Jewish Community Center of Long Beach Island E-Letter
April 21, 2022
20 Nissan 5782
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JCC OFFICE CLOSED FOR PASSOVER HOLIDAY
The JCC Office will close on Friday April 15th at 12:00 Noon through the week of Passover. It will reopen on Tuesday. April 26th. Phone messages and emails will be responded to during that time.
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A MESSAGE FROM RABBI JAY
I hope that each of you had wonderful seders. Ours, an intimate family Seder first night and the community seder on the second night, were meaningful and fun.
The Seder ritual is old, very old. The Torah, itself, contains a proto-Seder meal (the paschal lamb, matzah, and marror). Additionally, the Torah gives instructions for how to celebrate Passover in a number of places. The traditional Haggadah has roots dating sometime before 400 CE. It was finalized sometime around 800 BCE, but it is clear that much of what is formalized in the Haggadah had been occurring since before the Temple was destroyed in 70 CE.
Imagine a child asking some form of the 4 questions around 400 BCE, or earlier. That is 2400 years ago and it is not the starting point. So, understand that the ritual that we sit down to, annually, to perform is old. One would be hard-pressed to find a continuous religious ritual that has been going on as long as our Seders have been occurring. Kol HaKavod to each of us for not breaking the string. (May our children and grandchildren continue it)
The Seder ritual has us performing a play in which we are enslaved by a powerful nation and redeemed by God. Though the story ends with the redemption of the Jewish people from slavery, the saga does not end there. It turns out that God redeemed our ancestors for a purpose. God’s intent, from the start, was to give the Jewish people the Torah and then to give them a homeland, Israel. The people and the land would be a light to the other nations.
“Redemption with a Purpose” is an important, if overlooked, theme of the Seder and the Passover holiday. What are we going to do with our redemption? Are we going to make the most of it, or are we going to waste it?
We are given a method with which to fully consider who we are and who we would like to be. Every evening, from the second night of Passover until Shavuot (49 days), we count the Omer. Many reasons are given for this ritual. I see it as a part of the “purposeful redemption” formula. Each evening, when we count, we put ourselves in a position to consider how we will put our redemption to good use.
Please join us in counting every evening, just after Maariv services. Services start at 7:30 and we will be counting at about 7:45.
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The Torah writes: "And you shall count for yourselves from the morrow of the Shabbat, from the day that you bring the omer [offering] that is raised, seven complete weeks there shall be until the morrow of the seventh week you shall count fifty days (Leviticus 23:15-16).
These verses command us to count seven weeks from the time that the omer, the new barley offering, was brought in the Temple, i.e., from the sixteenth of Nissan. We begin our count on the second night of Passover (the night of the second Seder in the Diaspora) and continue until Shavuot, which is the fiftieth day after the offering.
HERE IS A FUN VIDEO ABOUT THE OMER
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Thank you to Marlene Herman for putting together an interactive Passover package for our young families and to Irene & Mike Babst for delivering them. |
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SHABBAT
SHALOM
AND
HAPPY PASSOVER
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Candle Lighting time
Thursday Evening,
April 21, 2022
7:22 PM
Friday evening
April 22, 2022
7:23 PM
So. Ocean County
JOIN US FOR
SERVICES
Pesach VII
Thursday evening
Friday Evening
April 21, 2022
7:30 PM
ZOOM ONLY
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to
join Zoom services:
Friday Morning
April 22, 2022
Passover
Service
10:00 AM
Priestly Blessing
11:30 AM
IN PERSON
AND
ON ZOOM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to join
Zoom services
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Torah Reading:
Exodus 13:17-15:26; Numbers 28:19-25
Here is the Reading
Haftorah
II Samuel 22:1-51
Here is the Haftorah
Pesach VIII
Friday Evening
6:00 PM
ZOOM ONLY
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to join
Zoom services
Saturday Morning
April 23, 2022
Shabbat &
Passover
Service
10:00 AM
Yizkor
11:30 AM
IN PERSON
AND
ON ZOOM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to join
Zoom services
SHABBAT &
Torah Reading:
Deuteronomy 14:22-16:17; Numbers 28:19-25
Here is the Reading
Haftorah
Isaiah 10:32-12:6
Here is the Haftorah
HAVDALLAH
8:00 PM
No Torah Study
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to
join Zoom services
Sunday - Thursday
Ma'ariv Service
7:30 PM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to
join Zoom services:
Monday- Friday
Shacharit Service
8:15 AM
Sunday at 9:00 AM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to
join Zoom services:
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YOM HASHOAH
THURSDAY APRIL 28
Thanks to our membership in the PJP Consortium, we have able to view many interesting programs. Here is a flyer for the Yom Hashoah program available to us on Wednesday evening, April 27 at 8:30 PM. Prior to the program, it is suggested we view the movie Disobedience, the story of a Portuguese diplomat who issued visas to 10,000 Jews. Here is the link and password.
