Jewish Community Center of Long Beach Island E-Letter
March 11, 2022
8 Adar II 5782
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PURIM IS BACK IN THE HOUSE
It has been two years since we celebrated PURIM at the JCC
and we are so excited to
invite everyone to
JOIN US FOR THE
READING OF THE MEGILLAH
IN PERSON
AT THE JCC of LBI
on
Wednesday. March 16th
at 7:00 PM
(5:30 PM on Zoom for families)
Let's have fun!!
Wear a Costume!!
Megillah Readers:
Aaron Lombardi
Eve Lehrer
Stu Lehrer
Also available on Zoom
In person attendees must be fully vaccinated and wear masks
PURIM SERVICES
Thursday morning at 9:00 AM
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This week’s Torah Portion begins: “He (God) Called to Moses…”. (Vayikra 1:1). Rabbi Jonathan Sacks tells us that, because of the sentence structure, the “call” was not vocal but, rather, it was Moses coming to a full understanding of his “calling”, or mission (as given by God).
In the Megillah, Esther becomes the Queen and is faced with the task of saving the Jewish people. Mordechai convinces her that this task is her “calling” when he says: “Who knows if it was not for just this moment that you achieved your position?” (Esther 4:14)
This year we will be celebrating Purim, indoors for the first time in two years, on Wednesday, March 16. This return, while it will bring us joy, will also be done with the tragic backdrop of a war in Europe in which innocent lives are being lost, a refugee crisis is being created, and the Jewish and non-Jewish Ukrainian communities are being destroyed.
On Purim, it is a mitzvah to perform the commandment of matanot l’evyonim (giving gifts to the poor). In light of the humanitarian crisis I urge you to perform this mitzvah by giving to Ukrainian relief. There are numerous worthy organizations who are working to bring relief and you should give to any organization with which you feel comfortable. Here is a non-exhaustive list of charities that you might consider: Jewish
The Torah reminds no less than 36 times to be kind to the stranger because we were once strangers in a strange land. The Torah also tells us not to stand idly by the blood of another (Leviticus 19:16) and that we should not remain indifferent (Deuteronomy 22:3) . We simply cannot ignore those who are in peril today. Others are bleeding and we cannot look the other way. Our tradition, our ancestors, our descendants, and God demand that we offer help.
If we have the ability we should. Vayikra, “God called”.
There is little doubt that God is giving us our calling at this very moment. We need to ask ourselves the same question that Mordecai posed to Esther. “Who knows if it was not for just this moment that you achieved your position?”
Shabbat Shalom
Rabbi Michael S. Jay
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Join us on Zoom on Sunday morning, March 13 at 10:30 AM when Rabbi Jay will conduct our baking class on making Hamantaschen.
We were able to do this in the JCC kitchen 2 years ago and last year by zoom and we had a blast, so we will continue this tradition through zoom this year and hopefully next year be able to do this together at our JCC once again. But for now, invite your children and grandchildren, send them the link and the recipes so we can all bake together.
Hamentashen Dough Recipe
Ingredients
• 2 large eggs
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup canola oil
• 1 tsp orange zest
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1-5 tsp water (if needed)
• Nonstick cooking oil spray
You will also need:
2 baking sheets, 2 mixing bowls, sifter wooden spoon, rolling pin,
3-inch cookie cutter or drinking glass with 3-inch diameter rim, pastry scraper
Fillings: Nutella Pie Fillings – cherry, apple, blueberry, or use your imagine Chocolate chips, nuts, prune, apricots
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Candle Lighting time
Friday Evening,
March 11, 2022
5:41PM
So. Ocean County
JOIN US FOR
SERVICES
SHABBAT ZACHOR
is the Shabbat immediately preceding Purim. Deuteronomy 25:17-19, describing the attack by Amalek, is recounted. There is a tradition from the Talmud that Haman, the antagonist of the Purim story, was descended from Amalek. The portion that is read includes a commandment to remember the attack by Amalek, and therefore at this public reading both men and women make a special effort to hear the reading.
