Jewish Community Center of Long Beach Island E-Letter
March 5, 2021
21 Adar 5781
|
|
|
LEGACY PROJECT - SEASON I EPISODE V
WE HAD TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES
Next week you will hear from Michael Babst, JCC President.
Thanks to Diane Buskirk for suggesting the project and to her daughter, Dr. Allison Buskirk Cohen, for being such an able interviewer.
|
|
If you missed the first four videos in our Legacy Series, they can be found on the JCC web site:
|
|
 |
A friend sent me a copy of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks’, Z”L, book entitled: “Judaism’s Life-Changing Ideas”, as a gift. In it, Rabbi Sacks introduces the reader to one Life-Changing idea from each Torah portion. (He provides 56 such ideas in all) What a great read; what a great gift.
For Parashat Ki Tissa, Rabbi Sacks wrote about an issue raised by Moses angrily breaking the original 10 Commandments after he sees the Israelites praying to the golden calf. Rabbi Sacks points out that Moses is never punished for his outburst. In fact, he appears to be rewarded. Moses has the honor of writing the new tablets and it is Moses’ tablets that will go into the Ark of the Covenant.
Rabbi Sacks poses an interesting question: Is it ever acceptable for a leader (like Moses) to express anger? For an answer, he looked to Maimonides who said:
Anger is an extremely bad attribute, and one should distance oneself from it by going to the other extreme. One should train oneself not to get angry, even about something to which anger might be the appropriate response….The ancient sages said, “One who yields to anger is as if he worshiped idols.” They also said, “Whoever yields to anger , if he is wise, his wisdom deserts him, and if he is a prophet, his prophecy leaves him.” And “The life of an irascible person Is not a life.” Therefore, they have instructed us to keep far from anger, training ourselves to stay calm even in the face of provocation. This is the right way.(Mishneh Torah, Hilkhot Deot 2:3)
However, Rabbi Sacks points out that Maimonides adds an important qualification:
If one wants to instill reverence in his children and family, or in public if he is the head of the community, and his desire is to show them his anger so as to bring them back to the good, he should appear to be angry with them so as to reprove them, but he must inwardly remain calm as if he were acting the part of an angry man, but in reality he is not angry at all.
Thus, according to Maimonides, it is okay to “express” anger, as long as you are actually not angry and he uses the anger to teach a lesson. Is it really possible that Moses was not really angry when he shattered the 10 Commandments, but that he was only “acting” angry in order to make a point? Have we as parents or teachers ever used anger to teach a lesson?
And from this story Rabbi sacks derives his Life Changing idea #21: We should never feel anger, but there are times when we should show it. People sometimes need that shock to help them change their lives.
Perhaps this is a lesson to be utilized as we begin to prepare for Passover, if someone in the house chooses now to have a truckload of bagels delivered to the house.
Shabbat Shalom – Rabbi Michael S. Jay
FIRST SEDER MARCH 27
|
|
|
|
Candle Lighting Time
Friday evening,
March 5, 2021
5:35 PM
(So. Ocean County NJ)
JOIN US FOR SERVICES
AND
SHABBAT DINNER
ON ZOOM
SHABBAT PARAH
|
Friday evening
March 5, 2021
6:00 PM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to
Join Zoom Services
Saturday morning
March 6, 2021
Torah Study
9:00 AM
Services
10:00 AM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to
Join Zoom Services
Torah Portion
Here is the Parshah
A Lombardi will be reading Torah
Haftorah
Here is the Haftorah
|
Havdallah
Saturday
March 6, 2021
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:
|
|
|
|
THE WEEK THAT WAS....
Another great program with Larry Rosendorf Thursday evening. We have invited him back for a future presentation!!!!!
|
|
.THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE
MONDAY 3/8 @ 10:00 AM
Chumash Class (Peoplehood) with Rabbi Jay
WEDNESDAY 3/10
8:00 PM Rabbi's University Class
THURSDAY 3/11
11:00 AM Torah Study with the Rabbi
2:00 PM Beginning Hebrew with Ira
|
|
|
HERE ARE THE LINKS FOR THE ACTIVITIES FOR THIS WEEK |
|
|
|
For our March Shabbat Dinner,
we are proud to be participating in
Shabbat across America.
|
|
CLICK ON OTHER
WAX UPCOMING EVENTS ON THE BUTTON BELOW
|
|
Movie Nite
"Yentl"
Thursday, 3/18 7:45
See trailer below
|
Women's Seder
Sunday, 3/21
11:00 AM
|
WAX Book Club
Wednesday, 3/24
4:00 PM
"The Guest Book"
by Sarah Blake
Community Seder
Sunday, 3/28
6:00 PM
|
|
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
|
|
|
|
THIS WEEK'S YAHRZEITS
The following names will be read at Friday night services.
Marian Diamond
Victor Kasner
Herman Kleinfeld
Paul Watling
Lillian Salander*
Betty Schleifer
Amy Smith
Milton G. Smith
Hershel Alan Denker
Albert Kessler
Morris Rebo
Sophia Shapiro
Meir Cohen
Arthur Goldsmith
Benjamin Katz
Henry Nagel
Milton Pollack
Sara Rubin
Eleanor Satir
Emily Spiegle
Seymour Tilbor
Marjorie Fisher*
Sel Gross Medvin*
Gloria Reason*
Josephine Tucker
Minnie Britz*
Solomen Chalek
Edna Eisner
Helen Freedman
Edward Gold
Abe Rosenbaum
Melvin Shapiro
Ginette Shomer
Sylvia Glasser
Sidney Kronenberg
Fanny Parker
Manuel Sidel
|
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. |
|
|
|
Barbara Hurwitz
March 6
Ken Feldman
March 7
Myrna Hernandez
March 7
Neil Falek
March 8
Lynn Reimer
March 9
Ellen Weinberg
March 9
Lauren Scharf Snyder
March 12
Alan Traster
March 12
|
SHARE YOUR NEWS
AND PICTURES
.
|
RABBI JAY
Winner of the Federation
OY CORONA
Joke Telling Contest
2 years in a row.
The JCC received a $250 gift for first place.
RICHARD MORGAN
on his new book
"Poems of Your Own"
A guide to inspire, instruct and encourage poets and poets-to-be.
Available on Amazon
(The book has broken
the top 3%)
|
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
|
|
|
|
|
|
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!!
|
|
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)
|
|
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
|
|
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.
|
|
The Pergula on the JCC property is for sale. $600.00. Contact Sherry for further information
fsherryf@yahoo.com
|
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.
|
Staff:
Leslie Dinkfelt, Office Manager
Mary Beth Krieger, Staff Member
Tony DeGregorio, Custodial Staff
Kitchen Manager: Susan Berube
|
|
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
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
