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Israelis living in America…not unusual
Don’t Tell Your Brother Meir Shalev Am Oved Publishers, 2022 263 pages Close to one million Israelis live in the United States and Canada. I happen to be one of them. Thus, Don’t Tell Your Brother by veteran and master Israeli author Meir Shalev (born in Nahalal,...
Joseph Drory
Norfolk—Joseph Drory, 89, passed away on March 26, 2023. Born in Haifa, Israel, he was the son of the late Shabtai and Yochevet Drory. Joseph was predeceased by his loving wife of 56 years, Miriam Drory. Left to cherish his memory are his children, son Nathan (Leora)...
Marty Mandelberg
Norfolk—Marty Mandelberg, 76, passed away peacefully on March 23, 2023, at his home in Norfolk, Va. Brilliant, handsome, charming, and determined, Marty was known for his devotion to all things Baltimore (particularly the Orioles and Ravens), his remarkable gift with...
Mariann B. Ticatch
Norfolk—Mariann B. Ticatch, 87, passed away on March 25, 2023. A native of Richmond, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Dora and Nathan Bear. Mariann grew up in a flat over her parents’ store, Nathan Bear’s Mens Wear at 1307 Hull Street with her older siblings...
Abraham Zarem, one of the last surviving Manhattan Project scientists
(JTA)—Abraham Zarem was 28 when he joined the Manhattan Project, the vast U.S. government effort to develop the atom bomb. Engineers like him gathered in secret laboratories in New Mexico, California, New York City, and elsewhere to provide the practical know-how the...
Dara Horn explores today’s antisemitism at ODU Workshop
Unpacking Antisemitism: An Action Based Workshop Sunday, October 17, 1 pm Free, open to community, limited space, pre-registration required JewishVA.org/UnpackingAntisemitism United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Jewish Community Relations Council and Konikoff...
Israel, social media, and the battle for the truth: Israel Today series kicks off 11th year with Noa Tishby
Wednesday, October 13, 7:30 pm A noxious new wave of social media antisemitism is spreading. How can it be fought? How can the truth about Israel be shared across digital networks? To answer these questions, Noa Tishby will visit Tidewater to kick off the 11th annual...
Lady Day at Emerson’s recalls Billie Holiday
October 29–31, Attucks Theater Set in 1959 in a seedy bar in Philadelphia, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill is a re-creation of one of Billie Holiday’s last performances, featuring more than a dozen musical numbers—including such classics as Strange Fruit, God...
NEXUS INTERFAITH DIALOGUE
The Jewish Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, invites the community to these events with the Robert Nusbaum Center at Virginia Wesleyan University. For more information visit https://www.vwu.edu/academics/robert-nusbaum-center/....
Harriet Gail Dickman
Virginia Beach—Harriet Gail Dickman, 82, of Virginia Beach, passed away peacefully on Friday, September 10, 2021. She was from Roanoke Rapids, N.C. and the daughter of Harold and Ray Kruger Bloom. She was the wife of Stanwood Dickman for 60 wonderful years. Mother to...
William Hirsch Kittner
Norfolk—William Hirsch Kittner passed away peacefully at his home on September 3, 2021. Bill was born January 19, 1930 in Weldon N.C. He was the son of the late Louis and Rose Kittner and the baby brother to Joe, Dave, Dot and Harry of blessed memories, and sister...
Frank Sheffer
Virginia Beach—Frank Sheffer, 97, passed away on Thursday, September 2, 2021. Frank was born in Lancaster, Pa. on March 10, 1924 to Emma and Isidore Sheffer. Later they moved to Suffolk, Va. He grew up as the youngest of four children. He learned bookkeeping from his...
Harvey Warren Steen
Virginia Beach—Harvey Warren Steen, 90, passed away on August 30, 2021 after a brief illness. He was born on January 2, 1931 in Bronx, N.Y. to the late Emanuel and Mary (Schmookler) Steen. His family moved to River Edge, N.J. where he excelled as a student and...
Anne Lynn Fleder Verner
Boca Raton, Fla.—Anne Lynn Fleder Verner passed away on August 30, 2021 after a hard fought four-month battle with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Anne was 61 years old. Anne was a brilliant, hilariously funny, wonderful and beautiful woman who was married to her best...
Sheila Bromberg, Jewish harpist who was first woman to play on a Beatles album
(JTA)—Sheila Bromberg kept busy as an in-demand harpist in London in the 1960s, but when she got a request for a gig at EMI’s Abbey Road studio, 9 pm to midnight, she felt she couldn’t turn it down: She was, after all, a single mother. Yet it wasn’t until the Jewish...
Camp JCC 2021: Much more than fun!
This summer, Camp JCC provided consistency and happiness—what campers so desperately needed after a difficult year. Campers were able to be kids again, counselors were able to role model while showing off their silly side, and families had a sense of routine and...
Help support Hurricane Ida relief efforts
Hurricane Ida has torn through much of the Gulf Coast, leaving survivors devastated by its damage. Roofs have blown off buildings, homes and businesses are severely flooded, while power lines are down and phone service and electricity are out for hundreds of thousands...
Super Sunday Community Campaign Kickoff: We’re back together again (indoors and outdoors)
Sunday, September 12, Sandler Family Campus Each year, United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Super Sunday marks the biggest day of impact for Tidewater’s Jewish community. Hundreds of community members participate by answering the call from dozens of...
Tidewater Jewish community addresses mental health awareness
Sunday, October 3 and Monday October 4 This year’s Milton Mickey Kramer’s Scholar in Residence Fund of the Congregation Beth El Foundation’s Tidewater Together will bring mental illness and addiction out of the shadows and consider ways that Tidewater’s...
Dear Readers
Dear Readers, A recent JTA piece by Rabbi Shira Koch Epstein began, “Over the past year, I have led efforts to teach, guide and coach rabbis and other clergy of every Jewish denomination. We have worked with over 500 individual members of the clergy, serving hundreds...
Inaugural Sababa event is ‘Cool’
More than 80 people attended Sababa Social Club’s party at the pool. The inaugural event brought friends together —following the past year and a half apart. Sara Jo Rubin, Sababa Social Club’s chairperson, says, “It was wonderful to see so many old friends, as well as...
Beth Sholom Village’s Micro Farm
Farm to table has become accessible to Beth Sholom Village by way of a very futuristic-looking farm. The “farms” are in towers that resemble modern art sculptures. The crops can be seen in the beautiful six-foot case that emits a warm light and varying hues of green....
PJ Library in Tidewater receives grant to strengthen social connections, increase opportunities for Jewish experiences and learning
Tidewater families raising Jewish children will now have more opportunities to participate in Jewish life, thanks to a grant recently awarded to United Jewish Federation of Tidewater by PJ Library®, the flagship program of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation that provides...
End of Summer Shabbat includes competitions, blessings, and dinner
Forty families gathered by the pool at the Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus to welcome Shabbat on Friday, August 27. Hosted by PJ Library in Tidewater, in partnership with United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Young Adult Division, the night began with pool games,...
Simon Family Passport to Israel: Ethan Prince has life-changing experience in Israel
On July 12, I hopped on a nine-and-a-half-hour plane ride with two of my best friends and 41 other teens to visit the land of Israel for 22 days. I always knew that visiting Israel would shift my perspective on being Jewish, but being able to experience that change...