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Camp JCC 2021: Much more than fun!
This summer, Camp JCC provided consistency and happiness—what campers so desperately needed after a difficult year. Campers were able to be kids again, counselors were able to role model while showing...
View ArticleElie Wiesel Competition’s 2021 winners now online
www.holocaustcommission.jewishva.org It took 25 years and a coronavirus to push the Elie Wiesel student competitions (art and writing) to their new online format. Since most public and many private...
View ArticleSimon Family Passport to Israel recipient Nathan Prince soaks in the Israel...
The Israel trip was an experience of a lifetime! A couple of reasons why I chose to be a part of the Journey 5 trip to Israel include making new connections and experiencing historical and culturally...
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Come From Away returns to stage and screen, with Jewish values at its center
(JTA)—When U.S. airspace closed as a result of the attacks on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, 38 planes were grounded in Gander, Newfoundland, stranding nearly 7,000 international travelers...
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33rd Annual Strelitz International Academy Golf Tournament
Winning Team: Brian Miller, Jay Rickles, Donnie Simms, and Paul Hughs. On the perfectly sunny morning of September 14, Strelitz International Academy’s 33rd Annual Golf Tournament, affectionately known...
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Couple turns from law to art: Valerie and Matt White
Type A attorney turned artist: Valerie White’s latest passion is painting, but husband Matt White just might show her up. Valerie puts her whole heart into everything she does: law (let’s become a...
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Gathering observes Sukkot
Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn and Rabbi Roz Mandelberg observe the mitzvah of waving the lulav and etrog at a gathering in Downtown Norfolk during Sukkot. The 56th Speaker of the Virginia House of...
View ArticleLocal attorneys rise to the top
Practicing law can be like baking a cake. Both require precise timing and ingredients in exact measure. A dash of restraint goes a long way, too. Just ask attorney Neal Schulwolf who knows the power of...
View ArticleLegal Matters in the Jewish Community
Dear Readers, Just as we all need banks and dentists, there aren’t many of us who don’t require an attorney at some point in life…if not really often for some. Fortunately, we have plenty of top legal...
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The Rosenblatt family tree roots itself in giving back
In the 1950s and 60s, two Norfolk streets where Wexford Terrace turn into Colony Point, served as an enclave for Jewish business leaders and community builders raising families. Close to Wards Corner...
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Super Sunday raises funds and builds community for Jewish Tidewater
Super Sunday was truly a great community day, and a success by every measure. On Sunday, September 12, dozens of volunteers—members of Tidewater’s Jewish community—came together at the Sandler Family...
View ArticleUnpacking Antisemitism: An Action Based Workshop with Dara Horn
Sunday, October 17, 6 pm, Zoom Free, open to the community, pre-registration required at JewishVA.org/UnpackingAntisemitism Join the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Jewish Community Relations...
View ArticleThen, Now, & Looking Forward: Lorraine Fink Retrospective extended through...
Leon Family Gallery, Sandler Family Campus Tribes, Tribesmen, For the Young at Heart. Silkscreens, collages, photographs, sculptures, and more than 100 ink and watercolor drawings. Dancers, musicians,...
View ArticleIf You Thirst for a Homeland: Flame-worked glass by Dafna Kaffeman
Saturday, November 6, 7:30 pm, Perry Glass Studio or via Zoom https://chrysler.org/event/visiting-artist-lecture-with-dafna-kaffeman/ Currently on display at the Chrysler Museum of Art, Dafna...
View ArticleIsraeli American actress, activist, and author Noa Tishby to speak on...
Wednesday, October 13, 7:30 pm Free and open to the community with in-person and online options available, RSVP (required) at JewishVA.org/IsraelToday Noa Tishby is the first speaker in the 11th Annual...
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Sababa Social Club in the Sukkah…with the In[HEIR]itance Project
Hillary Wriggers, Ellen Hundley, Naomi Limor Sedek, and her mother, Susan Limor. When the Sababa Social Club met in the Sukkah for an introductory artistic salon with the In[HEIR]itance Project, old...
View ArticleMazel Tov!
Click here to view the entire Mazel Tov! special section. Dear Readers, In the best of times, planning a milestone event is known to create stressful situations. Throw in a pandemic, along with months...
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BBYO begins with excitement and opportunities for teens to connect
Tidewater’s BBYO chapters have enthusiastically begun this school year. BBG (B’nai Brith Girls), which locally consists of Dr. Abraham Cohen and Kruger chapters, and AZA (Aleph Tzadik Aleph), which...
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Hineni Fellow Jason Hoffman embraces Jewish life
Jason Hoffman leads a Jewish life. When we caught up for this interview—to chat about his experience with United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Hineni Fellowship—he was hanging around an airport...
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Jewish Family Service and Beth Sholom Village welcome LHC Group to Tidewater
A decade ago, Betty Ann Levin, then CEO of Jewish Family Service of Tidewater and David Abraham, CEO of Beth Sholom Village, met together with their organization’s boards of directors to create the...
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