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Norfolk —Sheila Rait, 76, passed away on June 17, 2018. Sheila was born in New York on April 4, 1942 to the late Paul and Rose Marcus. She was an entrepreneur and also an avid baker. Other than her parents, Sheila was preceded in death by her loving husband of 45 years Howard Rait and [...]

Virginia Beach —Reva Kelberg passed away on June 6, 2018. Ms. Kelberg was born April 14, 1935 in Norfolk. She settled in Virginia Beach where she and her beloved husband of 56 years, Lee Kelberg raised their two children, Sharon Kelberg Shutler and Jeffrey Kelberg. Ms. Kelberg pursued a lifelong commitment to educating all children. [...]

Norfolk —Mrs. Bernice Levinson Kaplan passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 17, 2018. Bernice was born on March 9, 1919 to Julius and Lena Kirsner Levinson. She was the beloved wife of Milton H. Kaplan. A native of Norfolk, Bernice lived in West Ghent and graduated from W.H. Taylor, Blair Jr High, and Maury High [...]

NEW YORK (JTA)—Anthony Bourdain was quick—and often willing—to publicly offer his own flaws. “Until 44 years of age, I never had any kind of savings account,” Bourdain said in 2017. “[I] always owed money. I’d always been selfish and completely irresponsible.” Despite or maybe because of such flaws, Bourdain would stumble into fame, parlaying his [...]

Five years into a successful career as a sales agent with William E. Wood and Associates (now Howard Hanna) Nancy Evans was identified as suited for management. Now, after a 25-year-career of managing, negotiating, coaching, and advising an office full of successful agents, Evans has returned to selling real estate. Evans says she “looks forward [...]

Friday, July 13, 7 pm July’s second Friday of the month Shabbat service for Tidewater Chavurah will take place at the home of Rabbi Ellen Jaffe-Gill and Spencer Gill in the Bayside area of Virginia Beach. A “congregation without walls,” events are held in members’ homes or at other locations. Rabbi Ellen Jaffe-Gill will lead [...]

July Eitan Stern uses a camera to capture ordinary people in an empathetic light. Stern’s love for humanity is expressed through his focus on street photography, portraits, and compositions questioning social issues of today. His photography has received several awards and been featured in exhibits in Israel and the United States. This exhibit provides an [...]

Rabbi J. D. Gordon was the rabbi of B’nai Israel Congregation of Norfolk until 1947. He gave some spirited sermons in his time and published a collection of his High Holiday addresses for future rabbis to learn from and emulate. One year, Rabbi Gordon spoke about the past. He reminisced about the days when people [...]

When Jewish Family Service of Tidewater’s nurse’s aide Tiphaney Powell speaks about her clients, she does so with a great deal of respect, love, and admiration. After all, when your clients are two 93-year-old women and a 96-year-old man, a lot of life lessons may be learned from them. Powell was recently honored at JFS’ [...]

I recently returned from leading my 38th Birthright Israel trip. Virginia-based students on this trip were from William and Mary, Christopher Newport University, and Old Dominion University. Students always ask if the trip gets old for me. After all, we go to mostly the same places, see the same things, and just about keep the [...]