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(JTA)—A stabbing and car-ramming epidemic in Israel that some called a third intifada was among the most dominant Jewish stories of the past year. But 5776 was also notable for the release of spy Jonathan Pollard after 30 years in prison, the communal fallout from the Iran nuclear deal, a historic (and unfinished) agreement on [...]

NORFOLK—Leroy Elliott Samuels, 96, passed away September 7, 2016 in his home. He was a native and lifelong resident of Norfolk. He was the son of the late Harry and Emma Binder Samuels. He is survived by his loving wife of 66 years, Josephine Masserman Samuels of Norfolk; his daughter Ellen S. Ruben of Virginia [...]

NORFOLK—Allen Morrison passed peacefully in his sleep on September 1, 2016 at the age of 95. He is survived by his two daughters and sons-in-law, Susan and Larry Quate and Wendy and Barry Lance; his grandchildren John David Quate, Kevin Lance, Holly and husband Jesse Loomis, brother in-law Gilbert Spencer and wife Kendall and many [...]

NORFOLK—Shirley Wesley Isrow was born in Port Chester, N.Y. As a young woman, she was a recreational director of Playgrounds for the Department of Parks and worked for Readers’ Digest. After marrying, she moved to Norfolk with her husband Jerome Isrow, of blessed memory, and her young son. She received her B.S. degree in Elementary [...]

VIRGINIA BEACH—Nolan Ross Fine, 60, passed away Saturday September 3, 2016. Nolan was born in Norfolk to Sonya and Barry Fine. He graduated from Maury High School prior to attending Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. His passion for golf and basketball came to light at a young age. He rose through the ranks as [...]

NORFOLK—Maxine Scott Barney, the daughter of the late James E. and Bessie V. Scott, the wife of the late Jack H. Barney, and the mother of Deborah Barney Kaufman and Michael E. Barney, passed away in her sleep after an extended illness on September 11, 2016 in Virginia Beach. She was born in Plato, Missouri [...]

Eliana Edery of Norfolk, daughter of ingrid and David Edery and granddaughter of Vicki and Abraham Kalfus, to Merric Srour, son of Nino and Joyce Dworsky Srour of Silver Spring, Md. Eliana attended Hebrew Academy, Toras Chaim and BiNA High School. She spent a year in israel at Me’ohr Bais Yaakov and a year at [...]

Joel N. Zaba, MA, OD, on receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Southern College of Optometry. For more than four decades in private practice, Zaba has distinguished himself in the area of learning-related visual problems, lecturing internationally and publishing extensively on his research focusing on the relationship between children, vision and learning. A graduate [...]

Sundays, September 25; November 6, 18, & 20;  December 11; January 8 & 29; February 10, 12 & 26;  March 12 & 26; April 23 & 30; May 14  10–11 am, free  Born Jewish, but not really certain about the basics? Considering Conversion? Part of an interfaith family? Not Jewish, but curious to learn about [...]

Fridays, September 23, November 4, January 21 and April 21, 5–6:30 pm, free A special family Shabbat program designed for young children and their families at Ohef Sholom Temple, Kids & Kiddush uses prayer, songs, stories and crafts to introduce religious services and synagogue life. Each program begins with a kid-friendly dinner where parents, grandparents [...]