Tidewater Together with Isaac and Rabbi Shawna Brynjegard-Bialik All events online Friday, February 4: Shabbat sermon Ohef Sholom Temple, 6:30 pm, Free, ohefsholom.org Saturday, February 5: Shabbat sermon Congregation Beth El, 9:45 am; Free, bethelnorfolk.com...
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Virginia Jewish Advocacy Day[s] 2022 to take place via Zoom
Meetings with Delegates and Senators: Monday January 31; Tuesday, February 1; and Thursday, February 3 Group meeting: Wednesday, February 2 One of the greatest tools in the hands of all Americans is the ability to meet with and influence representatives in government...
In honor of Jewish tradition, Corey Rosen brings storytelling to life
Tuesday, February 15, 7:30 pm Virginia MOCA, free Everyone has stories to tell, but the trick is how to make each story the best story. Actor, visual effects producer, and host of The Moth, Corey Rosen, teaches how to get past telling “the same” stories and helps each...
PJ Library to celebrate Tu B’shevat at Norfolk Botanical Garden
Sunday, January 9, 3–4:30 pm Tu B’Shevat is considered the New Year of the Trees, marking the start of spring in Israel—when trees begin to bloom after a long, cold winter. In celebration of Tu B’Shevat, PJ Library in Tidewater is going to the Norfolk Botanical...
On exhibit in the Leon Family Gallery: Isaac Brynjegard-Bialik: You Did What to My Comics?!?
Through February 8I Isaac Brynjegard-Bialik’s striking collection of art You Did What to My Comics?!? is currently on display in the Leon Family Gallery at the Sandler Family Campus. Brynjegard-Bialik is a Jewish artist living in Southern California. He cuts up paper...
B’nai Israel’s 75th Anniversary celebration includes dedicatory book
Friday, January 14 and Saturday, January 15 As B’nai Israel celebrates 75 years, the congregation is ‘on the hunt’ for beautiful memories. Help B’nai Israel personalize its dedicatory book with flashbacks throughout the years. Share photos or memories such as a...
B’nai Israel’s 75th Anniversary Celebration with Chazzan Simcha Leiner
Shabbos: Friday, January 14–Saturday, January 15 Services begin at 8:45 am followed by a Gala Kiddush at noon To celebrate the congregation’s 75th anniversary, B’nai Israel is planning an awe-inspiring and memorable Shabbos featuring world renowned singer and Chazzan...
A piercing elegy, a poetic meditation: An evening with Adam Mansbach
Wednesday, December 8, 7:30 pm, online Adam Mansbach is mostly known for fiction writing. He is the author of a #1 New York Times bestselling “children’s book” series that is, in fact, meant for adults in the throes of parenting who need a good laugh. His dry comedy...
Congregation Beth El celebrates its 171st anniversary and Hanukkah
Sunday, December 5, 4–5:30 pm Congregation Beth El World-renowned a cappella singing sensations Six13 will perform at a community-wide, family-friendly, high-energy celebration at Congregation Beth El to mark the congregation’s 71st anniversary. The in-person event...
B’nai plans celebration for congregation’s 75 years
Friday, January 14 and Saturday, January 15 A commemorative and celebratory Shabbos Shira is planned for B’nai Israel Congregation’s 75th anniversary. This special Shabbos, featuring renowned singer and chazzan, Simcha Leiner, will be filled with memories, joy, and...
Workshop: Parenting with Sanity and Joy with Susan G. Groner
Sunday, November 14, 2 pm, Simon Family JCC Susan G. Groner, podcaster, author, and founder of The Parenting Mentor, will conduct an interactive parenting workshop aimed to help parents with toddlers through teens navigate some of the everyday parenting decisions that...
Last Summer at the Golden Hotel with Elyssa Friedland
Monday, November 15, 12 pm, Sandler Family Campus and online Secrets and scandals come to light as the last family-owned Catskills resort teeters on the brink of extinction. Long-buried secrets emerge and everyone from the traditional grandparents to the millennial...
Lag B’Omer
Thursday, May 3, 5–7 pm, Simon Family JCC Food, drinks, activities for kids, a bonfire, and fun are planned for this annual celebration. For information, contact Adi Abramov, Jewish Life and Learning program coordinator, at 757-321-2334 aabramov@ujft.org.
Elie Wiesel student art show
Monday, May 7–Thursday, May 31 The 2018 Elie Wiesel Competition student art show, with more than 50 amazing student artworks, will come “home” this year to the Cardo of the Simon Family JCC. A reception for student winners and their families will take place on...
Leon Family Gallery
ALUT—Courageous Expressions In observance of Autism Awareness Month April An original and captivating art exhibition that champions self-expression, particularly as a powerful tool of connectivity for those lacking alternative modes of communication, Courageous...
What does Israel look like to you?— The Tidewater Umbrella Project
As the worldwide Jewish and pro-Israel communities celebrate Israel’s 70th anniversary, the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater is offering a new type of exhibit: The Tidewater Umbrella Project. For the past five years, the Community Relations Council has held the...
