What’s Happening

Erin Zimmerman Scenes from Israel February A writer, producer, and director for CBN Documentaries, Erin Zimmerman earned an M.A. in Broadcast Journalism from Regent University, then spent four years at CBN News, where she served as a segment producer and line producer...

Premieres Sunday, March 11, 8 pm on WHRO TV 15 Three young cantors, all rising stars in the Jewish music scene, are brought together in Amsterdam’s revered 17th century Portuguese Synagogue for a concert of Jewish sacred and secular music arranged for orchestra and...

Tuesday, March 13, 7:30 pm Meyera E. Oberndorf Central Library, 4100 Virginia Beach Blvd, Virginia Beach Free and open to the community A leading political historian and one of today’s most prominent activists in the fight against the de-legitimization of Israel, Gil...

Wednesday, March 21, 12 pm Simon Family JCC The Joseph Fleishma n n Memorial Fund of the Tidewater Jewish Foundation and the Simon Family JCC invite Seniors to celebrate Passover at the Senior Seder. Taking place in the Multipurpose Room at the Simon Family JCC, Rabbi...

Sunday, March 25, 4–7 pm Uno’s Pizzeria, 5900 East Virginia Beach Blvd, Norfolk Save the date for the Jewish Museum and Cultural Center’s 10th anniversary celebration. Each ticket includes an all you can eat Italian buffet and one alcoholic beverage. Silent and live...

Thursday March 1, 5 pm Wyndham Garden, Downtown Norfolk The Twins From France will amaze children and adults alike with their mind-boggling acrobatic and daredevil feats in a performance unlike any other. A reading of the Megillah will also take place. RSVP to...

Tuesdays, 2 pm, Kehillat Beit Hamidrash A conservative synagogue located in Virginia Beach’s Kempsville section, Kehillat Beit Hamidrash Synagogue does not have a formal rabbi. But that does not stop the congregation from having a weekly Torah study class. When the...

March 9–11, Ohef Sholom Temple Back by popular demand, Mama Doni and her four-person bluegrass band, Nefesh Mountain, return to Tidewater for multiple concerts and a musical Kabbalat Shabbat over three days. In fall 2016, under her “Mama Doni” billing, Doni Zasloff...

Monday, February 12, 7:30 pm Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus Aaron David Miller, vice president for New Initiatives and Distinguished Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars will discuss the future of the U.S. involvement in a volatile...

Erin Zimmerman Scenes from Israel February The architecture in Israel and the daily lives of the country’s citizens are explored in this moving photography exhibit. Erin Zimmerman is a writer, producer, and director of documentaries about history, people, and biblical...

February 15 7 pm, Keynote address VIP cocktail reception, 6 pm TCC Roper Performing Arts Center February 16 8:30 am–1 pm Simon Family JCC Tidewater Learning Connection, an initiative of the Hebrew Academy of Tidewater, presents “How to Raise an Adult.” This two-day...

Sunday, Jan. 28, 10:30 am–12 pm Ohef Sholom Temple Dr. Bernd Wollschläeger, the son of a decorated Nazi tank commander, and author of A German Life: Against All Odds, Change is Possible (2007) will tell the story of his struggle of being torn between faith, family,...

Thursday, March 27, 6:30 pm The Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities will present the 50th Annual Humanitarian Awards at the Norfolk Waterside Marriott. Jerry Kantor is the event’s chair and Michael Glasser is one of the award recipients. A lifelong member of the...

Friday, Feb. 21, 8:30–9 am On the third Friday of every month, Rabbi Mordechai Wecker, head of school at the Hebrew Academy of Tidewater, leads a parsha class in the school’s upstairs library. A bagel and lox breakfast is served. The entire community is invited free...

Part 1, “Zion’s Dilemmas: How Israel Makes National Security Policy” Chuck Freilich, former Israeli Deputy National Security Adviser Thursday, Feb. 25, 12 pm, Law Offices of Vandeventer Black Llp A Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center at Harvard’s Kennedy School, Chuck...

Deadline for submission: Friday, Feb. 28 The second annual Israel Poster Contest for first through 12th graders is now accepting entrees. The Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater sponsors the contest. Students and teachers can find...

Sunday, March 9, 8:30 am–2 pm Furniture, toys, household items, books, CDs, DVDs, jewelry, children’s clothing, and more will be available at Ohef Sholom Temple Sisterhood’s Rummage Sale. Make sure to stop by to rummage through all the great items and find some...

Sunday, March 9, 2 pm (preview) 3 pm (auction) The Kempsville Conservative Synagogue will host its 14th Gala Matinee Art Auction Fundraiser with Rick Brandwein returning as ‘auctioneer extraordinaire,’ bringing his vast knowledge of the artworks and his entertaining...

Monday, August 18 The answer is probably “Yes.” The game, as played by American Jewish women, has changed very little in more than 50 years. It was all the rage in the roaring 20s, but its popularity waned by the 30s. In 1937, thinking that this was at least partially...

Tuesday, Feb. 25, 5:30 pm The Maimonides Society of United Jewish Federation of Tidewater hosts an evening of music by Pavel Ilyashov, a Virginia Symphony violinist. Ilyashov will play pieces written by Bronislaw Huberman, the celebrated Polish violinist who rescued...

Sunday, Feb. 23, 2:30 pm Virginia Stage Company brings its touring show, The Jungle Book to the Simon Family JCC for an imaginative and interactive experience for children. This production, part of the JCC’s Cultural Arts children’s series, is based on the tales of...

Sunday, March 16, 9:45 am–12 noon The religious schools of Temple Emanuel and Beth El are joining together for a Purim Carnival and making it open to the community. The carnival takes place at Temple Emanuel. The fun begins at 9 am for a “T’fillah Tip Toe through the...

Sunday, Feb. 2, 11 am In honor of February’s Heart Health month, Ohef Sholom Temple presents: Women’s Heart Health. Margarita Simon, a nurse practitioner with more than 30 years of cardiology experience, and Susan Kaplan, a cardiac researcher and nurse educator at...

Tuesday, Feb. 4, 7 pm Uriel Heilman, an award-winning journalist and managing editor of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, will speak at a United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Maimonides Society event. The Maimonides Society is comprised of Jewish healthcare...

Saturday, Feb. 15, 8 pm Laugh the winter blues away at the Simon Family JCC during a comedic evening with Avi Liberman. This is the first of two Performing Arts at the J, presented by Leah Wohl* events this winter. A favorite in comedy clubs from Los Angeles to New...

Friday, February 21, 7:30 pm Ohef Sholom Temple will celebrate its annual Men’s Club Shabbat with members of the Men’s Club leading the service. Jefferson C. Harrison, chief curator of the Chrysler Museum of Art, whose topic is “Nazi-Era Provenance Research and the...

Sunday, March 2, 11 am–3 pm For the third time, Operation Hamantashen, a joint venture of the UJFT Young Adult Division and the JCC Children and Family Department, will take place at the Sandler Family Campus. In 2012, more than 100 bakers and helpers of all ages...

Thursday, Feb. 20, 6:30 pm at Bite Restaurant, Norfolk One of the more striking sights in Israel: teenagers, the blush of youth evident in their unlined faces and in their energetic gait, dressed not in jeans and t-shirts but in head-to-toe standard issue Israel...

Wednesday, Jan. 29, 7 pm The Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater had astute foresight in inviting Gil Troy to be the second speaker in this year’s Israel Today Forum. While the organization had no way of knowing that Troy would...