What’s Happening

Leon Family Gallery | Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus Through December For its first exhibition outside of JCC Manhattan, the National Library of Israel is showcasing its treasures at the Simon Family JCC. Lining the walls of the Leon Family Gallery are facsimiles...

Thursday, January 10, 12 pm | Sandler Family Campus $12 Lunch; $30 Lunch and signed book Bundled Registration for lunch and a signed book closes January 3 Author and neuroscientist Rachel Herz will participate in a panel discussion with Tom Purcell, Simon Family JCC’s...

Thursday, December 20, 9 am An interactive class with Zvi Leshem, director of the Gershom Scholem (Kabbalah) collection with the National Library of Israel from Israel via Skype and Temple Israel’s Rabbi Michael Panitz, will discuss the exhibit with special attention...

Friday, December 14, 5:45 pm | Chabad of Tidewater The Young Adult Division of United Jewish Federation of Tidewater and Chabad of Tidewater’s Annual Shabbat dinner is open to singles, couples, and families. Meet new people, make new friends, and enjoy a huge...

Michael Duffy—2018 Scholar-in-Residence Saturday, December 8–Sunday, December 9 Professor Michael Duffy, Temple Israel’s 2018 Scholarin-residence, is chair of the Art History department at East Carolina University. A s Temple Israel’s Scholar-in-Residence, Duffy will...

Tuesday, December 25, 4–6 pm For more than 30 years, Beth Sholom Village has engaged family members and the community as they came to volunteer on December 25. The activity was called “Switch Day.” The idea was born when staff—everyone from food servers to...

Friday, Dec. 14, 7 pm Tidewater Chavurah meets at the home of Hal and Elaine in the Great Neck Meadows area of Virginia Beach for their second Friday of the month Shabbat service. Events are held in members’ homes or at other locations. Rabbi Ellen Jaffe-Gill leads...

Leon Family Gallery Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus Through December An exhibition developed in partnership with the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, Curating the Past, Creating the Future, features mixed media that highlights the four central collections at the...

Sunday, Dec. 2, 12–3:30 pm Sandler Family Campus Tidewater’s annual community Hanukkah celebration, this year’s Latkepalooza promises something for every family member and plenty of firsts, including, Tidewater’s first ever Camp Extravaganza and a Rick Recht LIVE!...

Leon Family Gallery | Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus November and December While continuing to serve as Israel’s pre-eminent research library, The National Library of Israel embarked on an ambitious journey to expand access to its treasures. NLI holds the largest...

Rick Recht is one of the top touring musicians in Jewish music—evolutionizing and elevating the genre of Jewish rock music as a powerful and effective tool for developing Jewish pride and identity in youth and adults across the United States. He’ll be in Tidewater...

Begins on Sunday, November 11, 7 pm Lives are comprised of decisions—large and small. Some decisions are of seemingly no consequence, but others have people stumped while trying to discern between right and wrong. Moral and ethical dilemmas can be found at every...

Be Part of Our Next Chapter! Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015, 9 am – 1 pm United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Annual Super Sunday Community Phone-athon takes place at the Sandler Family Campus. Volunteers are needed for two shifts: 9–11 am and 11 am–1 pm. Sign up at...

Midnight At the Pera Palace Sunday, Jan. 13, 3 pm, Temple Sinai Georgetown University professor Charles King will speak at Temple Sinai about his new book, Midnight at the Pera Palace at Temple Sinai in Newport News. When the Ottoman Empire collapsed after WWI, so...

Date with the State: Wednesday, Feb. 4 Bus departs Sandler Family Campus at 8:45 am, returns by 6 pm CRC Briefing on Date with the State: Wednesday, Jan. 28, 6:30 pm Mix civic responsibility, democracy, political action, Jewish values and history with a healthy dose...

Sunday, Jan. 18, 2 pm, TCC Roper Performing Arts Center In their comfortable home in Philadelphia, attorney Gilbert Kraus and his wife Eleanor were far removed from Hitler’s tightening of control over Europe in 1939. Yet this young couple brought 50 children to live...

Monday, Dec. 8, 7–8 pm Monday, Dec. 15, 7–8 pm by Jenny Lefcoe As the holiday season approaches, ChillZone, the new program for area Jewish girls, will have a revised schedule. In order to try to accommodate those who are unable to attend on Thursday night, for the...

Wednesday, Dec. 17, 5:30–7:30pm Want to do something special for Chanukah? The Second Annual Latke-Palooza is just the thing! Celebrate the second night of Chanukah at the Simon Family JCC. Eat latkes with friends and family, and enjoy a fun night at the start of...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...