Jewish Community Center of Long Beach Island E-Letter
October 30, 2020
12 5781
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TIME TO SET THE CLOCK BACK.
On Saturday night, 10/31 set your clocks back one hour (gaining an hour) to "fall back".
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A MESSAGE FROM THE RABBI
In this week’s Torah portion, Lech Lecha, God tells Abraham to go to a land that God promises to show to Abraham. It is the beginning of a new journey for Abraham and Sarah and for God. God had an idea. The Deity wanted Abraham, Sarah, and their tribe, to be set apart. God wanted to make a new nation of them and to bless them.
It is easy to miss the story’s basic premise of starting something new. God wanted to do something with Abraham and Sarah that had not been done before. The story is therefore an exciting one. However, it was also fraught with uncertainty. Would Abraham and Sarah reach their destination safely? Will the journey be a success?
Beginning a new journey is never easy. However, as we learn from Abraham and Sarah a new endeavor can bring many rewards.
This year, as a result of covid 19, the JCC has begun a new journey of its own. We have entered, and embraced, the world of virtual services and programming. It has forever changed who we are and what we do.
Before covid, right about now, we would be winding down our programming and starting to plan for next year. We would have services on Friday and Saturday, but attendance would be lighter than over the summer. Now, we are having Daily Zoom minyans, morning and night. Classes will shortly begin, with programs virtually every day of the week. In addition to weekly Torah study, we have a class on Family dynamics in the Torah. We have a class on the Israeli Palestinian conflict. We have a class on Jewish humor. We have book clubs and movie discussion night. We are teaching beginners Hebrew. We are going to have special Friday night services with guest leaders like our High Holy Day Cantor, Sarah Geller. We are going to have special mini-programs on each of the 8 nights of Hanukkah. Wow!
The Pandemic could have affected us negatively. However, thanks to each of you, and your ability to shift focus and turn lemons into lemonade, the JCC is active and keeping us connected. We are Abraham and Sarah. We have set off on a journey to a new world. Each of us who have embraced this trip have reaped the reward of a new and different community.
This is an exciting time to become involved with the JCC. I look forward to virtually seeing you at services, classes, discussions, programs, and more.
If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to contact me at mjayrab@gmail.com.
Shabbat Shalom – Rabbi Michael S. Jay
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Torah Study
with Rabbi Jay
Thursday at 11:00 AM.
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Chumash Class (Family Dynamics) resumes on November 2 at 10:00 AM. Join with the members of Congregation Agudath Israel as we shift into the Moses Story. |
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BEGINNERS HEBREW SCHOOL CLASS
Have you always wanted to learn to read Hebrew? Is it on your bucket list? Need to brush up on what you learned in Hebrew School?
Ira Morgenthal will be teaching a beginners Hebrew Class on Thursdays at 2:00 PM. This course from NJOP is a 1 hour session and will begin on November 12.
Contact Ira with any questions
908-705-2576
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The WAX meeting last Monday evening brought out 30 ladies to hear the stories of three women who own their own business, how they got started and how the pandemic has affected their companies. Thanks to Marla Wink (Indian Summer), Cricket Luker (Wildflowers) and Marla Denker (Connect the Dots) for sharing their stories. Special thanks to Jill Denker and Noralyn Carroll for chairing the meeting.
Lots of fun activities are being planned by the WAX. Look for them in the next Bulletin. And if you haven't joined this new and forward women's group, please show your support by paying your dues of $36. Your membership will not expire until December of 2021. For the WAX membership form, please click here: MEMBERSHIP FORM
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Candle Lighting Time
Friday evening,
October 30, 2020
5:38 PM
(So. Ocean County NJ)
JOIN US FOR SERVICES
ON ZOOM
Friday evening
October 30, 2020
6:00 PM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to
Join Zoom Services
Saturday morning
October 24, 2020
TORAH STUDY
AT 9:00 AM
Use the link below
for Shabbat
There is no obligation to stay for services.
