Joseph Wilf, Holocaust survivor and major Jewish philanthropist
Joseph Wilf, a Polish-Jewish Holocaust survivor and founder of one of the country’s largest real estate development companies, has died at 91. He and his brother Harry founded the Wilf Family...
View ArticleFull house for bar mitzvah at Levy Chapel
Commodore Levy Chapel at Norfolk Naval Station can be described as attractive, historic and well-appointed. What it usually isn’t, is crowded. That changed on Saturday, July 23, when more than 150...
View ArticleEngineer Ari featured in Kids and Kiddush at Ohef Sholom Temple
Fridays, September 23, November 4, January 21 and April 21, 5–6:30 pm, free A special family Shabbat program designed for young children and their families at Ohef Sholom Temple, Kids & Kiddush...
View ArticleIntro to Judaism class at Ohef Sholom Temple
Sundays, September 25; November 6, 18, & 20; December 11; January 8 & 29; February 10, 12 & 26; March 12 & 26; April 23 & 30; May 14 10–11 am, free Born Jewish, but not really...
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Joel N. Zaba, MA, OD, on receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Southern College of Optometry. For more than four decades in private practice, Zaba has distinguished himself in the area of...
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Eliana Edery of Norfolk, daughter of ingrid and David Edery and granddaughter of Vicki and Abraham Kalfus, to Merric Srour, son of Nino and Joyce Dworsky Srour of Silver Spring, Md. Eliana attended...
View ArticleMaxine Scott Barney
NORFOLK—Maxine Scott Barney, the daughter of the late James E. and Bessie V. Scott, the wife of the late Jack H. Barney, and the mother of Deborah Barney Kaufman and Michael E. Barney, passed away in...
View ArticleNolan Ross Fine
VIRGINIA BEACH—Nolan Ross Fine, 60, passed away Saturday September 3, 2016. Nolan was born in Norfolk to Sonya and Barry Fine. He graduated from Maury High School prior to attending Tulane University...
View ArticleShirley Wesley
NORFOLK—Shirley Wesley Isrow was born in Port Chester, N.Y. As a young woman, she was a recreational director of Playgrounds for the Department of Parks and worked for Readers’ Digest. After marrying,...
View ArticleAllen Morrison
NORFOLK—Allen Morrison passed peacefully in his sleep on September 1, 2016 at the age of 95. He is survived by his two daughters and sons-in-law, Susan and Larry Quate and Wendy and Barry Lance; his...
View ArticleLeroy Elliott Samuels
NORFOLK—Leroy Elliott Samuels, 96, passed away September 7, 2016 in his home. He was a native and lifelong resident of Norfolk. He was the son of the late Harry and Emma Binder Samuels. He is survived...
View Article5776: The year in review
(JTA)—A stabbing and car-ramming epidemic in Israel that some called a third intifada was among the most dominant Jewish stories of the past year. But 5776 was also notable for the release of spy...
View ArticleCarl Hurwitz
PORTSMOUTH—Carl Hurwitz, 91, a longtime resident of Portsmouth, died Sunday, September 18, 2016 at the Beth Sholom home in Richmond. He was predeceased by his loving wife of 63 years, Shirley Levin...
View ArticleJoseph Sitruk, former chief rabbi of France
Joseph Sitruk, chief rabbi of France for more than two decades, has died. Sitruk died Sunday, September 25 after being hospitalized for several days following a stroke, The Times of Israel reported. He...
View ArticleJoseph Harmatz, leader of Jewish “Avengers” of Nazis
Joseph Harmatz, a Holocaust survivor who led a group of Jews seeking to kill Germans in revenge for the Holocaust, has died. Harmatz’s death was confirmed on Monday, September 26 by his son, Ronel,...
View ArticleStudy shows how Jewish vote could play crucial role in key states
Penny Schwartz BOSTON (JTA)—A new study, touted as the first-ever state-by-state, county-bycounty Jewish population estimate, shows how the Jewish vote could play a crucial role in key battleground...
View ArticleEven Israel doesn’t do ethnic profiling the way Donald Trump thinks it does
Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA)—Donald Trump wants to profile likely terrorists the way Israel does it. The problem is, Israel and the United States already profile in similar ways—and neither in the way...
View ArticleClinton and Trump, meeting with Netanyahu, share commitment to US-Israel...
Hillary Clinton said she opposed any U.N. Security Council bid to impose a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict during a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu just hours after a summit...
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Hazak event at Beth El highlights Ron Lauder and the JDC: Bringing Judaism...
Betsy O. Karotkin Beth El’s Hazak event on Sunday, September 11, where Annie Sandler was the guest speaker, made me wonder whether the blessings of living in America can become curses. What I mean by...
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HAT Golf Tournament—Swinging for the students
On a gorgeous, sunny Tuesday, August 30, despite a tropical storm brewing off the coast of North Carolina, crowds came out enthusiastically swinging at Bayville Golf Club. They came for more than just...
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