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JEWISH COMMUNITY
CENTER OF
LONG BEACH ISLAND
E-LETTER
January 26, 2024
16 Shevet 5784
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FOR THE BEST VIEWING OF THE SHABBAT REMINDER,
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THIS FRIDAY...JANUARY 26 AT 10:00 AM
AT THE JCC
LEARN SIGNING WITH
ANTHONY DEFRANCO
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THREE STRIKES AND YOU’RE OUT…..OF EGYPT
(Originally published in 2012/5773)
Our tradition seems to love couching things in triplicates. It is a tradition that gives us “Kohens, Levites, and Yisrael’s”; it is a tradition that gives us “Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh”; it is a tradition that gives us three matzoth stacked on the Seder table. This three-in-a-row pattern could have no meaning, or it could have several meanings. I have taught that one of the purposes of this tradition could be to tell us that every moment is comprised of the “past, present, and future”.
Torah’s love of connecting past, present, and future is beautifully illustrated in Parashat Beshallach. At the beginning of the Parasha we are told that as the Israelites were leaving Egypt, Moshe took Joseph’s bones with him. Joseph represents the past and the promise of a future and Moshe has a keen sense of the importance of this.
Near the end of the Parasha, Moshe speaks to Joshua and tells him to choose some men to do battle with Amalek. Indeed, this is the first time that Joshua is mentioned in the Torah. As we all know, Joshua will ultimately be appointed Moshe’s successor and he will lead the Israelites into the Promised Land. Joshua represents the future.
Everything in between the point where Moshe retrieves Joseph’s bones, in the beginning, and where Joshua is mentioned in the end, the vast narrative of the Parasha, represents the present.
The present is the fulcrum that balances the past with the future. Joseph’s bones don’t need to be retrieved in order to leave Egypt. God does not command it, and yet Moshe feels compelled to disinter Joseph’s bones and bring the past with him; to sanctify it. Joshua does not need to be named as the field General, and yet he is pointed out. He is pointed out because the future, and knowing that there is a future, is important. The Rabbis, too, understood the need to connect past, present, and future. Just look at the Amidah. Its content runs from an acknowledgement of our past as exhibited in the first paragraph by mentioning the Patriarchs and Matriarchs, to requests for a future redemption. Much of the rest of the Amidah deals with issues of the day.
Everything that we do today is infused with the past just as it will have an impact on our future. Tradition meets continuity in the present. This is Torah’s lesson. Amen. Amen. Amen.
Shabbat Shalom – Rabbi Michael S. Jay
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CHOLENTFEST THIS SHABBAT after services. Enjoy three meat cholents made by Rabbi Jay: lamb, pastrami and and beef as well as a vegetarian cholent prepared by Joyce Levine.
ALL ARE WELCOME FOR SERVICES AND LUNCH OR JUST FOR LUNCH.
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SHABBAT SHALOM
Shabbat Candle
Lighting time
Friday evening
January 26, 2024
4:51 PM
JOIN US FOR SERVICES
Shabbat Shirah is the name given to the Shabbat that includes Parsha Beshalach. The Torah reading of the week contains the Song of the sea . This was the song by the Children of Israel after the Passage of the Red
Sea.
Friday, January 26, 2024
SERVICES
6:30 PM
ON ZOOM ONLY
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Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to join
Zoom services
FRIDAY NIGHT
Saturday,
January 27, 2024
9:00 AM
IN PERSON AND
ON ZOOM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to join
Zoom services
SHABBAT
TORAH READING
Parashat Beshalach
Exodus 13:17-17:16
Here is the Parshah
Beshalach (“When He Let Go”) describes the splitting of the Red Sea and the song the Israelites sing upon crossing through. In the desert, God sweetens bitter water and provides manna and quail. The portion ends recounting the victory of the Israelites against an attack by the Amalekites.