LINK: https://vimeo.com/473049534
PASSWORD (case sensitive): EBJC2022
Wednesday evening, we will hear from one of the descendants of someone he saved and one of his own descendants. Please register on the poster below to participate in the program. THE LINK IS ACTIVE!!!!
Please note that this will be instead of Rabbi Jay's Wednesday night class.
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Please join us for FRIDAY Night Shabbat Dinner (ZOOM)
May 6, 2022
Services at 6:00 PM
With special quest Hazzen Geller
and dinner following. We will Schmooze, sing, pray, Schmooze, learn, eat, and Schmooze some more! Dinner following candle lighting and kaddish in your own private chat room with friends, family and new friends.
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THIS WEEK'S ACTIVITIES
MONDAY 4/25
10:00 AM
Hartman Institute Seminar"
Foundations for a Thoughtful Judaism"
with Rabbi Jay
WEDNESDAY 4/26
8:30 PM
YOM HASHOAH PROGRAM
(In place of Rabbi Jay's Wednesday night class)
an Sacks
THURSDAY 4/14
11:00 AM Torah Study with the Rabbi
2:00 PM Beginning Hebrew with Ira
HERE ARE THE LINKS :
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JCC WOMENS AUXILIARY: BOOK GROUP DISCUSSION
WEDNESDAYS AT 4:00 PM
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Hotel Moscow by Talia Carner
Brooke Fielding, a thirty-eight-year-old New York investment manager and daughter of Jewish Holocaust survivors, finds her life suddenly upended in late September 1993 when her job is unexpectedly put in jeopardy. Brooke accepts an invitation to join a friend on a mission to Moscow to teach entrepreneurial skills to Russian businesswomen, which will also give her a chance to gain expertise in the new, vast emerging Russian market. Though excited by the opportunity to save her job and be one of the first Americans to visit Russia after the fall of communism, she also wonders what awaits her in the country that persecuted her mother just a generation ago.
Inspired by the women she meets, Brooke becomes committed to helping them investigate the crime that threatens their businesses. But as the uprising of the Russian parliament against President Boris Yeltsin turns Moscow into a volatile war zone, Brooke will find that her involvement comes at a high cost. For in a city where “capitalism” is still a dirty word, where neighbors spy on neighbors and the new economy is in the hands of a few dangerous men, nothing Brooke does goes unnoticed—and a mistake in her past may now compromise her future.
Future books:
Wednesday, June 15 at 4:00 PM
Cilka's Journey by Heather Morris
Discussion Leader: Sondi Pripstein
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UPCOMING ZOOM PROGRAMS
with PARTNERS IN JEWISH PROGRAMMING
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CLICK ON EACH EVENT FOR
DETAILED FLYER
Deadline for sign-up Friday, April 22
Links will be sent out prior to each program
and are free to members of the JCC of LBI
Non-members $18.00
If you missed previous videos
here are the links to see them:
Access Passcode: zT+dm2!*
Go to 33.12 on video for the beginning of the tour
The interview with Lisa Scottoline was excellent.
