in OST’s Religious and...
2022 Graduates
Jewish News celebrates these 2022 graduates with their families and the community. Mazel Tov on these students’ achievements and best of luck as they take their next steps. Ayden Cohn Virginia Tech Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, minor in Nuclear...
Virginia Beach teen wins $36,000 Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Award
Evan Nied, a Virginia Beach teenager, has been awarded the 2022 Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Award from the Helen Diller Family Foundation for his work in planting trees to mitigate the disastrous effects of climate change. The $36,000 award is for his nonprofit...
Jewish Geography is a hit in Tidewater
David Leon became the reigning Who Knows One? champion in Tidewater when he won the Jewish Geography competition against rival contestant, Anne Fleder. Micah Hart, creator of Who Knows One?, hosted a live show at the Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus of the Tidewater...
Hampton Arts announces celebratory 35th anniversary season
The curtain rises on a dynamic season as Hampton Arts celebrates 35 years of presenting performing and visual arts. Bold and exciting programming brings the very best to venues both historic and new, including The American Theatre, The Charles H. Taylor Visual Arts...
Educators’ conference: Words still matter
Thursday, August 4 8:30 am–3:30 pm Great Neck Middle School (tentative) Online option available The 15th Biennial Educators’ Conference will take place next month. Presented by United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Holocaust Commission, along with Echoes &...
Mildred K. Abraham
Charlottesville, Va.—Mildred K. Abraham, 91, of Charlottesville, Va., passed away peacefully on June 17, 2022, in the home that she loved so much at Westminster Canterbury of the Blue Ridge. Born on November 28, 1930, in the city of New York, she was the daughter of...
Evelyn Tavss Adler
Virginia Beach—Evelyn Tavss Adler passed away on June 30, 2022 in Virginia Beach. She was predeceased by her husband Marvin Adler, her parents Bessie and Daniel Tavss, her siblings Irving Tavss and Jeane Reznick, brothers-in-law Jerome Gross, Joe Reznick, Ted Adler,...
Natalie Mandel Aron
Norfolk—Natalie Mandel Aron, 90, passed away on June 2, 2022. Born in Brooklyn, New York, she was the daughter of Anna and Isaac Mandel. Natalie moved to Norfolk at age 14 and became a true Southern Belle. Following graduation from Maury High School, she attended the...
Wendy Allison Cooper
Virginia Beach—Wendy Allison Cooper, 61, died peacefully on June 15 at her home in Virginia Beach surrounded by loving family after a courageous struggle with a gastrointestinal illness. She leaves to cherish her memory her mother and stepfather, Elaine Cooper and...
Harris Richard Sloane
Delray Beach, Fla.—Harris Richard Sloane, 78, a resident of Boca Raton, Fla. and East Falmouth, Mass. (formerly of Virginia Beach, Va.), died peacefully in Delray Beach, Florida on July 4, 2022, surrounded by his family. He was born in Randolph, Massachusetts on May...
Sharon P. Hermelin
Norfolk—Sharon P. Hermelin, 70, passed away at home comforted by her devoted husband, Mark, on July 1, 2022, after a long battle with cancer. Sharon was predeceased by her parents, Stuart and Shirley Peltz, in-laws Al and Bea Hermelin; brother-in-law, Carolyn and T....
Rose Marie Hinkle
Chesterfield, Va.—Rose Marie Hinkle, age 92, of Chesterfield, Va., passed away on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Rose was born March 17, 1930 in Maine. She is survived by her daughter Monica Saunders (Bobby) and her grandchildren, Nicholas and Mia Douglass. There will be a...
Florence Pearl Miller
Lake Worth, Fla.—Florence Pearl Miller passed away peacefully on July 1, 2022 at the age of 97 in Lake Worth Florida. She was born in 1924 in Brooklyn, N.Y., to Molly and Nathan Miller. Florence was a graduate of Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn and went on to...
Joseph “Joe” Segal
Virginia Beach—Joseph “Joe” Segal, a loving and dedicated husband, father, and “Pop-Pop” passed away on June 28, 2022 at age of 98. He was born in Norfolk, Va. on October 26, 1923. He was predeceased by the love of his life, Mildred “Millie” Segal. Their marriage was...