Saturday morning
October 24, 2020
10:00 AM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to
Join Zoom Services
Torah Portion
Parashat Lech-Lecha
Genesis 12:1-17:27
Here is the Parshah
Haftorah
Isaiah 40:27 - 41:16
Here is the Haftorah:
AARON LOMBARDI
will be chanting his Bar Mitzvah Haftorah
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HAVDALLAH
Saturday, October 24
at 7:00 PM
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:
Sunday - Friday
Shacharit Service
8:15 AM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to
Join Zoom Services:
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We have a lot of exciting plans for the November.
Please join us.
Tuesday, 11/10, 17 and 24 at 8:00 PM
Rabbi's Class at the Jersey Shore Jewish Virtual University
Mondays at 10:00 AM
Chumash Class
Rabbi's deep dive into the Moses Story
Friday, 11/13 at 6:00 PM
November Virtual Shabbat Dinner
Sunday, 11/15 at 1:00 PM
A visit from Hazzan Sara Geller
sponsored by the WAX
All are invited
Wednesday,11/18 at 4:00 PM
WAX Book Discussion of the first Book of Rashi's Daughters
The author, Maggie Anton, will be joining us.
IF IT'S THURSDAY, IT'S THE JCC
11:00 AM Torah Study with the Rabbi
2:00 PM Beginning Hebrew with Ira
11/12 - Thursday evening Movie Discussion after Maariv
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This the first in the series of our Thursday night movie discussions. We will post the movie ahead of time for you watch on your own and then join us for an hour discussion after Maariv.
"Blinded by the Light" takes place in England in 1987. Javed, teenager from an Asian family, learns to live his life, understand his family and find his own voice through the music of American rock star Bruce Springsteen.
Available on HBO
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LOG IN INFORMATION FOR JCC PROGRAMS CAN BE FOUND
ON THE JCC WEB SITE
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NOVEMBER WAX MEETING
Sunday, November 15, 2020 - 1:00 PM
Our High Holiday Hassan, Sara Geller, will be our guest speaker. She has graciously agreed to speak to us on her life experiences of becoming a cantor. Log-in information will be provided prior to event, and yes, all are invited.
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.JCC WOMENS AUXILIARY: BOOK GROUP DISCUSSION
THE 3RD WEDNESDAY, AT 4:00 PM
Rashi's Daughters (3 book series) by
THE AUTHOR WILL BE JOINING US FOR THE NOV. 18
AND JANUARY 16 DISCUSSION
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In this novel, the year is 1068, and Rashi, a Jewish scholar is secretly teaching Talmud to his daughters. The oldest daughter, Joheved, has a passion for learning, but must keep it a secret in the medieval Jewish world. This story is based on the lives of real people.
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The second novel in a dramatic trilogy set in eleventh-century France about the lives and loves of three daughters of the great Talmud scholar
Rashi’s middle daughter, Miriam, is determined to bring new life safely into the Troyes Jewish community and becomes a midwife. As devoted as she is to her chosen path, she cannot foresee the ways in which she will be tested and how heavily she will need to rely on her faith. With Rashi's Daughters, author Maggie Anton brings the Talmud and eleventh-century France to vivid life and poignantly captures the struggles and triumphs of strong Jewish women.
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Wednesday, Jan. 20 at 4:00 PM
The dramatic final book in the epic historical trilogy about the lives and loves of the three daughters of the great Talmud scholar Rashi
Rachel is the youngest and most beautiful daughter of medieval Jewish scholar Salomon ben Isaac, or "Rashi." Her father's favorite and adored by her new husband, Eliezer, Rachel's life looks to be one of peaceful scholarship, laughter, and love. But events beyond her control will soon threaten everything she holds dear. Marauders of the First Crusade massacre nearly the entire Jewish population of Germany, and her beloved father suffers a stroke. Eliezer wants their family to move to the safety of Spain, but Rachel is determined to stay in France and help her family save the Troyes yeshiva, the only remnant of the great centers of Jewish learning in Europe.
