What’s Happening

Thursday, April 19, 5:30 pm Norfolk Waterside Marriott Volunteer Hampton Roads will honor Kurt Rosenbach with the Lenora Mathews Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his outstanding leadership in community service. Rosenbach has served the community by being...

14th Annual Grieving Children’s Art Show March Jewish Family Service counseling staff, through the Dozoretz Center for Healing and Jessica Glasser Therapeutic Pavilion, specializes in helping individuals of all ages cope with loss and grieving. One component of this...

Wednesday, April 18, 12:30 pm, Simon Family JCC Seniors are celebrating Yom HaAtzmaut, Israeli Independence Day, with DJ Eyal Rob of Tel Aviv. As a young thriving nation, Israel has been through radical social transformations in its 70 years. The changes in Israeli...

Thursday, March 29, 12:30 pm Sandler Family Campus Based on an installation of 1,000 umbrellas adorning Yoel Moshe Solomon Street in the historic Nachalat Shiva district of Jerusalem during the summer of 2015, UJFT’s Community Relations Council is launching a similar...

Wednesday, March 21, 12 pm Simon Family JCC and Joseph Fleishmann Memorial Fund of the Tidewater Jewish Foundation present Seniors Seder. Rabbi Israel Zoberman and Cantor Elihu Flax will lead the senior community in a traditional Passover Mini Seder at the Simon...

Tuesday, March 13–Sunday March 18, Chrysler Hall Beautiful, The Carole King Musical, tells the inspiring true story of Carole King’s (Carol Joan Klein) amazing rise to stardom… from being part of a hit songwriting team with her first husband Gerry Goffin, to her...

March 9–March 16 For more than 20 years, Richmond Ballet’s Minds In Motion program has brought students from across Virginia and from all walks of life, to perform together on stage and share the joy of dance. Nearly a decade ago, the program traveled to Israel, and...

Sunday, April 22, 11 am–4 pm Israel only turns 70 once. That’s why organizers of Israel Fest at the Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus are working to make this year’s event one of the most memorable ever—and they need help! How? With authentic Israeli food and music,...

Sunday, March 11, event preview: 2 pm; auction: 3 pm, 952 Indian Lakes Blvd, Virginia Beach Auctioneer Rick Brandwein of Marlin Fine Auctions and Creative Events will bring a variety of media to meet everyone’s pocketbooks and wall space for the 18th annual Matinee...

Sunday, Dec. 8, reception at 5 pm; dinner at 5:30 pm Since its inception 12 years ago, Toras Chaim has held an annual celebratory gala dinner and this year is no exception. With a dinner, theme of “Bringing Wisdom to the Stars,” the evening’s keynote speaker will be...

Thursday, Dec. 12, 7 pm Life as a diplomat in Israel’s Foreign Ministry can be a constant challenge. Most of a diplomat’s time is spent representing Israel as a positive, thriving, welcoming country, and always, always combating religious stereotypes, myths and biases...

Wednesday, Jan. 22 A variety of venues and film genres and a visit from two of the films’ directors are just some of what’s planned for the 2014 Simon Family JCC’s Virginia Festival of Jewish Film, presented by Alma* and Howard Laderberg. One director, Jonathan...

Sunday, Nov. 17, 5:30 pm All women in the community are invited. Featuring a lavish dairy buffet, artwork exhibition and dramatic presentations. B’nai Israel social hall. Cost is $18 ($12 for students). 757-627-2462.

Thursday, Nov. 28, 10 am reception, 11 am service For 86 years, Ohef Sholom Temple has ushered in Thanksgiving with a joint interfaith service with Freemason Street Baptist Church. The temple and the church alternate each year hosting the service. The clergy from the...

Sunday, Dec. 15, 10 am–3 pm How well do you know your family tree? Did you know that one in four Jews is a carrier for at least one of 19 preventable Jewish genetic diseases? If both members of a couple are carriers for the same genetic disease, there is a 25% chance...

Sunday, Nov. 17, 2pm The second lecture in the Jewish Museum and Cultural Center series features Dr. Gary Zola, executive director of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives and professor of the American Jewish Experience at Hebrew Union College....

Monday, Dec. 2, 5:30–7:30 pm First annual Latke Fest comes to the Simon Family JCC. Celebrate Chanukah with games, a special Chanukah craft, and dinner featuring a world class Latke bar. Games include Driedel spinning, Flip the latke in the frying pan, and Pin the...

Saturday, Dec. 7, 8 pm Join YAD at Light It Up, the biggest cultural event of the year. Celebrate Chanukah in style at this special evening featuring Vinyl Headlights. Ticket includes latke bar, doughnut bar, and open bar. Open to people ages 22+. Purchase tickets and...

Thursday, Dec. 5, 8 am to 6 pm Join the JCC Adults on the road as they travel to Richmond to the Bizarre Bazaar, which features more than 500 exhibitors, boutiques and designer accessories, gifts, gourmet foods, nationally known crafters, artists and more. $45...

Thursday, Nov. 12, 6 pm The Rumi Forum, a Washington, DC-based organization that fosters interfaith and intercultural dialogue is honoring Rabbi Michael Panitz at its 9th annual Friendship and Solidarity Dinner in Hampton Roads. The Rumi Forum is non-political and its...

Monday, Dec. 9, 7 pm The Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater and Congregation Beth Chaverim present Kyle Shideler of the Endowment for Middle East Truth, speaking about “The Threat of the World-Wide Muslim Brotherhood Movement.”...

Sunday, Nov. 24, 2 pm The second film of the Jewish Museum and Cultural Center’s Winter Film Series, “The Last Angry Man,” is a 1959 drama which tells the story of a television producer who profiles the life of a physician in a changing neighborhood. Paul Muni, David...

Thursday, Dec. 12, 7 pm The Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, in partnership with area synagogues, agencies, organizations, businesses and community members, presents Ishmael Khaldi as the first speaker in its 2013-2014...

Friday, Nov. 15–Sunday, Nov. 17 Ohef Sholom Temple’s 2013 Marvin and Lillian Davis Scholar in Residence Weekend will feature Dr. Gary P. Zola, associate professor of the American Jewish Experience at Hebrew Union College- Jewish Institute of Religion and executive...

Saturday, Nov. 16, 7:30–10 pm Giddy up, Hampton Roads! Temple Israel is dressing up and placing bets for a night at the races when the synagogue hosts its first-ever Temple Israel Derby. The fast-paced action will happen inside “Brody Downs” (formerly Brody...

YAD and Chabad are teaming up for the seventh consecutive year to celebrate Shabbat. Dinner and lots of l’chaims are sure to make a great evening. Supervised playroom will be provided for children. $10 per adult; $5 per child. Chabad House is located at 1920 Colley...