GENEROUS MATCHING GIFT FOR UKRAINE FUND & CONTINUED GIVING 

UKRAINE EMERGENCY FUND UPDATE   

THANK YOU! The Tidewater Ukraine Emergency Fund has now raised and distributed approximately $678,000 to help the people of Ukraine via our overseas partners, the American-Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) and United Hatzalah. Thank you for your generosity which is directly helping Ukrainians.

TO GIVE ONLINE, GO TO: www.jewishva.org/Ukraine2022    

TO GIVE WITH A CHECK, PLEASE MAIL TO:  

United Jewish Federation of Tidewater 
Attention: Ukraine Emergency Fund  
5000 Corporate Woods Drive, Suite 200  
Virginia Beach, VA 23462

 CHALK OVER HATE: FIGHTING ANTISEMITISM THROUGH PUBLIC ART  

The United Jewish Federation of Tidewater is inviting our community partners to join us for  Chalk Over Hate: Fighting Antisemitism Through Public Art, for Shavuot!  

Chalk Over Hate is a campaign by Artists 4 Israel to empower everyone to use their creativity in support of battling antisemitism and all forms of hate.   

We're asking our community to take some time between June 1st and 5th to chalk inspirational drawings and pictures around your neighborhood. Then, share your chalk art with us on Facebook and Instagram by tagging @SimonFamilyJ and using the hashtags #ChalkOverHate and #ChalkOverHateTidewater. Register here  or click the button below to get involved.  

ELIE WIESEL VISUAL ART COMPETITION WINNERS NOW ON DISPLAY 

THROUGH MAY 31, SIMON FAMILY JCC

This year, more than 1,200 students from around the U.S. submitted written and visual creative works for the Holocaust Commission's Elie Wiesel Writing & Visual Arts Competition, held in honor of the esteemed Holocaust survivor and Nobel Laureate. 

The finalists and winners of the visual arts competition are now on display, in the Simon Family JCC, through May 31st. Please come take a look at the impressive art. Click the button below to view the list of all winners, as well as to view/read the multi-media and writing winners. 

For any questions, or to learn how you or your students can participate in next year's competition, email Elena at EBaum@UJFT.org. 

TOUR THE BARR COLLECTION OF TORAH POINTERS AT CHRYSLER MUSEUM 

JUNE 10TH, 10 AM

Join Clay Barr for a special tour of The Guiding Hand: The Barr Foundation Collection of Torah Pointers at the Chrysler Museum of Art, led by the collector herself. Due to the small size of the objects on display, space is limited for this unique opportunity, presented by the Konikoff Center for Learning at the UJFT. 

For hundreds of years, Jews used simple tapered wooden sticks to point the way through the text of the Torah without touching the fragile handwritten animal-skin parchment surface. These pointers are called “yads” – literally the Hebrew word for hand יד because of the miniature hands that are typically featured on the tip of the pointer.  Yads are personal, individualized objects and have developed into a unique art form with great variety since there are no rules governing their form. 

Click below to register. For questions, email Sierra at: SLautman@UJFT.org