ORDER YOUR BOOK NOW AND START READING TODAY!
Click here to purchase all 3 books in the series on Amazon. Click here to go to the Ocean County Library. A zoom link will be sent shortly before the event.
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MAZEL TOV
To the Ocean County Jewish Federation for the wonderful film festival they put together for our viewing.
Each film was unique and interesting.
For us at the southern end of the Federation area to be able to watch from our homes on Zoom at any time of the scheduled date of each film showing was a BONUS..
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Ocean County’s Jewish Virtual University!
As part of our efforts to connect members of the Jewish community with each other and with great Jewish opportunities, The Ocean County Jewish Federation is pleased to present this array of interesting, exciting, and meaningful learning opportunities from great Rabbis in our community, as well as some phenomenal educational resources from Israel.
Take a class, get connected, and support our Jewish community!
Here is the link for list of classes and to register.
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Rabbi Jay will be teaching a course entitled "Jewish Values in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict". Explore different attitudes towards the conflict through a study of Jewish narratives about Israel and the unpacking of the complex meanings of peace in Jewish tradition.
6 Tuesdays starting Nov. 10 at 8 PM.
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IF YOU HAVE A YARZEIT AND WANT TO SAY KADISH, JOIN THE RABBI FOR SERVICES SUNDAY - FRIDAY MORNING AT 8:15 to 8:45 AND EVENINGS SUNDAY - THURSDAY AT 7:30 to 7:45. SEE THE LINKS BELOW.
Shirley Millstein Fruchtman*
Ethel Salonsky
Matthew Muscente
Judith Callet Pripstein*
Albert Rutman*
Norma Schey
Ephraim Baker
Moe Grossberg
Dorie Solomon*
I. Irving Weissler*
Sophia Fruchtman*
Nathaniel Lee Green*
Mildred Kader
David Litvin
Irving Traster*
Harriet Treatman
Sadie Rose Entin
Bernice Hudes
Saundra Opatosky
Julius Robinson*
Lauren Westlake
Steven Baron
Benjamin Cohen
Beatrice Plotkin Fruchtman*
Mae Goldberg*
Abe Josephson*
Harris Weiner
Isidor Weisel
Vivian Chairnoff
Abraham Levy
Joseph Meshulam
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Ina Morgenthal
November 1
David Page
November 2
Dale Hartman
November 4
Dana Ranani
November 4
Phil Levy
November 6
Stacey Vreeland
November 6
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MAZEL TOV TO
Marsha & Mark Chazin
on the b'not mitzvah of their granddaughters
Abby and Brooke Halperin
White Plains, NY, October 24, 2020
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CONGREGATION NEWS
SHARE YOUR NEWS
AND PICTURES
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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The LBI Branch of Ocean County Library will be interviewing
author Susannah Marren
(Susan Shapiro Barash)
on November 12 at 5:30 PM.
This program is brought to the library community with the support of the Friends of the Island Library.
On the day of the event, click this link to sign into the virtual program.
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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
Join Herb and Selma Shapiro z'l to help assure the continuity of our JCC, and our ability to continue providing a full- congregation to serve the Jewish people of the area. Judith z"l & Donald Pripstein have joined the Shapiros with a $50,000 donation and have established The Pripstein Family Endowment Fund.
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 name funds will be joined together to be part of the endowment fund portfolio.
All members are encouraged to help this important effort by contributing to this fund whether as a specific named fund, or as a general donation. 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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JCC FUNDS
Your gift to the JCC support 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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PLEASE LET THE OFFICE KNOW YOUR "WINTER" MAILING ADDRESS.
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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 TEMPORARILY CLOSED.
PLEASE 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
Tony DeGregorio, Custodial Staff
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
KOL HAKAVOD
TRIBUTES:
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Rabbi Michael S. Jay
Michael Babst, President
E-mail Editor: Rose Valentine
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