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BALTIMORE (JTA) — Rabbi Daniel Alter expects some added fervency during daily prayer services at the Denver Academy of Torah in the days leading up to the Super Bowl. Alter, the academy’s head of school, recalls that when the Colorado Rockies faced the Boston Red Sox in the 2007 World Series, his students were more [...]

Suffolk —Alma F. Spivey, 96, passed away Friday, Jan. 10, 2014. She was born in Gates County, N. C., and was the daughter of the late Preston B. and Alma Harrell. She was predeceased by her husbands, William Rieger, Louis L. Friedman, and J.T. Spivey; her sister, Dorothy Inez Harrell and her brother, Preston B. [...]

Norfolk —Myra G. Lindquist, born April 5, 1926, died peacefully in her sleep on Jan. 8, 2014. A longtime resident of Norfolk, Myra had resided in Jacksonville, Fla. for the past few years. Myra was predeceased by her husband Karl A Lindquist, Jr (USN-Retired), her sister Anita Joy Cochran and her parents, Max and Celia [...]

Virginia Beach —Thomas “Tommy” Charles Grant, 66, passed away peacefully at his home in Virginia Beach on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014. Tommy was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. to the late Joseph and Rita Kraemer Grant, he is also predeceased by his brother, Robert Grant. An honored Vietnam veteran, he earned a purple heart and was [...]

Losses by Lea Goldberg, edited with Aftermath by Giddon Ticotsky Bnei Brak: Hakibbutz Hameuchad-Sifriat Poalin Publishers, 2010 380 pp, In Hebrew Lea Goldberg (1911– 1970), distinguished author, poet, translator (From Russian and English to Hebrew), and chairwoman of the Department of Comparative Literature at Jerusalem’s Hebrew University, was a native of Koenigsberg, Eastern Prussia, spending [...]

Rabbi Arthur Ruberg and Miriam Brunn Ruberg on the engagement of their son, Rabbi Jeremy Brunn Ruberg to Rebecca Sarah Shapiro, daughter of Dr. Naomi Hersh and Bernard Shapiro of Stamford and Westport, Conn.

The Honorable Dana Adler Rosen, Chief Judge, Social Security Administration, Greensboro, N. C. hearing office, who has been appointed a Judge with the U. S. Department of Labor in Newport News.

Burle Stromberg President, Hebrew Academy of Tidewater Profession Assistant City Attorney of the City of Portsmouth Education Virginia Tech, B.S., Public Administration (1981) University of Dayton School of Law, Juris Doctor (1984) Family Married to Robin Drucker Stromberg Three children: Arielle (22); Rachael (12); Sam (8) Jewish organizations Hebrew Academy of Tidewater, president Beth El [...]

Sunday, Feb. 23, 2:30 pm Virginia Stage Company brings its touring show, The Jungle Book to the Simon Family JCC for an imaginative and interactive experience for children. This production, part of the JCC’s Cultural Arts children’s series, is based on the tales of Rudyard Kipling. To draw in the audience, children help the educational [...]

Sunday, March 16, 9:45 am–12 noon The religious schools of Temple Emanuel and Beth El are joining together for a Purim Carnival and making it open to the community. The carnival takes place at Temple Emanuel. The fun begins at 9 am for a “T’fillah Tip Toe through the Megillah” with Sharon Wasserberg. There will [...]