Sunday, December 11 1–4 pm Simon Family JCC PJ Library in Tidewater will present Sunday Fun Day Festival of Lights, a special Hanukkah extravaganza, one week before the start of the holiday. The afternoon will include a Hanukkah Glow in the Dark party and obstacle...
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Lynda Cohen Loigman: The Matchmaker’s Gift
Tuesday, December 6, 12 pm Watch from Home—Virtual Is finding true love a calling or a curse? In Lynda Cohen Loigman’s The Matchmaker’s Gift, Sara Glikman knows her gift as a child in 1910: she is a seeker of soulmates and a maker of matches. But among the...
Jai Chakrabarti: A Play for the End of the World
Tuesday, January 17, 12 pm Watch from Home—Virtual In Jai Chakrabarti’s A Play for the End of the World, Jaryk Smith, a survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto, and Lucy Gardner, a southerner, newly arrived in New York City in 1972, are in the first bloom of love when they...
New Year, New You: Voices to help you achieve your New Year’s resolution
In partnership with Simon Family JCC’s JFit Wednesday, January 25, 12 pm Sandler Family Campus The Whole Body Reset: Your Weight-Loss Plan for a Flat Belly, Optimum Health and a Body You’ll Love—at Midlife and Beyond Stephen Perrine and Heidi Skolnik $12 (lunch...
Workshop: Through the journey of your name
Monday, December 12, 12 pm, Simon Family JCC Inspired by the book, Malkah’s Notebook: A Journey into the Mystical Aleph Bet, this hands-on workshop will take participants on a mystical journey through the letters of their name when spelled in Hebrew. The workshop is...
Camp JCC Registration opens
Registration for Camp JCC Summer 2023 is now open for all sessions and age groups. The summer Camp JCC program, for children from rising pre-K through eighth graders, takes place June 20 to August 11, with a “last blast” program that follows. Special early bird...
At 75, Jewish Family Service of Tidewater proves that its core mission remains disaster-proof
Make no mistake. At times like this, when record numbers of jobs are lost, restaurants are closed, hospitals are beyond capacity, social isolation is the ‘safe’ choice, and no live fundraising events can be scheduled for the foreseeable future, Jewish Family Service...
Tidewater teens attend BBYO International Convention
At BBYO International Convention 2020 in Dallas, Texas, more than 3,000 teen leaders from 45 countries joined together for five days of leadership development, community building, and celebration. From...
Got a 2020 Graduate?
The Class of 2020 may be without a traditional graduation ceremony, but they shouldn’t be without recognition. Jewish News wants to honor Jewish Tidewater’s 2020 graduates so that they get at least some of the acknowledgment they have earned and deserve. High School,...
Jewish Tidewater Volunteers: Your value as a volunteer is priceless
Looking to stay safely connected to real human beings while quarantined? Helping others is a good way to survive and add new meaning to your life. United Jewish Federation of Tidewater recently launched an initiative to meet urgent needs imposed by COVID-19’s...
Grassroots Giver: Former emergency department nurse leads a community-wide movement to feed ‘her people’
The distressing effect of COVID-19 on overworked health care professionals at Sentara Princess Anne Hospital (SPAH) roused more than sympathy. It led to an outbreak of grassroot organizers like Pam Moss Blais. Blais, a former Emergency Department (ED) nurse didn’t...
Jewish Tidewater Responds to urgent COVID-19 need with Emergency Relief Fund joining #GivingTuesdayNow in Global Day of Giving and Unity – Tuesday, May 5
Kol Yisroel Aravim Zeh b’zeh. All Jews are responsible for one another. COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund of the Tidewater Jewish Community opened earlier this month in response to growing anticipated needs of the community—for local agencies and institutions, as well as...
Israel Fest 2020 – Tidewater Celebrates Israel @ 72 (from HOME!)
Sunday, May 3, 11 am The festivities will be different this year, but not having a larger gathering won’t keep Jewish Tidewater from celebrating Israel’s 72 years! Join the community for a day of celebration with virtual activities for Yom Ha’Atzmaut—Israel’s 72nd...
