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“So, what are your views on Donald Trump?” asks Joyce Schwartz, an English literature teacher at Ramot Yam School in Michmoret, Israel. Her students stare at the Skype screen in silence, awaiting an answer to one of the most politically loaded questions of the moment. “I hate Donald Trump!” exclaims one Virginia Beach student on [...]

Norfolk —Herbert I. Zetlin, 61, son of Betty Zetlin and the late Henry Zetlin, died on February 2, 2016. Herbert followed the beat of his own drum throughout his life. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his three sisters, Barbara, Patti and Ruth. A funeral service was conducted at H. D. Oliver [...]

Virginia Beach —Hattie Edna Rosenthal Hechtkopf, age 101, died peacefully on February 8, 2016 at a local hospital. Hattie was born May 14, 1914, the daughter of Pincus and Bertha Rosenthal in New York City. In 1934, Hattie married the love of her life, Jack Hechtkopf, and they moved to Norfolk when they opened a [...]

Virginia Beach —Sol Axel, 102, of Virginia Beach, formerly of Richmond, passed away Thursday February 4, 2016. He was preceded in death by his first wife of 26 years, Marjorie Koblenzer Axel and a son, Mitchell Corey Axel. He is survived by his daughter Madge Lee Spector (Louis) and his son Marc Axel; a granddaughter [...]

NEW YORK (JTA)—A 38-year-old Orthodox Jewish man was killed when a construction crane collapsed on his car in Manhattan. David Wichs, an immigrant from Prague, in what is now the Czech Republic, was standing outside his parked car Friday, Feb. 5 when the giant crane collapsed, crushing him to death, several media outlets reported. Three [...]

Five state surveyors walked into Beth Sholom Village’s The Berger Goldrich Home unannounced for an annual state survey earlier this month. The three-day inspection of The Home received three minor isolated tags (deficiencies). The average number of tags for a comparable facility in Virginia is 10. During the inspection, each area of The Berger-Goldrich Home [...]

Sunday, March 6, 11 am–2 pm, Sandler Family Campus Being deployed overseas presents a soldier or sailor with difficult situations, no matter their location. In addition to being separated from family, they’re stripped of all normal creature comforts, living on mostly bare necessities. Holiday observances are also very different—rarely having access to traditional fare. Care [...]

Wednesday, March 2, 7:30 pm, Sandler Family Campus South African Olga Meshoe plans to tell as many people in Tidewater as possible why Israel is not an apartheid state. She is the second speaker in the Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater and community partner’s 5th Annual Israel Today series. Meshoe [...]

Thursdays, beginning March 3, 6–7 pm, Simon Family JCC The Hampton Roads Board of Rabbis and Cantors, in partnership with the Simon Family JCC, is offering a new free weekly course, A Pluralistic Introduction to Judaism. Designed for those seeking to learn more about Judaism from a variety of perspectives, the course will attempt to [...]

At camp JCC, summer camp is more than just a place where children go when school is out. Campers discover, grow, and learn. Each week, a new theme is introduced with activities to match. Register for one week or the entire summer. Camp lasts from June 20 through August 20 and serves children ages 16 [...]