Jewish Community Center of Long Beach Island E-Letter
July 31, 2020
10 Av 5780
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HIGHLIGHTING NEXT WEEK'S ZOOM EVENT
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SUSAN & FRIENDS SUMMER SERIES
PART II
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Join us for the second of our series of Zoom meetings with contemporary authors.
Thursday, August 6 @ 7:45 PM
Author, Leslie Bennetts
will share insights from her book:
"Last Girl Before the Freeway:
The Life, Loves, Losses,
and Liberation of Joan Rivers."
A juicy, intimate biography of one of the greatest comedians ever—a performer whose sixty year career was borne, simply, out of a desire to make people laugh so she could feel loved—LAST GIRL BEFORE FREEWAY delves into the inner workings of a woman who
both reflected and redefined the world around her.
HERE IS THE LINK FOR THE PROGRAM:
JOAN
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TWO EXCITING PROGRAMS COMING UP THIS AUGUST
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JCC WOMENS AUXILIARY:
BOOK GROUP DISCUSSION
MONDAY, AUGUST 17
AT 12 NOON
AN INTERACTIVE ZOOM EXPERIENCE LED BY:
Sheri Horowitz-Jay
Bestselling author Marie Benedict reveals the story of a brilliant woman scientist only remembered for her beauty.
Her beauty almost certainly saved her from the rising Nazi party and led to marriage with an Austrian arms dealer. Underestimated in everything else, she overheard the Third Reich's plans while at her husband's side and understood more than anyone would guess. She devised a plan to flee in disguise from their castle, and the whirlwind escape landed her in Hollywood. She became Hedy Lamarr, screen star.
But she kept a secret more shocking than her heritage or her marriage: she was a scientist. And she had an idea that might help the country fight the Nazis and revolutionize modern communication...if anyone would listen to her.
A powerful book based on the incredible true story of the glamour icon and scientist, The Only Woman in the Room is a masterpiece that celebrates the many women in science that history has overlooked.
ORDER YOUR BOOK NOW AND START READING TODAY!
(Kindle version is $9.00.)
RSVP to Debby Schweighardt, Book Group Coordinator at:
Debby
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OUR OWN
HERB SHAPIRO
will share with us on Zoom
his personal reflections on the development of
Long Beach Island
Thursday,
August 13 at 7:45 PM
following Maariv at 7:30 PM
JOIN THE MEETING
His book
"Clamdigger, Tycoon and More"
is a
unique narrative takes us from the sandy beaches of the Jersey Shore and post-war real estate boom to chartering a bank, to exotic travels; Clamdigger is one man's compelling story of the many roles he filled over the course of his life.
Clamdigger: "Clamming would be a part of my life no matter how busy I became as a developer and banker.
"Tycoon: "including a dollar trail from the depression years of the early 1930's through the incredible acquisition of 5000 acres by the mid sixties, described in THE NEW YORK TIMES as "one of the most complex detective stories in the world of real estate.
"Naval Officer: "Under kamikaze attack in Okinawa, I question those who now think the dropping of the atomic bomb was ruthless.
"Philanthropist: "Gifts include a municipal town hall to the Township of Stafford, ten acres to Southern Ocean Community Hospital and a First Aid building.
"CLAMDIGGER, TYCOON AND MORE invites us to take a journey that includes family, military duty, naturalism, capitalism, sportsmanship, and self-discovery. Here is a story of one man's celebration of a life well lived.
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ZOOM CLASSES NEXT THIS WEEK
Family Dynamics in Chumash Class (The Joseph Story)
Monday, 8/3 @ 10:00 AM Click on
"Psalm Day - Psalm Where - Some How"
Tuesday, 8/4 @ 1:00 PM Click
PSALMS
Ask the Rabbi
Wednesday, 8/5 @ 3:00 PM
Have a cup of tea or a cocktail with the Rabbi Wed. afternoon. Click
ASK THE RABBI
Weekly Torah Study - Pirkei Avot
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NEXT WEEK'S SPECIAL
ZOOM
EVENTS
Thursday
7:45 PM
SUSAN AND FRIENDS
SUMMER SERIES
Leslie Bennetts
"Last Girl Before the Freeway:
The Life, Loves, Losses,
and Liberation of Joan Rivers"
Here is the link:
TO SEE THE
COMPLETE LIST OF SUMMER EVENTS
CLICK HERE:
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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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A MESSAGE FROM THE RABBI
In this week’s Torah portion, Parashat Va-Etchannan, Moses says the following:
The Lord our God made a covenant with us at (Sinai). It was not with our fathers that the Lord made this covenant, but with us, the living, every one of us who is here today.
The message is that God was not just connected to our ancestors, but with us, the present generation, as well. It is a clarion call that says that every “present” generation is connected to God.
In the context of the Torah narrative the never-ending nature of our covenant with God is an important piece of the Jewish puzzle. It means that the obligations impressed upon our great-great-great-great-great-great grandparents are our obligations as well.
