FOR THE BEST VIEWING OF THE SHABBAT REMINDER,

CLICK HERE

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

THIS WEEK'S ACTIVITIES

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4

Pickleball

10:00 AM

******

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5

"Chosing Hope"

A NEW class with Rabbi Jay

10:00 AM

********

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6

Let's Talk Movies with Rose

10:00 AM

Pickleball

3:00 PM

******

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7

Canasta & Mah Jongg

12:30 PM

Rabbi's Class

"The Case for Israel"

7:30 PM following minyan

**********

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

***********

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 9

Studying the Prophets

9:00 - 9:20 AM

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

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.

PJP Series "What Jews Think”

2023-2024

Thursday, February 8 @8:30 PM

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

PJP Travel Programs

2023-2024

IF YOU MISSED LAST WEEKS PROGRAM ON

JEWISH CURACAO CLICK HERE

Passcode: xGa^9vW2

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.

Join us for our 2nd 3-Part Series on Jewish Hollywood

Those Were the Days - Feb 22, 2024 - 8:30 PM 

CONGREGATION NEWS

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