JEWISH COMMUNITY
CENTER OF
LONG BEACH ISLAND
E-LETTER
January 27, 2023
5 Shevat 5783
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This week I will first give an update on last week’s wonderful Shabbat and then I will continue with a message about the liturgy.
Last Shabbat we had our first “Cholentfest” in 3 years. The fun began earlier in the week as I purchased all of the ingredients necessary. The recipe includes: 9 pounds of Flanken, sausage, assorted beans (lima, red kidney, navy, northern), barley, onions, potatoes, Coca-Cola, ketchup, chicken stock, kishka, and various secret spices.
Early in the afternoon on Friday, I met Joyce Levine in the JCC kitchen and we began to prepare the ingredients. I used three 8.5 quart crockpots for the meat cholent. Joyce made one crockpot with the vegetarian cholent. Everything was prepped and the crockpots were turned on before Shabbat, at around 3:00 pm. They stayed on until we served lunch at about 11:45 on Saturday morning. Honestly, the JCC was smelling delicious!
A crew from WAX, including Irene Babst, Noralyn Carroll, Suzy Geier, Bonni Faich, and Arlene Schragger, baked plenty of homemade cookies, brownies, and Kamish bread for dessert. Dessert was rounded out with Chocolate and pistachio Halva.
As always, the JCC’s kitchen crew, Susan and Debbie, made sure everything was set up perfectly.
25-30 people joined us. We ate, schmoozed, sang Birkat Hamazon, and then many stayed all day to play Mah Jongg. Please join us on February 25th for our second “Cholentfest”!
AND NOW ON BACK TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED SHABBAT MESSAGE ABOUT THE LITURGY:
Let’s continue to look at Birkhot Ha-Shachar(The Morning Blessings). You may recall that last week we discussed a series of personal prayers thanking God for various things in our life. The next part of this service switches gears slightly. Instead of thanking God, we are now focusing on making requests of God. Look at the requests and notice that they are all made on behalf of the community:
May we feel at home with Your Torah and cling to the Mitzvot.
Keep us from: Error, sin, transgression, trial and disgrace.
Don’t let the evil impulse control us.
Keep us from wicked people and corrupt companions.
The prayer continues:
Strengthen our desire to do good deeds; teach us humility, that we may serve You. May we find grace, love, and compassion in Your sight and in the sight of all who look upon us, this day and every day. Grant us a full measure of lovingkindness.
At first glance, the liturgy is recognizing that our days are lived in partnership with God. But if you look closer, you will notice that each of the items listed are actually things that we inherently have control over. We do not need God, nor are not asking for God, to pull a lever to make these things happen. Each morning when we pray, what we are really doing, is making ourselves mindful of how to live our best lives. God is present when we push our divine selves forward.
Do you have thoughts about any of this? Questions in general? Email me at Mjayrab@gmail.com.
Shabbat Shalom – Rabbi Michael S. Jay
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Candle Lighting time
Friday evening
January 27, 2023
4:52 PM
(So. Ocean County)
JOIN US FOR
SERVICES
Friday night
January 27, 2023
7:30 PM
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Saturday Morning
January 28, 2023
9:00 AM
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Torah Reading
Parashat Bo
Exodus 10:1-13:16
Here is the Reading
Bo (“Come”) recounts the last three plagues that God inflicts on the Egyptians: locusts, darkness, and death of firstborns. God commands the Israelites to offer a Passover lamb sacrifice. After the last plague, Pharaoh and the Egyptians demand that the Israelites leave.
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Haftorah
Jeremiah 46:13-28
Here is the Haftorah
Saturday evening
Havdallah
5:45 PM
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your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to
join Zoom services:
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Sunday - Thursday
Ma'ariv Service
7:30 PM
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Monday- Friday
Shacharit Service
8:15 AM
Sunday at 9:00 AM
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New Tuesday Morning Class
Study with Stu Lehrer
Tefillin - Haftarah - Prophets
10:00 AM
Beginning 2/7
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THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE
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SUNDAY, JANUARY 29
"The Anne Frank House in Amsterdam: A Visit to the Secret Annex”
Sunday, January 29 at 1:00 PM
LINK BELOW
COME JOIN US on a virtual tour of the Secret Annex in the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam to examine the extraordinary life of Anne Frank and how her legacy continues to inspire young people today. Led by educators from the Anne Frank House this webinar will leave plenty of time for Q&A. Prior to the virtual tour please view the powerful documentary “The Short Life of Anne Frank” to prepare for the webinar. LINK FOR DOCUMENTARY
MONDAY, JANUARY 30
Foundations for a Thoughtful Judaism: Practice
A Hartman Class with Rabbi Jay
10:00 AM
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1
12:30 AM - 4 PM
Canasta & Mah Jongg
following Ma'ariv
7:45 PM
with Rabbi Jay
"Jewish Wisdom"
using the book
by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2
11:00 AM Torah Study with the Rabbi
2:00 PM Beginning Hebrew with Ira
SEE LINKS BELOW
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Above: Rabbi & Joyce Levine our Cholent makers
Right: Enjoying the movie "Cinema Sabaya" in our Social Hall
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SATURDAY AT THE JCC OF LBI. Last Saturday the JCC was bustling with activity. Following services, a Cholent Kiddish Lunch was enjoyed. Cholent (both vegetarian and meat), salad, home made cookies and halavah were on the menu. Thank you to Joyce Levine and Rabbi Jay for the delicious cholent and the WAX for baking cookies in our kitchen. All afternoon, the clicking of tiles could be heard as members played mah jongg. Many folks had dinner at the Bayside Diner across from the Center. Thank you to Christine at the diner for extending a discount for all the ticket holders. That evening a most interesting film was shown in partnership with the Lighthouse International Film Society, completing a full and exciting day at the JCC. Thanks to Christie Rooney of the LIFS for bringing this film to our facility and to our technology team of Cliff Denker and Howard Babbitt for making sure the film ran smoothly. |
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February 8
4:00 PM
WAX Book Review
February 9
8:00 PM
WAX Program "Thumbs Down Speak Up"
February 16
8:30 PM
PJP Program: "Blood Libel"
February 17
6:00/7:30 PM
Family Shabbat Dinner
WAX Women's Service
February 24
11:00 AM
WAX Luncheon
February 25
Cholent Shabbat/Game Afternoon
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LOOK FOR INFORMATION ABOUT INDOOR PICKLEBALL THIS WINTER AT THE JCC SOCAL HALL
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The JCC is participating in the PNJ Consortium. An exciting 8-part series is being made available to our congregation.
