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What is modern Jewish art?

What is modern Jewish art?

Sunday, December 15, 2 pm Chrysler Museum The inaugural presentation of the Tidewater Jewish Visual Arts Advisory Board, a creation of the Jewish Museum and Cultural Center’s visual arts committee, will feature a nationally known professor, lecturer, and art expert,...

EXPLORING THE POWER OF MITZVOT

EXPLORING THE POWER OF MITZVOT

Class begins Wednesday October 30, 11:30 am In times of crisis, the Jewish community’s support has been remarkable, with donations, supplies, and love continuing to pour in. But what else can be done? Enter the power of mitzvot—a secret weapon. A mitzvah, a...

Moon Circle – What it’s all about

Moon Circle – What it’s all about

Next meeting: Tuesday, December 2, 6:45 pm, Sandler Family People often ask, “What is Moon Circle? What do you do? What is it about?’ Here's a breakdown of what Moon Circle is, with the hope that more will join in this meaningful experience. Rosh Chodesh, the birth of...

Welcome to Tidewater’s Great Jewish Bookshelf

Welcome to Tidewater’s Great Jewish Bookshelf

An opportunity to deepen connections to Jewish heritage, culture, and contemporary thought A new initiative of the Konikoff Center for Learning of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, the Great Jewish Bookshelf invites Jewish adults—or anyone interested in the...

Gearing up for year 25 with BeAR

Gearing up for year 25 with BeAR

Mentoring and Training Session: Wednesday, Sept. 25, 12 pm Sandler Family Campus This year marks a huge milestone for the Be A Reader (BeAR) Literacy Project – its 25th anniversary of inspiring young readers. For a quarter of a century, BeAR has been a game-changer in...

October 7th: Marking one year

October 7th: Marking one year

Monday, October 7 8:30 am Sandler Family Campus October 7th was a turning point in modern Jewish history, both because of the tragic depth of that day’s events and the monumental events that followed. Join United Jewish Federation of Tidewater and its Jewish Community...

Winner of passes to Beyond Monet

Winner of passes to Beyond Monet

Sherry Lieberman is the winner of the Jewish News contest for two passes to the Beyond Monet: The Immersive Experience at the Virginia Beach Convention Center. Sponsored by the Virginia Arts Festival, the Monet experience showcases more than 400 of Monet’s most iconic...

Super Sunday

Super Sunday

Sunday, September 15, 10 am – 1 pm, Sandler Family Campus(Marty Einhorn Pavilion, weather-permitting; indoors in the event of rain)Two Calling Shifts: 10 – 11:30 am and 11:30 am – 1 pmCaller training starts 15 minutes before each shiftCome make the calls! • Have a...

Club focuses on Rabbi Sacks’ books

Club focuses on Rabbi Sacks’ books

The Rabbi Sacks Tidewater Community Book Club met last month at Temple Israel to discuss its third book together, Not In God’s Name: Confronting Religious Violence.The book club, a partnership between the Konikoff Center for Learning of the United Jewish Federation of...

Tiny Art Auction for Ukraine

Tiny Art Auction for Ukraine

Sunday, August 4, 12 – 4 pmVoodoo Brewing Co., Virginia Beach Voodoo Brewing and local art educators are teaming up to create a benefit for the Ukranian Humanity Center.Twenty-five Virginia Beach art teachers created tiny masterpieces responding to the theme, “Summer...

The aleph-bet, a mystical journey that even adults will love

Presentation: Tuesday, November 29, 12 pm, online Workshop: Monday, December 12, 12 pm, Sandler Family Campus Art on view through December: Leon Family Gallery Part bedtime story, part poem, and filled with highly evocative illustrations, Malkah’s Notebook: A Journey...

Beyond the Bible

Course begins: Thursday, December 1, 12–1 pm Simon Family JCC Four weekly sessions: $60 Rabbi Michael Panitz and Sierra Lautman Last month, in a course offered by United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Konikoff Center for Learning, Origins: Ancient Jewish History in...

