| PURIM THEMED SUNDAY FUN DAY + OPERATION HAMANTASCHEN MARCH 5, 1:00 - 4:00 PM • SANDLER FAMILY CAMPUS Join PJ Library in Tidewater for a Purim Celebration! Make hamantaschen cookies with friends and family — Some to take home, and some to share with our friends at Beth Sholom Village. Operation Hamantaschen has 3 time slots available (1 PM, 2PM and 3 PM), each lasting an hour. While waiting for the cookies to bake and cool, join PJ Library in Tidewater, Camp JCC and representatives from regional Jewish sleep away camps (Capital Camps) for a special Purim themed Sunday Fun Day. There will be Purim tunes, games and activities, crafts and more! Everyone is encouraged to come in costume and teens ages 13 and up can sign up to help with the event and earn community service hours. Spots are FREE but LIMITED for Operation Hamantaschen, so be sure to register today. JewishVA.org/OH |
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| ODU JEWISH STUDIES AND INTERFAITH UNDERSTANDING COURSE: CULTURAL PLURALISM THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 7 PM | ONLINE: SEE LINK BELOW An American Friendship: Horace Kallen, Alain Locke, and the Development of Cultural Pluralism Old Dominion University's Institute for Jewish Studies and Interfaith Understanding, in partnership with the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, present this one-time conversation and educational experience. Dr. David Weinfeld from Rowan University will lead a discussion about his book, An American Friendship, over Zoom. All are welcome to join. For more information contact ijiu@odu.edu. To join the program, use this Zoom link: https://tinyurl.com/mpdbrj8v |
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| "WOMAN ON FIRE" TO BE MADE INTO FILM STARRING SHARON STONE
Jewish Book Festival Author Lisa Barr To Visit Tidewater TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 12 PM • CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART Woman On Fire is a gripping tale of a young, ambitious journalist embroiled in an international art scandal centered around a Nazi-looted masterpiece—forcing the ultimate showdown between passion and possession, lovers and liars, history and truth. Lisa Barr is a New York Times bestselling author of three novels. In addition, she served as an editor for The Jerusalem Post, among other publications, and has been featured on Good Morning America and Today. Actress Sharon Stone is set to produce and star in the upcoming film adaptation of Woman On Fire. In partnership with the Holocaust Commission of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater and the Chrysler Museum of Art Book Club.
Sponsored by Klein, Rowell, & Shall, PLLC, Attorneys at Law Visit JewishVA.org/Barr for more info and to sign up |
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| YOUNG ADULT DIVISION & NADIV KICK OFF MARCH MADNESS FUNDRAISER Nadiv, the young men’s giving circle of UJFT’s Young Adult Division (YAD), is hosting its annual bracket challenge fundraiser during the 2023 Men’s March Madness Tournament. Purchase brackets ($10 each) online now, and on Sunday, March 12, (when the NCAA releases its 68-team bracket) a link will be automatically sent. If you purchase a bracket after March 12, you will receive a link to access the bracket at that time. The deadline for purchasing your bracket is March 16 at 12:01 AM. There is no limit to the number of brackets you can buy! No basketball expertise required! Follow the steps of the online bracket system for each purchase, and then watch the tournament and track your progress. The top three brackets will win a prize! 100% of the proceeds from the Nadiv Bracket Challenge will go to the UJFT Annual Campaign and the Nadiv Men’s Giving Circle to benefit our Jewish community in Tidewater and throughout the world. Click any of the links in this section to see a list of our generous sponsors. Please reach out to Matt Kramer-Morning with any questions. |
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| | "TO LIFE" BOOK NOW FOR SALE, DOCUMENTS LOCAL HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS STORIES To Life: The Past is Present tells the complete arc of Holocaust history through the stories of local survivors, liberators, and rescuers. This anthology — originally published in 2002, now refreshed and with updated content — contains recollections of ghetto and concentration camp survivors, hidden children, Jews on the run, refugees, and of daring, selfless rescuers. Completing this historical arc are the accounts of military liberators, who first witnessed the aftermath of these atrocities. All of these resilient people called Hampton Roads their home at one time in their lives. The 20th Anniversary Edition of To Life is the culmination of tireless advocates, historians, journalists, photographers, editors, designers and sponsors who made the book possible. To learn more, and to order a copy please visit JewishVA.org/ToLife |
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| AN INSPIRATIONAL NIGHT with ENTREPRENEUR ANDREW BUERGER MONDAY, MARCH 13, 6:00 PM | Virginia MOCA Please join Jewish Family Service of Tidewater in celebration of 75 years of resilience for an inspirational night with Andrew Buerger. Andrew is a TEDx Speaker, award winning entrepreneur, and author. With engaging mountaineering, business, and personal stories, Andrew portrays the guiding principles that help others navigate the peaks and valleys of their lives. A kosher reception catered by Shari Berman (Cater613) will take place at Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) with Andrew’s program to follow. RSVP to 757-321-2271 or buerger.eventbrite.com. |
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| | UNITED JEWISH FEDERATION OF TIDEWATER
5000 Corporate Woods Drive, Suite 200, Virginia Beach VA 23462 Reba & Sam Sandler Family Campus of the Tidewater Jewish Community 757.965.6100 | info@UJFT.org Got 4 (or less) Questions? Contact our Director of Marketing at BBerusch@UJFT.org |
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