Get Ready to Make Your Move on Super Sunday
Sunday, Jan. 31, 9 am–1 pm The young leaders of the Tidewater Jewish community are at it again. Demonstrating mettle and tenacity, more than a dozen 22- 45-year-olds have volunteered to be on a...
View ArticleDate With the State—Virginia Jewish Advocacy Day
Tuesday, Feb. 2, 7 am–4 pm Issue selection meeting: Thursday, Jan. 7, noon Insiders’ Briefing for attendees: Thursday, Jan. 28, 6:30 pm For years, members of Jewish communities from across the...
View Article3rd Annual Tidewater Together continues tradition of inspirational conversations
Feb.4–7, Thursday–Sunday, six locations Over four days in February, community members will have the opportunity to explore, question, learn and grow from a Jewish perspective when the United Jewish...
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Ohef Sholom Temple for receiving the Elizabeth River Project’s recognition for the first time as a “River Star Business” at the Two-Star Achievement Level for 2015. This distinction is attained after a...
View ArticleLouis Klavan
Portsmouth —Louis Klavan, 89, passed away Thursday, December 3, 2015. He was born in Norfolk to the late David and Rose Klavan. He honorably served in the U.S. Army during WWII in the Philippines. He...
View ArticleNancy Ruth Mazur
Virginia Beach —Nancy Ruth Mazur, 67, passed away Dec. 6, 2015. She was born to Howard and Gussie Handler Marks, and was raised in New Jersey where she met her husband Alan. Nancy loved playing...
View ArticleHope W. Price
Norfolk —Hope W. Price, 94, died November 19, 2015. She was a native of Henderson, N. C. and was the daughter of the late Taylor and Grace Weaver Watkins. She was preceded in death by her loving...
View ArticleTibor Rubin, Holocaust survivor and Korean War hero
LOS ANGELES (JTA)—Tibor Rubin, a Korean War hero who survived a Chinese prisoner of war camp and before that the Mauthausen concentration camp, has died. Rubin, who won the Congressional Medal of Honor...
View ArticleSandy Berger, national security adviser for President Clinton
Samuel “Sandy” Berger, who served as President Bill Clinton’s national security adviser, has died. Berger, a prominent player at the 2000 Camp David summit, died early Wednesday, Dec. 2 of cancer. He...
View ArticleEducation Matters
Great Jewish Books Summer Program opens to applicants Amherst, MA—High school students are invited to apply to the 2016 Great Jewish Books Summer Program, a weeklong residential program at the Yiddish...
View ArticleSenior historian of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to speak...
Sunday, Jan. 17, 2 pm, TCC Roper Performing Arts Center The Eichmann Show is the Holocaustthemed selection at this year’s annual Virginia Festival of Jewish Film, presented by Alma* and Howard...
View ArticleProminent rabbi brings insight, wisdom and experience to community for 3rd...
Feb. 4–7, Thursday–Sunday, six locations Rabbi Eric Yoffie joins an elite group of rabbis who have visited Tidewater over the past two years to lead the Milton “Mickey” Kramer Scholar-in-Residence...
View ArticleCRC announces 4th annual Israel Poster Contest
First–12th graders — Deadline: Monday, Feb. 29, 4 pm The Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater invites local first through 12th graders to participate in their fourth...
View ArticleMal Vincent to discuss Avalon at Film Festival
Sunday, Jan. 24, 5:30 pm, Roper Performing Arts Center Mal Vincent, who celebrated his 50th anniversary as a local and syndicated theater, movie and arts critic this year, is host for a rare screening...
View ArticleHanna Lillian Robbins Konikoff
Norfolk —Hanna Lillian Robbins Konikoff, devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away January 2, 2016 at the age of 95. She was lovingly surrounded by all of her children Albert...
View ArticleEliot Alan Landau
Chicago—Eliot Alan Landau, 73, passed away on January 4, 2016 after a long illness. A native of Chicago, he was predeceased by his parents Bernard and Sarah Goltz Landau. He is survived by his wife,...
View ArticleEdna Rubin Levin
Virginia Beach —Edna Rubin Levin, 93, passed away December 20, 2015. She was born in Newport News, Va. and was the daughter of the late Jack Rubin and Gertrude Frost. She was preceded in death by her...
View ArticleBertram Spagat Nusbaum
NORFOLK—Bertram Spagat Nusbaum, Jr., 91, played his final round of life on January 2, 2016, with his loving family in the gallery. Born in Norfolk, Va., May 11, 1924, Bert was the son of the late...
View ArticleAndreja Preger, noted concert pianist, anti-Nazi partisan
Andreja Preger, noted concert pianist, anti-Nazi partisan Andreja Preger, a noted concert pianist who survived the Holocaust as part of Yugoslavia’s anti-Nazi partisans, has died. Preger died on...
View ArticleHoward Leibowitz, key aide to two Boston mayors and a Jewish leader
BOSTON (JTA)—Howard Leibowitz, an influential behind-the-scenes aide to two Boston mayors and a leader in Jewish causes, has died. Leibowitz died suddenly of a heart attack on Sunday, Dec. 27. He was...
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