NEW YORK (JTA)—Sacha Baron Cohen has made a career out of playing absurd comedic characters, from the dopey Brit Ali G to the Kazakh journalist Borat to the Israeli veteran Erran Morad. He rarely gives interviews and stays relatively far from the movie star limelight....
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Hineni reunion: a time to catch up and make new plans
On a beautiful night in September, more than 40 people gathered at the Cavalier Golf and Yacht Club to see old friends and make new ones. Some talked about children who recently celebrated their Bar or Bat Mitzvah, while others showed off pictures of infants. Everyone...
VBPD visits Virginia Holocaust Museum
The Virginia Beach Police Department continued their commitment to “Never Again” by taking a group of 30 recruits to visit the Virginia Holocaust Museum on November 1, a trip they make twice a year. Organized by the Virginia Beach Law Enforcement Training Academy,...
Rabbi Warren delights Beth El with Veterans Day talk
Yoni Warren is a man of many titles. On Sunday, November 10, he merged them all in a pre-Veterans Day talk during a Men’s Club bagel brunch at Congregation Beth El. Rabbi Warren, a lieutenant and Navy chaplain, educated and entertained a crowd of congregants and...
Old Dominion AZA held a reunion filled with memories of good times
“Magical.” “Once In a Lifetime Experience.” “Captured Lightning in A Bottle.” These are just a few of the reactions from former members of Old Dominion AZA who joined nearly 150 fellow alumni, spouses, and significant others to celebrate and pay tribute to an...
Israeli entrepreneur and author addresses women leaders
So what do you think about letting your kindergartener play with a rusty old kitchen stove? How about old truck tires or a baby bathtub that’s seen better days? At first, you’re probably taken aback just thinking about that scenario…but to hear Israeli high-tech...
Society of Professionals: Spotlight on David Kushner
Comprised of area Jewish legal, medical, and business professionals, United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Society of Professionals encourages engagement and networking through a variety of activities. David A. Kushner A partner in the law firm of Willcox Savage,...
Jewish News asked three Jewish-owned businesses what they do to make their brand stand out in a sea of sameness, how they give back, what they have learned, and how resilient they are to change.
Avi Eli: Hebrew Hustler In 2011, Avi Eli was the guy with the funny accent hustling Dead Sea products at the mall. Today’s he’s enjoying life in Miami while Mr. Shawarma runs “hands free” and dominates Norfolk’s Middle Eastern street food sector. In 2015, following in...
Business in the Jewish Community
"It’s not personal, it’s business.” Who doesn’t know that line from The Godfather? The truth is, as Kathleen Kelly says in You’ve Got Mail, business is personal. And, that’s exactly what the three quick profiles on business owners Avi Eli, Jody Greason, and Lindsay...
The annual Janet Gordon Mah Jongg Day of Play, Tournament, and Luncheon at Beth Sholom Village
For the last 11 years, the Gordon Family, headed by Daniel Gordon, has generously supported the annual Janet Gordon Mah Jongg fundraiser as a way to honor Janet Gordon in a meaningful and festive day. On November 3, 2019, Beth Sholom Village was filled with more than...
Eileen Filler-Corn is more than a “first” person woman for Virginia’s future
Democrats flipped both the Virginia Senate and House of Delegates on November 5. Days later, Eileen Filler-Corn won a competitive race for the top spot in the House, beating out three opponents. Already making history in Virginia as the first Jewish woman minority...
Congresswoman Luria a hit at Temple Israel Sisterhood event
Perhaps it’s not surprising that a Jewish congresswoman begins her talk to a Jewish group with personal references that the audience finds quite familiar. So it was with 2nd District Representative Elaine Luria who spoke to the Temple Israel Sisterhood on November 10....
Trump, Clinton campaigns slam UNESCO Jerusalem resolution
The Trump and Clinton campaigns slammed a UNESCO resolution that upholds Muslim claims on holy sites in Jerusalem while mostly erasing Jewish claims, and Donald Trump said he would recognize the city as Israel’s capital. “The United Nations’ attempt to disconnect the...
U.S., Israel and Jewish groups condemn UNESCO vote denying Jewish holy sites
The United States, Israeli officials and Jewish groups reacted with outrage to a preliminary vote by the United Nations cultural agency that denies a Jewish connection to the Old City of Jerusalem. UNESCO—the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural...
Mazel Tov: Celebrating good times!
Tidewater Jewish Foundation launches Life & Legacy program
Legacy gifts give forever and starting this month, area Jewish organizations have the opportunity to partner with the Tidewater Jewish Foundation to get an extra boost in building endowments that will help sustain them for years to come. Through TJF’s newly launched...
