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Burt Shavitz, the Jewish beekeeper and co-founder of the Burt’s Bees cosmetics company, has died. Shavitz, born Ingram Shavitz in Manhattan in 1935, died of respiratory problems in Bangor, Maine, on Sunday, July 12 while surrounded by family and friends. He grew the Burt’s Bees company with business partner, Roxanne Quimby, and his scraggly, bearded [...]

Virginia Beach —Harry Sterling, 99, Holocaust survivor, Jewish educator, cantor, passed away Thursday, June 18, 2015 at home with his family by his side. Born in Serock, Poland on June 10, 1916, Harry was the son of Reb Eliyahu (who perished in the Holocaust at Treblinka) and Devorah Stelung who died in 1926. Harry had [...]

Portsmouth — Blanche Dubins Lipman passed away on June 30, 2015 at Churchland House in Portsmouth. Blanche was born in N.Y. on May 13, 1922, daughter of Mary Davidson Dubins and Julius Dubins. Through friends in N.Y., she met Ansel Lipman, a captain in the army. They married in 1947 and settled and raised their [...]

NORFOLK—Selma Leach, 90, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 8, 2015, with her family by her side. Selma was born in Richmond, Va. to the late Jerome and Anna Jacobs. A founding member of The Beth Sholom Home, a strong supporter of The Battered Women’s Shelter, and a lifetime member of many non-profit organizations, Selma [...]

Norfolk — Sylvia Karlin Gould, 97, passed away Tuesday, July 7, 2015. She was a lifelong resident of Norfolk, Va., and was an honors graduate of Maury High School. Born to the late Jacob Karlin and Mollie Fox, she is also predeceased by her beloved husband, Irving Gould; and siblings, Naomi Laderberg, Elaine Land, and [...]

Norfolk — Willie Chernitzer, 90, died peacefully, surrounded by his family, Wednesday, July 1, 2015. He was born in Philadelphia, Pa. in 1924 to Abraham and Goldie (Bobbie) Chernitzer. Willie grew up in Norfolk. Upon graduating from Maury High School in 1942, he enlisted into the Army-Air Corp at age 18. As part of the [...]

With clear air and the waves gently lapping against the sand, the limitless expanse of ocean and sky invite contemplation of the infinite possibilities life offers. Against this backdrop, the voices of Temple Emanuel’s sacred musical troupe, the Levites, meld with the sound of the seagulls overhead and the onward rush of the waves. Temple [...]

Thursday, July 30, 12 pm The world depends on three things: prayer, study and deeds of loving kindness. 1. World class. To observe national poetry month, ODU German professor, Frederick Lubich, PhD, will present excerpts from Jewish writer Heinrich Heine, Germany’s poet laureate. Lubich will read and discuss Heine’s poems and Passover story, the “Rabbi [...]

Unlikely Warrior A Pacifist Rabbi’s Journey from the Pulpit to Iwo Jima Lee Mandel Pelican, 2015 368 pp., $28.95 ISBN: 978-1-455619887 To a child growing up at the end of the 20th century, the epic battles of the Second World War were 50 years in the distant past (almost ancient history) and the tragic failure [...]

It’s summer, that time of year when everyone drops everything they’re doing, finds a quiet stretch of sandy shore and spends all day delving into their new favorite books. Or maybe not. But whatever your plans, there’s no denying that the season brings a bumper crop of literary offerings, plus an abundance of lists telling [...]