Jewish News

Begins, Monday, Oct. 31, 7 pm Rabbi Sender Haber A course designed to teach how to read Hebrew in five easy lessons is being offered by Norfolk’s B’nai Israel Congregation. The free Hebrew Reading Crash Course is available to all members of the Tidewater Jewish community. The course is offered to inspire unaffiliated Jews to [...]

Wednesday, Nov. 2, 7 pm, Temple Sinai, Newport News Paul Goldberg, author of The Yid, a black comedy about the last days of Stalinist Russia, will speak at Temple Sinai. The Yid begins in late February 1953 in Moscow, where Stalin is hatching his plan to unleash his own version of the Final Solution, a [...]

6th annual Israel Today series presents Avi Melamed: author, educator and analyst Tuesday, Nov. 15, 7:30 pm Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus Acclaimed Israeli intelligence analyst Avi Melamed has spent more than 30 years interpreting Middle East affairs. His long-awaited Inside the Middle East challenges widely accepted perceptions and provides a gripping and enlightening [...]

Sherri Wisoff Want to enjoy the fragrance of yeast rising, laugh and share community with hundreds of women and then experience the deep satisfaction of baking your own challah on Shabbat? This year, the 2nd Annual Great Big Challah Bake is slated to take place nine days before the globally scheduled Shabbos Project, observed from [...]

Sundays, Nov. 6, Jan. 22, March 5, 2 pm Dedicated to the memory of Jewish Museum and Cultural Center’s beloved board member, Rabbi Arthur Z. Steinberg who died on April 10, the museum began its 2016-2017 Lecture Series on Sunday, Sept. 25 with a presentation about Magic. Magic was one of Rabbi Steinberg’s hobbies. He [...]

The Trump and Clinton campaigns slammed a UNESCO resolution that upholds Muslim claims on holy sites in Jerusalem while mostly erasing Jewish claims, and Donald Trump said he would recognize the city as Israel’s capital. “The United Nations’ attempt to disconnect the State of Israel from Jerusalem is a one-sided attempt to ignore Israel’s 3,000-year [...]

The United States, Israeli officials and Jewish groups reacted with outrage to a preliminary vote by the United Nations cultural agency that denies a Jewish connection to the Old City of Jerusalem. UNESCO—the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization—at its executive board’s meeting Thursday, Oct. 13 in Paris passed the Palestinian-backed measure with 24 [...]

Legacy gifts give forever and starting this month, area Jewish organizations have the opportunity to partner with the Tidewater Jewish Foundation to get an extra boost in building endowments that will help sustain them for years to come. Through TJF’s newly launched Life & Legacy program, leaders and staff from a cross-section of schools, synagogues [...]

Carin Simon, HAT admissions director Across the nation, classroom ergonomics is working its way into many schools. In fact, recent studies indicate that factors such as ergonomic kneeling chairs, standing desks, weighted lap pads and desk cycles can improve retention, attention, motivation and academic achievement. This past summer, Hebrew Academy of Tidewater received funding, thanks [...]