Classroom ergonomics at the Hebrew Academy
Carin Simon, HAT admissions director Across the nation, classroom ergonomics is working its way into many schools. In fact, recent studies indicate that factors such as ergonomic kneeling chairs, standing desks, weighted lap pads and desk cycles can improve retention,...
Society of Professionals builds for the future
Greg Zittrain Last month marked the launch of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Society of Professionals, a newly created collaboration between UJFT’s Maimonides and Business and Legal societies. This new entity is the product of a year of discussions...
From the Hal Sacks Jewish News Archives
October 22, 2006 At least five people from the Navy/Air Mobility Command Air Terminal volunteer each month at Jewish Family Service to assist with the agency’s food bank. Because of the volunteers, more food can be ordered for families in need because the manpower is...
High Holiday Services 5777 Schedule
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Lee & Bernard Jaffe* Family Jewish Book Festival Wednesday, Nov. 9–Sunday, Nov 20
Wednesday, Nov. 9, 7 pm Transformations from Ethiopia to Israel Ricki Rosen Photojournalist Ricki Rosen shares insights and compelling before and after images of the Ethiopian Jewish immigrants, rescued by Israel during the Operation Solomon airlift in the 1980’s. Her...
Deborah Lipstadt provides free speech lessons to Rachel Weisz for Denial role
Ben Sales NEW YORK (JTA)—Before the most dramatic episode of her professional life became a movie, Deborah Lipstadt had some work to do. No, she didn’t have to make some last-minute changes to the script or take a crash course in acting. Her job: To teach...
HAT Golf Tournament—Swinging for the students
On a gorgeous, sunny Tuesday, August 30, despite a tropical storm brewing off the coast of North Carolina, crowds came out enthusiastically swinging at Bayville Golf Club. They came for more than just a golf tournament, however. The golf devotees were playing for a...
Hazak event at Beth El highlights Ron Lauder and the JDC: Bringing Judaism back to the youth of Eastern Europe
Betsy O. Karotkin Beth El’s Hazak event on Sunday, September 11, where Annie Sandler was the guest speaker, made me wonder whether the blessings of living in America can become curses. What I mean by that is we have so much freedom that we begin to take everything for...
Clinton and Trump, meeting with Netanyahu, share commitment to US-Israel alliance
Hillary Clinton said she opposed any U.N. Security Council bid to impose a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict during a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu just hours after a summit between the Israeli leader and Donald Trump. Netanyahu’s meetings...
Even Israel doesn’t do ethnic profiling the way Donald Trump thinks it does
Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA)—Donald Trump wants to profile likely terrorists the way Israel does it. The problem is, Israel and the United States already profile in similar ways—and neither in the way Trump prefers. The Republican presidential nominee’s proposal to...
Study shows how Jewish vote could play crucial role in key states
Penny Schwartz BOSTON (JTA)—A new study, touted as the first-ever state-by-state, county-bycounty Jewish population estimate, shows how the Jewish vote could play a crucial role in key battleground states. The study, released Thursday, September 21 and conducted by...
Kickoff 2017: Setting the stage for a successful Campaign year
Laine Mednick Rutherford The 275 people who spilled off the stage, into the wings, and out into the theatre at the Sandler Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday, September 20 weren’t there to dance or sing or act.They had braved pouring rain and flooded streets to...
Society of Professionals holds first networking event
A new business in the newly created ViBe district of Virginia Beach proved to be the perfect setting for the inaugural event of the newest Jewish group in Hampton Roads. The United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Society of Professionals held its launch party on...
Kiryat Yam visits Tidewater
Sherri Wisoff Five Israeli delegates from Kiryat Yam, Tidewater’s Jewish community’s sister city in Israel, spent a whirlwind, and often rain-soaked week in Tidewater last month. During the week of September 18, these young adults visited most of Tidewater’s Jewish...
Joyce Strelitz wins prestigious award at International Women’s Conference
Joyce Strelitz, a longtime Tidewater leader and philanthropist, was honored by The Jewish Federations of North America’s National Women’s Philanthropy with its prestigious Kipnis- Wilson/Friedland Award on Tuesday, September 13. The award was announced at the 2016...
Excitement builds for TJF’s new Life and Legacy initiative
The Jewish experience is nothing if not diverse. Some might only celebrate the High Holy Days, or others might attend shul for Shabbat services every week. Perhaps it is that perfected challah recipe, or just a good bowl of matzah ball soup. From Hebrew school to...