What’s Happening

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...

Wednesday, September 13, 1 pm Simon Family JCC, free Seniors at the Simon Family JCC will celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, with a Rosh Hashanah Paint Social featuring artist and art teacher Michele Barnes. The New Year ceremony will be facilitated by a...

September 8 weekend The alumnae of Sigma Omega Pi sorority (SOPS) will celebrate their fifth annual reunion next month. SOPS was a national, Jewish social/ service organization for Jewish high school girls in Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Virginia Beach. It flourished in...

Monday, September 18, 11 am Sandler Family Campus Be A Reader kicks-off the 2017-2018 school year with a welcome breakfast and meeting next month. The event is an opportunity for potential new volunteers to learn more about the program, and for returning volunteers to...

Sunday, Sept. 10 and Sunday, Sept. 17, 2 pm Sandler Family Campus Panelists for the second session of Tidewater Chavurah’s two-part program on marriage between Jews and non-Jews, “Making Jewish Choices,” will explore issues arising from intermarriage such as...

Sunday, October 29 Since 2010, the Janet Gordon Mah Jongg Tournament, a tribute to Janet Gordon, of blessed memory, has been a creative, fun, and successful fundraiser for Beth Sholom Village, a campus that has served the community for more than 35 years. The wife of...

Friday, August 18, 5 pm The annual End of Summer Shabbat dinner and pool party has expanded this year to include more games, more food, and more fun. Young at heart participants will enjoy a surf n’ slide, a water balloon challenge, and a tzedakah dive. For adults,...

2017–2018 Israel Today series begins with David Hazony, managing director of The Israel Project Tuesday, September 12, 7:30 pm Sandler Family Campus After returning from an eight-month stint teaching English in Myanmar, I had to figure out my next move. I thought a...

August, Leon Family Art Gallery A Vintage Jewish fashion photography exhibit from the collection of Beit Hatfutsot, The Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv, and the Bernard H. and Miriam Oster Visual Documentation Center, will be on display in the Leon Family Art...

Sunday, Sept. 10 and Sunday, Sept. 17 Sandler Family Campus A two-part program on intermarriage between Jews and non-Jews, Making Jewish Choices, presented by Tidewater Chavurah, will take place at the Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus. The first session will present...

Thursday, August 3, 6:30 pm Hilarity is coming to the Simon Family JCC when comedian, writer, and actor Elon Gold performs at Laughter on the Lawn. Gold, born in the Bronx and currently living and working in Los Angeles, is “a favoured son in the proud tradition of...

Saturday, June 8, 6 pm With the Belmont Stakes taking place in real time on the big screen, Ohef Sholom Temple’s “Night at the Races” promises to be an evening of fast track excitement. The event includes dinner, an open bar, a DJ and “gambling” with “funny money,”...

Wednesday, May 1, 7 pm Since January, community members have gathered in four different area synagogues, watched four different films about Israel, and have had four very distinguished rabbis lead them in discussions about what they had just seen and heard. The fifth...

Sunday, May 19, 5:45 pm From rumba to swing, and cha-cha to hora, Temple Israel will rock with music by The Hotel Paradise Roof Garden Orchestra, led by WHRO’s Lynn Summeral, with jazz singer Becky Livas crooning old favorites. The dinner planners and decorations...

Friday, April 26, 6:30 pm and Saturday, April 27, 9 am The last weekend of April will be a joyous one for two Norfolk synagogues when Temple Israel and Ohef Sholom Temple continue their annual tradition of hosting each other’s congregants throughout a Shabbat. On...

Sunday, April 21, 2:30 pm at Cinema Café, Pembroke Meadows Nearly a quarter century after its release, Barry Levinson’s film, Avalon, remains as poignant, funny, and quintessentially Jewish as it was at its 1990 premiere. The Women’s Outreach Committee of the United...

Sunday, May 5, 10:30 am For more than 30 years, the Ohef Sholom Temple Men’s Club has bestowed the Henry B. Kaufmann Award upon a congregant for extraordinary service to the temple and the entire community. Henry B. Kaufmann, an accountant by trade, was extremely...

Sunday, May 5, 2 pm The community is invited to a Pink Tea at Temple Emanuel to honor Women Cancer survivors. This is an opportunity to hear how “Your Good Health is in Your Hands” with a panel of health experts including Dr. Celeste Bremer, oncologist; Cori Damuth,...

Sunday April 28, 12:30–5 pm The 2013 Israel Festival at the Simon Family JCC welcomes people from every background and religion to an afternoon of celebration. The Israel Festival aims to reach beyond the Jewish community to those who are looking for a taste of...

Sunday, April 21, 9:30 am Bring leashed or contained pets to Temple Israel for the Blessing of the Animals by Rabbi Michael Panitz. Enter through the rear atrium stairs for this fun and unique service. Sunday school students will provide special Kosher dog treats, and...

Friday, April 12, 6 pm • Sandler Family Campus YAD’s popular Family Shabbat event is back, serving up a traditional Shabbat dinner (vegetarian option available), followed by fun and games for kids of all ages. Don’t miss this Family Shabbat event, complete with...

Sunday, April 14, 6:15 pm The State of Israel will observe Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day on 4 Iyyar, Sunday, April 14. In Israel, Yom Hazikaron means more than a three-day weekend and big discounts at the mall. Every Israeli is related to or knows someone who...

Saturday, April 27 The Ramaz Choir High School singing group from New York will perform at Temple Emanuel at Shabbat services. This group has been to Temple Emanuel many times before. Shabbat services are open to the community. To learn more about the Ramaz Choir, go...

Tuesday, April 16, 7:30 pm The Virginia Arts Festival brings Noa to the TCC Roper Performing Arts Center in Norfolk in a performance co-presented with the Simon Family JCC. For tickets and information, go to vafest.org, call 757‑282‑2822 or visit the VAF Box Office,...

Tuesday, April 16, 2:30 pm—Fleder Multipurpose Room To celebrate Israel’s 65th birthday, Hebrew Academy students and Strelitz pre-school students will perform a program of songs and dances, accompanied by a multi-media presentation. The community is invited to...

Monday, April 15, 2:40 pm—Fleder Multipurpose Room In observance of Yom HaZikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day, the Hebrew Academy of Tidewater’s students in grades three to five will present a program of poems and songs in memory of all those who have fallen in defense of...

Monday, April 8, 2:40 pm—Fleder Multipurpose Room In observance of Yom HaShoah, Hebrew Academy of Tidewater’s fifth grade students, under the direction of Sheila Panitz, will present a program in honor and in memory of the victims, survivors and heroes of the...

Thursday, April 11, 5:30–8 pm An exhibit and panel discussion at Old Dominion University will explore what happens when the rule of law is obliterated. The exhibit, Lawyers without Rights, was created by the German Federal Bar and has been shown in more than 80 cities...

Wednesday, April 17, noon, Vandeventer Black offices The Business and Legal Society of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, the Tidewater Jewish Foundation and the Virginia Israel Advisory Board present “Israel Incubates and America Invests” at a free,...

Thursday, April 11, 5:30–8 pm An exhibit and panel discussion at Old Dominion University will explore what happens when the rule of law is obliterated. The program begins at 6:30 pm with opening remarks by The Honorable G. William Whitehurst, Ph.D. former U.S....

Exhibit at ODU: April 2–April 30 Panel discussion at ODU: April 11, 6:30 pm In 1932, Germany’s Weimar Republic had a democratically elected president and Parliament. The Weimar constitution guaranteed equality before the law, freedom of religion, free speech, and...