The past
Rabbi J. D. Gordon was the rabbi of B’nai Israel Congregation of Norfolk until 1947. He gave some spirited sermons in his time and published a collection of his High Holiday addresses for future rabbis...
View ArticleLeon Family Gallery Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus
July Eitan Stern uses a camera to capture ordinary people in an empathetic light. Stern’s love for humanity is expressed through his focus on street photography, portraits, and compositions questioning...
View ArticleTidewater Chavurah changes location for Second Friday Shabbat Service
Friday, July 13, 7 pm July’s second Friday of the month Shabbat service for Tidewater Chavurah will take place at the home of Rabbi Ellen Jaffe-Gill and Spencer Gill in the Bayside area of Virginia...
View ArticleAchievement
Five years into a successful career as a sales agent with William E. Wood and Associates (now Howard Hanna) Nancy Evans was identified as suited for management. Now, after a 25-year-career of managing,...
View ArticleAnthony Bourdain seduced us all into confronting our own biases
NEW YORK (JTA)—Anthony Bourdain was quick—and often willing—to publicly offer his own flaws. “Until 44 years of age, I never had any kind of savings account,” Bourdain said in 2017. “[I] always owed...
View ArticleBERNICE L. KAPLAN
Norfolk —Mrs. Bernice Levinson Kaplan passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 17, 2018. Bernice was born on March 9, 1919 to Julius and Lena Kirsner Levinson. She was the beloved wife of Milton H....
View ArticleREVA FRIEDMAN KELBERG
Virginia Beach —Reva Kelberg passed away on June 6, 2018. Ms. Kelberg was born April 14, 1935 in Norfolk. She settled in Virginia Beach where she and her beloved husband of 56 years, Lee Kelberg raised...
View ArticleSHEILA RAIT
Norfolk —Sheila Rait, 76, passed away on June 17, 2018. Sheila was born in New York on April 4, 1942 to the late Paul and Rose Marcus. She was an entrepreneur and also an avid baker. Other than her...
View ArticleRICHARD J. BASS
NORFOLK—Richard Jay Bass, 59, passed away on June 27, 2018. Richard was born to Marlene and the late Melvin Bass, of blessed memory, on May 19 1959 in Buffalo, New York and was a resident of Hampton...
View ArticleSONYA L. FINE
Virginia Beach —Sonya L. Fine passed away peacefully on June 30, 2018. Sonya was predeceased by her parents, Mildred and Edward P. Levine, her beloved husband Barry, her son Nolan, and her sister...
View ArticleVICKI KALFUS
Virginia Beach —Vicki Roslyn Kalfus died July 5 in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida surrounded by family after a long battle with metastatic melanoma. Vicki was born September 23, 1943 in Childress, Texas...
View ArticleJAMES W. LEGUM
Norfolk —James William “Jimmy” Legum 72, of the 600 block of W. Princess Anne Road, died June 30, 2018. Born in Norfolk, he was the son of the late Sol S. Legum and Sylvia Siegel Legum. Jimmy attended...
View ArticleLESLIE JAY LEVIN
Palm Sprngs , Calif— Leslie Jay Levin passed away peacefully on June 30, 2018 in Los Angeles, Calif. Jay was born on February 26, 1953 in Portsmouth, to the late Millie and Irvin Levin. He was preceded...
View ArticleJOEL MAZEL
Columbus , OH—Joel M. Mazel of Columbus Ohio, age 54, passed away on July 1, 2018. He was preceded in death by his father, William Mazel. He is survived by his mother, Irene Mazel, his brothers, Mark...
View ArticleRICHARD IRWIN MILLER
Virg inia Beach —Richard Irwin Miller, 87, passed away peacefully on June 24, 2018. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he lived most of his life in Norfolk and established deep roots in our community. Dad...
View ArticleLEONARD SCHLAIN
Sarasota, Fla .—Leonard Schlain, age 77, passed away after suffering a long illness on Friday, June 29 at Sarasota Memorial Hospital, where he was admitted on June 24. Born in Norfolk, the son of Max...
View ArticleSEEMAN WARANCH
Virginia Beach —Seeman Waranch, 85, passed away peacefully on July 3, 2018 in his home surrounded by his family. He was born August 11, 1932 in Norfolk, Virginia to the late Eldridge and Nellie...
View ArticleNANCY WEISSMAN YACAVONE
Virginia Beach —Nancy Weissman Yacavone, left this life at 11:55 am, July 8, 2018. She was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1943 to the late Bernard and Virginia Weissman. She was a successful model,...
View ArticleTAYLOR SHEA VIA
Taylor Shea Via VIRGINIA BEACH—Taylor Shea Via of Virginia Beach, age 26, passed away unexpectedly on July 20, 2018. Taylor was born in Richmond, Va. and raised in Hampton Roads. She is survived by her...
View ArticleRONALD BURT ZEDD
Ronald Burt Zedd NORFOLK—Ronald Burt Zedd, 80, of Norfolk, died peacefully on July 22, 2018, after a brief illness. He lived in Norfolk his entire life and was blessed with a wide network of family and...
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