Tuesday, February 12, 12 pm Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus Lunch $12/Lunch and signed book $50 Artist Hillel Smith will discuss his book, Parsha Posters, over lunch, and then conduct a gallery tour of the exhibit, which is on display in the Leon Family Gallery...
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Chabad of Tidewater introduces local CTeen chapter
Sunday, February 10, 5:30–7:30 pm A worldwide club aimed at engaging Jewish teenagers in Jewish identity and practice in a fun fashion, CTeen of Hampton Roads is being launched by Chabad of Tidewater. The club is open to Jewish teens in eighth, ninth, and 10th grades....
Tidewater Learning Connection: For parents and educators
Sunday, February 24, 9:30 am–12:45 pm, Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus, $10 An initiative of the Hebrew Academy of Tidewater Konikoff Center of Learning, the second annual Tidewater Learning Connection (TLC) brings high quality parenting and educational programming...
Renée Fleming in concert
Saturday, Feb. 23, 8 pm, Sandler Center The Sandler Center Foundation and the Virginia Arts Festival will present former Virginia Opera star and world-renowned soprano, Renée Fleming, in a performance at the Sandler Center. Fleming’s set will include renditions of...
Classes for Seniors at Simon Family JCC
IT Skill Building for Senior Consumers Feb. 5–March 12, 10:30 am–12 noon Six consecutive Tuesday morning seminars offered for senior adults interested in enhancing their abilities on tablets and phones. $30. Register at the JCC Front Desk in person, call 757-321-2338,...
Tidewater Learning Connection: A conference for educators and parents
Sunday, February 24, 9:30 am–12:45 pm Sandler Family Campus, $10 An initiative of the Hebrew Academy of Tidewater Konikoff Center of Learning, Tidewater Learning Connection brings nationally recognized authors, speakers, and expert educators to engage the community in...
Virginia Jewish Advocacy Day
Join CRC in Richmond for an important Date (with the State) Wednesday, February 6, 7 am–4 pm Bus leaves from the Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus One of the greatest American privileges is being able to make your voice heard. The United Jewish Federation of...
The Samuel Project – A story for grandparents and grandchildren
Sunday, January 27, 2 pm, TCC Roper Performing Arts Center, $10, free for teachers and students Actors Hal Linden and Ryan Ochoa to speak following the film. A longtime assistant to Steven Spielberg, filmmaker Marc Fusco has been intrigued by the impact of previous...
Join famed film critic, Mal Vincent for his 10th annual Hollywood tell-all Mal Vincent’s Pick: Cast a Giant Shadow
Monday, January 28, 7:15 pm Naro Expanded Cinema, $10 Audiences line up each year at the Virginia Festival of Jewish Film to hear Mal Vincent dish juicy stories on some of America’s beloved classic film stars. As Virginian-Pilot’s entertainment editor for more than 20...
Budapest Noir – A view of the dark and mysterious world of 1930s Budapest
Wednesday, January 30, 7:15 pm Beach Cinema Alehouse, $10 Budapest Noir is a period thriller set in the politically-troubled autumn of 1936. The film follows Zsigmond Gordon, a worldweary reporter asking unwanted questions about the seemingly unimportant murder of a...
Resident families and community invited to honor their parents
Saturday, January 26, 10 am, Beth Sholom Village In synagogues around the world on January 26, Jews will read the sedrah Yitro in the Book of Exodus. Yitro includes the Ten Commandments, number five of which is to “honor thy father and thy mother.” Beth Sholom Village...
JDC-Eshel’s Photography with Joy
Through January Leon Family Gallery Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus Featuring photographs taken by Holocaust survivors living in Israel, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee’s Photography with Joy exhibit is on display in the Simon Family JCC ’s Leon...
A tale of Survival: The Jewish Hospital in Berlin 1945
Monday, April 13, 12:30 – 1:30 pm, Old Dominion University Tuesday, April 14, 7:30 pm, Old Dominion University A metal bas-relief hangs on a wall in our home. A gift from the Jewish community in Iasi, Romania where my father was born, it commemorates the pogrom begun...
Yom Hashoah community Holocaust commemoration to feature Holocaust Survivor from Poland
Wednesday, April 15, 6:45 pm, Congregation Beth El Henry Greenbaum, a Polish Auschwitz survivor from Bethesda, Md. and weekly volunteer at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, even at age 86, will be the featured speaker at the annual Holocaust commemoration...
A Holocaust Memoir: Dodging Death
Sunday, April 12, 10 am Temple Israel The story of each Holocaust survivor weaves a poignant, yet individual thread in the tapestry of the world’s collective memory. The Temple Israel Men’s Club continues its dedication to sharing these stories with the annual Yom...
You’ve seen her on TV, now see her in person Joan Lunden: My Journey
Presented by Jewish Family Service Sunday, April 26, 2 pm, Norfolk Academy As part of its Spring Into Healthy Living programming, Jewish Family Service of Tidewater will present Joan Lunden, American journalist, author and television host at Norfolk Academy’s Samuel...