We hope to be able to get the link for those who missed it.
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CHAVURAH VISIT TO THE GROUNDS FOR SCULPTURE
HAMILTON, NJ
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Chavurah
Date: Sunday, May 15, 2022
Rain Date: Sunday May 22, 2022
Mode of transportation: Car pool
Ticket Prices: $15.00 Senior rate
$18.00 Group rate
$10.00 Students
Tickets will be ordered 2 weeks prior to the event
Arrival time: 11:00 AM
Lunch: Rat’s Café 1:00 PM - Order from menu
This is the tentative plan, thought this would be a wonderful opportunity to be outside and enjoy the weather with our friends who we have all missed so much over the past 2 years.
So, who’s on board, again, this plan is tentative but we need to begin.
Questions: Irene Babst 856 904-5145 or JCCofLBIChaverah@gmail.com
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Also in stock - Mezuzah Scrolls |
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The following names will be read by the Rabbi on Friday evening
Arnold King Brenman, MD
Fanny Dickman
Joseph Horowitz
Samuel Troum*
Joseph Callet*
Sylvia Evans
Deborah Gottlieb
Richard Saivetz*
Geraldine Isanuk
Barbara Sher*
Marian Selsky*
Ben Weisberger
Barbara Greenberg
Raleigh Liebenberg
Bill Sisenwine
Kurt Albu
Dora Haber
Raphael Haber
Anna Schwartz
David Weinstein
Mae Hirschorn Cohen*
Morris Ross
Calvert I. Waranch*
*Memorial plaque will be lit this week.
In this Zoom era, we have been able to have a daily minyan at 8:15 AM and at 7:30 PM and on Shabbat. We encourage you to join us on the day of your loved one’s yahrzeit. In the morning, the service is about ½ hour beginning at 8:15 and in the evening at 7:30 until about 7:45. Rabbi will be glad to say the traditional El Malei Rachamim prayer for you, which is recited during the funeral, going up to the grave of the departed, Yizkor remembrance day and other occasions on which the memory of the dead is recalled. You are COalso welcome to share with the minyan some special memories of your loved one.
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Debra Falek
April 23
Jennifer Millner
April 23
Ruth Miller
April 24
Meryl Gindin
April 26
Shelley Kreiger
April 26
Bonnie Shrager
April 26
Rabbi Michael Jay
April 27
Michael Slomovitz
April 28
Roree Iris-Williams
April 29
Mark Tilbor
April 29
Kenneth Yudman
April 29
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David & Theresa Robinovitz
April 28
54th Anniversary
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MAZEL TOV
TO
ISAAC SILVER
grandson of
JOAN SILVER
who was announced as playing Danny Zuko in the production of "Grease" at the Axelrod Performing Arts Center in Deal Park
June 3 - 19
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SHARE YOUR NEWS
AND PICTURES
CONTACT:
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CARING COMMITTEE
This committee acts as a support system for congregation members facing illness and other personal situations that need to be addressed.
Please contact Chairperson,
Debby Schweighardt
if you are in need of assistance or if you know of a JCC member
that needs our help.
973-634-5349
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GIVING OPPORTUNITIES
PAVERS
Inscribe a paver at the front entrance to the building
8" X 4", 8" X 8" and 12" X 12"
SEE UPDATED ORDER FORM:
Become a permanent part of the JCC landscape.
Purchase a personalized paving stone
in honor of your family or in memory of a loved one.
Please contact Diane Hoffman
with your order or with any questions:
PRAYER BOOKS
There are still High Holiday Prayer Books and Chumashim available to be purchased in memory or honor of someone or something. The cost of a Prayer Book is $72 each and $120 for an Eitz Hayim Chumash. The donation includes an affirmation sticker in the book and an acknowledgement letter or letters.