Connect with Jewish Tidewater’s Virtual Resources
Stay connected with Jewish Tidewater through virtual resources, classes, programs, services, and each other. During the COVID-19 pandemic, physical doors may be temporarily closed, but Jewish agencies, schools, and synagogues are all virtually open. At JewishVa.org,...
Adam Schlesinger, Fountains of Wayne and ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ songwriter
(JTA)—Adam Schlesinger, known as one of the lead songwriters of the pop rock band Fountains of Wayne and the musical series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, died Wednesday, April 1 at 52 from coronavirus complications, Variety reported. Schlesinger, who grew up in a secular...
Stan Lee Shapiro
Hollywood, Fla.—Stan Lee Shapiro, 90, passed away on March 16, 2020 surrounded by family members. He was born to Theodore and Elaine Shapiro on July 10, 1929 in Chester Pa. Stan graduated from Central High School in Philadelphia where he played varsity baseball; he...
Henriette “Henie” Friedlander Rose
Virginia Beach—Henriette “Henie” Friedlander Rose, 79, passed away in Virginia Beach on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Henie was born in the Bronx, N.Y. to the late Victor and Hilda Friedlander. She is also predeceased by her brother, Danny Friedlander. She is survived by...
Cilda Klaff Meltzer
Norfolk—Cilda Klaff Meltzer, 89, passed away on April 6, 2020 in her home. She was a lifelong resident of Norfolk and a graduate of Maury High School and the Norfolk Division of William and Mary, where she lettered in field hockey. She was predeceased by her husband,...
Phyllis Landau Lannik
Norfolk—Phyllis L. Lannik, a longtime resident of Portsmouth and Norfolk, Virginia died on Wednesday February 27, 2020 at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. Born in 1951 in Chicago, Illinois, she received her BA from Washington University in St. Louis in 1973. Phyllis...
Henry J. Abraham
Charlottesville, Va.—Professor Henry J. Abraham passed away February 26, 2020 at the age of 98 in Charlottesville, Va. He was born August 25, 1921, in Offenbach am Main, Germany, the older son of Frederick and Liesel Kullman Abraham. He attended elementary schools...
Bubbes and bunkmates: Clashing secret weapons foster forever Jewish identity
In ways both similar and different, Jewish summer camp and Jewish bubbes create a space for kids to grow up feeling good about being Jewish. The Jewish bubbe is fun, free, and a little twisted: She sees no harm in spoiling her grandkids with chocolate chip pancakes...
SIA Distance Learning is out of this (virtual) world
In a time of unquestionable uncertainty, one thing is certain, the students at Strelitz International Academy continue to learn, engage, and connect virtually with their classmates and teachers since school went online on March 16. Early in March, when no one would...
The Eleventh Plague
What is Passover without a plague? This year, an 11th plague! Passover is also called the second New Year. It often arrives at the same time as Nowrooz, New Day, the spring holiday that is celebrated in Iran, my country of birth. Judaism draws numerous customs from...
Sick with worry, life goes on-line in a new sacred space
Even before COVID-19, social media has proved itself to both—a cause of, and cure for—social isolation. Then Facebook Live and Zoom zoomed in to save the world. You know the world has changed when the social editor for the New York Times travel section issues the...
Area rabbis respond to life and death concerns posed by COVID-19
Projections about COVID-19’s impact on the nation’s health, economic, and emotional wellbeing evolve daily as the virus spreads through large cities and small towns. Last month, the White House coronavirus coordinator predicted that the pandemic could kill as many as...
Relief Fund Opens. All Dollars to Stay in Tidewater.
EVEN APART, WE STAND TOGETHER. COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund Kol Yisroel Aravim Zeh b’zeh. All Jews are responsible one for the other. As we enter the season of Passover—a holiday steeped in traditions of coming together with family and friends for the Seder—we know...