Isabel Lohre Blumenthal
Brewster, N.Y.—Isabel Blumenthal passed away on June 14, 2021 in Brewster, N.Y. where she had lived since November 2015. She previously lived in Glen Burnie, Md., Norfolk, Va. and New York City. Isabel...
View ArticleMerchants of Hate: The Rise of White Supremacy
Originally published in the March 22, 2021 issue. A conversation with the ADL and former mayor of Charlottesville Thursday, April 1, 7:30 pm, Temple Israel’s First Thursday, Zoom, free Batya Glazer...
View ArticleTidewater Chavurah: Who is ready for weekly Torah study?
Originally published in the March 22, 2021 issue. Tuesdays, 7 pm, Zoom Rabbi Ellen Jaffe-Gill of Tidewater Chavurah, now leads a weekly Torah study on Tuesday evenings. Discussion focuses on the...
View ArticlePark Avenue Synagogue Cantor Azi Schwartz in concert for Temple Israel
Originally published in the March 22, 2021 issue. Sunday, April 25, 7:30 pm, Zoom, $36 Not many clergy are considered YouTube sensations, but Azi Schwartz, senior cantor of Park Avenue Synagogue in New...
View ArticleA year of Jewish learning
Originally published in the March 22, 2021 issue. Sierra Lautman A year ago this month, the world entered the pandemic. Amazingly, Jewish organizations of all sizes, including United Jewish...
View ArticleKehillat Bet Hamidrash/Kempsville Conservative Synagogue to host Art Auction
Originally published in the April 12, 2021 issue. Sunday, May 2, 7 pm Tired of looking at the same walls during this time at home? See an empty spot just calling out for a new piece of art? KBH has...
View ArticleNYC Cantor Azi Schwartz looks forward to sharing his love of Jewish...
Originally published in the April 12, 2021 issue. Sunday, April 25, 7:30 pm, $36 Joel Rubin He is the 40-year-old grandson of four Holocaust survivors from Hungary and Czechoslovakia who all emigrated...
View ArticleAulcie Perry’s Norfolk connection
Originally published in the April 12, 2021 issue. Aulcie at the Drive-In: Sunday, April 18, 8 pm Sandler Family Campus, $12 per person Robyn Sidersky Do you remember the Virginia Squires, Norfolk’s...
View ArticleTidewater Jewish Foundation Legacy Donors to be honored at virtual event
Originally published in the April 12, 2021 issue. Tuesday, May 25, 7:30 pm, free Jewish Tidewater’s 339 legacy donors are among the 18,000 who will be honored at the first Legacy Donor Appreciation...
View ArticleLorraine Fink: We’re all in this together Virtual Art Auction and Sale
Originally published in the April 12, 2021 issue. Monday, April 12–Thursday, April 22 https://www.jewishva.org/Lfinkart On view through May 10 in the Leon Family Gallery, Sandler Family Campus Terri...
View ArticleTidewater to celebrate Yom Ha’atzmaut: Israel’s 73rd Independence Day
Originally published in the April 12, 2021 issue. Sunday, April 18, Sandler Family Campus Drive-Through celebration, 12–2:30 pm, free, limited tickets JewishVa.org/IsraelFest Drive-In Movie, 8 pm, $12...
View ArticleMazel Tov, Rabbi Rosalin Mandelberg
Originally published in the May 31, 2021 issue. Mazel tov to Rabbi Rosalin Mandelberg on receiving her Honorary Doctorate on Thursday, May 27 from Hebrew Union College—Jewish Institute of Religion for...
View ArticleMazel Tov, Dr. Julie Forman-Kay
Originally published in the May 31, 2021 issue. Mazel tov to Dr. Julie Forman-Kay, on being named a Fellow of the highly prestigious Royal Society. The Royal Society’s fundamental purpose is to...
View ArticleTimeless Jewish classic, Keeping Up with the Steins is finale for this year’s...
Originally published in the May 31, 2021 issue. Thursday, June 24, 8 pm, Sandler Family Campus, socially distant family-friendly cookout, 6:30 pm Tickets: $12 per person, children ages 12 and under...
View ArticleAJC’s Global Forum goes virtual
Originally published in the May 31, 2021 issue. June 6–9 Rabbi Batya Glazer The American Jewish Committee’s annual Global Forum will be virtual this year, making it possible to participate from home....
View ArticleThe apple falls just far enough from the tree in Lisa Novick Goldberg’s book...
Originally published in the May 31, 2021 issue. Monday, June 14,12 pm, Zoom Free with pre-registration required at JewishVA.org/BookFest Robyn Sidersky When Lisa Novick Goldberg was a child, she was...
View ArticleMazel Tov, Zach and Courtney Lewis
Originally published in the June 14, 2021 issue. Mazel Tov to Zach and Courtney Lewis on the birth of their son, William David Lewis, born on April 18. His excited big sister is Carrington. Paternal...
View ArticleMazel Tov, Pam Blais
Originally published in the June 14, 2021 issue. Mazel Tov to Pam Blais on her selection as a finalist in the Hometown Hero category of the National Museum of American Jewish History’s Only in America...
View ArticleMazel Tov, Eric N. Schloss
Originally published in the June 28, 2021 issue. Mazel Tov to Eric N. Schloss, of Saltzberg & Schloss, who became the 68th president of the Maryland Association for Justice (MAJ). With 1,200...
View ArticleSummer Music Series begins at JMCC
Originally published in the June 28, 2021 issue. Wednesdays, July 7, July 14, July 28, August 14, August 18, 7:30 pm The Jewish Museum and Cultural Center presents The Zelma G. Rivin Wonderful...
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