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Name: Ilene Leibowitz Lipton, admissions and marketing director at Leigh Hall Assisted Living in Norfolk. Age: 50 Education: University of Georgia, 1985 Children: Seth, 19 and Maya, 15 Hometown: Norfolk Favorite food: Hmmm, today it’s sushi, watermelon, Nutella and peanut butter pretzels. Favorite movies: Big Fish, Nebraska, Sound of Music, Titanic, Finding Nemo Favorite book: [...]

JERUSALEM (JTA)—Israeli filmmaker Menahem Golan, who produced more than 200 movies, including several popular action films of the 1980s, has died. Golan, who also directed Dolph Lundgren, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Sylvester Stallone and Chuck Norris, died Friday, Aug. 8 in Tel Aviv. He was 85. Golan, a co-founder with his cousin Yoram Globus of the [...]

LOS ANGELES (JTA)—Dr. Jesse Steinfeld, who fought vigorously as surgeon general to warn the public of the dangers of smoking, has died. Steinfeld, who served in the post from 1969 until President Richard Nixon forced his resignation in 1973, died Tuesday, Aug. 5 in Pomona, Calif., from complications resulting from a stroke. He was 87. [...]

Jacksonville , Fla .— Irene “Renee” J. Wolfson-Moses passed away on July 19, 2014 at her home in Jacksonville, Fla. Renee was a lifelong resident of Jacksonville and was born on Jan. 12, 1925. She graduated Robert E. Lee High School and attended the Florida State College for Women and the University of Georgia. She [...]

Portsmouth —Mildred (Mickey) Klein Salins passed away peacefully in her home Friday, July 4. Born August 28, 1916, daughter of Louis and Rose Klein and beloved wife of the late Edgar Salins, she was a deeply devoted and loving mother of Bonnee (Franklin) Korel of Baltimore, Md. and Stuart (Rhonda) Salins of Highland Park, Ill. [...]

Norfolk —Jeanette Holtz Eisen, 93, died on June 21, 2014 at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. Jeanette, whose parents emigrated from Russia to the United States, was born in Georgetown, Delaware on May 5, 1921. She was valedictorian of her class and captain of her basketball team in spite of being 5’2″. She attended the University [...]

Norfolk —Fred Burg, passed away Saturday, August 2, 2014. A native of Vienna, Austria, he was pre-deceased by his parents Leo and Fannie Burg and his brother Paul, all who perished during the Holocaust. Mr. Burg escaped Nazi occupied Austria on a Kindertrain in November 1938. From England he relocated to the Dominican Republic where [...]

Atlanta , Ga.—Betty Mardy Arogeti, age 88, of Atlanta died on July 21, 2014. Devoted to her family, she is survived by daughters and sons-in-law, Jeannie and Walter Schroder, Scotch Plains, Shelley and Lonnie Slone, Norfolk, Va., and Gail and David Philipson, Alpharetta, Ga.; sons and daughters-in-law, Jack and Susan Arogeti, Roswell, Ga., and Mardy [...]

Sunday, October 19, 2:30 pm, Simon Family JCC The Virginia Opera will perform The Empress and the Nightingale at the Simon Family JCC for families and children. This adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic children’s story of a small bird sharing her gift of song, has a cast of three performing original music. The opera [...]