"MAY YOU BE INSCRIBED

FOR A GOOD YEAR"

TASCHLICH & SHOFAR SERVICE

Tashlich is a ceremony that takes place on the afternoon of the first day of Rosh Hashanah. The word "Tashlich" literally means "casting off". During the ceremony, participants symbolically cast away their sins of the previous year by throwing bread crumbs or pebbles into a body of water. The ceremony is inspired by the Biblical passage Micah 7:18–20, which says "God will hurl all our sins into the depths of the sea". 

Join us for Taschlich and Shofar Service on Thursday, October 3rd at approximately 12:15 PM at the Spray Beach Yacht Club. ALL ARE WELCOME!

MONDAY, October 7

Rabbi's Class

10:00 PM

REMEMBERING OCTOBER 7

We will have a memorial service for the first anniversary of the October 7th attack in Israel.

Monday evening after minyan.

September 7, 2024

7:45 PM

Here is the link for the Service:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83559208295?pwd=ZGNQbFlxR3Y4S1Vuc1hiYUNCMnNuUT09

The Jewish Federation of Ocean County is providing us with the opportunity to connect and commemorate as we mark one year since October 7. Join us for three special conversations from Israel - where you can hear first-hand about what is happening and how people here are feeling and reacting. These are opportunities you won’t find elsewhere.

SIGN UP HERE

Sun. Oct. 6 11 AM

The impact of

October 7 on Israeli

society – challenges,

divisions, and

opportunities. With

journalist Jessica

Steinberg of the

Times of Israel.

Sun. Oct. 13 11 AM

How Israelis have

responded to

October 7:

Perspectives

through the lens

of poetry. With

noted educator

Rachel Korazim.

Sun. Oct. 20 11 AM

Israel on the world stage-

where does the country go

from here? Can there be

peace? And how does

antisemitism fit in? With Avi Mayer

former editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post

Break the Fast at JCC

Restarting a Tradition...

This year the JCC Board is sponsoring a Break the Fast after the final Yom Kippur service. There is no cost but we do need RSVPs, no later than October 10th, so we know how much food to buy. We know many people break the fast with family and friends but many congregants don’t have that opportunity. We hope many of you will join this special community event.

CONTACT THE JCC OFFICE TO MAKE YOUR RESERVATION

DEADLINE FOR RSVP 10/7

609-492-4090

jccoflbi@gmail.com

WAX BOOK GROUP

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS EACH MONTH

NEXT BOOK REVIEW MEETING

NO BOOK FOR OCTOBER

Wednesday, November 20th at 4:00 pm

Discussion Leader: TBA

The Little Liar

By: Mitch Albom

Eleven-year-old Nico Krispis has never told a lie. His schoolmate, Fannie, loves him because of it. Nico’s older brother Sebastian resents him for both these facts.When their young lives are torn apart during the war, it will take them decades to find each other again. Nico’s innocence and goodness is used against his tightly knit community when a German officer

barters Nico’s reputation for honesty into a promise to save his loved ones. When Nico realizes the

consequences of the betrayal, he can never tell the truth again. He will spend the rest of this life changing

names, changing locations and identities, desperate to find a way to forgiveness—for himself and from the

people he loves most. Albom’s extraordinary storytelling is at its powerful best in his first novel to confront

the destruction that lying can wreak both on the world stage as well as on the individual lives that get

caught up in it. As The Stranger in the Lifeboat spoke to belief, The Little Liar speaks to hope, in a breathless page-turner that will break your heart open and fill it with the power of the human spirit and the goodness

that lies within us all. Narrated by the voice of Truth itself, The Little Liar is a timeless story about the power

of love to ultimately redeem us, no matter how deeply we blame ourselves for our mistakes.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13 TO GIVE OUT WATER AND CHEER THE RUNNERS PARTICIPATING IN THE 18-MILE RUN

Come to the front of the JCC building at 10:00 AM. Let the office know you will be volunteering.

The run is dedicated to the Israeli Olympic Athletes murdered in Munich 52 years ago.

"May their memory be a blessing"

Again this year with our participationn

in the PJP Consortium,

you can visit Jewish communities around the world virtually.

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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 

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:

PAVER 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:

dihoff1@aol.com

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.

See Order form here: Prayer Book

TRIBUTES

SEND ONE OF OUR TRIBUTES IN HONOR OR IN MEMORY OF

See order form here: TRIBUTES

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 z"l 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: 

YAHRZEIT

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

2024 MEMBERSHIP FORMS

Your support is so important to the continued success of the JCC.

Here is form for renewal:

RENEW NOW

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:

JOIN NOW