What’s Happening

Sunday, May 7, 2-4 pm The keynote speaker for this annual event to benefit the Beach Health Clinic to support under-served women with free cancer screenings and mammograms is Marni Siegel. For information, call Paula Krukin Levy, event chair at 757-467-6677; Devorah...

Saturday, May 6, 1 pm A conversation and luncheon with the New Israel Fund will take place at the home of Susan Feit and Eitan Stern. The New Israel Fund, Israel's leading progressive organization, has been working to advance equality, pluralism, and democracy for...

Saturday, May 20, 9:30 am Temple Israel's Annual Disability Awareness Shabbat will feature Lynne Seagle, executive director of the Hope House Foundation, as the guest speaker. Seagle began her career at Hope House Foundation in 1978 as director of residential...

Tuesday, May 2, 7:30 pm Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus Guy Marom and Nir Margalith, Israeli chefs and founders of the tour group Puzzle Israel, will share their love of fresh, authentic Israeli food in a fun, hands-on Israeli Kitchen Encounter. At this culinary...

A multi-media program featuring Irv Elenberg, Mid-Atlantic regional director for the American Technion Society (ATS), will be presented by the Men's Club of Congregation Beth El and Avraham and Patricia Ashkenazi. Elenberg has transformed the Washington, DC office...

Wednesday, July 26, 7:30 am–4 pm, Norfolk Academy Batten Library Thursday, July 27, 7:30 am–5 pm, trip to the Virginia Holocaust Museum, Richmond The Holocaust Commission's 13th Biennial Educator's Conference, which continues a tradition of enabling teachers,...

Sunday, May 14, 5-7:30 pm Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus Free for Moms in honor of Mothers' Day More than 400 people, young and old, gathered last year to light up the night sky with a blazing bonfire for an Israeli inspired Lag B'Omer Bash at the Sandler Family...

Thursday, April 20, 6–7 pm Sandler Family Campus So you’re planning to run the JFS Run, Roll or Stroll 8K, 5K, or 1 Miler. Now what? Maybe this is your first race or your 10th. Either way, it helps to get tips from experienced runners. Hear some great running tips...

Sunday, May 7 24th Street Park at the Virginia Beach Boardwalk With options of the 8K run, 5K run or walk, and 1-mile run/walk, Jewish Family Service’s 13th Annual Run, Roll or Stroll is open to both serious and not-so-serious athletes. This also includes those of all...

Sunday, April 30 11 am–4 pm Simon Family JCC The Simon Family Jewish Community Center’s largest celebration, Israel Fest, honors Israel’s 69th Independence Day. This annual festival offers the chance to experience some of the diverse culinary, cultural, and artistic...

Monday–Friday, May 30–July 31 Boys and girls, ages 5–18 Registration Deadline: May 26 The Simon Family JCC’s Athletic Leagues are gearing up for a season of good sportsmanship and teamwork. Open to all boys and girls, ages 5–18, the recreational competitive swim team...

Friday, April 14, 7 pm Rabbi Ellen Jaffe-Gill will lead Tidewater Chavurah’s second Friday of the month Shabbat service at the home of Hal and Elaine in the Great Neck Meadows area, Virginia Beach. A “congregation without walls,” events are held in members’ homes or...

Sunday, Jan. 13, 10:30 am The Community Relations Council organizes the Tidewater community each year to prepare for the “Date with a State,” when representatives from Jewish communities across Virginia descend on Richmond to lobby for issues considered pertinent to...

Tuesday, Dec. 25, 7 am–3 pm Switch Day is going Retro. Volunteer at Beth Sholom Village on Dec. 25 and dress up like a “greaser” or pull out a “Poodle Skirt,” “grease your hair,” or put it in a “beehive.” Shifts: 7–9 am 9–11 am 11 am–1 pm 1–3 pm Volunteer...

Applications for a Summer 2013 mission to the Jewish communities of Budapest, Hungary and Prague, Czech Republic are now being accepted by the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater. The mission, scheduled to depart on Sunday, July 14 and return on Monday, July 22,...

