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Portsmouth —Rabbi Arthur Zanville Steinberg, 78, died Sunday, April 10, 2016. He served as the rabbi of Temple Sinai in Portsmouth for 32 years. Rabbi Steinberg was a native of Baltimore and graduated from the University of Maryland in 1959. He was ordained in June 1966 at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati. He served for [...]

Portsmouth —Robert Edward Rosenfeld, 96, of the 4200 block of Cedar Lane passed away on Monday, April 11, 2016. Born on October 3, 1919 to the late Isadore and Bessie Rosenfeld, he was a proud U.S. Air Force veteran, who owned I. H. Rosenfeld & Son Furniture Store in Portsmouth. In addition to his parents, [...]

Virginia Beach —Rose Frances Levinson Glasser, 101, died on April 20, 2016. Blessed with a century of life, Rose Frances didn’t waste a moment. Her natural curiosity combined with her drive, led her to be a voracious reader, a world traveler, a good business woman, and a revered community leader. But she was so much [...]

Boca Raton , Fla .—E. Allan Fine, 88, passed away on Tuesday, April 12, 2016. Born in Baltimore, Md., he was the son of the late Jeanette Hecker Fine and Hyman Fine. He worked in the family business (Atlantic Produce) for many years and later was in the insurance business. He was a long-standing member [...]

Rabbi Aron and Rychel Margolin on the engagement of their son, Levi Margolin to Aidel Gestetner. Levi is director of marketing for Birthright Israel: MAYANOT. Aidel is a licensed tour guide in Israel. They both currently live in Jerusalem, will get married in June and then will reside in Jerusalem.

Keano Rich, along with his Symposium teammates, Evan Allan and Ryan Nguyen — a l l freshmen at the Mathematics and Science Academy at Ocean Lakes High School— for winning first place in the Senior Division of Behavioral and Social Science category of the 65th Annual Tidewater Science & Engineering Fair held at ODU on [...]

Saturday, May 7 Old Dominion University will present Judge Marc Jacobson with an honorary doctorate at its graduation ceremony next month. Jacobson served as a judge in the Commonwealth of Virginia for 14 years after practicing law for 32 years. He sat on the Norfolk General District Court from 1990 to 1995 and on the [...]

Saturday, April 30, 11 pm O’Connor Brewing Co., 211 West 24th Street, Norfolk Ohef Sholom Temple’s (OST) fundraising event, Ghent Your Game On (GYGO), is “our attempt to meet our community where they are,” says Karen Fine, committee chair. “We wanted,” she says, “to engage our Temple community with our Ghent community on a deeper, [...]

Wednesday, May 11, 7:30 pm, Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus The Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater and community partners wrap up the 2015–2016 Israel Today series with another distinct, compelling and of-the-moment speaker. Award-winning author and former Associated Press reporter Matti Friedman will speak at a free community presentation [...]

Sixteen members of the Tidewater Jewish community traveled on a mission to the Jewish community of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Sponsored by the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, the mission allowed local donors to “follow their campaign dollars” to one of the many overseas communities served by Tidewater’s Annual Campaign. This is the fourth in a [...]