UKRAINE IN CRISIS: YOUR CONTINUED  HELP IS NEEDED, MORE THAN EVER

The work done by the UJFT to set up a special Ukraine Emergency Fund 2022 is having an impact every day in the conflict region. We are receiving direct messages, weekly zoom calls, and social media videos from our overseas partner agencies — JDC, The Jewish Agency for Israel, and others — who are enacting emergency aid to those on the ground as they reimagine Jewish life. The emergency relief funds our Tidewater (and beyond) community have raised are having immediate effects; from the funding of medical care to bus transport for refugees to safe zones, or air travel to Israel to make Aliyah. 

Below is a button for where you can continue to contribute — as much as you can — and know that it will help in Ukraine's conflict zones as well as those fleeing to keep their families safe throughout the country.  

SECURE COMMUNITY NETWORK BRIEFING AND TRAINING

TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 4PM & 5:30 PM (separate sessions) 

Please join us on the Sandler Family Campus for one (or both) of two sessions presented by the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater and national security agency, Secure Community Network. Pre-registration is REQUIRED.

At 4:00 PM:  The Intersection of Hate Crimes and Welcoming Community with Attorney General Jason Miyares, Virginia Beach Chief of Police Paul Neudigate, FBI Special Agent in Charge Brian Dugan (Norfolk Field Office), FBI SSA Ted Roese, SCN National Training and Exercise Advisor Stuart Frisch, VADM Herm Shelanski, Ret. U.S. Navy, Congregation B’nai Israel’s Rabbi Sender Haber, and ODU’s Institute for Jewish Studies and Interfaith Understanding Director Dr. Amy Milligan, speaking about the challenges facing Jewish the Jewish community today. Click here to register.  

5:30 PM  Dinner & Training with SCN’s National Training and Exercise Advisor, Stuart Frisch and local experts. Includes Be Aware, Countering Active Threat, and Stop the Bleed courses. Click here to register. 

For any questions, reach out to Elka Mednick, EMednick@UJFT.org or 965-6112.

JEWISH WOMEN ARTISTS: ART EDUCATION, FREE FOR COMMUNITY

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 12 PM 

Our next Jewish Art Education course will cover women Jewish artists. As with all our JAE courses, thanks to a very generous donor, all courses are free (and include lunch for in-person guests). Courses are taught by art historian Nancy Kotz; those who wish to log in from home can do so, after signup at JewishVA.org/JAE or by clicking the button below. 

JOIN LIVE RECORDING OF UNORTHODOX, A LEADING JEWISH PODCAST

APRIL 7, 7:30 PM 

Enjoy a night out at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art with a LIVE taping of Tablet magazine's leading international flagship podcast, Unorthodox!

Always irreverent with discussions about Jewish news, politics, and so much more, Unorthodox is hosted by Mark Oppenheimer (Tablet editor-at-large/LA Times Columnist/former NY Times columnist), Stephanie Butnick (Tablet deputy editor), and Liel Leibovitz (Tablet editor-at-large). Unorthodox is one of the most popular Jewish podcasts of our times. 

$18 a ticket or $30 with signed copy of Newish Jewish Encyclopedia: From Abraham to Zabar's and Everything in Between. (Special bundle of admission and signed book ends March 31. Limited Seating.)