Friday Evening
March 11, 2022
6:00 PM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to join
Zoom services
Saturday Morning
March 12, 2022
Services
9:00 AM
ZOOM
AND
IN PERSON
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to join
Zoom services
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Torah Reading:
Parashat Vayikra
Leviticus 1:1-5:26;
Deuteronomy 25:17-19
Here is the Reading
Haftorah
Samuel 15:2-34 ·
Here is the Haftorah
Stu Lehrer will be chanting the Haftorah and delivering a
D'var Torah
in celebration of the 55th anniversary of his bar mitzvah
Saturday Evening
5:30 PM
Torah Study
6:30 PM
Havdallah
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to
join Zoom services
Sunday - Thursday
Ma'ariv Service
7:30 PM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to
join Zoom services:
Monday- Friday
Shacharit Service
8:15 AM
Sunday at 9:00 AM
3/17 PURIM SERVICE
AT 9:00 AM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to
join Zoom services:
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UKRAINE UPDATE
There are 200,000 Jews living in Ukraine today – over 40,000 are elderly and living on limited means. Many more are at risk today. Our partners are working around the clock to ensure uninterrupted humanitarian aid including food, medicine, winter relief, and emergency assistance for the most vulnerable. Your contribution will go to work right away helping those affected by this crisis.
Thank you for letting them know they are not alone and making a difference!
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"Kol Nashim": A Woman’s Look at Torah and Tefillah
An Exciting WAX Series
Led by dynamic Jewish educators, together we will study Torah and Tefillah from a woman’s point of view. Our faculty includes: Cantor Sara Geller, Dr. Deborah Miller, Dana Newborn, Sheri Jay and Marlene Herman
YASHER KOACH
TO
CANTOR SARA GELLER
for her delightful interpretation
last week of
of the Book of Esther
OUR NEXT PROGRAM
FRIDAY APRIL 1st at 10:00 AM on ZOOM
Celebrating Rosh Chodesh with Music, Crafts and Blessings
with Marlene Herman
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THIS WEEK'S ACTIVITIES
SUNDAY 3/13
10:30 AM
Making Hamantaschen with Rabbi Jay
MONDAY 3/14
10:00 AM
Hartman Institute Seminar
"Foundations for a Thoughtful Judaism"
with Rabbi Jay
WEDNESDAY 3/16
NO RABBI SACKS CLASS
THURSDAY 3/17
NO TORAH STUDY
2:00 PM Beginning Hebrew with Ira
HERE ARE THE LINKS :
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Sunday 3/13
MAKE HAMANTASCHEN
with Rabbi Jay
10:30 AM
Thursday, 3/24
BOOK DISCUSSION
"Never Alone" by Natan Sharansky
led by Ted Leventhal
7:45 PM
Wednesday 3/30
WAX BOOK REVIEW
4:00 PM
Thursday, 3/31
INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR
Jonathan Stone
"Prison Minyan"
7:45 PM
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Friday, 4/1
KOL NASHIM
Celebratig Rosh Chodesh
with
Marlene Herman
10:00 AM
Friday 4/1
SHABBAT DINNER
6:00 PM
Sunday 4/3
MAKE MANDEL BREAD
with Joanne Babbitt
10:30 AM
Saturday 4/16
COMMUNITY SEDER
6:00 PM
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JCC WOMENS AUXILIARY: BOOK GROUP DISCUSSION
WEDNESDAYS AT 4:00 PM
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MARCH BOOK SELECTION
Wednesday, March 30th at 4:00 pm NOTE NEW DATE
Discussion Leader: Rose Valentine
"The Forest of Vanishing Stars" by Kristin Harmel
An evocative coming-of-age World War II story about a young woman who uses her knowledge of the wilderness to help Jewish refugees escape the Nazis—until a secret from her past threatens everything.
