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Next meeting: Sunday, June 16, 10 am, Temple Israel The Rabbi Sacks Tidewater Community Book Club continued its journey of Jewish conversation by reviewing The Great Partnership in collaboration with Temple Israel and the Konikoff Center for Learning of the United...
Friday, June 7, 5 pm Sandler Family Campus After a year of learning how to make Friday night Shabbat dinners memorable in the Shabbat@Home series, it’s time to bring it all together.Cap off the year with a heartwarming community dinner at the Simon Family JCC,...
Thursday, May 2, 1 pm, Sandler Family Campus It’s time for another round of Coffee and Conversation at the Simon Family JCC. After the enjoyable turnout and lively discussions from the last gathering, it is time to get together and do it again.In recognition of Jewish...
Sunday, April 28, 10 am, Temple Emanuel In The Great Partnership: Science, Religion, and the Search for Meaning, the late Rabbi Jonathan Sacks challenges traditional perspectives on the intersection of science and religion. The Rabbi Sacks Tidewater Community Book...
Saturday, May 11, 11 am – 2 pm Bayside High School The Family and Student Wellness Expo connects families with local resources, cultivating a stronger sense of community as well as ensuring families remain informed of mental wellness, family engagement, and student...
Wednesday, May 15, 2 pm In honor of Jewish American Heritage Month, the Chrysler Museum of Art is hosting a special guided tour to explore the rich tapestry of Jewish culture and heritage through art. The tour is in partnership with United Jewish Federation of...
Temple Emanuel: Sunday, May 5Sandler Family Campus: Monday, May 6 – Wednesday, May 15 Organized by the Holocaust Commission of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, the annual Elie Wiesel Student Art Competition recently concluded with a formidable display of...
Wednesday, May 29, Simon Family JCC on the Sandler Family CampusSenior Health and Fitness Fair: 9 am - 12 pm • Rosanne Leipzig: 12 pm • Senior Prom: 4 pm The Sandler Family Campus will be bustling with joy and activity catering to the vibrant senior community with...
A statewide Jewish community briefing • Wednesday, April 17, 7:30 pm, online The statewide organized Virginia Jewish communities will present an essential online briefing about the current university campus climate for Jewish college students and how communities are...
Through April 30, Leon Family Gallery at the Sandler Family Campus Linda Dayan Frimer’s book Luminous, is a complex and intriguing work that mixes memoir, spiritualism, and meditations on art and color with reflections on Judaism and her own family’s roots through...
Sunday, May 5, 6:45 pm Temple Emanuel The Holocaust Commission of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater invites the community to attend the annual Holocaust Day Remembrance, Yom Hashoah.The Commemoration will feature survivor and scholar Dr. Mordecai Paldiel, a...
Sunday, April 14Cinema Café, Kemps River Something is happening for everyone on Sunday, April 14. While the rest of the family participates in Sunday Fun Day, middle school aged children can enjoy time at the movies with friends while the visibility of eye rolls will...
Michael Roizen: Wednesday, Feb. 15, 12 pm, online, free Michelle Segar: Wednesday, March 15, 12 pm, Sandler Family Campus, $12 (includes lunch) To assist people in achieving their health goals in 2023, United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Lee and Bernard...
Wednesday, March 21, 12 pm Chrysler Museum of Art Woman on Fire, a New York Times bestseller, is a gripping tale of a young ambitious journalist embroiled in an international art scandal centered around a Nazi-looted masterpiece. The situation forces the...
Renowned Israel Journalist Gil Hoffman to speak at Temple Israel Sunday, February 12, 4 pm After the fifth election in four years, Israeli politics is even more balagan than usual. There are 12 parties in the Knesset. Six are members of Benjamin “Bibi”...
Sundays, beginning February 26, 10:30–11:30 am Ohef Sholom Temple, Free February 26: Creating Jewish Space March 26: Living Beyond the Day-to-Day April 23: Birth of a Nation This four-class series offered as a partnership between United Jewish Federation of...
