What’s Happening

Monday, October 2, 7:30 pm, Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus With constant uncertainty and change in the Middle East, it is difficult to stay updated with the most current developments. Still, it is important to stay alert to the difficulties Israel faces from her...

Yoni Alter September Israel-born Yoni Alter’s work is characterized by his bold use of color and his integration between the graphic and artistic, between the figurative and the abstract, and between form and space. Alter studied art and design in Jerusalem before...

Humans in the Public Sphere Sunday, Oct. 8, 10:30 am, Sandler Family Campus Tikun Olam Family Workshop Tuesday, Oct.10, 5:30 pm, Sandler Family Campus Photographs of Tel Aviv and Israelis are seen daily around the world—but how many depict the real Tel Aviv; the Tel...

Menashe opens Friday, Sept. 15 The Women’s Balcony opens Friday, Sept. 22 Two films with Orthodox Jewish themes are planned to screen this month at the Naro Expanded Cinema in Norfolk. The first, in Yiddish, Menashe, takes place in the heart of New York’s...

Monday, September 18, 11 am Sandler Family Campus The Be A Reader literacy program will launch the 2017-2018 school year with a welcome brunch and meeting for volunteers and school captains. Commonly called BeAR, Be A Reader is a literacy program through United Jewish...

Based on the concept that everyone should be a student and that anyone can be a teacher, Tidewater Yom Limmud is an opportunity to teach a workshop on any and all areas of Jewish content. Take part in this festival of Jewish culture through shared learning by teaching...

Sunday, November 12, 1–5 pm, Simon Family JCC Bringing people together of all backgrounds and ages to help nurture, mentor, and celebrate Jewish life and learning for an afternoon, is the goal of Tidewater Yom Limmud. Part of the Simon Family JCC’s Lee and Bernard...

Wednesday, September 13, 1 pm Simon Family JCC For seniors at the JCC, Rosh Hashanah will arrive a bit early this year and include an afternoon of art. Michele Barnes, an artist and art teacher, will lead the group in a painting event. Following the painting portion...

Tuesday, October 17, 12 pm, Simon Family JCC As part of its mission to provide educational classes to Tidewater’s Jewish community, The Norfolk Kollel is partnereing with the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Community Relations Council and Society of...

Tuesday, October 17, 7:30 pm Sandler Family Campus A scholar of law and religion and comparative Jewish Law, Dr. Mark Goldfeder will speak about Israel’s relationship with the United Nations, the perceived bias toward Israel, and how it relates to the Boycott,...

September Yoni Alter’s Cities exhibit brings a splash of pop-art style to the Leon Family Gallery. Featuring skylines of some very recognizable cities, as well as fresh interpretations of city architecture and objects, Alter’s work joins a line-up sure to excite art...

Mondays, Nov. 4, Nov. 11, Nov. 18, Nov. 25, and Dec. 9, 7:30 pm Members of Tidewater’s Jewish community have an opportunity to participate in a continent-wide campaign to teach North American Jews to read Hebrew beginning Monday, Nov. 4. Classes take place at B’nai...

Saturday, Oct. 19 and Sunday, Oct. 20 Dr. David Dalin, a widely-publ i shed author in the field of American Jewish history, will be Temple Israel’s scholar in residence. The weekend is sponsored by the Charles Sand Brenner Memorial Fund. The community is invited to...

Friday, Oct. 25, 7 pm Join YAD for the first ever Aruchat Shabbat. Come enjoy Shabbat dinner at various YADian’s homes throughout the year—dinner (kosher meat meal), drinks, schmoozing and more! Great People. Great Food. Great Energy. Home of Amy and Eliot Weinstein...

Sunday, Oct. 27, 10:30am Learn more about UANI and the situation regarding Iran’s nuclear intentions during a special briefing with Bob Feferman at B’nai Israel Congregation. This important program is offered by B’nai Israel in partnership with the Community Relations...

Pizza with a Purpose: Tuesday, Oct. 29 It’s hard to imagine spending a holiday alone, but sadly, many adults right here in Tidewater do just that. As the holidays approach, Jewish Family Service staff and volunteers reach out to these individuals with helping hearts,...

Sunday, Nov. 10, 3 pm Temple Israel’s sun-filled atrium will transform into a chamber music venue when “Lei Lei and Friends,” a group assembled for this one event, perform cello, piano and voice pieces by Schubert, Elgar, Chopin, Rimsky-Korsakov and Vivaldi, as well...

Sunday Oct 20, 2:30 pm From opera to book author presentations, cultural arts events are filling the calendar for children at the Simon Family JCC. To kick off the children’s cultural arts season, the Virginia Opera will perform a scaled down, family friendly version...

Entertainment, shopping, eating and a great membership deal! — Sunday, Oct. 20, 11–3 pm A free fall festival at the Simon Family JCC will highlight much that the Center offers for both current and prospective members. Activities for everyone in the family include a...

Friday, Oct. 4–Sunday, Oct. 6 The 30th anniversary season of the Virginia Chorale opens with Signature Chorale, a celebration of choral masterpieces, folk songs, and motets. Featuring pieces representative of the three decades of group’s repertoire, Signature Chorale...

Sunday, Nov. 10 The book took 10 years to write—partially because its author is a top scoring wealth manager in the Boston area and because he is a passionate painter in his spare time. It also took so long because Bloodlines, an engrossing novel about South Africa,...

Sunday, Oct. 6, 6 pm A ceremony marking the 40th Anniversary of the Yom Kippur War will take place at Temple Israel to honor those who fought and memorialize those who died defending Israel, and to commemorate the miraculous (yes, in military terms, MIRACULOUS)...

Through Oct. 4 Tidewater Jewish Foundation and the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Young Adult Division are co-hosting a food drive for the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia. During September’s Hunger Action Month, Feeding America, which is a nationwide...

Sundays, 2 pm Sunday, Oct. 20, Rabbi David Dalin will speak about the political views of Jews in America before the Civil War. Rabbi Dalin, professor of history and politics at Ave Maria University in Florida is the writer, co-author and editor of 10 books on American...

Tuesday mornings, beginning October 8 For more information, contact Miriam Brunn Ruberg, Simon Family JCC director of Jewish Life and Learning at 321-2328 or mbrunnruberg@simonfamilyj.org.

Sunday, Oct. 20, 2:30pm Families and children will love this shortened, operatic version of the beloved fable Jack and the Beanstalk, based on scenes from the operattas of Sir Arthur Sullivan. A wonderful introduction to the world of opera and music. Adults, $7.50,...

Sunday, September 22, 10 am Temple Israel, 7255 Granby Street, Norfolk The Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater and Temple Israel invite the community to a special briefing with Amos Guiora. A renowned security expert, media...

Tuesday, Oct. 1, 7:30 pm Through a grant from the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater and with the support of the Milton Kramer Scholar-in- Residence Fund, Congregation Beth El will host Malcolm Gladwell in a program broadcast live via satellite from the 92nd Street...

Sundays, Oct. 13–Nov. 10 9 to 10 am Since learning doesn’t stop at a particular age or after finishing formal schooling, consider a five-week introductory course in Hebrew to become more inspired and active Jewish learners. This course consists of learning basic...