Jewish Community Center of Long Beach Island E-Letter
February 19, 2021
7 Adar 5781
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LEGACY PROJECT - SEASON I EPISODE III
This week you will hear from Diane Hoffman and her memories of vacationing on Long Beach Island.
Thanks to Diane Buskirk for suggesting the project and to her daughter, Dr. Allison Buskirk Cohen, for being such an able interviewer.
CLICK BELOW TO VIEW OUR THIRD INTERVIEWEE
DIANE HOFFMAN
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If you missed the first two videos in our Legacy Series, they can be found on the JCC web site:
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In this week’s Torah portion, Terumah, God tells Moses to have each Israelite bring God gifts in accordance with how his/her heart moves him/her. God then instructs them to use the gifts to “make Me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them”.
The Sanctuary/dwelling (hereinafter “Sanctu-dwelling”) enables God to be with the Israelites as they wander in the desert. Later it will become a stationary home in Jerusalem. Still later it will be represented by Synagogues that are built all over the world. We are taught from a young age that God can be found in each of them.
I pose the following question: “When does a sanctu-dwelling become a home?”
To answer this question, look at our JCC community:
This past Shabbat morning we had 32 women participate in the Women’s Zoom Shabbat Service. Women lead the davening, read the Torah, had all of the Aliyahs, and gave the D’var Torah. They were also working behind the scenes as the Rebbetzin was the Zoom director. The sanctu-dwelling was a home on Shabbat Morning.
Last week we had a musical Kabbalat Shabbat led by college student, Julian Brenman. After services, 36 people went into 6 breakout rooms to share Shabbat dinner together. The sanctu-dwelling was a home on Shabbat evening.
This past Sunday evening we had a concert featuring David Babinet singing Opera, Broadway, and Yiddish songs, followed by a wine tasting, Around 80 of us sang along (while on mute) and learned about (and sipped) good wine. The Sanctu-dwelling was a home on Sunday evening.
This past Wednesday evening, after we had learned that Benjamin Riffle had Covid and had been placed on a ventilator, we held a healing service that was attended by family, friends, and a score of concerned congregants. The Sanctu-Dwelling was a home on Wednesday evening.
This evening, we had a program about Leonard Bernstein moderated by a guest lecturer, Larry Rosendorff. With the learning, the music, and the conversation, the Sanctu-dwelling was a home this evening.
This coming Shabbat, Shabbat Zakhor, we will celebrate the Bar Mitzvahversary of our congregant, Stu Lehrer. The Sanctu-dwelling will be a home on shabbat morning.
This coming Sunday, on Zoom, we will be baking Hamantaschen and talking about Purim. The sanctu-dwelling will be a home on Sunday morning.
Yes, God wants to dwell among the Israelites. But God doesn’t just want to dwell with the Israelites. God wants to “live” with them. And God wants them to live with God. To be clear, God wants to live with us and wants us to live with God.
When we do things together. When we pray, and sing, and eat, and learn, and cry as a community. When we share and care, we turn the space, God’s dwelling place, into a home.
God’s home is our home. Our home is God’s home. When you, and me, and God are home together, the world becomes a warmer, less foreboding, place. Hmmm, it becomes a sanctuary.
Shabbat Shalom – Rabbi Michael S. Jay
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Candle Lighting Time
Friday evening,
February 19, 2021
5:16 PM
(So. Ocean County NJ)
JOIN US FOR SERVICES
ON ZOOM
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SHABBAT ZACHOR
is the Shabbat immediately preceding Purim. Deuteronomy 25:17-19, describing the attack by Amalek, is recounted. There is a tradition from the Talmud that Haman, the antagonist of the Purim story, was descended from Amalek. .
Friday evening
February 19, 2021
6:00 PM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to
Join Zoom Services
Saturday morning
February 20, 2021
Torah Study
9:00 AM
Services
10:00 AM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to
Join Zoom Services
Stu Lehrer
will leyn and chant Haftarah and do a D'var Torah in honor of his bar mitzvah anniversary..
Aaron Lombardi
will also read Torah.
Eve Lehrer will daven Musaf.
Ira Morgenthal will daven Shacharit in honor of this 50th Wedding Anniversary.
Torah Portion
Parashat Terumah 5781
Exodus 25:1-27:19
Here is the Parshah
Haftorah
I Samuel 15:2 - 15:34
Here is the Haftorah
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Havdallah
Saturday
February 20, 2021
7:00 PM
NEW TIME
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:
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Sunday - Friday
Shacharit Service
8:15 AM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to
Join Zoom Services:
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HAMANTASCHEN BAKE
SUNDAY, 2/21 @ 10:30 AM
MEGILLAH READING
THURSDAY, 2/25 @ 7:00 PM
COSTUMES ENCOURAGED
MEGILLAH STUDY
FRIDAY, 2/26 @ 10:00 AM
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What a tremendous weekend for the JCC of LBI Women's Auxiliary!
Saturday morning the women of the congregation - 32 strong- led Shabbat Services. Yasher Koach to those talented and dedicated women who
read responsively, led services, chanted special prayers, had aliyahs
and read from the Torah. The service was live streamed and is on our web site: LIVE STREAM
Sunday evening's Valentine concert and wine tasting was a great success. Cantor David Babinet regaled us with his beautiful rendition of Figaro and the Toreador Song, Fiddler on the Roof, Les Miz, My Yiddisha Mama and Romania as well as an encore of selections. The concert was topped of with a session on wine tasting and questions and answers. Thank you to David Shatz, Jill Denker, Cliff Denker and Irene Babst and Stuart Pepose for putting this all together. And a special thanks for the gracious donors who underwrote the program: David & Karen Shatz, Beth Zemble & Phil Rosenzweig, Renee & Rob VanNaarden, Sherry & Howard Fruchterman, Sandy & Jay Solan and the JCC Women's Auxiliary.
