Jewish Community Center of Long Beach Island E-Letter
September 3, 2021
26 Elul 5781
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HIGH HOLIDAY UPDATE
Rosh Hashanah is HERE!!!!
We are very excited about Holy Day services: virtual and zoom. Hazzan Sara Geller will visit our community for the first time IN PERSON and we look forward to her being here with us.
Zoom links will be sent out Friday September 3rd to all ticket holders.
Please respond if you do not receive the link by Sunday.
Wishing everyone, wherever you will be this yom tov, a happy and healthy 5782.
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A HOLIDAY MESSAGE FROM THE RABBI
One long blast.
Three short blasts.
Nine very short blasts.
Again, one long blast.
Finally, one very long blast.
Why do we blow the Shofar in this peculiar pattern?
There is a lot written about why we blow the shofar on Rosh Hashanah.
Answers given include:
It is an alarm to wake us to our task of repentance;
It is God’s coronation clarion; or
It reminds us of the Ram caught in the thicket when Abraham almost sacrificed Isaac.
Few have addressed this question: “What is the meaning of the blasts of the shofar?”
The 17th century Rabbi and author, Rabbi Isaiah Levi Horowitz,
interpreted these blasts as corresponding to the stages in the process of teshuva/repentance.
Tekiah (One long blast)- We start out whole.
Shevarim (Three medium blasts)- We break ourselves down.
Teruah (9 short/staccato blasts)- Sometimes we are utterly shattered.
Tekiah Gedolah (A very long blast) - We emerge whole again, but stronger.
The Shofar, as a symbol, stimulates our senses in a number of ways. We see it, we feel it, and we hear it.
While, in many respects, the ram’s horn is the communal focal point of Rosh Hashanah. The message it gives is very personal. “Listen to me! Do the work you need to do. Change! Like me, you may break. But, in the end, you, also like me, will be whole again, and better for having had the experience.”
Shabbat Shalom Shana Tova U'mehtuka – Rabbi Michael S. Jay
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A Message from your Shabbat Reminder Editor
L'Shanah Tova to All. Thank you to so many of you who open our weekly email (and hopefully read it too).
Here is a look back on our Electronic Year:
250 Campaigns were sent
120,320 total emails were sent
59 % average open rate! Excellent
14 % click through rate: Could do better!!!
Our Contact List grew by 13% (130 new contacts)
It has been a year of growth for the JCC of LBI!
I would also like to take this opportunity to tell you that personally this have been a year of growth for me as well. I was so glad that we were having classes and services daily during the pandemic. Stuck home, each day I had something to look forward to: a chat with folks before morning services (just like when I was working and sharing with my fellow co-workers) and exchanging ideas with members of the JCC and Agudath Israel during our classes. There is so much to learn and I thank Rabbi Jay for guiding us through this time. As things hopefully return to "normal" the JCC will continue to educate in person and on Zoom. If you haven't joined us yet, please do. It will make a difference in your life as it did for me - and by osmosis my life partner, Rudy.
Look for the new classes this year in future emails and join us.
Rose Valentine
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SHABBAT SHALOM
Candle Lighting Time
Friday evening,
September 3, 2021
7:06 PM
So. Ocean County
JOIN US FOR SERVICES
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Friday evening
September 3, 2021
6:00 PM
ZOOM ONLY
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Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to Join
Zoom Services
Saturday morning
September 4, 2021
Services
9:00 AM
In Person Services
and
Zoom Service
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to Join
Zoom Services
Torah Reading:
Parashat Nitzavim
Deuteronomy 29:9-30:20
Here is the Parshah
Haftorah
Isaiah 61:10 - 63:9
Here is the Haftorah
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Saturday evening
8:30 PM
Havdallah
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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CANDLE LIGHTING FOR ROSH HASHANAH
Monday, September 6 - 7:01 PM
Tuesday, September 7 - 8:30 PM
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.THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE
NO
CHUMASH AND TORAH STUDY CLASSES
MAH JONGG
THURSDAY 9/9
2:00 PM Beginning Hebrew with Ira
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HERE ARE THE LINKS FOR THE CLASSES FOR THIS WEEK
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18 Mile Run
49th Annual Long Beach Island Commemorative 18 Mile Run
Sunday, October 10, 2021
After A 2 Year hiatus due to coastal storm flooding and COVID-19 precautions, the 18 Mile Run is back in person!!
The event is sponsored by St. Francis Community Center, Brant Beach, NJ, in cooperation with the LBI Jewish Community Center.
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THIS WEEK'S YAHRZEITS
The following names will be read at Friday night services.
Rose Danon
Kyle Frand
Hilda Kelsen
Lucille Jerome
Esther Martin*
Gussie Ungar
Barbara Goldstein
Elizabeth Greene
Dr. Irving Young
Alfonso Muscente
Abram Plon
Frieda Baker
Howard Brody
Melvin Leistner
Katie Shrensel*
Muriel Nelson Stein
Ann Taub
Herbert Klosk
Martin Reiff*
Morris Treiber*
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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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GOOD LUCK
TO OUR FRESHMAN
COLLEGE STUDENTS
Kayla Lombardi
Montclair State University
Zach Lombardi
Rutgers University
David Farin
Rutgers University
Brady Garb
University of Delaware
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MAZEL TOV TO
MARTHA & CHUCK SCHLEIFER
on the birth of their granddaughter
Zelda Rose
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SHARE YOUR NEWS
AND PICTURES
CONTACT:
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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Lenore Forsted
September 5
Roy Konwiser
September 6
Debbie Gilman
September 8
Robert Levitt
September 8
Howard Rothenberg
September 8
Theresa Robinovitz
September 9
Elaine Sussman
September 10
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A Special Shout Out to Torr Cohen, son of Shaun and Mark Cohen - a very special Surfer Dude. Torr rescued two people who got caught in riptides last week. You are amazing!!!
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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 - NEW INFORMATION !!!!!!!
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. Judith z”l & Donald Pripstein joined the Shapiros and established The Pripstein Family Endowment Fund.
As recently reported, Don Pripstein pledged another $50,000 to establish The Judith & Donald Pripstein Endowment Fund.
As a result of Don’s letter, Harold Farin has stepped forward and has established “The Farin Family Endowment Fund”. This Fund will join with the three others as part of the JCC Endowment Fund portfolio. Other members are encouraged to also provide for the future of our JCC by establishing similar funds.
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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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 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 AD THURSDAYS
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
KOL HAKAVOD
TRIBUTES:
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Rabbi Michael S. Jay
Michael Babst, President
E-mail Editor: Rose Valentine
Graphics by
Irene Babst
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