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April 13, 2007 At the recent B’nai B’rith Youth Organization’s International Convention held in Houston, Texas, Virginia Council BBYO received an International Programming Award for the Lost Boys of the Sundan program held last fall. April 11, 1997 In an article by...
April 3, 2017, Passover Section
There is a midrash that, when standing at Sinai to receive the Torah, each person received their own personal revelation but responded in one voice, saying, “Na’aseh v’nishma”—“We will do and we will hear.” It is in that exquisite moment that we became one People....
As if Israel Today’s Mishy Harman’s performance wasn’t captivating enough, the event last month also included a presentation by Sheena Jeffers and Jennifer Chapman, founders of Story Exchange, a community engagement project aimed at sharing human experiences via art....
Mitch Albom, author of The Five People You Meet in Heaven, once wrote, “There’s a story behind everything. How a picture got on a wall. How a scar got on your face. Sometimes the stories are simple and sometimes they are hard and heartbreaking.” Mishy Harman, the...
The fifth commandment is clear. “Honor your father and mother,” as is the reason, according to the Torah (Exodus, Chapter 20). “So that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your G-d gives you.” If that’s true, then we all gained a few more years on this...
Thursday, March 30, 5:45 pm The Westin, Virginia Beach Town Center Created in the spring of 2015 as a constructive response to the racial violence and civil unrest that took place in Ferguson and Baltimore, Hands United Building Bridges is comprised of Jewish,...
March 20, 2017 Camp Section
Sporting a street-smart bravado and phosphorescent red hair topped with a black fedora, little could hide Samantha Montgomery’s (a.k.a. Princess Shaw) raw edgy talent and endearing awkward vulnerability. The special guest and singer songwriter received a standing...
Baltimore native Marty Mandelberg moved to Norfolk in June 2005 with his wife, Rabbi Rosalin Mandelberg. He immediately went to work at PayDay. For Ohef Sholom Temple’s Religious School, he became the eighth grade teacher, focusing on the Holocaust. He also began...
Originally from Boston, Dorothy Zimmerman moved to Tidewater in 1982 for a job with a psychiatric hospital. She immediately immersed herself in the community—often seen at Chrysler Hall and wherever else art and theater were taking place—and became active in her...
A native of Shiraz, Iran, Farideh landed in Tidewater in 1975 She is the author of two memoirs, Wedding Song: Memoirs of an Iranian Jewish Woman, about her childhood in Iran, and Leaving Iran: Between Migration and Exile, about her family’s departure from the country,...
The Simon Family JCC’s Third Annual Presidents’ Cup Golf Tournament was an enormous success despite the inclement weather. Close to 100 golfers braved the elements to show their support of the JCC and its mission. The 2013 tournament surpassed all expectations, both...
Not even in Virginia 24 hours, Camp JCC’s Shlicha says she admires how green Tidewater is and looks forward to exploring and meeting many new people. Noga Wigelman, from Even-Yehuda, Israel, can’t wait to share her country’s culture with campers, staff and everyone...
Learning the values of tikkun olam, repairing the world, the Strelitz Early Childhood Center students created projects that have an impact on the Sandler Family Campus, the Tidewater community, and to Israel. This “home grown” approach took place right in the campus...
When this year’s 13 Melton graduates received their certificates, they joined a group of 170 proud adults in the community who have completed the first two years of the Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning. The students, who took weekly classes at the Simon...
PALMACHIM, Israel (JTA)—As construction workers pass through sandy corridors between huge rectangular buildings at this desalination plant on Israel’s southern coastline, the sound of rushing water resonates from behind a concrete wall. Drawn from deep in the...
NEW YORK (JTA)—With the creation of David’s Slingshot Hoppy Summer Lager, beer maker Jeremy Cowan is evoking the image of the legendary battle between David and Goliath—a match-up that’s also apt for Cowan himself. Though still a small player in the world of craft...
With a youthful spirit and the ability to find joy in life’s smallest pleasures, Lynn Schoenbaum embraces her early sixties with enthusiasm and a willingness to seek new adventures. When most people are choosing to retire from their volunteerism, Schoenbaum has...
The evening of Saturday, June 1, approximately 75 donors to the Young Leadership Campaign (YLC), gathered at Bayville Golf Club for a special donor recognition event. Guests arrived at the idyllic setting to find cornhole games in progress. As the sun set on the bay,...
Sabrina Furlough chose to enter a painting rather than a work of prose or poetry in this year’s Holocaust Commission of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Elie Wiesel Writing and Visual Arts Competitions. Yet, when asked to supply an artist’s statement with...
Jewish Family Service of Tidewater kicked off the 9th Annual Week of Healthy Living with a Race Expo on May 3, followed by the 9th Annual Run, Roll or Stroll on Sunday, May 5. With a record 625 participants, this year’s race—which included an 8K run, 5K run/walk and...
Congregation Beth El established a new and exciting group, HAZAK, for congregants who are 65 years old and over. HAZAK is a network of approximately 130 groups affiliated with conservative synagogues throughout the country. A Hebrew acronym, HAZAK represents wisdom,...
“Life comes with many challenges. The ones that should not scare us are the ones we can take on and take control of.” —Angelina Jolie I’ve never considered myself a trendsetter, but after reading about Angelina Jolie’s bilateral mastectomy and reconstruction, that’s...
They came. They danced. They enjoyed. Nearly 180 people attended Temple Israel’s Dancing with the Temple Stars fundraiser on Sunday, May 19. To tunes such as String of Pearls and Lady in Red, eight couples showed off their fancy footwork in four dances— rumba, waltz,...
Ohef Sholom Temple’s programming for Interfaith families won the Union of Reform Judaism’s prestigious Belin Award Honorable Mention, which according to the grant letter, is “given to recognize exceptional programs from around North America that demonstrate a...
David Makovsky uses sports metaphors when he speaks to audiences. Some football, but mostly baseball. When it comes to uprisings, tensions, conflicts, and wars in the Middle East, Makovsky, an expert in that region of the world, says we’re only in the first, or at...
It is always so exciting to see first graders receive their Siddurim at Hebrew Academy of Tidewater’s annual spring Siddur presentation. This year was no different, with parents beaming—some with tears of joy —as their child eagerly walked across the stage to be...
A silver lining to the United States government’s budget sequestration came to an event sponsored by the Maimonides and Business & Legal Societies of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater on Sunday, May 19. A group of 20 Jewish community members were able to...
The Jewish Federations of North America is partnering with Catholic Charities to manage a distribution site for relief supplies in Norman, Oklahoma for residents hit by last month’s devastating tornado. That is only part of the wider Jewish Federations relief effort...
Sabrina Furlough chose to enter a painting rather than a work of prose or poetry in this year’s Holocaust Commission of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Elie Wiesel Writing and Visual Arts competitions. Yet, when asked to supply an artist’s statement with...
Just before Purim, Charlene Cohen and Ilana Benson, sisters as well as friends, attended United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Ezine program, “Who is your Esther?” Moderated by Farideh Goldin, director of Old Dominion University’s Institute for Jewish Studies and...