Sunday, March 5, 4 pm, Sandler Family Campus It’s nearly time for the annual Operation Hamantaschen at the Simon Family JCC. Come in costume, reserve a timeslot for your family and friends to make hamantaschen together, and enjoy Purim games and crafts while waiting...
Ann Zuckerman Memorial Scholar in Residence Weekend B’nai Israel to host Rabbi Bentzion Shafier Friday, March 3–Saturday, March 4 Now in its fourth year, the B’nai Israel Congregation Ann Zuckerman Memorial Scholar in Residence Weekend will feature Rabbi Bentzion...
Thursday, February 2, 12 pm Want to be better informed about the world? United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Jewish Community Relations Council offers one solution to learning: Israel Today’s On Assignment with Lahav Harkov. Jerusalem Post’s senior contributing...
Tuesday, January 31, 12 pm Virtual, Watch from Home, Free Who am I? Using this question as a guide, artist and author Jean-Pierre Weill takes readers on a philosophical and pictorial adventure into the nature of the self in his new book, Evolve: A Children’s Book for...
Tuesday, February 7, 12 pm Virtual, Watch from Home, Free Polly Adler’s life as a Jewish immigrant from Eastern Europe is a classic American story of success and assimilation. In the 1920s, Adler became Manhattan’s most notorious madam, playing hostess to every...
Wednesday, January 25, 12 pm Sandler Family Campus $12 (lunch included) • $6 for 55+ Gaining weight as one ages is not inevitable. It’s avoidable and even reversible. In fact, it’s possible to help stop—and even reverse—age-related weight gain and muscle loss. Heidi...
Wednesday, February 15, 12 pm Virtual, Watch from Home, Free Dr. Michael Roizen is back (online) by popular demand. This time, he is ready to provide concrete steps to take to prepare for the changes of tomorrow—to stay younger longer by extending those best...
Thursday, February 9 Reception: 6:30 pm Performance: 7 pm Sandler Family Campus, Free A story told by a single performer, Every Brilliant Thing is presented in collaboration with Jewish Family Service of Tidewater, YWCA of South Hampton Roads, Virginia Stage Company,...
Saturday, March 4, 8:30 pm Sandler Family Campus, Free Every intelligent young couple starts their marriage with the same dreams, goals, and ideals. They’re sure they will live in married bliss forever...until they aren’t. Until the bickering, fighting, and loneliness...
Sunday, February 12, 4 pm, Temple Israel Free, RSVP required Gil Hoffman was recently listed as one of "The Top 100 People Positively Influencing Jewish Life, 2022" by The Algemeiner, a global news destination published online and in print. The former chief political...
The Virginia Festival of Jewish Film, presented by Alma and Howard Laderberg, is marking its 30th Anniversary in February. One of the longest-running Jewish film festivals in the nation, the festival entertains, educates, and engages the Tidewater community by...
Begins Wednesday, January 18, 6:45 pm, online Nearly two and a half million Jews emigrated from Eastern Europe to the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. New to a foreign country and unlikely to speak English, these Jews tended to confine...
Sunday, January 8, 1– 4 pm, Simon Family JCC This afternoon of winter games, crafts, a bounce house, and more will be most enjoyed by children through 8th grade and is free to JCC members, Strelitz International Academy and Camp JCC families, YAD, and Tidewater...
Saturday, January 21, 6–10 pm, Simon Family JCC Need a date night? Kids Night Out might be the answer. Simon Family JCC patrons with family memberships can drop off their children and know that the kids will enjoy a night filled with games, crafts, snacks, and...
January 22–February 26 Uncover the magic of Jewish books through an immersive tour of its central titles and influential authors. Attend classes in person at the Chabad House on Sunday mornings, or at the Sandler Family Campus on Thursday evenings. in partnership with...
Tuesday, January 17, 12 pm, online, free In August 1942, Polish-Jewish doctor and educator Janusz Korczak walked with the children of the Warsaw Ghetto to the Umschlagplatz, the train platform for deportations to the camps. While members of the Polish Resistance...