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Dear Readers, From Downtown Norfolk to Tel Aviv, Jewish businesses and entrepreneurs positively impact everyday living with an array of products and services. Consider the Israeli company, ZIM Integrated Shipping Services, whose headquarters for its North American and Caribbean branch is located in Norfolk. This firm literally moves products around the globe. The president of [...]

Rabbi Dr. Judith Abrams, the founder and director of the online Talmud learning website MAQOM, has died. Abrams, who made a career of Jewish teaching and learning, died of a heart attack on Oct. 22 in Houston. She was 56. She was a relative latecomer to Jewish study. Inspired by a semester studying in Soviet-era [...]

NEWPORT NEWS—Herman P. Simon, 93, passed away on Thursday, October 16,2014. He was born in Brooklyn, N. Y. and was a resident of Newport News since 1949. He was a graduate of New York University with a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1946 and received an MBA from George Washington University. He was a [...]

Norfolk — Lt. Col. Joseph Howard Keller, U.S. Army retired, 99, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014 at Beth Sholom Home in Virginia Beach. He was a retired civil engineer for the Dupont Corporation. Born in Portsmouth, Va., he was the son of the late Belle Becker Keller and Samuel Keller. He was [...]

Virginia Beach —Dr. Ira Gould passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014, at the age of 94. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Frances Ruth Lasting Gould, his children, Robin, Bruce (Jennifer), and Randy (Natalie). He is also survived by his grandchildren, Aaron (Jennifer), Lindsay, Josh and Clay. He [...]

Norfolk — Ruth Virginia “Ginny” Harfield Goodman died on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014. Ginny was born in Norfolk in 1926, the daughter of Rose Salsbury Harfield and Eugene Eliot Harfield, and graduated from Maury High School in 1944 and Syracuse University in 1948. She was a substitute teacher in Norfolk public schools for many years [...]

Portsmouth — Aaron Brewer, 91 years old, a native of Portsmouth, Va., passed away Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014. He was one of eight children born to Ida and Benjamin Brewer. He was a photographer for the Portsmouth Star newspaper before being drafted into the army in 1943 and served in North African and Italian theaters. [...]

Richard and Beth Gross on the engagement of their son, Geoffrey Todd Gross of Boca Raton, Fla. to Leah Hanah Berkowitz, also of Boca Raton. Leah is the daughter of Fred and Cathy Berkowitz of Boca Raton. She is a senior at Brandeis University. Geoff is the youth director at B’nai Torah Congregation in Boca [...]

To mark the occasion of Rabbi Israel Zoberman’s 40th anniversary of his ordination, Senator Mark Warner will sponsor his delivery of the opening prayer at the U.S. Senate session on Thursday, Dec. 11. The session will be carried live on CSPAN.

Through Sunday, Nov. 16 by Leslie Shroyer Nine author events are taking place at the Simon Family JCC during the Lee and Bernard Jaffe* Family Jewish Book Festival. Three are highlighted here. For all events, go to www.SimonFamilyJCC.org. A musical evening The Late Starters Orchestra Wednesday, Nov. 5, 7 pm Have you ever considered going [...]