Jewish News

Lord George Weidenfeld, a British Jewish philanthropist who recently helped rescue Christian Iraqi and Syrian refugees has died at 96. Weidenfeld died in his sleep Wednesday, Jan. 20 following a brief illness and is expected to be buried in Israel, the London Jewish Chronicle reported. British Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis described Weidenfeld as “a towering [...]

Arthur Obermayer, a Boston-based Jewish philanthropist who honored Germans for preserving local Jewish history, has died. Obermayer died Sunday, Jan. 10 in Dedham, Mass., at 84. The cause of death was cancer, the family confirmed. A longtime activist in political and Jewish genealogical causes, Obermayer was a co-founder of Meretz USA (now Partners for Progressive [...]

Norfolk —Bob Earl Wolfson passed away on December 30, 2015 at his home in San Diego, California surrounded by his wife, children, and grandchildren. Born on September 23, 1947, he was a native of Jacksonville, Fla. where he attended Landon High School, the University of Florida, and married his childhood friend, Vicki Anderson. In 1970, [...]

Norfolk —Robert Jay Soble, 67, died Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016 in his residence. He was a native of Baltimore, Md. and was the son of the late Jonah and Hilda Goodman Soble. Robert graduated from Granby High School in 1966 and attended Old Dominion University, where he was a member of Theta Xi Fraternity. He [...]

Virginia Beach —Ryvela June Berk passed away January 9, 2016. She was the daughter of Oscar and Sonya Levy (of blessed memory), the wife of Kenneth Berk (of blessed memory). She is survived by her daughters Ronna Adler (Larry) of Virginia Beach and Joyce Jones (Bob) of Reston, Va. She also leaves to cherish her [...]

Sunday, Jan. 31, 2 pm, Virginia Stage Company, Wells Theater Many periods of history have brought African Americans and Jewish Americans together. The two communities share common bonds of often feeling like strangers in their homelands, and sadly, also feeling discriminated against and sometimes oppressed or even enslaved. Most people know how the Jewish community [...]

Applications due Monday, Feb. 1 A year-long leadership development program for 40 African American and Jewish high school students in Tidewater, Operation Understanding Hampton Roads (OUHR) is now accepting applications for the relaunch of the program by the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities. Over the course of the OUHR year, high school student participants build [...]

Sunday, April 10, 6 pm Barbra, Billy, Barry, Neil, Carole, Carly, Paul, Bob and Bette. Or if you will, Streisand, Joel, Manilow, Diamond, King, Simon, Dylan and Midler. All are on a first name basis with the world, which may not know they are all Jewish. We do, and Temple Israel is hosting a gala [...]

The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute (JLI) presents The Jewish Course of Why, beginning during the week of February 7 Rabbis Aron Margolin and Levi Brashevitzky of Chabad of Tidewater will conduct The Jewish Course of Why, The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute (JLI) 2016 winter course. The six-course sessions will take placeat the Chabad House on [...]

The Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater invites 1st through 12th graders of Tidewater to participate in their fourth annual Israel Poster Contest. Posters will be on display in the Simon Family JCC Cardo during the month of March and the community will be asked again to vote in person, choosing [...]