JEWISH COMMUNITY

CENTER OF

LONG BEACH ISLAND

E-LETTER


February 2, 2024

23 Shevet 5784

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THIS FRIDAY...FEBRUARY 1 AT 10:00 AM

AT THE JCC


LEARN SIGNING WITH

ANTHONY DEFRANCO

CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE ABOUT ANTHONY DEFRANCO

IN THIS WEEK'S SANDPAPER


JCC Member Mark Chazin will share his recent experience as a JNF Volunteer in Israel following services.



FEBRUARY SHABBAT DINNER THIS FRIDAY NIGHT


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


A MESSAGE FROM

OUR GUEST RABBI

For this Shabbat Message we have a guest Rabbi.


Shabbat Shalom JCC of LBI!

Rabbi Elmo is just checking in!


How is everyone doing?


Text me at 973-865-9534

Or email me at mjayrab@gmail.com.


Shabbat Shalom - Rabbi Elmo


SPEAKER SERIES



Sunday, February 11 at 11 AM

Rabbi Michael Jay

Topic: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) and Ruling




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

FRIDAY NIGHT'S MENU


Red lentil soup

Salad

Oven baked fried chicken ala Joyce

Salmon

Roasted veggies

Three bean salad

Challah

Desserts

SHABBAT SHALOM


Shabbat Candle

Lighting time

Friday evening

February 2, 2024

4:59 PM


JOIN US FOR DINNER & SERVICES


Friday, February 2, 2024

DINNER

6:30 PM

SERVICES

7:30 PM

IN PERSON AND

ON ZOOM

Here is 

your invitation from 

Rabbi Jay to join

Zoom services

FRIDAY NIGHT


Saturday,

February 3, 2024

9:00 AM

IN PERSON AND

ON ZOOM


Here is

your invitation from 

Rabbi Jay to join

Zoom services

SHABBAT


TORAH READING

Parashat Yitro 

Exodus 18:1-20:23

Here is the Parshah



HAFTORAH

Isaiah 6:1-7:6, 9:5-6 

Here is the Haftorah PART1

Here is the Haftorah Part 2


HAVDALLAH

5:30 PM

ON ZOOM ONLY

Here is

your invitation from 

Rabbi Jay to join

Zoom services

HAVDALLAH

.WEEKDAY

SERVICES

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

THIS WEEK'S ACTIVITIES



SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4

Pickleball

10:00 AM


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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5

"Chosing Hope"

A NEW class with Rabbi Jay

10:00 AM

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6

Let's Talk Movies with Rose

10:00 AM


Pickleball

3:00 PM

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7

Canasta & Mah Jongg

12:30 PM


Rabbi's Class

"The Case for Israel"

7:30 PM following minyan

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8

Pickleball

10:00 AM



Torah Study with the Rabbi

11:00 AM


Intermediate Hebrew with Ira

2:00 PM


PJP Program

"Ideas of God in Jewish Mysticism”

8:30 PM



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FRIDAY FEBRUARY 9

Studying the Prophets

9:00 - 9:20 AM


MONDAY MORNING CLASS ON HOPE
TUESDAY FILM DISCUSSION
CLICK FOR WEDNESDAY EVENING CLASS
CLICK FOR THE THURSDAY MORNING TORAH STUDY
PJP THURSDAY NIGHT PROGRAM
CLICK FOR FRIDAY MORNING CLASS

PICKLEBALL



SUNDAY 10:00 AM

TUESDAY 3:00 PM

THURSDAY 10:00 AM



Reminder: Pickleball for members only!

MAH JONGG & CANASTA


WEDNESDAYS

12:30 PM TO 4:00 PM


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: "Somewhere in Queens" and

"May December"


They both deal with relationships between husbands and wives, parents and children. "Somewhere 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.


SEE TRAILERS BELOW AND LINK FOR PROGRAM

CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE PROGRAM ON FILM

UPCOMING ACTIVITIES

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


Lecture Series

Rabbi Jay

Sunday, February 11

11:00 AM


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


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


CONTACT JILL DENKER AT 973-214-2767 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND TO LET HER KNOW YOU HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THE CLASS.