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Thursday night's program about Leonard Bernstein was thoroughly enjoyed by all. Our guest lecturer, Larry Rosendorf, presented an overview of Bernstein and his many talents with videos of his interviews, performances and an insight into his liturgical compositions for both synagogues and churches.
Larry will be visiting us again on Thursday evening, March 4th with a program reviewing award-wining short films. Larry has lectured at the OLLI programs at the University of South Carolina, Bluffton, SC.
Here are the films for you to view before the 4th (a total of about 1 1/2 hours of viewing)..
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THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE
SUNDAY 2/21 @ 10:30 AM
Hamantaschen Bake
MONDAY 2/22 @ 10:00 AM
Chumash Class (Peoplehood) with Rabbi Jay
WEDNESDAY 2/24
4:00 PM WAX Book Club Discussion
8:00 PM Rabbi's University Class
THURSDAY 2/25
11:00 AM Torah Study with the Rabbi
2:00 PM Beginning Hebrew with Ira
7:00 PM Megillah Reading
FRIDAY 2/26
10:00 Let's Study the Megillah
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HERE ARE THE LINKS FOR THE ACTIVITIES FOR THIS WEEK |
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CLICK ON OTHER
WAX UPCOMING EVENTS ON THE BUTTON BELOW
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WAX Hamantashen Bake
Sunday, 2/21
10:30 AM
SEE RECIPES BELOW
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WAX Book Club
Wednesday, 2/24
4:00 PM
"An Unorthodox Match"
by Naomi Ragen
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MARCH
Discussion of Award Winning Short Films with
Larry Rosendorf
Thursday, 3/4
7:15 PM
Shabbat Dinner
Friday, 3/5
6:00 PM
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Movie Nite
"Yentl"
Thursday, 3/18
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Women's Seder
Sunday, 3/21
11:00 AM
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WAX Book Club
Wednesday, 3/24
4:00 PM
"The Guest Book"
by Sarah Blake
Community Seder
Sunday, 3/28
6:00 PM
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LOOKING FORWARD TO APRIL
4/5 - 4/9
Member Israel Virtual Tour
(fully booked)
4/9
Kabbalat Shabbat with
Hazzan Sara Geller
4/16
Shabbat Dinner
4/18
Making Kamish Bread with
Joanne Babbitt
4/22
Movie Nite
4/25
Blessing of the Animals
4/28
WAX Book Discussion
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UPCOMING FEDERATION PROGRAM
Oy Corona II A Night of Comedy:
The Sequel Purim Edition
Tuesday, February 23rd 7:30PM
Join Ocean County Jewish Federation for a fun joke-telling competition: tell a joke or help decide the winner. Jokesters get to choose the local non-profit they are competing for to win prize money!
Want to register to watch, sign up below!
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THIS WEEK'S YAHRZEITS
The following names will be read at Friday night services.
Gloria Cohen
Amanda Kanowitz*
Nellie Lehman
Isador London
Solomon Schall
Gerson Brasch*
Bernard Herman*
Robert Lapidus
Florence Marmon
Ernest H. Morgenstern*
Dr. Elias Shapiro
Morris Uniglicht
Sheldon Kanis
Sylvia Kaplan
Barney Linderman
Dave Oxfeld
Samuel Weinberg
Bertha Bitton
Gertrude Fitts
Vivian Fitts*
Mae Lazar
Rose L. Babbitt
Hannah Dudkin
Phyllis Fisch
Harry Kolsby*
Ida Plotkin
Herman Reif
Stella Reif
Anna Robin*
Bessie Swaff*
Jacob Axilbund
Adele Linderman
Phyllis Shatz
Hannah Beck*
Herbert Buchalter
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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 also welcome to share with the minyan some special memories of your loved one. |
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Gary Koupf
February 20
Arthur Cohen
February 21
Sue Fuirst
February 21
Mel Kleinfeld
February 21
Dana Meyers
February 21
Malenie Piscetelli
February 22
Patricia Adell
February 23
Irv Hurwitz
February 25
John Schweighardt
February 25
Joan Silver
February 26
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INA & IRA MORGENTHAL
on their
50th Wedding Anniversary
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SHARE YOUR NEWS
AND PICTURES
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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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Prayers for continued progress in the fight against COVID 19
JERI & BEN RIFFLE
Here are list of lines from Psalm 119 that correspond with Ben's Hebrew Name. You can recite one or all in his honor of him.
Psalm 19:15
Psalm 119: 107
Psalm 119: 76
Psalm 119: 103
Psalm 119: 77
Psalm 119:105:
Click here for Psalm 19:
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A LONG TIME AND MOST GENEROUS MEMBER HAS CHALLENGED US TO RAISE $50,000 BY MARCH 15 AND IF WE DO—HE WILL MATCH OUR FUNDRAISING WITH HIS OWN NEW $50,000 GIFT TO THE JCC!!
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FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT
Phil Rosenzweig, JCC First Vice President
Chair of Fundraising Committee
610-263-0124 (direct)
610-263-0115 (main)
215-754-4139 (efax)
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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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The Pergula on the JCC property is for sale. $600.00. Contact Sherry for further information
fsherryf@yahoo.com
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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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