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| 30TH ANNUAL VIRGINIA FESTIVAL OF JEWISH FILM: WATCH ALL TRAILERS FEBRUARY 23 - MARCH 1 As one of the longest-running Jewish film festivals in the country, the Virginia Festival of Jewish Film presented by Alma & Howard Laderberg, educates and entertains the Tidewater community by presenting world-class film premieres, repertory cinema, and associated programs that are inspired by Jewish or Israeli history, heritage, and values. The milestone 30th annual festival includes the films Karaoke (a Tel Aviv love story); iMordecai, (starring Judd Hirsch); The Levys of Monticello (the first Jewish commodore to serve in the U.S. Navy — who went on to save Thomas Jefferson's Monticello); Next Stop, Greenwich Village (starring a young Christopher Walken and Shelley Winters); and Farewell, Mr. Haffman (a jeweler in Occupied Paris, 1941). iMordecai and The Levys of Monticello include post-film conversations. As part of the Big Saturday Night Celebration of Jewish Film, iMordecai will be followed by a champagne and dessert reception with klezmer music by Bagels & Fraylox. Tickets to iMordecai & the Big Saturday Night Celebration are $25, and individual tickets for all other films are $12. For more information, to WATCH ALL THE FILM TRAILERS, buy tickets, and see complete list of sponsors, visit JewishVA.org/FilmFest.
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| UNDERSTANDING TU B'SHVAT & PLANTING TREES IN ISRAEL MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1:00 PM • SIMON FAMILY JCC Tu B'Shvat is a time to reflect on the importance of trees in Jewish tradition. This special holiday is about planting seeds, growing them into beautiful blooming plants and ensuring that people use the environment in a sustainable way. The Norfolk Kollel is offering a class in partnership with the Konikoff Center for Learning. The title is Planting for the Future - Tu B'shvat, the custom of planting trees in Israel and will be taught by Rabbi Ari Farkas. For any further information or to RSVP, contact Yedidya Koven with the Norfolk Kollel. |
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| | | GOOD JEWISH GIRL & JAZZ-ERA ICON POLLY ADLER SUBJECT OF NEW BOOK TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 12 PM • ONLINE: REGISTER for LINK Madam: The Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age. A colorful and unusual history of Jewish life told through the perspective of a “good Jewish girl” from a Russian shtetl who immigrated to Brooklyn and rose to become “the Female Al Capone.” Join us for a live chat with author Debby Applegate, The Arts + Ideas Book of the Month (a part of the Lee & Jaffe Family Jewish Book Festival) is a collection of books with intriguing topics, characters, and stories for book-club-style conversations that allow the community to engage personally with some of this season’s most exciting authors. For more information and to register, visit JewishVA.org/BookFest or contact Hunter Thomas at HThomas@UJFT.org. |
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| | MICHAEL ROIZEN'S GREAT AGE REBOOT WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 12 PM | ONLINE: Register for LINK The Great Age Reboot: Cracking the Longevity Code to Be Younger Today and Even Younger Tomorrow Thanks to new medical innovations, living longer will also mean living younger — both physically and mentally — allowing you to extend your best years and live your best life. Dr. Michael Roizen, M.D. will outline concrete steps to take to prepare for the changes of tomorrow, so you can stay younger longer by extending your best years. He will help unpack his latest book. For more information and to register, visit JewishVA.org/BookFest or contact Hunter Thomas at HThomas@UJFT.org. |
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| REVOLUTIONIZE YOUR RELATIONSHIP with THE SHMUZ TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 8:30 PM • SANDLER FAMILY CAMPUS Every smart young couple starts their marriage with the same dreams, goals and ideals. They’re 100% sure that they will live in married bliss forever. Until they aren’t. Make sure that your marriage doesn’t succumb to the same mistakes that Rabbi Shafier has seen so many others make. Unfold and unwind the pieces of your partnership so that you can understand your relationship from the inside out. During this program, he will coach you on the practical techniques you need to bring a new level of intimacy and love into your marriage and to avoid these 10 fundamental errors and build the most satisfying relationship imaginable. Rabbi Bentzion Shafier is the founder of theshmuz.com, author of the books Stop Surviving and Start Living, Finding and Keeping Your Soulmate, The Torah Lifestyle and Two Minutes to Bitachon. His book The Ten Dumb Mistakes that Very Smart Couples Make provides a new level of understanding of what makes a marriage work. Visit JewishVA.org/TheShmuz for more info and to sign up |
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| ART EDUCATION: JEWISH ROOTS OF MODERN AMERICAN STAR-CHITECTS MARCH 6, 12:00 PM • SANDLER FAMILY CAMPUS This Jewish Arts Education presentation highlights the background and work of nine Jewish architects who have designed well-known buildings within the United States and around the world. They include Richard Neutra, Victor Gruen, Louis Kahn, Max Abramovitz, Eero Saarinen, Frank Gehry, Denise Scott Brown, Moshe Safdie, and Daniel Libeskind. This class will be taught by Rick Rivin, a graduate of Harvard College and the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where he obtained a Master’s Degree in Architecture. As the vice president of a project and construction management firm in Chesapeake, Rivin provided expert opinions regarding building envelope performance problems and the investigation and remediation of dysfunctional buildings. After a 40+ year professional career, he remains a member emeritus of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). This is a free program forJCC members ($5 for guests). Register by clicking here. |
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