Ruth Sulzberger Holmberg, newspaper publisher and civil right stalwart
Ruth Sulzberger Holmberg, a newspaper publisher and civil rights activist in Tennessee, has died at 96. Holmberg, a member of the family that controls The New York Times, challenged racial barriers,...
View ArticleAnne Frank’s final days, as told by her former classmate
(JTA)—Looking through the barbed wire of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, 14-year-old Nanette Konig could barely recognize her friend and classmate from Amsterdam, Anne Frank. Both girls had been...
View ArticleAJC’s Global Forum
Sunday, June 4–Tuesday, June 6 Washington, DC A leading global Jewish advocacy organization, AJC has unparalleled access to government officials, diplomats, and religious leaders, engaging worldwide...
View ArticleIn Our Hands: the Battle for Jerusalem
Tuesday, May 23, select theaters This spring marks the 50th anniversary of the Six Day War. CBN Documentaries commemorates this historic battle with the new film, In Our Hands: the Battle for...
View ArticleRabbi Israel Zoberman
Rabbi Israel Zoberman joined Mayor Alan P. Krasnoff and the citizens of Chesapeake on Thursday, May 4 at the city’s National Day of Prayer program. Rabbi Zoberman shared a heartfelt message of Hope and...
View ArticleDAVID M FINDER
Ashev ille, N.C.—David M. Finder, 67, of Asheville, N.C. died peacefully on Sunday, April 16, 2017 at John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. A former resident of Virginia Beach, Virginia, he had resided in...
View ArticleRUTH CHAPEL SOSKEL
Norfolk —Ruth Chapel Soskel, 98, died peacefully in her residence on April 30, 2017. She was a native and lifelong resident of Norfolk, Virginia and was the daughter of the late Nathan and Eva Shiffman...
View ArticleRACHEL (REGINA) TESSLER
Ramat Hasharon , Israel —Rachel (Regina) Tessler, mother of long-time cantor of Congregation Beth El, Jacob Tessler, passed away on Thursday, March 30, at the age of 94. Born in the small Romanian...
View ArticleRabbi Benny Elon, former Knesset member and champion of settlement movement
Rabbi Benny Elon, who served as the head of a number of religious Zionist yeshivas in Israel and was a Knesset member from 1996 to 2009, has died. Elon died Friday, May 5 at 62; the cause was cancer,...
View ArticleJesse Lurie, longtime Hadassah Magazine editor
Jesse Lurie, the longtime executive editor of Hadassah Magazine and a peace activist, has died at 103. Lurie, an Israeli American, was the magazine’s founding executive editor in 1947 and held the post...
View ArticleChicago Jewish couple married 69 years die moments apart holding hands
A Chicago Jewish couple who were married for 69 years died moments apart in the same hospital room while holding hands. Teresa Vatkin, 89, died at 12:10 am Saturday, April 22 at Highland Park Hospital,...
View ArticleTerror victim Ezra Schwartz posthumously inducted into Jewish fraternity at...
Ezra Schwartz, who was killed in a West Bank terrorist attack in November 2015, was inducted posthumously into Alpha Epsilon Pi, a Jewish fraternity, at Rutgers University. The induction ceremony was...
View ArticleACHIEVEMENT
Katelynn McAraw, winner of the Better Together Program essay contest. A sophomore, Katelynn participated in the pilot year of Better Together, a lunch and learn series with Ohef Sholom Temple teens and...
View ArticleRabbi Dr. Israel Zoberman
Rabbi Dr. Israel Zoberman for having his article on Holocaust Remembrance and the 69th anniversary of the State of Israel inserted into the Congressional Record by Congressman Scott Taylor.
View ArticleJACQUELINE BANIM
Virginia Beach —Jackie passed away on May 6, just weeks after her diagnosis of metastatic bladder cancer. She leaves behind her husband of 22 years, Gary Banim, her 16-year-old son Joseph, 12-year-old...
View ArticleLEONARD EDELSTEIN
Norfolk —Leonard Edelstein owner of the Record Shop of Wards Corner in Norfolk, died Tuesday, May 23 at the age of 98. He is best known for his retail business, however he was an accomplished...
View ArticleJOHN FEDIDA
Virginia Beach —John Fedida, 64, passed away on Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at home surrounded by family and friends. Born in Casablanca on October 12, 1952, he is survived by his loving wife of 39 years,...
View ArticleROBERT N. LEVINE
Tucson , Arizona —Robert N. Levine passed away at his home on April 18, 2017. Bobby was born in Norfolk, Virginia, to Mike and Frances Levine on May 4, 1940. After graduating from Granby High School as...
View ArticleBRADLEY OSMAN
Virginia Beach —Bradley Osman, of Virginia Beach and formerly of Hampton, passed away unexpectedly in his home. The son of the late Carolyn Osman and the late Stanley Harris, and adopted son of the...
View ArticleESTELLE ROSE SHERMAN
Norfolk —Estelle R. Sherman, 96, daughter of the late Samuel and Ida Blumenthal, died May 17, 2017. She was preceded in death by her husband, Allen V. Sherman, Sr., her son, Allen V. Sherman, Jr., and...
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