Challah Days—Highlights of featured speakers
Friday, June 17–Sunday, June 19, Kempsville Conservative Synagogue When Kempsville Conservative Synagogue/Kehillat Bet Hamidrash began planning A Taste of Challah Days Around the World, no one imagined...
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Sculptures by Lorraine Fink
Through June 16, Slover Library, Norfolk Mythically, with a wash of whimsy, this collection by Lorraine Fink includes 8- and 3-foot sculptures, which feature both obsolete and repurposed objects. The...
View ArticleSeminary awards grant to local rabbi
WYNCOTE, PA—Reconstructionist Rabbinical College awarded one of the first five grants of the Auerbach Entrepreneurial Grant Program to Rabbi Ellen Jaffe-Gill, spiritual leader of Tidewater Chavurah....
View ArticleLorraine Manassee
Norfolk —Lorraine Manassee Fleder passed away Friday, June 3, 2016 at the age of 86 in her home at Harbor’s Edge in Norfolk. Born in the Bronx, New York, she became a resident of Norfolk in 1958 after...
View ArticleJuliette (Allegria) Pearce
Virginia Beach —Juliette (Allegria) Pearce, 87, passed away on Friday, May 20, 2016 in Virginia Beach. Juliette was born in Rabat, Morocco to Maklouf Halioua and Louna Halioua on October 20, 1929. She...
View ArticleIngrid Schwartz
Ingrid Schwartz died Wednesday, May 18, at 10:10 am. Her big brother, Garry and two wonderful nurses were with her at Mid-Michigan Medical Center. Ingrid was born Dec. 15, 1950. She lived an extremely...
View ArticleDr. Peter Walker “Pete”
Norfolk —Dr. Peter Walker “Pete,” 67, of the 5400 block of Bulls Bay Drive passed away May 24, 2016 at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. He was born to the late Nettie Robinson Walker and Elijah Walker...
View ArticleBrazilian Jewish politician Gerson Bergher
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA)—Gerson Bergher, one of Brazil’s most prominent Jewish activists, has died at 91. A former president of the Brazilian Zionist Organization, Bergher, who has served as a politician...
View ArticleRabbi Michael Lerner, Billy Crystal asked to speak at Muhammad Ali funeral
Liberal American Rabbi Michael Lerner was invited to speak at boxing legend Muhammad Ali’s funeral. “I am deeply humbled and honored to be invited to speak at Muhammad Ali’s funeral,” Lerner, the...
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What We Carry premiere a huge success
Audience members take their seats before the premiere. By the time the film began, the Sandler Center had reached its seating capacity, and reported a standing room only crowd of more than 1350. Like a...
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Low scores, high morale, make JCC Golf Tournament one of the best
The winning foursome: Brian Knight, Yuri Vaid, Ryan Glick and Casey Costello. The Simon Family JCC’s 6th Annual Presidents’ Cup Golf Tournament, held on June 6 at Heron Ridge Golf Club in Virginia...
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Fluffy friends at Strelitz
Diana Smith’s two-year-old class at the Strelitz Early Childhood Education Center took care of some chicken and turkey eggs this past spring. The children helped keep the eggs warm and were excited to...
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Through all the clouds and rain, Israel Fest brought the sun
The Simon Family JCC didn’t allow the rumors of showers to rain on their parade for the 2016 Israel Fest. In fact, on Sunday, June 5, when the festival began at 11 am, the day brightened for all who...
View ArticleFalafel wars in Paris: Who’s got the better balls?
PARIS (JTA)—On a crowded sidewalk in the French capital, Yomi Peretz exchanges jokes and backslaps with customers who are waiting in a 20-yard queue in the rain to enter his falafel shop. This chummy...
View ArticleCamp JCC off to a splashing start
Monday, June 20 was the first day of Summer and the first day of Camp JCC. Campers routinely say swimming is one of their favorite camp activities, and children who stay for the entire day get swim...
View ArticleHebrew Academy of Tidewater Class of 2016
The Hebrew Academy of Tidewater celebrates the many accomplishments of its students throughout the years. The school also supports them through important academic and social challenges and nurtures...
View ArticleEdward Warren Banyai
Norfolk — Edward Warren Banyai, 92, passed away on Monday, June 13, 2016. A native of the Bronx, N. Y., Mr. Banyai and his wife moved to Norfolk in 1993. He was the son of the late Arpad and Rose...
View ArticleElliot M. Juren
Norfolk —Elliot M. Juren, 70, passed away June 7, 2016 after a lengthy battle with brain cancer. Elliot was born in Portsmouth, Va., and was the son of the late Ben L. Juren and Lillian Reuben Juren....
View ArticlePatricia Kelsay Wisoff
Norfolk —Patricia Kelsay Wisoff, beloved wife for 65 years to Dr. Carl Peter Wisoff, passed away in her home in Norfolk, Va. surrounded by family on Monday, June 13, 2016—just shy of her 86th birthday....
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Simon Family JCC Biennial Meeting honors the hard work of many, focuses on...
Marcia Hofheimer presents The Thomas L. Hofheimer Humanitarian Award to Dana Cohen and Kitty Saks. Marcia Hofheimer, Kitty Saks, Tonie Wilkins, Marty Einhorn and Dana Cohen. The 2016 Biennial Meeting...
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