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Hebrew Academy implements research based character building program
Laurie Feldman, MSW, student support services coordinator, with HAT students Hila Moallem and Shadan Rahimzadeh. Like adults, children experience a wide range of emotions during the course of a...
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Wednesday, Dec. 2, 7 pm, Business & Legal Society and Maimonides Societies of UJFT Thursday, Dec. 3, 12 pm, Women’s Division of UJFT, Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus Viva Sarah Press has her...
View ArticleFilm Festival partners with Naro for film before the Festival
Wednesday, Dec. 16, 7 pm The 23rd annual Simon Family JCC Virginia Festival of Jewish Film, presented by Alma* and Howard Laderberg, begins next month with a pre-event film. A film festival extra,...
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Robin and Ross Kantor on the birth of their son, Brody James Kantor on November 1, 2015. He is the brother of Joseph Adam Kantor, grandson of Dorothy and Edwin Salomonsky and Kathy and J. Jerry Kantor...
View ArticleHoward Lee Popkin
Norfolk —Howard Lee Popkin, 85, of Germantown, Md., passed from complications of cancer on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015 surrounded by family. Born on October 23, 1930, the only son of Dora and Max Popkin...
View ArticleBrian Wolfe
Manchester, United Kingdom —A man of understated brilliance, warmth and compassion, who was respected and admired by everyone who knew him, Brian Wolfe passed away on Saturday, Nov. 7. His passing...
View ArticleAndre Glucksmann, French-Jewish political philosopher
French political philosopher Andre Glucksmann, who began his career as a Marxist and later rejected communism and criticized Russia, has died. Glucksmann, the son of Jewish immigrants from Hungary,...
View ArticleWife of Jewish restaurateur among 100 Paris victims named by media
French media published the names of over 100 victims of the Paris terror attacks, including the wife of the Jewish owner of a restaurant that was sprayed by gunfire. Djamila Houd, the spouse of Gregory...
View ArticleYitzhak Navon, 94, Israel’s first Sephardic president, buried in state funeral
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Yitzhak Navon, Israel’s first Sephardic president and the first president to visit Egypt, was buried in a state funeral on Mount Herzl. Navon, who served from 1978 to 1983, died Friday,...
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An unprecedented experience at 2nd Annual National Israeli-American Council...
Danielle Leibovici and Samantha Golden. Washington DC.—For a vibrant 48 hours, 1,300 Israeli-Americans and Americans who are passionate for the State of Israel, gathered for the Second Annual National...
View ArticleFilm Festival partners with Naro for film before the Festival
Wednesday, Dec. 16, 7 pm The 23rd annual Simon Family JCC Virginia Festival of Jewish Film, presented by Alma* and Howard Laderberg, which takes place in January, is kicking off early with a pre-event...
View ArticleHaunkkah Shabbat with Tidewater Chavurah
Friday, Dec. 11, 7 pm The Tidewater Chavurah will celebrate a Hanukkah Shabbat service led by Rabbi Ellen Jaffe-Gill, at the home of Hal and Elaine Levenson in the Great Neck area of Virginia Beach....
View Article3rd Annual Latke-Palooza & Billy Jonas Band Concert
Wednesday, Dec. 9, 5:30–8:30 pm, Simon Family JCC More than 100 people attended Latke- Palooza last year, so the Simon Family JCC decided to take it up a notch and add a family-friendly concert....
View ArticleSimon Family JCC December 25 Pancake Breakfast and Movie
Friday, Dec. 25, 9:30 am–12 pm, Simon Family JCC What are you doing December 25? This delicious breakfast has all the trimmings—juice, eggs and fresh pancakes with special toppings for each person to...
View ArticleNorfolk Admirals Jewish Heritage Night and Open Skate
Saturday, Dec. 19, 7:15 pm, Norfolk Scope Join the community for a Norfolk Admirals hockey game on Jewish Heritage Night. After the game, the rink will open up for a free skate night. Tickets are...
View ArticleBarry Reid Mandell
NORFOLK—Barry Reid Mandell, 75, passed away on November 22, 2015. He was born in Long Beach, Calif. in 1940 to the late LCDR Charles and Ida Hurwitz Mandell. He was the beloved husband of Gayle Norvell...
View ArticleAmerican yeshiva student killed in West Bank identified as Mass. 18-year-old
Ezra Schwartz, the American yeshiva student killed in a West Bank shooting, was remembered as “a fun person to hang out with, very charismatic.” Schwartz, 18, of Sharon, Mass., was one of three people...
View ArticleJoseph Silverstein, renowned violinist and conductor
BOSTON (JTA)—Joseph Silverstein, a renowned violinist, skilled concertmaster and sought-after conductor, has died. Silverstein died Nov. 22 in Boston of complications from a heart attack. He was 83....
View ArticleNahum Sirotsky, veteran Brazilian journalist and diplomat
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (JTA) — Nahum Sirotsky, one of Brazil’s most veteran journalists and a former diplomat in the United States and Israel, has died. Sirotsky died Saturday, Nov. 28 in Tel Aviv. He...
View ArticleFiddler on the Roof— and behind the scenes
NEW YORK (JTA)—Ever since Zero Mostel imagined himself as a rich man in the original 1964 Broadway production, Fiddler on the Roof has been a cultural landmark on Broadway and in the Jewish sphere....
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