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Projects with a purpose planned for Tidewater’s 2nd Annual Mitzvah Day
Sunday, Oct. 25, 1:30–4:30 pm, Sandler Family Campus All ages. Free and open to the community. Register at www.JewishVA.org/mitzvah-day. Volunteers who participate in the community-wide 2nd Annual...
View ArticleCommunity-building at the heart of the Week of Extraordinary Deeds
The goals of the United Jewish Federation’s 2015 Week of Extraordinary Deeds are threefold: engagement, action, and tikkun olam, or repairing the world. Achieving these goals means event organizers are...
View ArticleCRC and community partners kick off 5th annual Israel Today series
Wednesday, Nov. 18, 7:30 pm, Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus The Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater and community partners’ fifth annual Israel Today series...
View ArticleAbraham Mandel
Norfolk —Abraham Mandel, 96, passed away on Oct. 3, 2015. He was the son of the late Rae and Joseph Mandel. Abraham moved with his family to Norfolk, Va. in 1938 where he met and married his wife of 73...
View ArticleRubie Puritz
Thousand Oaks, Calif.—Rubie Puritz, 82, passed away peacefully on October 5, 2015 in Thousand Oaks, Calif. with her daughters by her side. She was born October 28, 1932 in Brooklyn, N. Y. to Faye and...
View ArticleEli Rafal
Watkinsville , Ga.—Eli Rafal, 91, of Watkinsville, died Wednesday, September 30, 2015. Born in Norfolk, Va., he was the proud son of the late Solomon Rafal and Bertha Fine Rafal. During World War II ,...
View ArticleLou Stadlin
VIRGINIA BEACH—After a valiant fight with aging, Lou Stadlin passed from natural causes on Friday, October 9, 2015 at his home in First Colonial Inn. Lou was born on July 11, 1928 in Brooklyn, N. Y. He...
View ArticleNancy Yagoda Weill
Virginia Beach —Nancy Yagoda Weill passed away on Friday, October 2, 2015 at the age of 75. Nancy was a devoted and beloved wife, sister, mother, grandmother and friend. She is survived by her beloved...
View ArticleRabbi Jacob Pressman, community and civil rights leader
LOS ANGELES (JTA)—Rabbi Jacob Pressman, a religious, community and civil rights leader, died in his Los Angeles home on Oct. 1. He was 95. He served as spiritual leader of the city’s Temple Beth Am for...
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Dear Readers, Fall is a favorite season of the year for many, including me. While the spring is when we look to outside, fall tends to be the time to begin spending more of our days inside. (That is,...
View ArticleCRC partners with Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce
Wednesday, Nov. 18, 11:30 am, Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus The newest partner in the Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s annual Israel Today series is the...
View ArticleMy son the mentor, author and role model
Danny Rubin is no stranger to the readers of this publication. His picture has graced many a page in the Jewish News because of his volunteer work for the Simon Family JCC, United Jewish Federation of...
View ArticleTavia F. Gordon
Norfolk —Tavia F. Gordon of Norfolk, Va. died at age 86 on Friday, October 30, 2015. He was born of February 13, 1929 in Norfolk. He was the third of five children of Mollie and Isaac Gordon of blessed...
View ArticleCarl Janow
Virginia Beach —Carl Janow passed away on Monday, October 26, 2015, at his residence. He was born August 14, 1923 in Rhinebeck, N. Y. to Rebecca Gazen and Morris Janow. Carl graduated from Clarkson...
View ArticleIrene Helen Stein Levin
Virginia Beach —Irene Helen Stein Levin died Thursday, October 29, 2015 at the age of 89. She was predeceased by her husband, Bernard H. Levin. She is survived by her four children, Judith L. Miller...
View ArticleAva Jean Loeb
Norfolk —Ava Jean Loeb, 57, passed away peacefully on October 21, 2015, following a courageous and private battle with cancer. Born June 13, 1958, in Bethesda, Md., Ava graduated from Kellam High...
View ArticleMel Losick
Virginia Beach —Mel Losick passed away with his family by his side on October 15, 2015. He was a member of Virginia Beach EMS since 1970. He was a retired critical care paramedic and an adjunct...
View ArticleAbraham Mandel
Abraham Mandel, 96, passed away on Oct. 3, 2015. He was the son of the late Rae and Joseph Mandel. Abraham moved with his family to Norfolk, Va. in 1938 where he met and married his wife of 73 years,...
View ArticleHolocaust trauma psychiatrist Henry Krystal
Dr. Henry Krystal, a concentration camp survivor and Holocaust trauma expert, has died. Krystal, a psychiatrist whose research focused on former concentration camp inmates, passed away Oct. 8 at his...
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Congressman Whitman meets with community leaders
Ron Kramer, Jon Crockford, Congressman Rob Whitman and Arnold Leon. Congressman Rob Whitman, 1st District, met with members of the Jewish community at the Sandler family Campus on Friday, Oct. 30....
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