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...
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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...
November’s Book of the Month at the Jewish Book Festival: author Letty Cottin Pogrebin on generational shame
Thursday, November 17, 7:30 pm, Sandler Family Campus Shanda: A Memoir of Shame and Secrecy Letty Cottin Pogrebin Post Hill Press 432 pages, 2022 The 2022–23 Lee and Bernard Jaffe Family Jewish Book Festival continues with author Letty Cottin Pogrebin, who will...
A conversation with author Jessica Nordell on The End of Bias: A Beginning
When it comes to bias and discrimination, what actually changes people and cultures? Thursday, December 8, 7:30 pm Sandler Family Campus Bias robs individuals of their futures, organizations of talent, science of breakthroughs, and communities of justice. The End of...
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,...
United Against Hate— The DOJ’s Nationwide Initiative to Combat Acts of Hate
Wednesday, November 30 7:30 pm, Sandler Family Campus United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Jewish Community Relations Council will host the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia’s United Against Hate program next month. This exciting program...
Virginia Festival of Jewish Film
One of the longest running Jewish film festivals in the nation, the Virginia Festival of Jewish Film is presented by Patricia and Avraham Ashkenazi and Alma and Howard Laderberg. Strange Fruit In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day Monday, January 20, 6 pm Susan S....
Ariel Burger’s lessons: From the rabbi, who as a young student, declined an offer from Elie Wiesel
Monday, January 27, 7:30 pm, Congregation Beth El, Free, with RSVP to JewishVa.org/TidewaterTogether Ariel Burger was interviewed by Sarah Hurwitz at Politics and Prose in Washington, DC. As a Lee and Bernard Jaffe Family Jewish Book Festival author, Hurwitz came to...
BINA High School’s Annual Shabbos Dinner
Friday, January 31, 6 pm, B’nai Israel An elegant Shabbos dinner in support of BINA High School will take place on Friday, January 31. The fundraiser for the girls’ high school still has sponsorship opportunities available.For reservations, sponsorships, or more...
Renegade Women in Film & TV
Author Elizabeth Weitzman to lead gallery tour Thursday, February 6, noon, free Elizabeth Weitzman, author of Renegade Women in Film & TV, will visit the Simon Family JCC for a community luncheon and gallery tour as part of the Lee and Bernard Jaffe Family Jewish...
Everyone’s voice matters: Join CRC in Richmond for a Very Important Date (with the State)
Ever wonder if a vote mattered in an election? Consider the latest Virginia state delegate election recount of Nancy Guy and Chris Stolle. Guy was officially declared the winner of the 83rd House of Delegates race with 40 votes over the incumbent Chris Stolle. Forty...
Virginia Festival of Jewish Film’s BIG Saturday Night: Focus on Israeli photographer Amos Nachoum
4,000 people have summited Mount Everest, 12 people have walked on the moon, 5 people have ever dived with polar bears, and one of them will be in Virginia Beach. Saturday, February 22, 8 pm Sandler Center for the Performing Arts Tickets $35 or under 21, FREE The BIG...
Jewish Faces in Jewish Spaces: Jewish Authenticity
As attacks against Jews increase across the country, varied reactions of fear, sadness, and anger rarely consider the way that Jewishness and events affecting Jews are experienced by Jews of Color. With this in mind, Congregation Beth El invited Rabbi Sandra Lawson,...
Ask the Cantor: a popular event at Beth Sholom Village
Next session: Wednesday, February 12, 3 pm Elihu Flax first studied to be a rabbi before becoming a Conservative-trained cantor. For the past 16 years, he has served in both roles as director of Religious Services at Beth Sholom Village. Now, four times a year,...
KBH Synagogue to hold 19th Annual Gala Art Auction
Saturday, March 7 Doors open: 6:45 pm; Auction begins: 7:45 pm Save the date! Kempsville Conservative Synagogue’s popular 19th Annual Gala Art Auction is slated for March. Featuring art in all media and price ranges, the event will be presented by Arrin Ross Auctions,...
Panel discussion to focus on how laws have led to racism
Tuesday, January 21, 7 pm, L. Douglas Wilder Performing Arts Center at Norfolk State University In honor of the National Day of Racial Healing, the Hampton Roads Community Foundation will sponsor a civil rights panel to discuss how laws have led to racism. It will...
Exclusive tour of Brock Environmental Center for JCC members
Sunday, January 12, 3–5 pm Brock Environmental Center One of the world’s greenest buildings is right here in Virginia Beach. The Brock Environmental Center was built in 2014 and is an international model for energy saving and water efficiency. An exclusive tour of the...
When School’s out, Kids Connection’s in
Winter Camp: Monday, December 23–Tuesday, December 31 6:30 am–6 pm (closed Dec. 25) Kids Connection is a Before and After-School Care Program for elementary aged children that attend Strelitz and Virginia Beach Public Schools.* The enrichment program includes weekly...
The Babka Bake
Thursday, January 9, 7:30 pm, B’nai Israel A lively step-by-step chocolate babka baking class in B’nai Israel’s Richels Hall. $10 for B’nai Israel Sisterhood members; $15 for non-members. Reservations required by Thursday, January 2 at...
Infectious Greatness: Catch what Kevin Lefcoe contracted from Charlie Harary, author of Unlocking Greatness
The Milton “Mickey” Kramer Scholar-in-Residence Fund takes Tidewater Together to new heights Wednesday, January 8, 7:30 pm, Sandler Family Campus Charlie Harary thinks you’re great. Harary wrote Unlocking Greatness as a tool to help you reveal the gift to yourself and...
To Life! Works by Lorraine Fink
January 11–February 23, ODU Lorraine Fink creates art that bears witness to a life rich in experiences of discovery, joy, celebration, and at times, sadness. Her latest two- and three-dimensional works will be on display at the Baron and Ellen Gordon Art Galleries,...
Renegade Women in Film & TV: Elizabeth Weitzman
Lunch, Leon Family Gallery tour and discussion with the author Thursday, February 6, 12 pm Sandler Family Campus, Free Elizabeth Weitzman’s Renegade Women in Film & TV blends stunning illustrations, fascinating biographical profiles, and exclusive interviews with...
Date with the State
Wednesday, February 5, 7 am–4 pm Meet Virginia’s State Senators and Delegates to discuss issues that impact the Jewish community on Jewish Advocacy Day. The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General are all invited. Travel with the Community Relations...
Israel Today, Yaakov Katz: Jerusalem Post’s editor-in-chief
A conversation with Herm Shelanski, Vice Admiral USN, Ret. Monday, December 9, 7:30 pm Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus Yaakov Katz’s book, Shadow Strike, tells the never-before-told inside story of how Israel stopped Syria from becoming a global nuclear nightmare...
The Face Tells the Secret, Jane Bernstein Monday, December 16, noon, Beth Sholom Village
A story of a woman who discovers love and learns how to open herself to life’s happier relationships, Jane Bernstein’s The Face Tells the Secret is, as Sherry Lieberman, notes, “a definite page-turner.” Lieberman is the Simon Family JCC Book Club leader. Bernstein...
Jewish Museum and Cultural Center: “Saturdays At Seven”
For its 10th Annual Chevra Cinema Series, the Jewish Museum and Cultural Center is featuring “Saturdays At Seven.” These four Saturday evening films, beginning at 7 pm, will have an introductory commentary by the cinema specialist who chose the evening movie. The...