SIA Golf Tournament scores a winning day
For 38 years, golfers, sponsors, volunteers, and friends of Strelitz International Academy have come together for a day that is about much more than golf. This year, that tradition reached a new milestone.The 38th Annual Bob Josephberg Classic & Strelitz...
“I was fortunate to have that opportunity.” 25 years after 9/11, one local Jewish Marine remembers Ground Zero
On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, David Ashe was at home in Virginia Beach watching the Today Show while on terminal leave from the Marine Corps.He had recently completed his first active-duty tour and was stationed in San Diego. At the moment, however, Ashe was at...
Saying sorry: Observing Yom Kippur with little ones
Where Rosh Hashanah brings sweetness and celebration, Yom Kippur asks something different — stillness, honesty, and the harder work of reflection. For young children, that’s a tricky needle to thread. Three local families share how they’ve made it meaningful. Jennie...
More than a summer goodbye
Families gathered at the Sandler Family Campus on Friday, August 21 for United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s and PJ Library’s annual End-of-Summer Shabbat.The celebration was originally planned as a pool party, but unexpected weather required a change of plans....
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El-Sayed’s Senate election has divided Michigan Jews. What will bring them together?
The senator-elect’s victory is forcing some of the state’s Jewish community to reassess their approach.
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A biographer tried to get Larry David to talk about his Jewishness. ‘Nothing’ doing.
Despite his subject's reticence, Blake J. Harris was able to explore David’s Jewish upbringing, comic influences and ongoing grappling with all things Jewish.
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After an evening of frothy celebrations, Jewish Democrats wrestle with what’s next
Moderate, conservative voices warn of the normalization of ‘untethered’ attacks on Israel
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From Israel hawks to ‘genocide’: The Jewish center no longer holds in Congress
A once-cohesive bipartisan Jewish caucus is now frequently at odds with itself.
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Yom Kippur: When “Impossible” becomes “I’m Possible”
There is something about Yom Kippur that makes time feel different. Perhaps it is the haunting melody of Kol Nidrei, or the fasting, or simply the knowledge that Jews around the world are standing before the same ancient questions: Who have I become? What have I taken...
Mizrahi in Motion: Connecting through art, food, and movement
Two dozen or so women gathered to immerse themselves in Mizrahi culture on the evening of Sunday, August 23. The event was led by Jackie Dratch, creator of the Mizrahi Dance Archive, and organized by NextGen757, a community group for young Jewish adults ages 21 -...
Havdalah on the beach
It was another beautiful evening at the beach on Saturday, August 29, when 68 people (but who is counting) gathered in our backyard to celebrate Havdalah together.Known for separating the Shabbat from the ordinary weekdays, Havdalah is a joyful service and a great...
America at 250 Spotlight: Tidewater Jewish Hero: Henry Scolnick, a community creator
Seventeen-year-old Henry Scolnick has already accomplished what many adults only hope to achieve. As the founder of Ballers Basketball, he has built far more than an adaptive sports league, he has created a community where children with unique abilities, teenage...
ODU ProfessorAmy Milligan receives award from national academic organization
In recognition of her leadership in combating antisemitism and fostering a safer, more welcoming campus environment for Jewish and Zionist students, Professor Amy K. Milligan, Batten Endowed Associate Professor of Jewish Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies at Old...
Camp JCC finishes a memorable season
“Unforgettable” is an appropriate way to describe Camp JCC’s 2026 summer. The season was packed with exciting field trips, spirited theme days, new campers, and an incredible staff team, including the additions of Christine Carnahan as camp manager, and Blake Sisler,...
Sweetness and shofars: Celebrating Rosh Hashanah with little ones
Rosh Hashanah is a special holiday, offering observers a sense of renewal and the opportunity for a fresh start. It is a time for reflecting on the previous year and considering what to do differently in the year to come. The concept might not immediately...
Reverse Tashlich: Repentance as environmental action
The ritual of Tashlich is an all-encompassing symbolic representation of the High Holidays. This process of releasing sins into the river comes directly from the book of Micah, verse 19: “He will again have compassion upon us; He will subdue our iniquities; and Thou...
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Beth Chaverim’s Beach Sisterhood – a house of (women) friends – reading books together
Book clubs are everywhere these days. Beth Chaverim’s Beach Sisterhood Book Club is comprised of a cordial group of Jewish women who meet monthly to discuss a selected book.The Sisterhood Book Club meetings take place at a local home with everyone contributing to a...
Be A Reader is back to school
The High Holy Days just offered a time to pause, reflect, and think about the year ahead – how to do better, how to give more, and, hopefully, how to make a difference.Now it’s time to get busy!This is one of Be A Reader (BeAR) Literacy Project’s favorite times of the...
A partner in planning: How TJF helps advisors help their clients
Attorneys, financial advisors, and other professional advisors often begin some of their most important conversations with clients with a simple question: What matters to you?For clients who are charitably inclined, that question can open the door to planning that...
Synagogues face the challenge to be safe, secure, welcoming, and legal
In 2018, a gunman killed 11 worshippers at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in U.S. history.In the years since, some Jewish writers have argued that congregants should be able to protect themselves. Rabbi Stuart...
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ESEK returns to Tidewater with Made in Israel Pop-Up Market
Monday, Nov. 23, 12 - 7 pm Tuesday, Nov. 24, 8 am - 2 pmSandler Family Campus ESEK, an initiative...
Hunger in Virginia: Caring for neighbors this Thanksgiving
Hunger does not always look how one might imagine. It may be a senior trying to stretch a fixed...
From Capitol Hill to community: TJF’s new development strategist, Lauren Sucher
From the corridors of Capitol Hill to military deployments in Afghanistan and Poland, Lauren...
Disconnect to reconnect: The Tidewater Shabbat Project returns
Friday, Oct. 30 – Saturday, Oct. 31 Step away from the business of everyday life and join...
Obituaries
May the Source of Peace
send peace to all who mourn, and comfort to all who are bereaved.
Matthew Julian Gutterman
Norfolk – It is with deep sadness that we announce the unexpected passing of our beloved Matthew Julian Gutterman on October 12, 2026.Born in...
Anne Elizabeth Leitman
Virginia Beach - Anne Elizabeth (Heyward) Leitman, aged 94, of Virginia Beach, passed away peacefully on October 10, 2026.Born on August 24, 1932,...
Martin Gary Mand
Wilmington, Del. – Martin Gary Mand, born and raised in Norfolk, Virginia, and a resident of Wilmington, Delaware, for 65 years, passed away the...
Ida Rines
VIRGINIA BEACH – Ida Sara Rines, beloved daughter, sister, aunt, friend, co-worker, cat mom, and pure soul passed away peacefully on October 15,...