You need not register.
NEXT PROGRAM FEBRUARY 16, 2023
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JCC WOMEN’S AUXILIARY: BOOK GROUP DISCUSSION
WEDNESDAYS AT 4:00 PM
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House on Endless Waters by Emuna Elon
February 8, 2023 CHANGE OF DATE
At the behest of his agent, renowned author Yoel Blum reluctantly agrees to visit his birthplace of Amsterdam to meet with his Dutch publisher, despite promising his late mother that he would never return to that city. While touring the Jewish Museum with his wife, Yoel stumbles upon a looping reel of photos offering a glimpse of pre-war Dutch Jewish life, and is astonished to see the youthful face of his beloved mother staring back at him, posing with her husband, Yoel’s older sister, Nettie…and an infant he doesn’t recognize.
This unsettling discovery launches him into a fervent search for the truth, revealing Amsterdam’s dark wartime history and the underground networks which hid Jewish children away from danger—but at a cost. The deeper into the past Yoel digs, the better he understands his mother’s silence, and the more urgent the question that has unconsciously haunted him for a lifetime—Who am I?—becomes. Evocative, insightful, and deeply resonant, House on Endless Waters beautifully illustrates the complex nature of identity and belonging, and the inextricability of past and present.
FUTURE BOOKS:
March: The Choice
April: Defending Brita Stein
ORDER YOUR BOOK FROM AMAZON AND START READING TODAY
Click here to borrow the book from the Ocean County Library.
A Zoom link will be sent shortly before the event.
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RSVP TO JILL DENKER 973-214-2767 Jill.denker@hotmail.com |
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The following names will be read by the Rabbi on Friday evening
Marvin Alexander
Romeo Dicicco
Janet Dondershine
Marvin Fitts*
Phyllis Greenfield
David Lipsitz
Bernard Matz
Esther Sheparde
Harold Simandl
Mel Ehrich
Abraham Robin*
Todd Michael Spencer*
David Brill*
Donald Brill*
Isador Dalinsky
Henry Rosen
Peter Ungar
Erma Glass
Anna Gottlieb*
Edith Konner
Mina Rosenbaum
Joseph Rudnick*
Diane Rudoff
Mollie Segal
Robert Fischer
Sarah Ganek
Hannah Moses*
Max Rosenbaum
Laura Barsh
Thelma Brusilow
Harvey Light
*Memorial plaque will be lit this week.
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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Cookie Botwinick
January 28
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
58th Anniversary
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Lisa Horowitz
recovering from surgery
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THANK YOU for the get well wishes for Rudy's recovery. Special thanks too to the doctors, nurses and administrators at SOMC and Deborah Hospital for their concern and excellent care.
ROSE VALENTINE
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MAZEL TOV
Steven Swissman
on the birth of his grandson
Aiden Ben
named after his wife Brenda z"l
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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:
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
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.
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:
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:
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:
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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
Donald Pripstein
Terri Robinovitz
David Shatz
Rob Van Naarden
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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JCC INFORMATION
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
MONDAY - FRIDAY
CLOSED THURSDAY
FROM 10 - 2
Staff:
Leslie Dinkfelt, Office Manager
Mary Beth Krieger, Staff Member
Diane Parzych, Staff Member
Susan Berube, Kitchen Manager
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LATEST
BULLETIN:
PRAYER BOOK:
WEB SITE:
PAVERS:
TREE OF LIFE
YAHRZEIT PLAQUE FORM:
KOL HAKAVOD DONATION FORM
TRIBUTES:
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Rabbi Michael S. Jay
Phil Rosenzweig, President
E-mail Editor: Rose Valentine
Graphics by
Irene Babst
Contributing Columnist
Sheila Weisel
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