Virginia 2020 Elections Important deadlines
Friday, Sept. 18, 2020 — Absentee Voting Begins Monday, Oct. 12, 2020 — Last day to register to vote online, by mail, or in-person at your registrar’s office Friday, Oct. 23, 2020 — Last day to request...
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United Jewish Federation of Tidewater & the Simon Family JCC’s Lee and...
*Events shown only through October 29 All events are open to the community with RSVP or tickets required and will take place virtually until further notice. For more information about the Festival, to...
View ArticleAs Genesis Prize goes to a vote, its impact on Jewish causes grows
Doron Almog, a former head of the Israeli Defense Forces’ Southern Command, was one of the heroes of Israel’s 1976 hostage rescue operation in Entebbe, Uganda, and winner of the 2016 Israel Prize for...
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Kerri Cohen joins UJFT/Simon Family JCC as development associate
Kerri Cohen recently joined United Jewish Federation of Tidewater and the Simon Family JCC as a development associate. Born and raised in Suffolk, Va. she has also lived in Texas, Mexico, and...
View ArticleI co-officiated a wedding with Justice Ginsburg—and it exposed a tension in...
(JTA)—There was an audible gasp as she entered the room. Flanked by bodyguards, with her white gloves prominent, Ruth Bader Ginsburg took a seat next to the bride and groom as cameras clicked rapidly....
View ArticleHasidic Jews have rebbes. Secular Jews have RBG.
(JTA)—In the haredi Orthodox world, a gadol is a Torah sage of such outstanding scholarly achievement that their legal conclusions are widely accepted and their words are deemed worthy of close study...
View ArticleIsrael’s oldest man – Marcy Oster
(JTA)—Israel’s oldest man, Shlomo Sulayman, has died at the age of 117. Sulayman died earlier this month with his family by his side, according to Ynet. He is survived by six children as well as...
View ArticleBernard Cohen, who brought Loving v. Virginia to the Supreme Court Ron Kampeas
WASHINGTON (JTA)—Bernard Cohen, the lawyer whose volunteer gig with the ACLU led him to make history when he successfully argued that the Supreme Court should overturn laws banning interracial...
View ArticleSarah Blumenthal Zedd
Yorktown, Va.—Sarah Blumenthal Zedd, 95, passed away on Thursday, October 15, 2020, in Yorktown, Va. She was the former owner, with her husband, of the A&B Market in South Norfolk. Born in...
View ArticleRitty Baumgard Margulies
Norfolk—Ritty Baumgard Margulies, 102, passed away on October 19, 2020, in Norfolk, Va. She was born in 1918 to Samuel and Sarah Siegel Baumgard. She was preceded in death by her parents, her sister,...
View ArticleAdel Mazel Kruger
Norfolk—Mrs. Adel M. Kruger, 93, passed away on Sunday, October 11, 2020. She was born to Sarah and Simon Mazel in Norfolk. Adel graduated from Maury High School before attending the Norfolk Division...
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Type A. Plan B. Tom Purcell takes first place in the JCC 100-day Summer...
For Tom Purcell, summer 2020 was the best of times and the worst of times. The pandemic continued to keep people away from their favorite sushi joints, hair salons, and gym-based training sessions....
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UJFT & the Simon Family JCC’s Lee and Bernard Jaffe Family Jewish Book...
*Events shown only through November 15 All events are open to the community with RSVP or tickets required and will take place virtually until further notice. For more information about the Festival, to...
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Giving opportunities for you and your family during COVID-19
2020 has been a tumultuous year, to say the least. As you and your advisors sit down to discuss year-end tax and charitable planning, there are several additional factors this year that can influence...
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Federation seeks to capture lightning in a bottle with second community...
What does an organization do when the success of a new program exceeds its wildest imagination? Well, that’s an easy question to answer… REPEATS IT! Or at least try to come as close as possible to...
View Article2021 Campaign offering limited-time matching incentive during week of...
Tuesday, November 22 through Giving Tuesday, December 1 The 2021 Community Campaign of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater has come out strong, raising more than $3.4 million in its first four...
View ArticleRegistration, lawyers and patience: How Jewish groups are protecting voting...
(JTA)—If you’re in Arizona or Florida and a 585 area code pops up on your phone, you might want to answer: It could be a Jewish volunteer in Rochester, New York, whose mission it is to help you vote....
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New Young Leadership Campaign Manager at UJFT
Matthew Kramer-Morning joined United Jewish Federation of Tidewater as Young Leadership Campaign manager this month. Originally from Northern Wisconsin, Matt Kramer-Morning has a diverse background in...
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JFS finds new superpowers to help individuals dealing with Isolation 2020
Pandemic isolation affects everyone differently. It’s human kryptonite. Nobody is immune because there is no antidote for the great equalizer—the need for human connection. Since 1946, Jewish Family...
View ArticleJewish security officials have a message for election day: Be prepared for...
(JTA)—On Thursday, Oct. 15, the FBI had a message for Jewish institutions across the country: Prepare for the possibility of violence on Election Day. That was the main takeaway from a webinar hosted...
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