HAFTORAH
Judges 4:4-5:31
Here is the Haftorah
HAVDALLAH
5:30 PM
ON ZOOM ONLY
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to join
Zoom services
HAVDALLAH
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Sunday - Thursday
Ma'ariv Service
7:30 PM
Here is your invitation from Rabbi Jay to
join Zoom services:
MA'ARIV
Monday- Friday
Shacharit Service
8:15 AM
Sunday at 9:00 AM
Here is your invitation from Rabbi Jay to
join Zoom services:
SHACHARIT
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LEARN HEBREW WITH IRA
Ira Morgenthal is beginning a new Beginners Hebrew Class. He has one student signed up and is look for one more (or even more) person who would like to learn how to read Hebrew. Give him a call if you are interested. 908-705-2576
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THIS WEEK'S ACTIVITIES
SUNDAY, JANUARY 28
Pickleball
10:00 AM
PJP Program
“Stories from Curacao’s Jewish History”
1:00 PM
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MONDAY, JANUARY 29
"Chosing Hope"
A NEW class with Rabbi Jay
10:00 AM
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 30
Pickleball
3:00 PM
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31
Canasta & Mah Jongg
12:30 PM
Rabbi's Class
"The Case for Israel"
7:30 PM following minyan
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1
Pickleball
10:00 AM
Torah Study with the Rabbi
11:00 AM
Intermediate Hebrew with Ira
2:00 PM
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FRIDAY FEBRUARY 2
Studying the Prophets
9:00 - 9:20 AM
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PICKLEBALL
SUNDAY 10:00 AM
TUESDAY 3:00 PM
THURSDAY 10:00 AM
Reminder: Pickleball for members only!
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MAH JONGG & CANASTA
WEDNESDAYS
12:30 PM TO 4:00 PM
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LET'S TALK MOVIES WITH ROSE
Tuesday, February 6th
10:00 AM
Last week I saw two movies that I was dying to discuss with someone. Who better to do that with than our JCC family!!!!
The two movies I chose to discuss are: "Someplace in Queens" and
"May December"
They both deal with relationships between husbands and wives, parents and children. "Someplace in Queens" stars Ray Romano who tries to live his seemingly sad life through his son. It is streaming on Hulu and can be rented on Prime Video (worth the $5.99). On Netflix you can view "May December", a film about a married couple facing pressure when an actress comes to do research for a film about their past and starring Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore.
Please see both films and we will get together on Zoom to unpack it all.
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Learn Signing
Fridays February 2 & 16
10:00 AM
Shabbat Dinner
Friday, February 2
6:30 PM
Let's Talk Movies with Rose
Tuesday, February 6
10:00 AM
PJP Program
"Ideas of God in Jewish Mysticism”
Thursday, February 8
8:30 PM
Pottery Class at the Foundation
Thursday, February 15
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Jewish Hollywood Series
"Those Were the Days"
Thursday, February 22
8:30 PM
WAX Bunch at LBI Table
Friday, February 23
11:00 AM
PJP Program
“Jewish Portugal”
Sunday, February 25
1:00 PM
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Please join us on Friday February 2 at 6:30 PM
for our monthly Shabbat Family dinner followed by services.
We are planning a home cooked menu (but cooked at the JCC).
Please please please RSVP to the JCC Office 609-492-4090
so we know how many are joining.
$25 per adult/$10 per child 13 and under.
Your hosts
Suzy & Jon Geier
Joyce & Paul Levine
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A SPECIAL TREAT...
JCC Member Mark Chazin will share his recent experience as a JNF Volunteer in Israel following services on February 2
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CERAMIC WORKSHOP AT THE LBI FOUNDATION FOR ARTS AND SCIENCES
FOR JCC MEMBERS ONLY!
Participants will create a ceramic vase to be glazed and fired at the Foundation.
Thursday, February 15
10 AM - 1 PM
$45 per person plus $10 for the cost of materials.
Max 10 people per this class.
