Scholarship for Beth El members
The J. Samuel Goldback Scholarship Grants Selection Committee is accepting applications for the coming academic year. Scholarship grants of $500 to $4,000 are available to the children/dependents of...
View ArticleHolly Berger Markhoff art at Stravitz Galleries
Through June A contemporary mixed media artist, Holly Berger Markhoff’s paintings are currently on exhibit at Richard Stravitz Sculpture & Fine Art Galleries in Virginia Beach. Influenced by the...
View ArticleRabbi Dr. Israel Zoberman
Rabbi Dr. Israel Zoberman’s article on Israel’s 70th Anniversary, which was published in the Virginian-Pilot, was inserted into the Congressional Record by Congressman Scott Taylor. Dr. Zoberman is the...
View ArticleFern Leibowitz purchases Either Ore Hilltop
A native New Yorker, Fern Leibowitz always was attracted to jewelry. While working as a CPA in New York City where she had contacts with wholesale jewelers, that attraction continue to grow. In...
View ArticleRONALD STEVEN JACOBSON
Virginia Beach —Ronald Steven Jacobson, 71, of the 200 block of 70th Street in Virginia Beach died May 11, 2018 in his home. Born in Newport News, Virginia, he was the son of the late Joe Jacobson and...
View ArticleLYLA RUBIN LONGMAN
Virginia Beach —Lyla Rubin Longman passed away unexpectedly May 10, 2018. She was born to Harry Rubin and Rebecca Rothstein Rubin in Norfolk, Va. She attended Taylor Elementary, Blair Jr., and Maury...
View ArticleSYDELLE ROISTACHER
Virginia Beach —Sydelle Roistacher (Gurspan) was born September 4, 1935 in New York, N.Y. to two loving parents, Herman and Rose (Entelis) Gurspan. An inspirational and beautiful person, Sydelle...
View ArticleRabbi Aaron Panken remembered as joyful leader who embodied the ‘best of the...
NEW YORK (JTA)—Rabbi Andrea Weiss, an associate professor of Bible at the New York campus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion and its incoming provost, remembers the joy that Rabbi...
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Beth Sholom Rehab “Gets it right the first time”
The last thing anyone wants to hear after surgery or any other procedure that requires post-op rehabilitation, is that it is necessary to return to the hospital for more treatment. Today, neither does...
View ArticleWhy Democrats and Republicans are fighting over the Jerusalem embassy bash
WASHINGTON (JTA)—A fight over who was and wasn’t invited to the U.S. Embassy dedication in Jerusalem last month is becoming yet another battle in the war between Republicans and Democrats over Israel....
View ArticleWhy it really bugs me when you misspell my name
(Kveller via JTA)— Earlier this year, my son’s elementary school hosted its winter band and choral concert. While waiting for the fifth- and sixth grade musicians to finish tuning their instruments, I...
View ArticleThree Jewish teens plan travel to Israel with grants from Simon Family...
Shelby Brown, Mattisyahu Loiterman, and Audrey Peck—three Tidewater teens—will head to Israel with the support of a grant from Tidewater Jewish Foundation’s Simon Family Passport to Israel program....
View ArticleMONA LEE GOLDWASSER
Norfolk —Mona Lee Goldwasser, 89, passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 26, 2018 with her family by her side. She was retired from Eastern Virginia Medical School as a standardized patient having...
View ArticleNORMAN GOLDWASSER
Norfolk —Norman Goldwasser, 90, passed away peacefully on Monday, June 4, 2018 with his family at his side. He was the recent widower of Mona Lee Goldwasser and was the oldest son of the late Pauline...
View ArticleIRIS B. GOODMAN
Virginia Beach —Iris B. Goodman, 91, died peacefully on June 2, 2018. Beloved wife of Larry, loving mother of Jerilyn Goodman, Jeffrey and Jeannie Goodman and Rebecca and Ron Stone, grandmother of...
View ArticleSELMA POSNER
Williamsburg —Selma (Cis) Epstein Posner passed away peacefully on June 4 at the age of 88 surrounded by her family. The daughter of Benjamin and Helen Nachman Epstein, she was a native of Newport News...
View ArticleShoshana Cardin, Jewish leader who broke multiple glass ceilings
Shoshana Cardin, a Baltimore philanthropist who was the first woman to chair her city’s Jewish federation, the national umbrella body of the Jewish federation movement and the powerful Conference of...
View ArticleLGBT activist Connie Kurtz, who won equal rights for gay New Yorkers
(JTA)— LGBT activist Constance Kurtz, whose lawsuit against the New York City Board of Education led eventually to domestic partner benefits for all New York City employees in 1994, has died. Kurtz,...
View ArticleThe Birthright Israel Experience
I recently returned from leading my 38th Birthright Israel trip. Virginia-based students on this trip were from William and Mary, Christopher Newport University, and Old Dominion University. Students...
View ArticleJFS award-winning home health aide is dedicated to her clients
When Jewish Family Service of Tidewater’s nurse’s aide Tiphaney Powell speaks about her clients, she does so with a great deal of respect, love, and admiration. After all, when your clients are two...
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