Future books
Wednesday, May 11th at 4:00 pm NOTE NEW DATE
Discussion Leader: Nora Hochman
"Hotel Moscow" by Talia Carner
Wednesday, June 15 at 4:00 PM
Cilka's Journey by Heather Morris
Discussion Leader TBA
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"Never Alone"'Prison, Politics, and My People
A Book by Gil Troy and Natan Sharansky
Thursday, March 24, 2022
7:45 PM
Discussion led by
Ted Leventhal
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'Susan & Friends 2022: The Men Speak Out”
Thursday, March 31, 2022
7:45 PM
Author: Jonathan Stone
Title: The Prison Minyan
Discussion led by
Rabbi Michael Jay
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UPCOMING ZOOM PROGRAMS
with PARTNERS IN JEWISH PROGRAMMING
The Jewish Community of South Africa
Sunday, March 20 at 1:00 PM
A Virtual Walking Tour of Jewish Venice
Sunday, April 3 at 12 PM
A Conversation with Lisa Scottoline
Monday, April 18 at 8:30 PM
A Virtual Tour of Jewish Prague
Sunday, April 24 at 12:30 PM
A Virtual Jewish Tour of Jewish India
Thursday , June 2 at 8:30 PM
American Judaism, Past Present and Future
Part II Thursday, March 31 at 8:30 PM
Part III Sunday, May 2 at 1:00 PM
Links will be sent out prior to each program
and are free to members of the JCC of LBI
Many thanks to the JCC programming committee for
bringing such wonderful
programs to our community
David Shatz
Jill Denker
Paul Levine
Diane Hoffman
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CHAVERAH VISIT TO THE
GROUNDS FOR SCULPTURE
HAMILTON, NJ
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Chaverah
Date: Sunday, May 15, 2022
Rain Date: Sunday May 22, 2022
Mode of transportation: Car pool
Ticket Prices: $15.00 Senior rate
$18.00 Group rate
$10.00 Students
Tickets will be ordered 2 weeks prior to the event
Arrival time: 11:00 AM
Lunch: Rat’s Café 1:00 PM - Order from menu
This is the tentative plan, thought this would be a wonderful opportunity to be outside and enjoy the weather with our friends who we have all missed so much over the past 2 years.
So, who’s on board, again, this plan is tentative but we need to begin.
Questions: Irene Babst 856 904-5145 or JCCofLBIChaverah@gmail.com
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Also in stock - Mezuzah Scrolls |
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The following names will be read by the Rabbi on Friday evening
Gerson Brasch*
Morris Uniglicht
Sheldon Kanis
Barney Linderman
Bertha Bitton
Gertrude Fitts
Vivian Fitts*
Rose L. Babbitt
Phyllis Fisch
Harry Kolsby*
Ruth Lustgarten
Stella Reif
Anna Robin*
Bessie Swaff*
Jacob Axilbund
Adele Linderman
David Friedenberg
*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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Remembering Vivian Fitts
Sisterhood President
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Lauren Scharf Snyder
March 12
Alan Traster
March 12
Ellie Einhorn
March 13
Bernard Hershenberg
March 13
Vera Hershenberg
March 13
Linda Marr
March 13
Howard Miller
March 13
Bernard Rosenberg
March 13
Aaron Shapiro
March 13
Karen Buchalter
March 14
Arlene Frumkin
March 14
Louis Beckerman
March 15
Renie Carniol
March 15
Lexa Merson-Koel
March 15
Hana Cofsky
March 16
Joanne Glass
March 16
Ted Einhorn
March 17
Janet Greene
March 17
Eric L. Jay
March 17
Ronnie Konner
March 17
Steven Silverman
March 17
Jonathan Drill
March 18
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Howard & Deede Rothenberg
March 12
39th Anniversary
Fred & Karen Schwing
March 13
29th Anniversary
Irving & Helen Gross
March 17
62nd Anniversary
Bernard & Beverly Rosenberg
March 18
55th Anniversary
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Sheila & Harris Weisel's 14 year old grandson, Eric, will be performing at Carnegie Hall this month. Mazel Tov.
SHARE YOUR NEWS
AND PICTURES
CONTACT:
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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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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 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
TUESDAY AND THURSDAY
FROM 10 - 2
CONTINUE TO USE THE PHONE OR EMAIL WITH REQUESTS.
OUR OFFICE STAFF WILL BE CHECKING IN REGULARLY.
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Staff:
Leslie Dinkfelt, Office Manager
Mary Beth Krieger, Staff Member
Kitchen Manager: Susan Berube
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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
Michael Babst, President
E-mail Editor: Rose Valentine
Graphics by
Irene Babst
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