Saturday, May 5, 6–9 pm, Ohef Sholom Temple No Frill Grill. One Hour Heating and Air Conditioning. Cooper Hurley Personal Injury Lawyers. Bite. What do these businesses have in common? They are all owned by Ohef Sholom Temple members. “In my years of board service,...
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Spring Into Art at Park Place School
Luncheon: Tuesday, May 1, 11 am–12:30 pm, Congregation Beth El Beth El is bustling with activity in the art studio now being run in the Park Place School. Each week, under the direction of art therapist Kimberly Fisher, all 65 of the second through sixth graders...
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...
Date With the State—Virginia Jewish Advocacy Day
Wednesday, Feb. 4 Wednesday, Jan. 7, noon—Informational meeting Wednesday, Jan. 28, 6:30pm—Briefing session For years, members of Jewish communities from across the Commonwealth have come together at the State Capitol in Richmond to collaborate on Virginia Jewish...
Congregation Beth El presents From Bimah to Broadway
Sunday, Dec. 14, 4 pm A concert of Jewish music will take place in Congregation Beth El’s sanctuary next month. During this special fund-raising event, three nationally renowned cantors will perform a wide variety of traditional and contemporary Jewish music. Alex...
Switch Day at Beth Sholom
Thursday, Dec. 25, 7 am–3 pm Each year on Christmas, Beth Sholom Village’s employees are able to spend the day with their families because of Switch Day. The day is always a “win-win.” Volunteers have a good time, employees get to celebrate Christmas at home and the...
Opening night film for JCC festival about Israeli Air Force of 1948 Produced by the “other” Spielberg
Saturday, Jan. 17, 7:30 pm, Sandler Center for the Performing Arts Above and Beyond is about bravery and courage of the “Top Guns” in the Israeli Air Force. When Producer Nancy Spielberg came across an obituary of the “Father” of this air force, she was startled to...
Israel Today—Mark Dubowitz on Terror from Tehran
Wednesday, Dec. 3, 7:30 pm The second expert in the 2014-15 Israel Today series, Mark Dubowitz will speak about a nuclear Iran at the Sandler Family Campus next month. The event is hosted by United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Community Relations Council and...
Synagogue members Get a free month at the J
The Simon Family JCC, which has been on the Sandler Family Campus for 10 years, is extending a free 30-day trial membership to area synagogue members so that non-members may try the many new and exciting fitness classes at the JCC. “The JCC is a community center for...
Teens of the 1970s plan Virginia Council BBYO Reunion
April 18–19, 2015, Richmond All ‘teens’ of the 1970s who participated in Virginia Council B’nai B’rith Youth Organization (BBYO), are invited to attend a reunion at the Weinstein JCC in Richmond. Teens of the 70s are BBYO members between the years of 1968 and 1984....
The Lee and Bernard Jaffe* Family Jewish Book Festival
Through Sunday, Nov. 16 by Leslie Shroyer Nine author events are taking place at the Simon Family JCC during the Lee and Bernard Jaffe* Family Jewish Book Festival. Three are highlighted here. For all events, go to www.SimonFamilyJCC.org. A musical evening The Late...
Chill Zone: A new opportunity for Jewish girls
Thursdays by Jenny Lefcoe With the 2015–2016 school year kicking off, it’s easy to become overwhelmed, exhausted and want to seek an outlet from the endless pressures of daily life. To help Jewish girls with that need for an outlet, Tidewater has a new and exciting...
Keeping an eye on Iran
by Robin Mancoll Are you keeping your eye on the ball? Or, in this case, are you keeping your eye on Iran’s progress as they head toward nuclear weapons capability? With so much taking place in the Middle East, it’s easy to lose sight of what we thought last year at...
Update from the State, Lieutenant Governor Ralph S. Northam visits community
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 7 pm, Sandler Family Campus The number of topics Ralph Northam can speak about when he visits the Sandler Family Campus run the gamut from the recent election, to conflicts over Medicaid expansion, to the latest neurological surgery procedures, to...
New film to host a major world premier in Tidewater
Thursday, Nov. 20, 7 pm, Regent University Theater by Robin Mancoll With fresh memories of this past summer’s Operation Protective Edge and the young adults who were casualties of war while defending the State of Israel, the IDF soldiers are back in the spotlight. The...
Virginia Jewish Choral Celebration combines congregations
Sunday, Nov. 16, 3:30 pm, Congregation Beth Ahabah, Richmond Jewish choral groups from across the central and southern regions of Virginia will perform as a single choir, in the first-ever Virginia Jewish Choral Celebration at Richmond’s Beth Ahabah. The event is free...
Joseph Telushkin returns to the JCC Book Festival
Monday, Nov. 3, 7 pm by Leslie Shroyer Named by Talk Magazine as one of the 50 best speakers in the United States, Rabbi Joseph Telushkin is the keynote speaker at this year’s Lee and Bernard Jaffe* Family Jewish Book Festival. Joseph Telushkin is the bestselling...
Free Hebrew Reading Crash Course open to community
Begins Monday, Nov. 3, 7:15 pm, B’nai Israel Norfolk’s B’nai Israel Congregation is offering a free Hebrew Reading Crash Course to all members of the Tidewater Jewish community. The course is designed to teach those with no basic knowledge of Hebrew how to read the...
Dreazen to speak in Newport News on “The Invisible Front”
Thursday, Nov. 13, 7 pm, United Jewish Community of the Virginia Peninsula Author of The Invisible Front: Love and Loss in an Era of Endless War, Yochi Dreazen will speak about his new book. One of the most respected military journalists in the country, Dreazen is the...
Celebrate Shabbat Under the Stars
Friday, Oct. 24, 5:30–8 pm Experience a real Shabbat dinner with friends and families and do an activity related to the week’s Parsha, Noah. Also see what the sky looks like that night, and talk about the sky in Noah’s time. Sponsored by the Simon Family JCC Children...
The Devil’s Arithmetic at The Jewish Museum and Cultural Center
Sunday, Oct. 12, 2 pm A 1999 TV movie based on the novel by Jane Yolen, The Devil’s Arithmetic is the first film of The Jewish Museum and Cultural Center’s season. The story of a Jewish girl who, during a Seder, is transported in time to 1942 Poland where she is sent...
Stop & Shop…and support a great cause Jewish Family Service of Tidewater’s Helping Hearts project
Wednesday, Oct. 29, 5–8:30 pm Jewish Family Service of Tidewater is hosting a ‘one-stop shopping event’ featuring numerous direct sales and community vendors. The event will take place at TowneHall (attached to TowneBank), 137 Mount Pleasant Road in Chesapeake. Free...
Visit the Opera at the JCC
Sunday, Oct. 19, 2:30 pm Virginia Opera returns to the Simon Family JCC with a performance for young opera enthusiasts with scenes from The Empress and the Nightingale. This Hans Christian Andersen classic is a children’s story of a small bird sharing her gift of...