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Terri Tavss Sarfan, president, Simon Family Jewish Community Center Profession Jack-of -all-trades/ Master of none Education Bachelor of Science in Marketing, Virginia Commonwealth University Family Married to Lonny Sarfan Two daughters: Alex and Stephanie Four-legged son: Ollie. Jewish organizations United Jewish Federation of Tidewater: past board member, Women’s Cabinet Hebrew Academy of Tidewater: past president [...]

It has been an exciting and active summer for the administration and faculty at the Hebrew Academy of Tidewater and Strelitz Early Childhood Center. While many spent the last few months packed with family fun and sensational travel experiences, everyone ultimately circled back together in August, bonding over several extraordinary faculty development workshops. There is [...]

Suffolk—Daniel A. Strasser, 67, died Thursday, August 15, 2013 in his residence. He was a native of the Bronx, N. Y. and a resident of Suffolk for 10 years. He is the son of Irene Groveman Bockoff and the late Joseph Strasser. Mr. Strasser was a graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles, [...]

Newport News —Walter S. Segaloff died Sunday morning, August 18 leaving a gigantic hole in the fabric of the Virginia Peninsula, the Commonwealth and arguably the nation. While we may never fill that void, Walter’s lifetime of rich and meaningful accomplishments has created a roadmap to guide us to make our lives richer and our [...]

Norfolk —Rosalind Norkin, 91, of Norfolk, Va. and Boynton Beach, Fla. passed away Thursday, August 15, 2013. A native of Philadelphia, she was the daughter of Isadore and Etta Green. She was a charter member of Temple Israel and its Sisterhood, a life member of Hadassah, B’nai Brith and a member of ORT. Mrs. Norkin [...]

Norfolk —Samuel J. Kramer passed away on August 14, 2013 at the age of 96. He is the last of his generation of Kramers, his parents, Nathan and Mary Kramer having fled the pogroms of Russia to settle in Ithaca. He is predeceased by his wife, Anne G. Kramer, who passed away on August 11, [...]

Norfolk —Alan Kootner, husband of Donna Kootner passed away. Graveside services were held at Mikro Kodesh Cemetery in Chesapeake.

Norfolk —David Raymond Koltun, age 99, born in New York, N.Y, on Oct. 5, 1913, passed away Friday, August 16, 2013, just six weeks shy of his much look forward to 100th birthday. Dave is survived by his wife of 30 years, Helen; her children and grandchildren, Terri and Steve Budman, and their children Madeline, [...]

Norfolk —Albert Kaplan was born January 13, 1924, at St. Vincent DePaul Hospital on Church Street in Norfolk,Va. His parents were Ida Goldman Kaplan and Sol Kaplan. The family lived in Park Place on 27th Street before moving to the duplex home they built at Gates and Harrington Avenue. Albert was the third child in [...]

Virginia Beach —Dorothy Jean (“Dottie-Jean”) Chenman Goodman Cash died on Saturday, August 24, 2013. Born in Norfolk in July of 1930, Dottie- Jean was the daughter of the late Leon and Sonia Steiman Chenman, who came to the United States from their native Lithuania to make their lives and raise their family. Dottie-Jean attended Norfolk [...]