Hanukkah Sunday Fun Day

Sunday, December 11, 1–4 pm, Simon Family JCC Families with children of all ages are invited to begin their Hanukkah festivities early at the Simon Family JCC with a special Sunday Fun Day. Toddlers through teens will enjoy Hanukkah-themed crafts and glow-in-the-dark...

Kids Night Out: an evening of fun for kids

Saturday, November 19, 6–10 pm Sandler Family Campus Kids Night Out is back with a thankful theme! Parents with Simon Family JCC family memberships can drop off their children at the JCC and then enjoy a night out on their own! Children, ages four through 12 years...

Brith Sholom presents The 504 Trio

Sunday, Dec. 4, 11 am, Masonic Temple Brith Sholom’s December’s social event will feature its deluxe brunch catered by Beth Sholom Village and a performance by a jazz trio. The 504 Trio’s musicians play and sing New Orleans Jazz with songs such as When the Saints Go...

A fun evening of song and music at Beth El

Sunday, December 4, 5 pm, Congregation Beth El Congregation Beth El’s 2022 FUNdraiser will bring music from the Rocky Mountains of Vail, Colorado, to the shores of Norfolk, Virginia. Cantor Michelle Cohn Levy of B’nai Vail Congregation and Coleen Dieker, an...

On Assignment with Lahav Harkov returns in November

Thursday, November 3, 12 pm The first session of the Israel Today series, On Assignment with Lahav Harkov, took place on Thursday, October 6, and was an exciting and informative conversation about the upcoming Knesset elections, related polling, and more. Harkov,...

Fall-themed Sunday Fun Day

Sunday, November 13, 1 - 4 pm, Simon Family JCC Gather friends and family and head to the Simon Family JCC for an afternoon of fall-themed games, music, crafts, and a sweet treat. See familiar faces, meet new and friendly people, and while Tidewater’s ShinShinim lead...

Family connects first three authors speaking at Jewish Book Festival

Dan Grunfeld Wednesday, November 2, 7:30 pm, Free Alla Shapiro, MD Monday, November 7, 12 pm, Tickets include lunch Letty Cottin Pogrebin Thursday, November 17, 7:30 pm, Free Family is at the forefront in the minds of the first three authors of the United Jewish...

Have you ever learned about the kabbalistic approach to the aleph-bet?

Conversation with author Mira J. Amiras and illustrator Josh Baum on Malka’s Notebook: A Journey into the Mystical Aleph-Bet Tuesday, November 29, 12 pm, Watch from home, Free Mira Z. Amiras was raised on her father’s tales of the Hebrew aleph-bet letters and their...

Leon Family Gallery

November–December Workshop: Monday, December 12, 12 pm Illustrations from Malkah’s Notebook will be on exhibit in the Leon Family Gallery at the Simon Family JCC. A hands-on creative workshop with Mira J. Amiras and local artist and Jewish educator, Sharon Serbin,...

Travel in time and explore Israel with Joe Perlov

Wednesday, October 26, 7:30 pm Sandler Family Campus Veteran educator and Israeli map expert Joe Perlov will offer the opportunity to go back in time to the founding of the State of Israel as he guides an interactive exploration of the nation’s map. Perlov’s...

Benji Lovitt: Stand-Up Comedy: What War Zone?

Tuesday, November 1 6 pm (Dinner), 6:30 pm (Show) Ohef Sholom Temple Benji Lovitt presents a hilarious picture of Israel by deconstructing cultural differences and the immigrant experience in Israel. Audiences laugh out loud as he sheds light on embarrassing Hebrew...

Unfolding Nature: Dancing Through Waves

JCC’s Leon Family Gallery Exhibit through October. Interdisciplinary artist Shony Rivnay’s art is on display in the Leon Family Gallery. The exhibit is presented by the Jewish Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, Simon Family JCC,...

Be A Reader literacy program needs volunteers

The Jewish Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Be a Reader (BeAR) program is out of hibernation and heading back into schools at the end of October. Returning to the classroom means BeAR needs more volunteers. Just an hour a week...