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Holocaust survivor Eva Mozes Kor, who underwent experiments in Auschwitz together with her twin sister, has died at the age of 85. Kor, of Terra Haute, Indiana died on Thursday, July 4 in Krakow, Poland, the CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center she founded said in a statement. She was in Poland with the museum’s [...]

Charlotte, N.C.—Gloria Markman, age 91 of Charlotte, N.C., passed away on June 25, 2019. She is survived by her husband Charles, her son Joseph Markman, her daughters Barbara Ezring, and Deborah Fine. Many grandchildren also survive. Funeral services were held at Beth Israel Memorial Chapel in Boynton Beach, Fla. Burial followed at Eternal Light Memorial [...]

Norfolk—Elaine B. Lustig died peacefully in her home on June 22, 2019 after a day spent with loving family and friends following a long and courageous battle with breast cancer. She was 83. Lainy was born and raised in Hazleton, Pa. to Harry and Lillian Bohorad, and graduated with a B.A. in English from Penn [...]

San Francisco, Calif.—Lawrence Kreshin, loving and devoted husband, father and grandfather, passed away quietly on June 25, 2019 at his home in California while surrounded by his family. He was born to Fanny and Herman Kreshin in Brooklyn, New York on September 9, 1931. He was predeceased by his wives, Leatrice Levin Kreshin and Paula [...]

Virginia Beach—Benjamin Arthur “Arty” Gladstone, 77, passed away in his home in Virginia Beach on June 29, 2019 after a battle with Parkinson’s Disease and additional illnesses. He was the son of the late Olga and David H. Gladstone of Norfolk, Va. Arty grew up in Norfolk where he graduated from Maury High School and [...]

Raleigh, N.C.—Jerry William Ellisberg, 80 years old, of Raleigh, N.C., peacefully passed after a battle with cancer on Saturday, June 15, 2019 at his home surrounded by family and loved ones. Jerry was born on April 13, 1939 at Rex Hospital, when it was located on Wade Avenue and St. Mary’s Street, to parents Mortimer [...]

Blacksburg, Va.—Bonnie Ungar Dowdy, age 47, of Blacksburg passed into eternity, Tuesday, June 18, 2019. She was born in Norfolk, Va. on October 26, 1971. She was preceded in death by her father, Myron Milton Ungar and father-in-law, Robert Wayne Dowdy. She is survived by her husband, Mitchell Wayne Dowdy; daughter, Lauren Dowdy; son, Austin [...]

Tuesdays, August 7, 14, 21; 4–6 pm Alfriends House behind Old Donation Episcopal Church, 4449 N. Witchduck Rd., Virginia Beach Rabbi Ellen Jaffe-Gill of Tidewater Chavurah will present a three-session class, Belonging, Behaving, and Believing. The class will provide a brief overview of Jewish history, holidays, lifecycle, ritual, and philosophy for people, Jewish or not, [...]

Congregations Beth Chaverim and Tidewater Chavurah will see in the Hebrew year 5780 together, holding joint holiday services beginning Sept. 29, 2019. All services will be held in the parish hall of Old Donation Episcopal Church, 4449 N. Witchduck Rd., Virginia Beach. Tashlich, the casting of sins into water on the first day of Rosh [...]

Sunday, August 25, 9 am 2500 Shore Drive, Virginia Beach Tikkun Olam is the social action concept in Judaism of repairing the world. The Young Adult Division of United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Hands on Tidewater ‘HoT’ programming meets multiple times a year to volunteer throughout Hampton Roads. This past year, the ‘HoT’ group packaged [...]