REGISTER WITH YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, PHONE AND EMAIL ALONG WITH A CHECK FOR $55 BY FEBRUARY 9 TO:
Daniella Kerner, Executive Director
The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences
120 Long Beach Blvd., Loveladies, NJ 08008
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT JILL DENKER AT 973-214-2767
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LEARN SIGNING WITH
ANTHONY DEFRANCO
at the JCC
FRIDAYS
10:00 AM - 11:AM
*beginning February 2,
February 16, March1, March 15
Another program brought to you by the JCC Women's Auxiliary
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Thanks to our membership in the PJP we are able to enjoy a variety of programs. Here are the new programming lists. No need to register in advance. | |
PJP Series "What Jews Think”
2023-2024
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Thursday, February 8 @8:30 PM
Dr. Eugene Sheppard, Brandeis University “Ideas of God in Jewish Mysticism”
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PJP Travel Programs
2023-2024
Sunday, January 28 @ 1:00 PM “Stories from Curacao’s Jewish History” with Ron Gomes Casseres
This presentation will include both historical and current stories about the Curaçao Jewish community and practices. Curaçao will also be introduced for those who may not be familiar with my home country. There will be several photographs to show aspects of Curaçao, the synagogue and Jewish heritage sites. Ronald Gomes Casseres descends from Sephardic Jews who came to Curaçao in 1690. He was born on the Dutch Caribbean island where he is a leader of the historic Mikvé Israel-Emanuel community. Now retired from a long commercial banking career, one of his interests is the history of his Jewish community and its practices and has published on this in local and international media. He has been active in numerous organizations and institutions in Curaçao. He was awarded a Royal decoration by the Kingdom of the Netherlands for social and cultural contributions to the Curaçao community.
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Join us for our 2nd 3-Part Series on Jewish Hollywood
Those Were the Days - Feb 22, 2024 - 8:30 PM
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The following names will be read by the Rabbi on Friday evening:
Irvin Cohen
Julius Marmon
Rose Glickman*
Nathan Israel Printz*
Sam Zavelson
Anna Herman
Gene Klein
Selma Shapiro
William Silver
Edwin Greenfield
Shaindel Hupert
Nettie Rosenthal
Ethel Sharken
Anna Weill*
Rose Diane Segal
Sydney Sussman
Sidney Berkowitz
Robyn Lynn Caspento
Nette Ehrlich
Daniel Glassman*
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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Marlo Karp
January 27
Karen Schwing
January 27
Cookie Botwinick
January 28
Carl Appel
January 29
Stanley Berman
January 31
Arlene Schragger
February 1
Herbert Feinberg
February 2
Jeffrey Greenbaum
February 2
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Allen & Lenore Lox
January 31
59th Anniversary
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SHARE YOUR NEWS
AND PICTURES
CONTACT:
rvalen1963@aol.com
| MEET THE SOUP TROOP: Noralyn Carroll, Irene Babst and new member Robin Genna. They made soup in the JCC kitchen to be given to our members who are not feeling well. Contact Irene or Noralyn if you or if you know of a member who needs some Jewish penicillin. Local delivery only! | | |
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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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YOU CAN NOW FILL OUT A GIVING FORM AND PAY ON LINE IN ONE SIMPLE PROCESS.
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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:
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
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2023 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
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JCC FUNDS
Your gift to the JCC supports 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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JCC LEADERSHIP
OFFICERS
President- Phil Rosenzweig
1ST Vice President-Sherry Fruchterman
2ND Vice President-Diane Hoffman
3RD Vice President- Rose Valentine
Treasurer- Ira Morgenthal
Secretary- Cliff Denker
Immediate Past President -Michael Babst
BOARD MEMBERS
Howard Babbitt
Diane Buskirk
Mitch Frumkin
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Jon Geier
Paul Levine
Ken Podos
Terri Robinovitz
David Shatz
Bonni Rubin-Sugarman
WOMEN'S AUXILIARY
President - Diane Buskirk
Co-Vice President - Noralyn Carroll
Co-Vice President - Jill Denker
Treasurer - Suzy Geier
Secretary - Joanne Babbitt
Immediate Past President - Irene Babst
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