Jewish Community Center of    JCC the Place to Be
 Long Beach Island  E-Letter

  April 3, 2020
  9 Nisan 5780




FROM THE EDITOR...
      
Rose Valentine
HI EVERYONE -

Rudy and I are here in South Carolina in our winter quarters waiting out the crisis and hoping to get home to LBI soon.

I have not felt far from my JCC community these last few weeks thanks to the ZOOM classes and services organized by our Rabbi.  Just to see his smiling face, hear his lame jokes and to feel the spiritual uplifting of prayer has made the time worthwhile. Like the Brady Bunch Squares, we get chance to say hi to friends old and new.  You don't have to feel alone and isolated at this time.  At the healing service for David Forsted we were 75 strong in support of each other and of David's wife, Lenore.  We have prayed and learned together in a very special virtual setting. 

  

Some of you may be reluctant to go on Zoom. Don't be!!!!   As you can see from the picture on the left, you can be on with or without video. You can join or leave the meeting whenever you want. They say that stores have had a run on tops (shirts, blouses) since the explosion of Zoom.  Let's look good on camera! 



I'd like to walk you through the process to join us for class or services and to be part of our virtual community Seders this Passover.   Use your computer or iPad when you get an invitation from the Rabbi to join a Zoom "meeting"(there is feedback on your iPhone). 


1. Click on Join Zoom Meeting - Sample

2. Click on Open Zoom - Sample


3. Click on Zoom with Video - Sample

4. Click with Join with Computer Audio - Sample

5. YOU ARE IN!!!!!!

SEE YOU ON ZOOM!!!!!!

ZOOM INVITATIONS
Torah Study - Thursday 11:00 AM
Click on  TORAH STUDY
Maarv - Sunday - Thursday at 7:30 PM
Click on  MAARIV
Kabbalat Shabbat - Friday at 6:00 PM
Click on  KABBALAT
Havdallah - Saturday at 8:10 PM
Click on:  HAVDALLAH
Family Dynamics in Chumash (with Congregation Agudath Israel)
Monday at 10:00 AM
Click on  CHUMASH
Community Seders - April 8 & 9 AT 6:000 PM
Click on  SEDERS

Contents
From the JCC President
Zoom Invitations
A Message from the Rabbi
JCC Community Seder
Sale of Hametz
Kol Hakavod
Need Help?
This Week;s Events
Service Schedule
Yahrzeits for Next Week
Happy Birthday
Congregation News
Documents & Links
 A MESSAGE FROM THE RABBI

On Passover, one of the first things we do during our Seders is raise the matzah up and say:
Behold, the bread of poverty that our ancestors ate while in the land of Egypt. All who are hungry come and eat. All who are needy, come and participate in the Passover ritual. Today we are here; next year in the Land of Israel. Today we are slaves; next year we shall be free people.

The notion that the goodwill message of the Seder is not just for us, but for "all who are needy", is an important part of our understanding of the Passover holiday and its meaning. We are required to take care of those less fortunate than us, whether they be ill, economically challenged, or incomplete in some other way. But this commandment is not limited to the Seder or to Passover. When the language in the Haggadah says "All who are hungry", and when it uses "today" and "next year", we are being reminded that this requirement is not limited to a specific person or a specific time.

This year, while I am still mindful of the many blessings that we each have to recognize, it is hard not to feel as if we are the needy. We are the ones who need to participate. We are hungry for contact. We are starved for a hug.

And truly, God-willing, next year we will be free. Free to be where we want. Free to be with whom we want. Free from this Egypt we call "Covid-19".

I was reminded by one of my teachers, Rabbi Eliezer Diamond, that the very first Seder was on the night before the Israelites left Egypt. On that evening, each family had taken the blood from the sacrificed lamb and placed it on the lintels of their doors hoping for the angel of death to pass over them. In other words, each family was living in isolation waiting for the murkiness of that "night" to pass. This sounds eerily familiar.

While each of us will be in some form of isolation this year, modern technology will allow us to be together virtually. If you have no plans to Zoom or Face time with your own families, join us on either the first or second night of Passover, or both. Sheri and I will be hosting a Zoom Seder at 6:00 pm on each night. Look for links in future emails.

I need to report how wonderful our JCC community is. In speaking with various congregants, I have learned how you have performed the mitzvah of Gemilut Hasadim (Deeds of Loving-kindness). Some of you have shopped for others. Some have brought others to the supermarket. Some have taken others to doctors. Some have driven others home from the hospital. Some have made meals for others. Some have taught others how to use the new virtual technology. Some have treated people who were stricken with the virus. Some have virtually joined healing services and helped others to say the Mourner's Kaddish. One person learned that a hospital needed baby monitors in order to keep track of patients on ventilators, so she purchased 100 baby monitors for the hospital.

After joining in the march from Selma to Montgomery, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel famously said, "I felt as if my legs were praying." Over these last few weeks, I have been touting the multi-tiered power of prayer. When we do for others, when we help others, when we do not sit idly by, we are praying.
Part of my prayer this week is that next year we each have big Seders filled with healthy and happy people; a true feast of freedom.

Stay healthy, keep a safe distance, wash frequently, and pray, pray, pray, any way that you know how.

