What’s Happening

Friday, Dec. 8, 5:45 pm Enjoy a delicious Shabbat dinner with YAD hosted by Chabad House at 1920 Colley Ave in Norfolk. The Young Adult Division (YAD) of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater is open to adults ages 22 through 45. $10 per adult and $5 per child (a...

Simon Family JCC’s Leon Family Gallery, Sandler Family Campus What’s up now and next Repairing the World December Produced by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), Repairing the World: Frame by Frame is comprised of work by Israeli and American...

Thursday, Dec. 14, 5:30 – 7:30 pm Join YAD for a special Hanukkah Happy Hour at Twist and welcome in the third night with a menorah lighting. Appetizers are on YAD; drinks are on attendees. The Young Adult Division (YAD) of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater is...

Wednesday, Dec. 20, 1:30 pm Simon Family JCC Israeli music, bingo, prizes, traditional Hanukkah snacks, and more are planned for the JCC Seniors Club’s Hanukkah celebration. This event is free and open to the community. For more information or to RSVP, contact Melissa...

Friday, Dec. 15, 6 pm Old Donation Episcopal Church Tidewater Chavurah has moved its second-Friday Shabbat service so that it can celebrate Shabbat during Hanukkah. The festivities will begin with a latke dinner at 6 pm, continuing with a Shabbat service at 7 pm,...

Israeli artist Amit Shimoni gives political and cultural figures fashionable facelifts for free. Amit Shimoni has done the impossible. This Israeli designer-illustrator is making people smile when they see politicians. Shimoni, 29, is the artist behind Hipstory, an...

Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018, 7 am–4 pm bus leaves from the Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus Meet State Senator and Delegates, discuss issues that affect the Jewish community. The governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general have all been invited on the date, too....

Monday, Dec. 4, 4 pm, Dreyfus Auditorium, Cape Henry Collegiate The Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater and Cape Henry Collegiate are presenting Reflections on Israel, a talk by Karen Mason, an eighth grade history teacher, about...

Afternoon and evening options available Tuesdays, Dec. 5, Dec. 12, Dec. 19, Jan. 16, Jan. 23, 7:30 pm Wednesdays, Nov. 29, Dec. 6, Dec. 13, Dec. 20, Jan. 10, Jan. 17, 12:30 pm Since its inception, the Norfolk Kollel has provided a variety of Torah classes and...

Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018 Nine young Jewish professionals have come together to form the Super Sunday Steering Committee to help develop and plan the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s phone-a-thon. The committee has chosen a theme based on the popular board game,...

A photographic window into Jewish life around the world December In Our Care, Alison Wachstein, Russia 2013 Inspired by a group of philanthropists who traveled around the world photographing Jewish communities and individuals helped by JDC, the Repairing the World:...

Sandler Family Campus What’s up now and next HIPSTORY November Tel Aviv based artist Amit Shimoni’s Hipstory exhibition is a cross-section of world leaders with pop culture art, including such historic figures as David Ben Gurion, Mahatma Gandhi, Abraham Lincoln, and...

Sunday, June 23, 6:30 pm The fun-filled, internationally acclaimed Israeli Scouts Caravan will perform at the Simon Family JCC. The Israeli Scouts Caravan is comprised of ten 17-year-olds who crisscross North America each summer as emissaries of Israel, sharing their...

Saturday, June 1, 8 pm The Young Adult Division of United Jewish Federation of Tidewater will host a celebration of their recent success in the 2013 Annual Campaign. Tidewater’s young leaders have nearly tripled the dollars brought in through the Young Leadership...

Saturday, June 22, 10:30 am Have you ever felt lost in a Jewish Shabbat service? Wondered when to bow or what the Hebrew prayers mean? To help make sense of these customs and to offer insights into the service, Ohef Sholom Temple will offer a four-week series called...

Monday, May 20 at Simon Family JCC Since 1963, May has been a month to appreciate and celebrate the vitality and aspirations of older adults and their contributions. The theme for Older Americans Month 2013 is “Unleash the Power of Age,” and it has never been more...

Sunday, May 19, 5:45 pm Harry and Sue Cohen stepped onto the dance floor as strangers at the Candlelight Supper Club near Ocean View one fateful evening in 1955. Mutual friends suggested they fast dance together. But the bebop stopped. Harry took Sue into his arms for...

Begins May 10 The movie, The Gatekeepers raises profound moral questions through the lens of six retired heads of Israel’s security agency, Israel Security Agency (ISA). It is a powerful, compelling and important movie. While I am neither a moviegoer or movie critic,...

Tuesday, May 28, and Tuesday, June 11, 6:30-7:30 pm Have you have ever felt that you were capable of so much more? When you hear the words lazy, crazy or stupid, do you believe they apply to you? Do you know what needs to be done, but just can’t focus enough to do it?...

Saturday, June 8, 6 pm Ohef Sholom Temple’s Annual FUNdraiser, formerly known as Casino Night, will be Night at the Races, and it promises to be fun-packed. As guests enter the temple, red velvet ropes will separate them from the “thoroughbreds” who will race later in...

Sunday, April 28, 3:30 pm Drawing on a range of ladino, klezmer and Middle Eastern music and instruments, The Shuk combines a variety of styles to create an unforgettable cultural experience. The group was formed in 2008 as part of an initiative by The European...

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,...