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A life of gratitude and generosity: Joseph Fleischmann
Janet Gelman and Joseph Fleischmann. In 1938, Joseph Fleischmann, along with his mother, Ida, and sister, Rachel, fled Nuremberg, Germany. It was the end of a cold November, just weeks after a period...
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Protesting rewritten history in Budapest
Protest monument. Wandering through the heart of Budapest, it is easy to stumble across Liberty Square. Entering the Park from the South, you are immediately confronted with a monument for “Victims of...
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Patty Shelanski joins UJFT as Arts + Ideas manager
Patty Shelanski United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s new Arts + Ideas manager, Patty Shelanski, is no stranger to Tidewater. Shelanski and her husband, Herm, recently returned to Norfolk after five...
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Sierra Lautman is UJFT’s new director of Jewish Innovation
Sierra Lautman Education, and particularly Jewish education, has been the focus of Sierra Lautman’s professional life for years. Lautman and her family recently moved to Virginia Beach from Pittsburgh,...
View ArticleNew class planned for two-year-olds at Strelitz
After reaching capacity this summer, the Strelitz International Academy will open a new class for two-year-olds in January 2020. Once that class is filled, incoming students will have to wait until the...
View ArticleHigh Holiday Services 5780
Compiled by Carly Glikman for Shalom Tidewater Beth Sholom Village bethsholomvillage.com | 757-420-2512 Rosh Hashanah Sunday, September 29 Evening Services • 6:30 pm Monday, September 30 Morning...
View ArticleFiery chopped competition to feature ‘The Aussie Gourmet’
Vaad of Tidewater Sunday, November 3, 5 pm Sheraton Waterside Naomi Nachman, author and social media influencer, will host four local teams of professional and home cooks in an all-out battle of...
View ArticleElihu Flax is new head of Board of Rabbis and Cantors
Cantor Elihu Flax, who directs religious services at Beth Sholom Village, is the new president of the Board of Rabbis and Cantors of Hampton Roads. The board addresses issues pertaining to the Jewish...
View ArticleOhef Sholom Temple 175th Anniversary Gala
Saturday, November 16, 6:30 pm The 19th oldest Reform congregation in the nation, Ohef Sholom Temple is celebrating its 175th Anniversary in style with a Gala at the temple. The evening includes...
View ArticleMarshall M. Friedman
Virginia Beach—With heavy hearts, at the age of 83, we announce the death of Marshall M. Friedman (Norfolk, Virginia), who passed away on June 8, 2019. Family and friends are welcome to leave their...
View ArticleSofia Maria Ruiz Konikoff
Virginia Beach—Sofia Maria Ruiz Konikoff, mother of seven, grandmother of four, and the wife of Dr. David B. Konikoff, passed away Sept. 13, 2019, during a trip to Jerusalem. She was 57. Sofia was born...
View ArticleLeona Rose Roberts
Boynton Beach, Fla.—Leona Rose Roberts passed away peacefully in Boynton Beach, Fla., on September 15, 2019 at the age of 98. Born in Portland, Maine, Leona heeded the call to help in the war effort...
View ArticleCarole Block Rosenberg
Virginia Beach—Carole Block Rosenberg died at home on September 14, 2019 at age 84. She was a native of Newport News and lived in Virginia Beach. She is predeceased by her beloved husband of 63 years...
View ArticleBody of Jewish victim of Santa Barbara boat fire returned to New Jersey for...
A Jewish victim of the Santa Barbara boat disaster was buried on Monday, Sept. 9 in New Jersey. Yulia Krashennaya, 40, of Berkeley, California, was one of 34 people killed when the scuba dive boat...
View ArticlePioneering journalist Cokie Roberts
Cokie Roberts, a pioneering journalist who with her husband, wrote an interfaith Haggadah and published a book about their interfaith marriage, has died. Roberts was one of the few female voices on the...
View ArticleAvid readers and book clubs— Two special events with authors
Lee and Bernard Jaffe Family Jewish Book Festival The Cast—Amy Blumenfeld Monday, November 18, 7:30 pm Simon Family JCC, free The Face Tells the Secret—Jane Bernstein Monday, December 16, 12 pm Beth...
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Jewish Tidewater: A survey for the future
It’s been 18 years since Tidewater’s Jewish community conducted any type of survey—and that one focused on demographics. Called the 2001 Jewish Community demographic Study, it revealed where Jewish...
View ArticleCharles Markman
North Carolina—Charles Markman, age 96, formally of Boca Raton Florida, passed away in North Carolina October 10, 2019. Loving father of Joseph (Roslyn) Markman, Barbara (Murray) Ezring and Deborah...
View ArticleGrace Roth Moskowitz
Norfolk—Grace Roth Moskowitz passed away on September 4, 2019. Altmeyer Funeral Home Southside Chapel assisted with the arrangements.
View ArticleJacalyn Brenner Newberg
NORFOLK—Jacalyn Brenner Newberg passed away on October 6, 2019 after a courageous battle with cancer. Jacie was born September 21, 1953 in Norfolk and graduated from Granby High School. She was...
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