JFT Second Stage Announces Summer Shows!

Jewish Family Theatre’s youth theatre program is excited to be back at the Sara Belle November Theatre to present its Second Stage musicals. For its...

Susan Adolf to receive 2022 Sofie Stahl Memorial Award on May...

After a two-year delay due to the pandemic, Gila Chapter of Jewish Women International (JWI) is thrilled to again host the Sofie Stahl Memorial...

A note of thanks from Hadassah Richmond President Leslie Baron

I would like to take a moment to thank the Richmond community and the dedicated women of our Hadassah Richmond Chapter for allowing me...

JURVA: Jewish National Fund USA – Richmond

Richmond, we are pleased to announce the formation of JURVA – a Richmond Committee of the Jewish National Fund USA! Since 1901, the Jewish National...

Beth Ahabah Happenings

Beth Ahabah restoration to be featured in webinar In November of 2020, the executive director of The Branch Museum of Architecture and Design was perusing...

The Wartime Photographs of Jewish Partisan Faye Schulman On Display...

Pictures of Resistance: The Wartime Photography of Jewish Partisan Faye Schulman, a compelling traveling exhibition produced by the Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation (JPEF) and curated...

Meaningful Meals continues to serve frontliners

Meaningful Meals, a special initiative started in March 2020 by Claudia Biegler and Janet Meyers to support frontline workers during the pandemic, continues to...

Key Facts About Israel

Flag The colors blue and white were chosen according to the colors of the ‘Tallit’ – the Jewish prayer shawl. The Star of David appearing...

General Assembly honors the memory of Alan Zimm

In January 2021, the Virginia General Assembly honored the memory of Holocaust Survivor Alan Zimm (obm)  with a special  House Joint Resolution, “Celebrating the...

Never Again: the Importance of an Enduring Education

By Maia Zasler Many of us have heard the phrase “Never Again” in reference to the systematic killing of millions of Jews and other peoples...