Shabbat Shalom - Rabbi Michael S. Jay

 
JCC COMMUNIITY SEDER

Join Rabbi Jay & Sheri for a virtual Zoom Seder this year on the first and/or second nights of Passover at 6:00 PM. Invite family members and friends to participate as well.  It will be very special. 
We will provide the Haggadah and make each Seder as interactive as possible.  Simply log into Zoom with this link: SEDERS


SALE OF HAMETZ

As you know, we are required to empty our houses of hametz prior to the beginning of Passover. Please know that this year, because of food supply issues, you should not throw anything out unless it is 100% necessary. It is customary to sell the hametz remaining in our houses to a non-Jew for the duration of the holiday. By filling out this form (SALE OF HAMETZ FORM), I will sell your hametz for you. If you can make a pdf of the signed form, please do so and send it to me. If you cannot, please let me know via email (mjayrab@gmail.com) that you have completed the form. It is traditional to make a donation to the Rabbi's discretionary fund. Inasmuch as there are many people placed in need as a result of the coronavirus, this year is a particularly good time to consider selling your hametz and making a donation.


KOL HAKAVOD CAMPAIGN

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

 

NEED HELP WITH GROCERIES OR MEDICATION ?



Please let the Rabbi or office know if you need help with groceries or medication pick up.
 
JCC INFORMATION
 
 
 
THE OFFICE IS LOCATED AT
2411 Long Beach Boulevard (24th Street)
Spray Beach, NJ 08008

ENTER THE BUILDING DURING OFFICE HOURS
THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR.
FOR HANDICAPPED ENTRANCE
PRESS THE ENTRY BUTTON ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ENTRANCE FOR ADMITTANCE.


Mailing Address:
2411 Long Beach Blvd.
Spray Beach, NJ 08008

Telephone: 609-492-4090
FAX: 609-492-7550

web site: www.jccoflbi.org  
  

OFFICE HOURS
Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9 AM to 1:30 PM 

THE OFFICE IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED.
PLEASE USE THE PHONE OR EMAIL WITH REQUESTS.
OUR OFFICE STAFF WILL BE CHECKING IN REGULARLY.


  
 
Office Staff:
 Leslie Dinkfelt, Office Manager
   Mary Beth Krieger, Staff Member



   Mary Beth and Leslie



Tony DeGregorio, Custodial Staff



Kitchen Manager
Susan Berube


CONTACT INFORMATION:
  
Rabbi Michael S. Jay

Michael Babst, President
mjbofjcclbi@gmail.com

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E-mail Editor: Rose Valentine 
rvalen 1963@aol.com
 

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THIS WEEK'S EVENTS   

TOMORROW!!!!!


TORAH STUDY 
with Rabbi Jay
A Review of Exodus in Preparation for Passover
Thursday, 4/2
11:00 AM
Join Zoom Class here:
TORAH STUDY

Torah Study will continue each Thursday.  Please use the link above.

 

MAARIV SERVICE THURSDAYS - SUNDAYS
AT 7:30 pm
CLICK ON:

Join the zoom meeting at 7:00 to have a cup of tea, schmooze with the Rabbi or ask any questions

SHABBAT SHALOM

Shabbat 
Candle Lighting Time
Friday 
April 3, 2020
 7:05 PM
(So. Ocean County NJ)


JOIN US FOR INTERNET
SERVICES


Friday evening
April 3, 2020 
Kabbalat Service
6:00 PM
Here is your invitation from Rabbi Jay to 
Join Zoom Services:

Bring your stuffed animal or pet to the service




Tzav
Leviticus 6:1 - 8:36
Here is the Parshah

Haftorah
Jeremiah 7:21 - 8:3; 9:22 - 9:23
Here is the Haftorah:



Saturday evening
  April 4, 2020
Havdallah
8:00 PM
Here is 
your invitation from 
Rabbi Jay to
Join Zoom Services:

YAHRZEITS FOR NEXT WEEK

Cynthia Bloom
Helen Klein*
William Poster*
Irving Sampson*
Ed Davis
Milton Kamler
Gerald Schaer
Cecil Weiner
Philip Cohen
Robert Dobrow
Jack Moss
Jerome Shapiro
Oscar Glickman*
Georges Margent
Julius Snyder*
Elissa Biester
Sylvia Frankiel
Benard Gubar*
Rhoda Halperin
Irving Koseff*
Alfred Levin
Samuel Pepose
Maxine Petersohn
Jacob Saferstein
Fanny Fuhrmann
George Gubar*
Joseph Indzel
Felix Schoenberger
Vera Sidel
   
Rabbi will read at Kabbalat Service

PLEASE LET THE OFFICE KNOW WHEN YOU WILL NEED A MINYAN TO SAY KADDISH.  

 
* Yahrzeit Plaque - These names are lovely enshrined on our synagogue 
memorial boards.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Cake

This Week's
Birthdays 

Hugh Chairnoff
April 4
Maxine Paris
Arpil 4
Clifford Denker
April 6
Carl Tepper
April 6
 


If you have not given the office your birthday information and would like to receive birthday wishes, please notify the office of your date of birth.

And if you would like to have the Rabbi give you or a family member a special blessing on the Shabbat of your/their birthday, please let him know: RABBI

CONGREGATION
NEWS

Get Well

RHONA STEIN

DR. MAX SCHEER

CORRECTION FROM 
LAST WEEK
Mazel tov to 
Ruth Hochberger 
and 
Marty Flumenbaum  
on the marriage of their daughter.

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Caring 
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 
     

DOCUMENTS AND LINKS

 

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LATEST BULLETIN:

BULLETIN 

 

 WEB SITE:

JCC WEB SITE

 

MEMBERSHIP FORMS

MEMBERSHIP  

 

PAVERS:

PAVERS 

 

TREE OF LIFE

TREE 

 

YAHRZEIT PLAQUE FORM:

PLAQUE 

 

KOL HAKAVOD DONATION FORM

KOL HAKAVOD

 

ONEG SHABBAT SPONSOR:

ONEG 

 

KIDDISH SPONSOR:

KIDDISH