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A serendipitous meeting in 2011 spurred a meaningful relationship between the Holocaust Commission and Bill Jucksch. We are so grateful that he allowed us to capture his story of liberating Gunskirchen Lager as World War II came to a close. The hour that he, as an impressionable 19 year old, spent in that pit of [...]

SAN FRANCISCO (J. The Jewish News of Northern California via JTA)—Naomi Lauter, who led Bay Area operations for the American Jewish Public Affairs Committee for more than half a century, has died. Lauter died Dec. 4 in San Francisco, the city where she was born and lived most of her life. The cause was congestive [...]

CHESAPEAKE—Eileen Sandra Gatling, 76, died December 5, 2017. Mrs. Gatling was born in Portsmouth, Virginia to the late Harry and Evelyn Laderberg Hassett. She was a long-time kindergarten teacher’s aide in the Chesapeake School System. Left to cherish her memory are her loving husband of 35 years, Thomas A. Gatling; children, Joe, Evelyn, Connie, and [...]

Virginia Beach —Calvin Warren Breit died peacefully on December 4, 2017 at the age of 92 in Virginia Beach. He was born on May 6, 1925 in East Orange, New Jersey to Albert and Henrietta (Kessel) Breit and was named after Presidents Calvin Coolidge and Warren Harding, but that did not stop him. Cal (or [...]

Fay and Charles Silverman on the birth of their first grandchild, Frederick Quinn Silverman. Born November 17, 2017 to Sam and Nicole Silverman of Columbus, Ga., he is the nephew of Paul (PJ) Silverman. His grandparents are “thrilled, proud, and over the moon!”

The great and most colorful Joseph saga extends over four Torah portions and 13 chapters. How opportune it is as we celebrate the miracle of Hanukkah and the reading of Joseph’s awesome adventures, that the Jewish experience has often been to find ourselves like Joseph in the darkness of the pit without losing faith in [...]

Year-end is often the most opportune time to consider financial and tax planning strategies. As this article is being written, Congress and the White House are negotiating significant changes in the tax laws that could, if enacted, impact financial strategies and tactics. This makes it more important than ever to meet with advisors to review [...]

I grew up in a not so religious American Jewish household in a heavily Orthodox section of Brooklyn in the 1980s. I felt disconnected from my culture and outcast from the community, even though it surrounded me. Only a few generations removed from an Orthodox ancestry, I have learned more about my great grandparents’ Eastern [...]

For more than 20 years, the Virginia Arts Festival has brought renowned artists from around the globe to Hampton Roads. In addition to the packed schedule of world-class performances, the Festival reaches out to students each year. In fact, during the past school year, more than 39,000 area students saw performances and many even interacted [...]

Over many decades of creating choreography that conveys an emotional story, Elbert Watson, Norfolk Academy dance director, has covered many searing topics. Most notably, he has developed dances that explore aspects of African- American history, from slavery to the Civil Rights Movement. Although Watson possessed an active interest in exploring the role of prejudice and [...]