It is not by accident that Moses makes this proclamation just before he recites the Ten Commandments. He is literally saying that the laws and ideas of the Torah apply to every one and every generation. It is a reminder that 1) recognizing God, 2) not making idols, 3) not taking God’s name in vain, 4) observing Shabbat, 5) Honoring parents, 6) not murdering, 7) not committing adultery, 8) not stealing, 9) not testifying falsely, and 10) not coveting, are all rules that are intended to apply to us as much as they applied to our ancestors.
It is not by accident that the Shema also closely follows Moses’ cross-generational proclamation. The Shema reaffirms that each of us acknowledges God’s oneness. It also requires us to teach the laws to our children. By teaching the laws to our children, we ensure that, in fact, the covenant continues from generation to generation.
Why is this important? Because our ancestors received the Torah in order to make the world a better place. That goal has been impressed upon every succeeding generation, and we should not lose sight of it.
While there is no universal agreement on what will make the world a better place, our parents, we, our children, and our children’s children, have all been impressed with the task of working to achieve this goal.
The covenant stretches all the way back to Sinai. It guided our ancestors, it guides us, and it will guide our children and their children. May the present generation be the one to make the world as good as it can be and may God and our ancestors have reason to smile down on them.
Shabbat Shalom – Rabbi Michael S. Jay
PS: We have a lot of great programming and we have had wonderful participation. If you are reading this and you have not joined us for more than 2 services or programs, I would love to know why! In particular I would love to know what you would join us for if we were to provide it. Text me or Email me.
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ANNUAL MEETING
Our general membership meeting is scheduled for Sunday, August 9, 2020 at 10:00 AM. The meeting will be conducted by Zoom and the agenda will be sent out to you shortly. All members in good standing will be allowed to vote.
Here is the recommended slate of officers and trustees:
President - Michael Babst
Vice President - Phil Rosenzweig
Vice President - Sherry Fruchterman
Treasurer - Ira Morganthal
Secretary - Deb Schweighardt
Trustees:
Lenore Forsted
Stuart Pepose
Don Pripstein
Jennifer Millner*
David Shatz
Rob VanNaarden
*Jennifer is replacing Lexa Merson-Koel. Lexa declined re-nomination due to time constraints but will be glad to be part of a committee. The board wants to thank Lexa for her contributions to the Board.
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BOOK CLUB
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CC WOMENS AUXILIARY:
BOOK GROUP DISCUSSION
MONDAY, AUGUST 17 AT 12 NOON
AN INTERACTIVE ZOOM EXPERIENCE LED BY:
Sheri Horowitz-Jay
SEE DETAILS ABOVE
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We are excited to announce the establishment of the
SUSAN (SHAPIRO) & FRIENDS SUMMER SERIES
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Last week's inaugural program of Susan & Friends Summer Series brought the delightful Jamie Brenner to LBI via Zoom.
Jamie novels are always set in a beach community. We hope she will chose LBI for one of her future stories.
Here is a note from our guest author:
Hi everyone:
I want to thank you for hosting such a wonderful discussion last night. Your congregation members are so engaged -- it was truly lovely. I wish you the best with this series. I think you'll have a fantastic evening with Leslie Bennetts. I saw her in person at Barnes & Noble when her Joan Rivers biography published and she was fascinating. Wishing everyone a happy and healthy rest of the summer. I hope very much to be able to meet in person next summer.
All my best -
Jamie
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Thursday, August 6 @ 7:45 PM
Author, Leslie Bennetts will share insights from her book:
"Last Girl Before the Freeway:
The Life, Loves, Losses, and Liberation of Joan Rivers."
SEE DETAILS ABOVE
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Thursday, August 27 @7:45 PM
Zoom interview by Susan Shapiro
of Sally Koslow,
author of "Another Side of Paradise"
an unforgettable portrait of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Sheilah Graham, a remarkable couple steeped in all the glamour, romance, and intrigue of old Hollywood.
These programs will take place after Maariv Service
which begins at 7:30 PM. Use this link to join:
ZOOM
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Start the New Year with some delicious honey. Buy some for yourself and give them as gifts to family and friends. Price has increased to $18.00. Click
here
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FLYER
for the full-size flyer. For more information contact Diane Buskirk at 856-952-5940
diane.buskirk@yahoo.com or
Suzy Geier at 703-629-8654 or
Mystic Meat and Seafood in Ship Bottom
will give the Women's Auxiliary at 5% donation on any individual orders. Orders can be placed with Renee and Phil. Let them know this order is to be recorded in the donation book for the JCC of LBI. Orders are curbside pick up only. Make your request over the phone with a credit card: 609-324-1194. For more information, visit their web site:
MYSTIC
HERE IS THE WAX'S FIRST NEWSLETTER
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MORE UPCOMING
AUGUST EVENTS
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Sunday, August 16th @ 6:00 PM
Magician Jay Mattioli will be bringing his Virtual interactive Magic Show to the JCC. Jay recently appeared on America's Got Talent. Fun for the whole family! $18 per computer/electronic devise.
