CRC’s 4th annual Israel Poster Contest underway
The Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater invites 1st through 12th graders of Tidewater to participate in their fourth annual Israel Poster Contest. Posters will be...
View ArticleWhy do Jews say Mazel Tov and L’Chaim?
The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute (JLI) presents The Jewish Course of Why, beginning during the week of February 7 Rabbis Aron Margolin and Levi Brashevitzky of Chabad of Tidewater will conduct The...
View ArticleTemple Israel invites community to “Sing” along to hits by Jewish pop stars...
Sunday, April 10, 6 pm Barbra, Billy, Barry, Neil, Carole, Carly, Paul, Bob and Bette. Or if you will, Streisand, Joel, Manilow, Diamond, King, Simon, Dylan and Midler. All are on a first name basis...
View ArticleOperation Understanding Hampton Roads accepting applications
Applications due Monday, Feb. 1 A year-long leadership development program for 40 African American and Jewish high school students in Tidewater, Operation Understanding Hampton Roads (OUHR) is now...
View ArticleThe Hampton Years Discussion follows performance
Sunday, Jan. 31, 2 pm, Virginia Stage Company, Wells Theater Many periods of history have brought African Americans and Jewish Americans together. The two communities share common bonds of often...
View ArticleRyvela June Berk
Virginia Beach —Ryvela June Berk passed away January 9, 2016. She was the daughter of Oscar and Sonya Levy (of blessed memory), the wife of Kenneth Berk (of blessed memory). She is survived by her...
View ArticleRobert Jay Soble
Norfolk —Robert Jay Soble, 67, died Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016 in his residence. He was a native of Baltimore, Md. and was the son of the late Jonah and Hilda Goodman Soble. Robert graduated from Granby...
View ArticleBob Earl Wolfson
Norfolk —Bob Earl Wolfson passed away on December 30, 2015 at his home in San Diego, California surrounded by his wife, children, and grandchildren. Born on September 23, 1947, he was a native of...
View ArticleArthur Obermayer, US philanthropist who preserved German-Jewish history
Arthur Obermayer, a Boston-based Jewish philanthropist who honored Germans for preserving local Jewish history, has died. Obermayer died Sunday, Jan. 10 in Dedham, Mass., at 84. The cause of death was...
View ArticleLord George Weidenfeld, philanthropist who rescued Iraqi and Syrian refugees
Lord George Weidenfeld, a British Jewish philanthropist who recently helped rescue Christian Iraqi and Syrian refugees has died at 96. Weidenfeld died in his sleep Wednesday, Jan. 20 following a brief...
View ArticleAlvin Wall to be honored by Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities
Thursday, April 7, reception at 5:45 pm, program and dinner at 6:30 pm Many times a man’s deeds have to be stretched to fit the award. However, in the case of Alvin Wall’s selection by the Virginia...
View ArticleYoung Adult Division plans Vegas-style party for Purim 2016
Saturday, March 19, 8 pm, Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus Lights, glitz, glamour, and an evening of joyous merrymaking are planned for the Young Adult Division of the United Jewish Federation of...
View ArticleSimon Family JCC hosts ultimate Commit to be Fit competition
The Simon Family JCC has some extra motivation for members who want to meet their fitness goals this Spring —money. From March 1 through April 26, members can compete to win a $100 grand prize. The...
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Rebuilding homes and faith through Bridges
Zoe Siegel and Shanjida Chowdhury, co-president of Bridges. I’ve always been fascinated with Judaism because of the many layers of my faith that I see in various aspects of modern day life. With that...
View ArticleSidney L. Nusbaum
Norfolk—Sidney L. Nusbaum, II , 90, died Friday, Jan. 8, 2016 in his home at Harbors Edge after a courageous battle with cancer. A Norfolk native he was the son of the late V.H. Nusbaum and Justine...
View ArticleRabbi Ronald Greenwald, former Nixon liaison to Jewish community
Rabbi Ronald Greenwald, who worked to help free Soviet refusenik Natan Sharansky and others, and served as President Richard Nixon’s liaison to the Jewish community, has died. Greenwald, of Monsey,...
View ArticlePittsburgh chiropractor’s obituary wish: Dump Trump
An obituary for a Jewish chiropractor asked those who mourn his death not to vote for Donald Trump in lieu of flowers. Jeffrey Cohen’s death notice, posted Wednesday, Jan. 20 on the Legacy.com website...
View ArticleAbe Vigoda, known for ‘Barney Miller’ role
NEW YORK (JTA)—Abe Vigoda, a Jewish actor best known for playing a cranky police detective in the 1970s sitcom Barney Miller, has died. Vigoda died Tuesday, Jan. 26 at his daughter’s home in Woodland...
View ArticleDavid Stoliar, sole survivor of bombed ship fleeing Holocaust, is remembered
David Stoliar, the only survivor of the Struma, an ill-fated ship that was carrying 800 Jews fleeing the Holocaust in Romania, died in 2014, but his death was not widely or nationally reported. The New...
View ArticleGomley Chesed’s lions come home to Beth El
Gomley Chesed Synagogue’s Lions of Judah—bronze-like sculptures with fierce snarling mouths and red-glowing eyes—were objects of affection for generations of that once vibrant Portsmouth congregation....
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