Sundays, beginning Jan. 6 An informal robotics team that may compete regionally in 2013-2014 will form at the Simon Family JCC. BrickHeadZ classes introduce younger students to real-world engineering challenges by building LEGO® based robots to complete tasks on a...

Tuesday, Dec. 25 The Young Adult Division of UJFT is putting together a group of volunteers to participate in “Switch Day” at Beth Sholom Village on Christmas Day. Four two-hour shifts are available starting at 7 am. YAD spots are limited. Contact Amy Weinstein at...

Monday, Dec. 17, 6:30-8 pm Local architects Paul Turok and Rob Berz will lead a discussion of the history of their trade in Jewish communities around the world, as well as a careful study of the Sandler Family Campus, and how its construction was influenced by Jewish...

Tuesday, Jan. 22 For years, members of Jewish communities across the Commonwealth have converged at the State Capitol in Richmond to collaborate on Virginia Jewish Advocacy Day, also known as “Date with the State.” This annual Date with the State has proven to be a...

Saturday, January 19 The Simon Family JCC’s 20th anniversary of the Virginia Festival of Jewish Film presented by Alma* and Howard Laderberg will begin with a movie and gala opening night party to commemorate the festival’s longevity and success. The Film Festival,...

Sundays, Dec. 9 and Jan. 13, 2 pm The Jewish Museum & Cultural Center continues its new series to discuss the many differences in religious cultures, yet similarities. Each event is open to the public and suitable for all ages. Donation of $5 per person. The...

Sunday, Jan. 6, 3 pm In January it will have been a year since the Holocaust Commission’s Speakers’ Bureau was cut in half, when David Katz and Hanns Loewenbach passed away. To try to continue to fulfill its mission of sharing personal survivors’ stories, the...

Monday, Dec. 10, 12 pm The Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater invites the community to weigh in on the issues that will be lobbied on in Richmond with the annual Date With the State— Virginia Jewish Advocacy Day on Tuesday, Jan....

Saturday, Dec. 1, 8–11 pm The Young Adult Division of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater is celebrating Chanukah this year with a bash they’re calling “Sushi, Sake, Latke.” Steve Zuckerman, Chanukah Party planning committee co-chair, says “we wanted to do...

All proceeds from the purchase of books, toys, magazines, DVDs, gifts, Nooks, and even from the cafe at Barnes and Nobel on Nov. 29 will go to Temple Emanuel’s Religious School and the Temple Library for scholarships, textbooks, supplies, books for the library and new...

With two decades of outstanding films, this is a milestone 20th year for the Virginia Festival of Jewish Film presented by Alma* and Howard Laderberg. The 20th anniversary of the festival offers an eclectic collection of films that won’t be available anywhere else...

All proceeds from the purchase of books, toys, magazines, DVDs, gifts, Nooks, and even from the cafe at Barnes and Nobel on Nov. 29 will go to Temple Emanuel’s Religious School and the Temple Library for scholarships, textbooks, supplies, books for the library and new...

Beth Sholom Village Caterers are offering holiday treats for Thanksgiving and Chanukah. Homemade pies will be available for Thanksgiving with a choice of apple, cherry, pecan, pumpkin or sweet potato. Pies are 9”, parve and $10 each. Orders must be in by Wednesday,...

Tuesday, Nov. 27, 7 pm The Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, along with community partners including all area synagogues, agencies and many organizations, kicks off its 2012-2013 Israel Today Series with Dr. Amos Guiora, an...

Side dishes for a Thanksgiving dinner are available this year from the Cardo Café’s caterers. Menu items, which are all pareve, include: Mashed potatoes, green beans, sweet potato casserole, corn pudding, stuffing and dressing, relish, gravy and dinner rolls. For...

The Jewish Museum & Cultural Center continues its new series to discuss the many differences in religious cultures, yet similarities. The series takes place on the second Sunday of each month. Each event is open to the public and suitable for all ages. Donation of...

Storyteller helps little apple trees discover their roots Sunday, Nov. 18, 1pm Famed storyteller Peninnah Schram will be a featured speaker at the Lee and Bernard Jaffe* Family Jewish Book Festival. Schram is a storyteller, teacher, author, recording artist, and a...