TRIBUTES
SEND ONE OF OUR TRIBUTES IN HONOR OR IN MEMORY OF
TREE OF LIFE
Add a leaf (leaves) to our beautiful Tree of Life located in the Social Hall. See the order form here: TREE OF LIFE
Bronze Leaf $90
Silver Leaf $126
Gold :Leaf $180
ENDOWMENT FUND
Herb and Selma z”l Shapiro established the first individual Endowment Fund in memory of his father, as part of the JCC’s Endowment Fund portfolio.
Since then, three additional individual Endowment Funds have been established. Other members are encouraged to also provide for the future of our JCC by establishing similar funds. Please consider adding to this number.
A donation of at least $50,000 to the endowment fund will allow the donor to name one of the funds as the donor wishes. All such named funds will be joined together to be part of the Endowment Fund portfolio.
Endowment funds are necessary to ensure the continuation and well being of our congregation. All members are encouraged to help this important effort by contributing to this portfolio, whether as a specific named individual fund, or as a general donation. The donation can be spread over one, two, or three years, and can be paid via check, donation of appreciated stock, wills, or from the RMD of your IRA or 401K account. Your gift to the fund can be sent to the JCC Office. Please mark your check accordingly.
YAHRZEIT PLAQUES
Space is available for memorial plaques on the yahrzeit boards in the Sanctuary.
Here is the order form:
KOL HAKAVOD
Please consider being a part of this campaign to supplement the clergy needs of our congregation. This is a separate, voluntary commitment and is additional to our low annual dues obligation. HERE IS THE LINK TO BRING UP THE DONATION FORM KOL HAKAVOD
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2022 MEMBERSHIP FORMS
Your support is so important to the continued success of the JCC.
Here is form for renewal:
And if you have been reading our Shabbat Reminder and other communications and have not yet joined our congregation, here is the new member form:
To pay on line
Fill in your information and then
go to Donation Details - then
Other and type in 2022 Membership
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JCC FUNDS
Your gift to the JCC supports our Clergy, our Congregation and the Community.
ENDOWMENT FUND
This fund was established to assure the continuity of our JCC, and our ability to continue providing a full-service congregation to serve the Jewish people of the area. While a donation of any amount is encouraged, a donation of at least $50,000 allows the donor to name a special or specific Endowment Fund in memory or honor of a specific person event, or family.
GENERAL FUND
Donations to this fund are not earmarked but placed in the general administrative account. Donations to this fund can be in honor or memory of a person, event, or family.
KOL HAKAVOD FUND
Donations to this campaign supplement the clergy needs of our congregation.
RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND
This fund, managed by the rabbi, allows donors to enable the rabbi to do the work of tzedakah in response to the needs of individuals, organizations and the community.
ZENA & JERRY JAY KIDDISH FUND
The Zena and Jerry Jay Kiddush Fund was established in memory of Rabbi Jay's parents to help provide funds for our Saturday morning kiddushes.
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WELCOME DIANE PARZYCH TO OUR JCC OF LBI STAFF
Diane will be in the office on Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 AM until 2 PM when we open up for summer hours on June 1. In the meantime she is learning all the the workings of our synagogue so that she will be able to help you with any questions and transactions.
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JCC INFORMATION
THE JCC OF LBI IS LOCATED AT
2411 Long Beach Boulevard (24th Street)
Spray Beach, NJ 08008
Telephone: 609-492-4090 FAX: 609-492-7550
THE OFFICE IS OPEN
TUESDAY AND THURSDAY
FROM 10 - 2
CONTINUE TO USE THE PHONE OR EMAIL WITH REQUESTS.
OUR OFFICE STAFF WILL BE CHECKING IN REGULARLY.
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Staff:
Leslie Dinkfelt, Office Manager
Mary Beth Krieger, Staff Member
Kitchen Manager: Susan Berube
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LATEST
BULLETIN:
PRAYER BOOK:
WEB SITE:
PAVERS:
TREE OF LIFE
YAHRZEIT PLAQUE FORM:
KOL HAKAVOD DONATION FORM
TRIBUTES:
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Rabbi Michael S. Jay
Michael Babst, President
E-mail Editor: Rose Valentine
Graphics by
Irene Babst
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