October 31 –Jewish Family Service honors
February – Two and half years since its
March – The Simon family and the
52 “new Americans” in a ceremony
inception, the Norfolk Area Community
Tidewater Jewish Foundation announce a
where all of those recognized are Jewish
Kollel creates Shalom Hampton Roads,
new system to honor donors who make a
refugees from the former Soviet Union
the area’s first Jewish radio program, to
lasting gift to the Jewish community: The
who were resettled in Tidewater by JFS,
be hosted by two of the Kollel’s founding
Simon Family Legacy Society.
and have since obtained United States
members, Rabbi Ephraim Schwartz and
citizenship.
Rabbi Aryeh Gibber.
May 16 – The Terrace at Beth Sholom
March – Brenda Klar, a past president of the
Village, a Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Assisted Living Center, has its official
board of the Berger-Goldrich Home at
grand opening, with its religious cultural
Beth Sholom Village, receives the pres-
center furnished from North Carolina’s
tigious Trustee of the Year Award from
Temple Emanu-El in Weldon, which
a major financial gift to create an Early
the Association of Jewish Aging Services
closes its door the same day as the grand
Childhood Center on the new Sandler
for her dedication since the late 1980s and
opening.
Family Campus to establish a strong
involvement in the growth and develop-
foundation for lifelong learning in a
ment of the Home and the creation of the
dynamic, supportive and enriching
Terrace.
2004
January – The Strelitz family announces
Jewish environment.
Our Board of Directors Congratulates The Tidewater Jewish Federation on
75 successful years serving our Jewish community.
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