Virginia Holocaust Museum tour with JCC Seniors Club
Wednesday, June 19 The entire senior community is invited to join the JCC Seniors Club for a day trip to the Virginia Holocaust Museum in Richmond. The $30 registration fee includes transportation,...
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Organ Donation, a program that could save lives
Janet S. Wright Thursday, May 16, 7 pm Zeiders American Dream Theater, 4509 Commerce Street, Virginia Beach For the past 15 years during Spring Into Healthy Living, Jewish Family Service has presented...
View ArticleDr. Bernard Alper
West Bloomfield, MICH.—Dr. Bernard Alper, 76, of West Bloomfield, Michigan, died on April 12, 2019. Beloved husband of 50 years of Candace Alper. Cherished father of Jason Alper (Jennifer Rush) and...
View ArticleGary Lee Haskell
Virginia Beach—Gary Lee Haskell, a long time native of Virginia Beach, passed away on April 23, 2019. At his bedside during his final days were his beloved wife of 58 years, Diane Gladstone Haskell,...
View ArticleJudith B. Kaufman
Delray Beach, Fla.—Judith Berlin Kaufman, 81, passed away on Wednesday, April 17, 2019 in Delray Beach, Fla. Judith was born in Norfolk to the late Leon and Florence Berlin. She is predeceased by her...
View ArticleMichael Edward Terkeltaub
Virginia Beach—Mike passed peacefully on April 25, 2019 at Beth Sholom Village. Mike was born in Norfolk, and considered Phoenix, Norfolk, and New York as home. He spent many years working with...
View ArticleLori Gilbert-Kaye, 60, killed in Poway attack, said to have shielded rabbi...
POWAY, California (JTA)—Lori Gilbert-Kaye, who was killed in the attack at a Chabad synagogue near San Diego, is credited with jumping in front of the synagogue’s rabbi to shield him from the gunman’s...
View ArticleTemple Israel holds first Women’s Seder
After a great deal of thought, discussion, planning, negotiating, shopping, cooking, and implementing—not to mention the counting, hard boiling and peeling of no fewer than 96 eggs—Temple Israel held...
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Ambassador casts a new light on Israel
Ambassador Aharoni speaks at the Israel Today program at Ohef Sholom Temple. Ambassador Ido Aharoni spoke at Ohef Sholom Temple as part of the Community Relations Council of the United Federation of...
View ArticleBarr Foundation’s yad collection on display at Temple Emanu-El
Through August 11 Temple Emanu-El, 1 East 65th Street, New York City Museum hours: Sunday–Thursday, 10 am–4 pm Traveling to New York City during the next couple of months? If so, try to include a visit...
View ArticleJCC Seniors Club to tour Virginia Holocaust Museum in Richmond
Wednesday, June 19, 9 am—5 pm Holocaust education is vital to ensuring that people today know the warning signs that led to the attempted destruction of the Jewish people in Nazi Germany....
View ArticleArtists 4 Israel
Leon Family Gallery, Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus May 2019 Craig Dershowitz, executive director of Artists 4 Israel, manages this group of artists from across the world who use the power of art...
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A lost song and a grandson’s tribute
Aaron Tessler, “Savta” Rachel Tessler, of blessed memory, David Tessler, Jacob Tessler (standing), 2016 In Vilden Vald—Aaron Tessler ft. Zemiros Choir The Holocaust’s devastation brought about not only...
View ArticlePatricia Leffew Ashkenazi
Virginia Beach—Patricia Leffew Ashkenazi, 70, passed away May 9, 2019 in Virginia Beach, surrounded by her loving family. She is survived by her husband, Avraham Ashkenazi of Virginia Beach; children...
View ArticleIrene Mandel Blum
Virginia Beach—Irene Mandel Blum, 95, passed away on May 10, 2019 at Beth Sholom Village. Irene was born in Baltimore, Md., on July 12, 1923 to Joseph and Rachel (Solomon) Mandel. The family moved to...
View ArticleLarry Melvin Saunders
Norfolk—Larry Melvin Saunders passed away at the age of 84 on Thursday, May 16, 2019 at Harbor’s Edge. Born in 1935 in Norfolk, Virginia, he was the son of Bertha and Edward Saunders, of blessed...
View ArticleHerman Wouk, legendary author who brought Judaism into the mainstream
BOSTON (JTA)—Herman Wouk, the bestselling Orthodox Jewish author whose literary career spanned nearly seven decades and who helped usher Judaism into the American mainstream, died Friday, May 17 at the...
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Where We Disappear, Simon Fink’s directorial debut set to premiere in Los...
Friday, June 21, 7 pm The feature film, Where We Disappear, directed by Norfolk native Simon Fink, is getting its world premiere in Los Angeles at the historic TLC (Grauman’s) Chinese Theatres. The...
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Eurovision in Israel: Celebrating global connections through music
Kobi Marimi represented Israel at 2019 Eurovision. Tel Aviv lit up with magic during the week of May 13 for the 64th annual Eurovision Song Contest. With all of Europe’s eyes on Israel, Tel Aviv did...
View ArticleLaurel Kanner Gutterman
Philadelphia, Pa.—Laurel Kanner Gutterman of Philadelphia, passed away on June 4, 2019. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, the older child of Rubell (Gevitz) and Herbert Lee Kanner. She graduated from...
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