Ohef Sholom Temple’s Scholar-in-Residence: Rabbi Amy Scheinerman
Friday, April 17–Sunday, April 19 The 2015 Scholar-in-Residence Weekend at Ohef Sholom Temple, sponsored by Rabbi Connie and Dr. Jerry Golden, will feature Rabbi Amy Scheinerman. Opportunities to hear and study with Rabbi Scheinerman include Friday Shabbat services,...
Pink Tea at Temple Emanuel
The 4th Annual Pink Tea to honor women cancer survivors and emphasize that, “Your Good Health is in Your Hands,” will take place at Temple Emanuel. This year’s topic, Cancer in the Family, will be presented by Dr. Louise Lubin. A psychologist who has been involved...
Parents’ meeting for the Swordfish Swim Team
Tuesday, May 12, 5:30 pm Simon Family JCC The Simon Family JCC’s Swordfish Swim Team is for swimmers from five to 18 years old. This recreational competitive swim team offers experienced coaching to swimmers who wish to improve technique, get fit and make friends....
Teen Wellness: Healthy Bodies, Healthy Lives
Sunday, April 19, 1–3:45 pm, the Sandler Family Campus An empowering event for local Jewish teens and their parents, Teen Wellness: Healthy Bodies, Healthy Lives is presented by United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, the Simon Family Jewish Community Center, Jewish...
African Children’s Choir
Tuesday, March 31, 7:30 pm, Sandler Center for the Performing Arts The 2nd Annual World Music Event Concert to benefit ACCESS the ARTS will feature the African Children’s Choir. Founded in 1948 by Ray Barnett, the choir has performed around the world. Annie Sandler...
The Berlin Jewish Hospital Lecture and exhibit at Old Dominion University
Monday, April 13, 12:30 pm, Perry Library Dr. Elke-Vera Kotowski and Dr. Julius Schoeps from Mendelssohn Center for European-Jewish Studies in Berlin will lead discussions on the history of the Jewish Hospital in Berlin, where 800 Jewish patients survived the...
Virginia Symphony plays for children at the JCC
Sunday, April 26, 2:30 pm The Simon Family JCC’s final Children’s Cultural Arts Series presents the Virginia Symphony’s “Musical Voyages.” This musical voyage celebrates sounds and rhythms of some of the countries of the Asia Pacific played by a string quintet. From...
The Sonenshine Lecture Series
Friday, March 27, 12:30 and 7 pm, Old Dominion University Professor Michael Brenner will speak twice for The Sonenshine Lecture Series as part of the Institute for Jewish Studies and Interfaith Understanding at Old Dominon University. Jewish Life in Contemporary...
Adult Education program at Ohef Sholom Temple: Rescues and Rescuers
Sunday, March 29, 11 am Marty Mandelberg will speak on the topic, Rescues & Rescuers, at a program presented by Ohef Sholom Temple’s Adult Education committee. From 1933 through 1945, innumerable attempts to save European Jewry from the fate that Hitler and his...
11th Annual Grieving Children’s Art Show
April 10—May 8 Leon Family Art Gallery at the Sandler Family Campus Imagine being a child and learning that your mother was killed in a car accident. Who can you talk to about this sudden tragic loss and who will understand? Although family and friends of all ages are...
Gidi Grinstein rescheduled due to snow
Monday, April 20, 7:30 pm, Simon Family JCC The Simon Family JCC’s first Celebrate Israel event for 2015, Gidi Grinstein, originally scheduled for Feb. 23, but postponed due to hazardous travel conditions caused by a snowstorm, will take place next month. Grinstein is...
Cantor Mitch to bring music, recipes to Newport News
Sunday, May 3, 2 pm, Temple Sinai Mitchell Kowitz is not just another cookbook author. Kowitz, better known as “Cantor Mitch,” is the author of Kosher Cuisine for a New Generation. In the book, he not only provides kosher recipes that are light, simple and tasty, he...
The Community Relations Council’s 3rd Annual Israel Poster Contest
Have you voted yet? Vote at the Sandler Family Campus through March 31 Stop by the Simon Family JCC’s Cardo to cast a vote for your favorite Israel Advocacy poster. The entries by so many artists, combined with cool facts about Israel, offer a visually and...
Yom Hashoah
Wednesday, April 15, 6:45 pm, Congregation Beth El Presented by the Holocaust Commission of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, the annual Yom Hashoah commemoration honors survivors, liberators and righteous gentiles. The event also applauds winners of its...
It’s Run, Roll or Stroll Time!
Sunday, May 3 The 11th Annual Run, Roll or Stroll, which will take place at 24th Street Park in Virginia Beach will include an 8K run, a 5K run, 5K walk and a 1 mile run/ walk, plus fun activities for all ages. Don London of The New 101.3 radio station will provide...
Israel’s global humanitarian efforts highlight of CRC Forum
Sunday, March 15, 7:30 pm Sandler Family Campus The past few months have proven challenging for Dr. Ofer Merin, the featured speaker in the Community Relation Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s upcoming Israel Today Forum. “I’ve had to confront,...