UJCVP Shabbat Message: Reaching Beyond the Divide

Amidst the troubling images of protest, disunity and turmoil coming from Israel this week as the Knesset voted in the first Judicial reform legislation, there was a brief, but quite literally touching, moment captured ​​​​​at Jerusalem's Yitzhak Navon Train Station. The clip qui…

Grants in Action I Reflections from a Transformational Israel Experience

Reflection from Pearl Kluger, who was awarded a grant from the UJCVP Endowment to participate in a gap year experience in Israel.  

Having finally returned home after completing my incredible gap year in Israel through Young Judaea Year Course, I am filled with a whirlwind of emotions. Th…

How a century-old cemetery in Hampton connects Jewish community to faith

At the Jewish Cemetery of the Virginia Peninsula, the past, present and future are all intertwined.

“We have to honor our responsibility to make a proper place for the burial of Jewish people, and their spouses, and their children,” said Buddy David, president of the foundation that ove…

UJCVP Shabbat Message: Our Beautiful Tents

Camp Chaverim is in full swing at the UJC with our largest summer to date. The smiling faces and sounds of laughter have been a joy to experience and we are so thankful for all the hard work Naioki and her team have put into crafting an incredible summer experience for our youth.  

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UJCVP Responds to Concerns Anne Frank would be banned in Hampton Schools

On April 22, 2023, The Daily Press published an article detailing how Hampton City Schools, in addition to others in Virginia, have created lists of books found to contain “sexually explicit content” as described in Senate Bill 656, which passed the state legislature last year. The list …