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Celebrating 70 Years of Heroes and Hope
FIDF and the IMPACT! Scholarship Program FIDF Virginia Gala: Thursday, November 29, Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront For many Jews around the world, Israel remains central to their identity, inspiring...
View ArticleCenter for the study of Religious Freedom at Virginia Wesleyan University:...
NEXUS Interfaith Dialogue Gender Roles and Religion Monday, October 8, 7:30 pm Virginia Wesleyan’s Batten Student Center, Pearce Hospitality Suite Panelists Rev. Kim Hodges, Pastor of Lynnhaven Colony...
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Wonder Woman On Her Flesh: Queer Jewish Women and Pride Tattoos
Wonder Woman On Her Flesh: Queer Jewish Women and Pride Tattoos Thursday, October 4, 11 am–12 pm Virginia Wesleyan’s Blocker Hall Auditorium The pink triangle has gone from a stigmatizing Holocaust...
View ArticleCurrent Events with Seniors
Current Events with Seniors Thursdays 10:30 am–12 noon 237 Simon Family JCC Join a stimulating discussion on local, international, and world-wide topics. It is always an interesting and fun time. For...
View ArticleOhef Sholom’s Sanctuary Rededication to feature Rabbi Rick Jacobs
Ohef Sholom’s Sanctuary Rededication to feature Rabbi Rick Jacobs Saturday, October 13, 7 pm, Ohef Sholom Temple One hundred years ago, Ohef Sholom Temple moved to the corner of Stockley Gardens and...
View ArticleSeniors in the Sukkah
Seniors in the Sukkah Wednesday, September 26, 12:30 pm Join the senior community to celebrate Sukkot this year with Senior Art in the Sukkah. Included with a ticket is lunch with drinks and dessert,...
View ArticleBeyond Duty: Diplomats Recognized as Righteous Among the Nations at Regent...
October 10-23 10 am-6pm An exhibition by the State of Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on display at Regent University Library Atrium. For more information or to schedule a visit, email Erin Flynn...
View ArticleTidewater Chavurah’s Second Friday Shabbat Service
Friday, October 12, 7 pm Rabbi Ellen Jaffe-Gill will lead Tidewater Chavurah’s second Friday Shabbat service at the home of Hal and Elaine in the Great Neck Meadows area of Virginia Beach. A...
View ArticlePlans to expand Shabbat Project are underway
Friday, October 26 and Saturday, October 27 A global, grassroots movement that brings Jews from across the world together around the shared heritage of Shabbat, the Shabbat Project initiative was...
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Simon Family Passport to Israel grant recipient, Shelby Brown, traveled to...
A Norfolk Academy senior, Shelby Brown is an active member of BBYO’s Kruger chapter. She has held several offices both locally and regionally, and has participated in leadership conferences such as...
View ArticleRobert Max Katz
Norfolk—Robert Max Katz, 72, while surrounded by the people he loved most, went to be with the Lord on September 12, 2018. Robert was born May 6, 1946 in Miami, Florida to the late Albert and Lorette...
View ArticleFannie Cutler Miles
Virginia Beach—Fannie Cutler Miles passed away September 9, 2018 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. She was born April 15, 1924 in Nassawadox, Virginia to the late Stella Cutler Simpson and Leonard C....
View ArticleJoseph C. Rostov
Norfolk—Joseph Charles Rostov, 25, passed away on Sunday, September 23, 2018. He was born July 8, 1993, in Norfolk, Va., and attended Norfolk Collegiate and ODU. Joe worked with his parents in their...
View ArticleGary L. Schechter, M.D.
Naples, Fla.—Surrounded by family, Dr. Gary Schechter passed away September 15, 2018 from a traumatic brain injury due to a fall. Born and raised in New York, Gary attended Syracuse University, then...
View ArticlePrinceton Lyman, Jewish diplomat who helped plan Operation Moses, dies at 82
WASHINGTON ( JTA)—Princeton Lyman, the Jewish American diplomat who played a critical role in organizing Operation Moses, the stunning 1984 airlift of Ethiopian Jews, has died at 82. Lyman died Friday,...
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First Person: An incredible historic find: The Jewish Museum of Greece
Introduction One of the great things about being a journalist is traveling the world on story assignments. But it’s the remarkable people I meet, during my journey abroad, that fuels my passion for my...
View ArticleIngrid Sandra Nelson
Virginia Beach–Ingrid Nelson passed away on October 2, 2018. She was born on March 16, 1948 in Managua, Nicaragua. She is survived by her four children, five grandchildren and Whopper. She peacefully...
View ArticleMark L. Goldstein
Lehigh Valley , Pa.—Mark L. Goldstein, beloved husband, father, and leader of the Lehigh Valley Jewish community, passed away on October 11, 2018, after living with cancer for an extended time. He was...
View ArticleAnita Daitch Parks
MADISON/VIRGINIA BEACH—Anita Daitch Parks, age 92, passed away suddenly of a stroke, on Sept. 8, 2018 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. surrounded by her children, Dr. Barbara Parks (Mike Basto) of Virginia...
View ArticleIrvin Leonard Posner
Norfolk —Irvin Leonard Posner, MD, passed away on September 29, 2018. He was born in Richmond, Va. On October 6, 1930 to the late George and Frances Posner. Irvin graduated from Maury High School,...
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