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Israeli-developed HyGIeaCare® Center now open in collaboration with Gastrointestinal & Liver Specialists of Tidewater A new HyGIeaCare Center, where patients experience simple and easy bowel prep on the same day as their scheduled colonoscopy, recently opened at the Amelia Building in Norfolk, in collaboration with Gastrointestinal & Liver Specialists of Tidewater, PLLC. The Center features [...]

Saturday, June 4, Exhibit opens at Slover Library, Norfolk In 2014, As Lorraine Fink took down her art show at the Leon Family Gallery and loaded it into her car, she was drawn by “a silent vibrant cry from a small mountain of metal and plastic at the edge of the loading dock. Strong and [...]

For the fourth consecutive year, Tidewater students had the opportunity to learn some “cool facts” about Israel and share what they learned by creating original works of art. The 4th Annual Israel Poster Contest, sponsored by the Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, invited students in grades 1–12 to illustrate one [...]

Rabbi Morton Leifman, who oversaw the training of Conservative movement cantors for decades, has died. Leifman, a former vice president of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York and longtime dean of its Cantors Institute, now called the H.L. Miller Cantorial School, died May 5 in Rockville, Maryland. He was 89. A Minneapolis native, Leifman [...]

NEW YORK (JTA)—Ernest (Ernie) Michel, who after surviving Auschwitz and a forced death march went on to become a prominent American Jewish communal leader, has died at 92. Michel died at his home in Manhattan on Saturday, May 7. He worked as a Jewish communal professional for more than 60 years, joining the staff of [...]

Virginia Beach —Estelle Ruth Hochstadt, 93, passed away peacefully on May 9, 2016. She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. to Lena and Meyer Tabatchnick. She was the third of four sisters. She married the love of her life, Gerald Phillip Hochstadt on August 13, 1943. They lived in Seaford, Long Island for 40 years. They [...]

Coconut Grove , Fla .—Rose Ann Leventhal Grossman died peacefully in her home on May 4, 2016. She was 90 years old. A native of Norfolk, Mrs. Grossman was the daughter of Louis Leventhal and Agatha Liebman Leventhal. She was predeceased by her husband of more than 40 years, Lester Igra Grossman, as well as [...]

Thursday, June 9, 11:30 am registration, 1 pm shotgun start, Heron Ridge Golf Club, Virginia Beach Everyone’s favorite character—Norman Sher (known to most as Normie)— shares a few, colorful memories from past Simon Family JCC Presidents’ Cup Golf Tournaments, as well as a bit of advice for rookie participants in this year’s tournament. Gaby: Hi [...]

Sunday, June 5, 11 am–4 pm, Sandler Family Campus Explore everything Israeli at the Simon Family JCC’s biggest party of the year, the sixth annual Israel Fest, honoring Yom Ha’Atzmaut, Israel’s 68th Independence Day. The festival honors all the cultural, artistic, and culinary gifts of Israel, is free and open to the public. “More than [...]

Sunday, June 5, 11 am–4 pm During the Spanish Inquisition in the 16th century, the Monzon family from Monzon, Spain, was one of many Jewish families expelled from their homes. This displaced family wandered around Europe seeking a new home in Russia where they lived for generations. In 1830, a patriarch of this family, Abraham [...]