Obituaries

Rabbi Ben Zion Shenker, who composed more than 500 Hasidic melodies, or niggunim, including some...

Virginia Beach —Hilda J. Silverman, 88, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and sister went to be...

Norfolk —Joan Marilyn Pizor, 85, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016. Born in...

Virginia Beach —Selma Lilian Graber nee Levin was born to Rose and Harry Levin on October 10, 1932...

Norfolk —Harriet S. Collector, 91, passed away peacefully in her home on November 28, 2016,...

LVIV, Ukraine (JTA)—City workers in a Ukraine city suspended their digging at a former Jewish...

Singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen was buried in his hometown of Montreal hours before his death was...

Virginia Beach—Joyce Hofheimer Strelitz, Our Blithe Spirit—“Gila”—passed away peacefully without...

Norfolk —Elliott L. Roesen passed away November 10, 2016. A native of Norfolk, he was the son of...

Virg inia Beach —Beverly Gleischman (Anderson) passed away on November 9, 2016 at the age of 87....

NEWPORT NEWS—Myron G. Eisenberg, Ph.D., was born in North Chicago, Ill. on May 21, 1944 and passed...

Norfolk —Ann Zuckerman, Born in Brooklyn, New York on June 18, 1943. Wife of Herb, mother to six...

Norfolk —Elsie Elizabeth Smith Rowe, 92, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, October 16, 2016. She...

Portsmouth —Zelma Goodman Rivin died on October 29, 2016, 10 days before her 95th birthday. She...

Virginia Beach —Charles G. Nusbaum, 90, passed away on Friday, October 28, 2016 in his home at...

Chesapeake —Rochelle “Ro” Nichols, 70, passed away on Tuesday, October 25, 2016. She was born in...

Virginia Beach —Dr. Reuben Koller, 72, died on Monday, October 17, 2016 in Virginia Beach. He is...

NEW YORK (JTA)—Jack Greenberg, a prominent lawyer in the U.S. civil rights movement who once...

JERUSALEM (JTA)—The Dimona nuclear reactor in southern Israel will be renamed in honor of Shimon...

Virginia Beach —Steven Arthur True passed away on October 10, 2016 at the age of 47. He was a...