JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF
LONG BEACH ISLAND
E-LETTER
October 28, 2022
3 Cheshvan 5783
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A TORAH MESSAGE FROM THE RABBI
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Many years ago I was studying Parashat Noah with a young student in preparation for her Bat Mitzvah. We were pondering a phrase from the Torah wherein the Text says, “Noah walked with God”. I asked what the phrase meant and why God would even want to walk with Noah. Her response was simple, beautiful, and brilliant. “Maybe” she said, “God was upset because of all the bad things that were occurring on earth, and further sad because God was going to destroy the world.” She then added the zinger. “Perhaps”, she opined, “God just needed a friend.”
It was at that point that the fireworks went off in my head. Of course God needed a friend. All humans need friends, and humans are created in God’s image. We especially need friends when we are facing the worst of times. So, of course God needed a friend at God’s worst time.
This is why I love studying torah with people of all ages. Each person, at each stage of his or her life, has a unique connection to the words of our holy Texts.
But what is the practical lesson to be inculcated from the notion that God needs a friend?
Just as God needed a friend in Noah, we all need friends. At different times in our lives we need friends for different reasons. But we need them nonetheless. And if each of us needs friends then it is safe to say that, at any given time, those around us need friends.
Open yourself up to that person looking for companionship and let someone else offer the same to you.
Shabbat Shalom – Rabbi Michael S. Jay
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Candle Lighting time
Friday evening
October 28, 2022
5:41 PM
(So. Ocean County)
JOIN US FOR
SERVICES
Friday night
October 28, 2022
6:00 PM
IN PERSON
AND ON ZOOM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to join
Zoom services
Saturday Morning
October 29, 2022
9:00 AM
IN PERSON AND
ON ZOOM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to join
Zoom services
Torah Reading
Parashat Noach
Genesis 6:9-11:32
Here is the Reading
Noach (“Noah”) begins as God decides to destroy mankind with a flood. At God’s command, the righteous Noah builds an ark, where Noah, his family, and select animals survive the flood. Noah’s children bear children, and several generations develop. God confounds the speech of people building the Tower of Babel.
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Haftorah
Isaiah 54:1-55:5
Here is the Haftorah
Saturday evening
Havdallah
6:45 pm
ZOOM ONLY
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your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to
join Zoom services:
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your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to
join Zoom services:
Sunday - Thursday
Ma'ariv Service
7:30 PM
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Rabbi Jay to
join Zoom services:
Monday- Friday
Shacharit Service
8:15 AM
Sunday at 9:00 AM
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your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to
join Zoom services:
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 31
NEW CLASS
Foundations for a Thoughtful Judaism: Practice
A Hartman Class with Rabbi Jay
10:00 AM
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2
12:30 AM - 4 PM
Canasta & Mah Jongg
following Ma'ariv
7:45 PM
NEW CLASS
with Rabbi Jay
"Jewish Wisdom"
using the book
by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3
11:00 AM Torah Study with the Rabbi
2:00 PM Beginning Hebrew with Ira
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ACTIVITIES
Thursday, November 10
8:00 PM
Jewish History Part III
Sunday, November 13
1 - 3 PM
WAX "Not Football" Luncheon
Wednesday, November 16
4:00 PM
WAX Book Club
Sunday, November 20
11 AM - 2 PM
WAX Chanukah Gift Shop Sale
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OCEAN COUNTY FEDERATION FILM FESTIVAL
October/November 2022
FIRST FILM
Sunday, October 30 1:00pm
Marquee Theater, Toms River
Austria, 2022
Drama German
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In 1960’s Austria, the young Jewish businessman Victor is a witness to how the prosecution of a Nazi crime perpetrated against his family unjustly fails in the courtroom. When Victor also loses his grief stricken father and his girlfriend's family opposes their relationship and his being Jewish, Victor completely loses faith in the system and pursues matters via a different path.
SEE THE TRAILER BELOW
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HERE IS THE FORM FOR YOU TO PRINT, FILL OUT
AND SEND IN WITH YOUR CHECK
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OR
YOU CAN NOW FILL OUT THE INFORMATION ON LINE FOR YOUR PAVER AND MAKE YOUR PAYMENT AS WELL
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The JCC will once again be participating in the PNJ Consortium. An exciting 8-part series is being made available to our congregation.
You need not register.
The Zoom link wil be sent out to everyone prior to the event.
NEXT PROGRAM NOVEMBER 10TH
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JCC WOMEN’S AUXILIARY: BOOK GROUP DISCUSSION
WEDNESDAYS, AT 4:00 PM
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The Nightingale
By Kristin Hannah
The story centers around two sisters, Vianne Mauriac and Isabelle Rossingol. Vianne, the older and more responsible of the two is living a peaceful and happy life with her husband and daughter in the French countryside. At the threat of impending war, her life is upended when her husband, Antoine, is sent off the fight for France. As Germany begins to occupy France, Vianne is forced to learn how to survive in these new times and protect her young daughter, Sophie. Meanwhile, Isabelle, the younger more rebellious sister has spent much of her childhood being bounced from one boarding school to the next. After the death of their mother when she was just 4, Isabelle has been largely abandoned by her sister and their father. Neither one knew how to handle the rambunctious girl. As the war starts, Isabelle is not content to sit back and watch as her beloved city of Paris is overtaken by the enemy. Longing to make a difference in the war, Isabelle makes some shocking choices that will forever alter the trajectory of her life.
FUTURE BOOKS:
December: Florence Adler Swims Forever
January: Three Sisters
February: House on Endless Waters
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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The following names will be read by the Rabbi on Friday evening
Judy Abend
Francis August
Herbert Davis
Jane Hochberger
Ruth Maginsky
Will Roth
Albert Stuhl
Max Weinstein
Sylvia Greene
Rabbi Samuel Nunberg*
Shirley Rogers
Rose Rosenbaum
Paul Tanenbaum
Morris Balbresky
Denise Moss*
Doris Pashman
Samuel Chairnoff
Stephen Harvey Greenberg
Rose Kotler
Eva Miller
Beatrice Brody
Philip Petter
Marvin Schub
Mary Sisenwine
Anna Stuhl
Francis Wallach
Arthur Wichman
Donna Greenberg
Joseph Hirschman
Harry Liebowitz
Minnie Miller*
*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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Ron Marr
October 29
Ina Morgenthal
November 1
David Page
November 2
Dale Hartman
November 4
Dana Ranani
November 4
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David & Debbie Denenberg
November 1
24th Anniversary
Steven & Dale Tebeleff
November 2
36th Anniversary
Howard & Ruth Miller
November 3
37th Anniversary
Mark & Sandy Rosenbloom
November 3
48th Anniversary
Kenneth & Jill Yudman
November 3
15th Anniversary
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SHARE YOUR NEWS
AND PICTURES
CONTACT:
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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CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF JCC Member
PHYLLIS BERMAN
on her recent passing
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RABBI SAM NUNBERG
Rabbi Nunberg was our Rabbi at the JCC of LBI for just a short time, but his legacy lives on. He was instrumental in establishing the 18 mile run here on LBI in memory of the 11 Israeli Olympic Athletes murdered in Munich. This the 22nd anniversary of his sudden passing. Thinking of his wife Carole and the Britchkow-Nunberg family at this time.
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SHARE YOUR NEWS
AND PICTURES
CONTACT:
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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2022 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:
To pay on line
Fill in your information and then
go to Donation Details - then
Other and type in 2022 Membership
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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
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