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



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

Thursday, February 8 @8:30 PM

Dr. Eugene Sheppard, Brandeis University “Ideas of God in Jewish Mysticism”

CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE PROGRAM
SEE ADDITIONAL PROGRAM DETAILS HERE


PJP Travel Programs

2023-2024



IF YOU MISSED LAST WEEKS PROGRAM ON

JEWISH CURACAO CLICK HERE

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Sunday, February 25 @ 1:00 PM “Jewish Portugal” with Gloria Ribeiro


The Jewish heritage of Lisbon started in Roman times (if not before). This visit will allow you to understand the living Jewish community in Lisbon and learn about their history, their traditions and their everyday life. We will see the Sharee Tikva synagogue and refer to the massacre of Passover of 1506, for which a memorial was built by Jews and Catholics to express the reconciliation between religions. We will also walk virtually through Lisbon's historic downtown, where two of the Jewish quarters used to be located. The Alfama, the oldest neighborhood in Lisbon, still preserves the 8th century layout, and here, Jews, Christians and Muslims used to live and work side by side. For centuries after the expulsion, many "Conversos" kept practicing their faith in secrecy, and the most famous example are the Belmonte Jews, who until recently lived as an isolated community. We will also learn about the growing community of Porto, representing about 500 Jews from more than 30 countries. Glória Ribeiro finished her university degree on National Tourist Guiding, and became Portugal's official guide in five languages in 2004. She loves to show her people and their history to all her visitors, especially Portuguese Jewish history. She actually believes she has Jewish background herself.



CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE PROGRAM
SEE FUTURE PROGRAM DETAILS HERE

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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To pay by credit card on the JCC Website

CONGREGATION NEWS


The following names will be read by the Rabbi on Friday evening:


Hershel Rich

Leonard Schey

Jerry Weisberg*

Estelle Gottesman

Tee Gottlieb*

Harold Koyner*

Lewis Levison*

Morris Miller*

Jeanne Goldberg

Alan Klein

Etta McEwan

Ruth Schwartz

Marlene Harelick

Bette Kender*

Louise Newman

Jean Spitzer

Edward N. Barol

Saul Block

Sigmund Donin

Bernard Klein

Benjamin Lachs

Lawrence Rubin

Alyssa Miriam Alhadeff*

William “Billy” Petersohn

Florence Morris Piscetelli

Shirley M. Racusin*

Sam Fine

Joseph Lenkowsky

Esther Litvin

Louise Paul

Louis Rose

Rose Rosenweig

Sheldon Rubin


 

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.

 

CLICK HERE FOR EVENING SERVICE
CLICK HERE FOR MORNING SERVICE
Cake

Paul Levine

February 4

Stephen Scharf

February 4

Stacey Chazin

February 5

Steven Gondelman

February 5

Stephan Lang

February 5

Stephen Pyles

February 5

Michelle Goldman

February 6

Cary Reimer

February 7

Carol Weissman

February 7

Lewis Becker

February 8

Rhonda Lang

February 8

Jay Eisner

February 9

Jerry Goldberg

February 9

Jay Leistner

February 9


Stephen & Phyllis Lishnoff

February 8

60th Anniversary


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!

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 

YOU CAN NOW FILL OUT A GIVING FORM AND PAY ON LINE IN ONE SIMPLE PROCESS.

Go to jccoflbi.org - community - forms

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


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



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.
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

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

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

email: jccoflbi@gmail.com

web site: www.jccoflbi.org  

  

THE OFFICE IS OPEN

MONDAY - FRIDAY

FROM 10 - 2

CLOSED THURSDAY



 Staff:

 Leslie Dinkfelt, Office Manager

  Mary Beth Krieger, Staff Member

 Diane Parzych, Staff Member

Susan Berube, Kitchen Manager



LATEST

BULLETIN:

BULLETIN


PRAYER BOOK:

Prayer Book

 

WEB SITE:

JCC WEB SITE


PAVERS:

PAVER FORM 


TREE OF LIFE

TREE

  

YAHRZEIT PLAQUE FORM:

YAHRZEIT PLAQUES


KOL HAKAVOD DONATION FORM

KOL HAKAVOD


TRIBUTES:

TRIBUTES 



CONTACT INFORMATION:

  Rabbi Michael S. Jay

mjayrab@gmail.com


Phil Rosenzweig, President

prosenzweig@sanddlawyers.com 


 

E-mail Editor: Rose Valentine 

rvalen1963@aol.com 

Graphics by

Irene Babst

Contributing Columnist

Sheila Weisel