Jewish Family Service’s Spring Into Healthy Living features exercise, music, medicine, and hope
14th Annual Run, Roll or Stroll Sunday, May 6 24th Street Park Virginia Beach Boardwalk Jewish Family Service of Tidewater’s 14th Annual Run, Roll or Stroll features an 8K run, 5K run, 5K walk, and a 1 Mile run/walk. Families and individuals of all ages are encouraged...
Mark Wygoda is featured speaker at 2018 Holocaust Commemoration
Wednesday, April 11, 6:45 pm, Congregation Beth El United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Holocaust Commission’s annual Holocaust Day of Remembrance, Yom Hashoah will feature Dr. Mark Wygoda, who will share the story of his father, Hermann Wygoda. Known as...
ALUT—Courageous Expressions In observance of Autism Awareness Month
April Courageous Expressions is a mixed media, group exhibition based on a variety of works created by untrained artists from the Israeli Society for Autistic Children (the ALUT Institute), a leading care provider for individuals with autism in Israel. The...
Virginia Stage Company’s Disgraced covers myriad issues
Simon Feil, an accomplished Jewish actor from New York City, is in Hampton Roads performing in Virginia Stage Company’s production of the Pulitzer Prizewinning drama, Disgraced. The play revolves around a dinner party that Issac, played by Feil, attends with his...
Jane Gardner to speak at Temple Emanuel’s 7th Annual Pink Tea
Sunday, May 6, 2–4 pm Jane Gardner, survivor of four types of cancer, a former TV anchor, and a former health reporter, will be the guest speaker for this year’s 7th Annual Pink Tea. Hosted by Temple Emanuel, the event continues the legacy of its founder, Renee Heyman...
Yom HaAtzamut From Holy Land to Club Land— The Evolution of Israel through Music
Thursday, April 19, 6:30 pm, Congregation Beth El On 5 Iyar, 1948 the entire world watched as Israel became an independent nation. On 5 Iyar, 2018 (April 19), the entire world will celebrate as Israel turns 70. Eyal Rob, a screenwriting professor by day and Tel Aviv...
Be part of the largest human flag of Israel ever in Tidewater at Israel Fest
Sunday, April 22, 2:30 pm You have seen them at big football games and concerts, stock car races, and patriotic festivals—“card stunts”—with regular folks holding up colored material to form words, numbers, and symbols. Now it’s Tidewater’s turn. During Israel Fest,...
Sharon K. Nusbaum to receive Ohef Sholom Temple’s Men’s Club’s 2018 Henry B. Kaufmann Award
Sunday, April 22, Ohef Sholom Temple Brunch: 10:30 am. Award presentation: 11 am, $10 per person This year’s recipient of Ohef Sholom Temple Men’s Club’s Henry B. Kaufmann Award is Sharon K. Nusbaum. A long-time Ohef Sholom congregant, Nusbaum is the wife of Bill...
Splash & Dash
Sunday, May 20, 1–4 pm, ages 7–15 The Simon Family JCC is the local regional host for the USA Triathlon Youth Aquathlon Splash & Dash for kids ages 7–15. This sports event combines swimming and running. Ages 7-10 have a 100-meter swim and 1-mile run, and ages...
Norman Soroko to be presented lifetime achievement award
Sunday, April 15, 10 am, Temple Israel Norman Soroko is being honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Seaboard Region, Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs, at it’s annual recognition breakfast. Soroko became involved in Men’s Club in the late 1980s at B’nai...
Eyal Rob for Israel Today
Thursday, April 19, 6:30 pm, Congregation Beth El Celebrate Yom HaAtzmaut with a free and open to the community event. From Holy Land to Club Land: The Evolution of Israel through Music, Rob will bring the Tel Aviv music scene to Tidewater, reflecting the young Jewish...
Seniors decorate umbrellas for Yom HaAtzmaut
Tuesday, March 27, 12:30 pm • Sandler Family Campus Based on an installation of 1,000 umbrellas adorning Yoel Moshe Solomon Street in Jerusalem during the summer of 2015, UJFT’s Community Relations Council is launching a similar installation in the Simon Family JCC’s...
Tidewater Chavurah’s Second Friday Shabbat Service
Friday, April 13, 7 pm Tidewater Chavurah’s second Friday of the month Shabbat service will take place at the home of Hal and Elaine in the Great Neck Meadows area of Virginia Beach. A “congregation without walls,” events are held in members’ homes or at other...
Seventh Annual Pink Tea
Sunday May 6, 2–4 pm Temple Emanuel at Baltic and 25th St. Temple Emanuel’s annual Pink Tea to raise money and awareness for cancer screenings will take place in May. All proceeds go to the Beach Health Clinic for cancer screenings. $12.50 per person. Become a “Pink...
Faces of Survival
Timing is everything. The number of remaining Holocaust survivors is rapidly decreasing. Thirty live in Tidewater. Several were children in Eastern and Western Europe, but many are Russians or Ukrainians who were young children during WWII. Now they are in their 80s...
A spectacular birthday celebration for Leonard Bernstein
Friday, April 13, Ferguson Center, Newport News Saturday, April 14, Chrysler Hall, Norfolk The Virginia Arts Festival will open its 2018 spring season with a stunning birthday party for Leonard Bernstein. The Festival is joining arts organizations on six continents in...