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Fund Raising
ANNUAL 50/50 RAFFLE
As is our custom, the 50/50 raffle drawing will be drawn after Yom Kippur on Monday, September 28
th
. Tickets remain at $10.00 each or $100 for a book of 11. Tickets will be mailed shortly.
Please support the JCC by purchasing one or many, and don’t forget to sell some to others! Winners need not be present.
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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:
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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
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Rabbi Michael S. Jay
Michael Babst, President
VIEW THE JULY/AUGUST
with this link
E-mail Editor: Rose Valentine
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OCEAN COUNTY JEWISH FEDERATION
A Night of Comedy to Support JFCS
Help Jewish Family & Children's Service meet their match grant with Claim's Conference - the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, to continue providing services for Ocean County Holocaust Survivors
Tuesday, August 4th at 7:30 PM.
An evening of comedy and a fundraiser for JFCS! Featuring comedienne Robin Fox and several members of our community competing to see who can tell the best joke! Come support ours and their worthy cause!
RABBI JAY WILL BE ONE OF THE
JOKE TELLERS
FOR MORE INFORMATION GO T0
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SHABBAT SHALOM
Candle Lighting Time
Friday evening,
July 31, 2020
7:54 PM
(So. Ocean County NJ)
JOIN US FOR INTERNET
SERVICES
Shabbat Nachamu
("Sabbath of comfort/ing)
takes its name from the haftarah from Isaiah in the Book of Isaiah 40:1-26 that speaks of "comforting" the Jewish people for their suffering. It the first of seven haftarahs of consolation leading up to the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
Friday evening,
July 31, 2020
8:00 PM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to
Join Zoom Services
Saturday Morning
Service
Saturday,
August 1, 2020
10:00 AM - 12:00 NOON
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Rabbi Jay will be conducting services from the sanctuary
this Saturday morning.
We hope to be both live streaming along with Zoom
To view the service go to the JCC website:
1. Go to website
2. Go across top to Religious Community
3. Go to Live Streaming in the pull down menu
4. Hit the play arrow on the screen to get into the live streaming for Shabbat Services starting at 10:00 am
ZOOM LINK:
Torah Portion
Parashat Vaetchanan
Deuteronomy 3:23 - 7:11
Here is the portion:
Haftorah
Isaiah 40:1 - 40:26
Here is the Haftorah:
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Saturday,
August 1, 2020
9:00 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:
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THE WEEK THAT WAS...
It was a
FANTASTIC WEEK ON ZOOM.
Susan Horowitz enchanted us with her Havdallah Concert. Her music was so uplifting and so needed during this difficult time.
Sunday morning we learned about the farms in the Arava of Israel with
Alon Gadiel, present director of Central and Northern Arava Research and Development, as our guide It was fascinating to hear of the challenges of growing produce and flowers in the desert. Thank you to Stuart Pepose for putting this wonderful program together for us.
Special thanks to Aaron Lombardi for layning Eichah
Wednesday evening.
Our Trivia Nite was lots of fun and we hope to do this program again. Thank you to Irene & Mike Babst for finding this program for us.
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Evelyn Bookman*
Estelle Carr
Max Dreyfus*
Shirley Fischer
Sol Daniel Gussin
Doris Morton
Clara Waxman*
Herb Josephson*
Emil Mendlow
Esther Saden
Carl Sher*
Sidney Levine
Sadie Taub*
Frank Fink*
Alvin Hurwitz*
Bernard Miller
Gertrude Oertell
Jay Max Starr, MD
Louis Alexander
Deborah H. Barsh
Leon Isanuk*
Barbara Carey
Dr. Jerome Cohen
Benjamin Parker
Burt Schwait
Molly Young*
Angela Dicicco
Betty Jonas
Rosalind Mularz
Gertrude Serepca*
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.
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CONDOLENCES
With great sadness we share with you that
Walter Sadowsky
Father of
Barbara Pyles and Father-in-law to Stephen Pyles, Grandfather to Phoebe and Palmer, passed on July 28, 2020. A private burial is planned.
"May God remember forever our dear ones who have gone to their eternal rest. May they be at one with the One who is life eternal. May the beauty of their lives shine for evermore,
and may our lives always bring honor to their memory."
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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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Phyllis Cohen
August 1
Debra Horowitz
August 1
Howard Koransky
August 3
Harold Herzeg
August 4
Jay Berman
August 5
Lisa Friedman
August 5
Roberta Scott
August 6
Trudy Kaplan
August 7
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LATEST
BULLETIN:
PRAYER BOOK:
WEB SITE:
PAVERS:
TREE OF LIFE
YAHRZEIT PLAQUE FORM:
KOL HAKAVOD DONATION FORM
TRIBUTES:
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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 fami
ly.
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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