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The body of Israeli hiker Or Asraf was retrieved from a remote area of Nepal and was returned to Israel. The Israel rescue teams on Monday, May 4 took the body extracted from a rocky mountainside in the Langtang area and airlifted it to Kathmandu. It was flown to Israel on Tuesday, according to reports. [...]

Dave Goldberg, the CEO of Survey Monkey and husband of Lean In author Sheryl Sandberg, died suddenly after exercising while on vacation. Goldberg, 47, was at a resort in Mexico on Friday, May 1 with family and friends, The New York Times reported. The cause of death was not immediately announced and was the subject [...]

VIRGINIA BEACH—Helen Elkin, age 93 passed away at Sentara Life Care Center on May 5, 2015. Born Sept. 24, 1921 in Brooklyn, N.Y., she lived in Far Rockaway, Queens, N.Y. and worked as an executive legal secretary at Cravath, Swain and Moore for 16 years, until retiring in 1988. She loved to travel, read, knit [...]

Virginia Beach —Dolores Becker, 82, beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away on Friday, April 24, at Sentara Virginia Beach Hospital. She was born on October 4, 1932 in Philadelphia, Pa., daughter of the late George and Faye Jaffee. She was a dedicated Navy wife for 24 years and steadfastly held her family together while [...]

Almost 10 years ago, As Ed and I turned 60, we began to talk about death. Not in a grim sort of way, but simply about where we wanted to be buried and how to make decisions that would free our children from having to deal with these matters at a naturally stressful time. Having [...]

More than 22,000 individuals served as volunteers in Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) during the 2014–2015 school year, donating more than 690,000 hours of service, valued at $15,562,883. On Thursday, April 30, at VBCPS’ annual community celebration of these volunteers and community partners, 86 Volunteers of the Year were honored—one from every school in [...]

Beth and Barry Dorsk on the engagement of their son, Justin to Erin Giblock. Justin is the grandson of Robert Dorsk of blessed memory and Peggy Dorsk, Jack Koonan of blessed memory and Barbara Krampf. Erin is the daughter of John and Cindy Giblock, and granddaughter of Harold and Susan Johnson of Lilly, Pa. Justin [...]

Rabbi Israel Zoberman, spiritual leader of Congregation Beth Chaverim, on his article on Yom HaShoah and Yom HaAtzmaut being inserted into the Congressional Record by Congressman Scott Rigell.

Monday, June 1, noon Heron Ridge Golf Club Some young arms will be swinging clubs at the Simon Family JCC’s 5th Annual Presidents’ Cup Golf Tournament. Eric and Bill Miller, along with Evan Levitt, JCC development director, have recruited players who are under 35 years old to participate this year. Eric Miller has worked actively [...]

Pavel Ilyashov: Wednesday, June 17 Virginia Chorale: Wednesday, July 1 Tidewater Guitar Quartet: Wednesday, July 15 Anders-Aguirre Trio: Wednesday, August 12 Adagio Trio: Wednesday, August 26 The 7th Annual Summer Music Series, “Wonderful Wednesdays” at the Jewish Museum and Cultural Center offers five evenings of performances. The series kicks off with a bonus concert, an [...]