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JEWISH COMMUNITY
CENTER OF
LONG BEACH ISLAND
E-LETTER
March 15, 2024
5 Adar II 5784
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FOR THE BEST VIEWING OF THE SHABBAT REMINDER,
CLICK HERE
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A MESSAGE FROM
OUR RABBI
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ALL FOR HOME AND HOME FOR ALL
The very last line of the Book of Exodus provides much information about God’s intended relationship with the Israelites and the Jewish world. Therein it says:
(T)he cloud of God would be on the Mishkan (Holy Tabernacle) by day, and fire would be on it at night, before the eyes of ALL of the House of Israel in ALL their journeys.
By telling us that God is present day and night we are, in effect, learning that God is always available. However, God’s presence is not limited to any one Israelite or group of Israelites. God is present to ALL of the House of Israel and at ALL times.
This simple sentence provides a foundational concept for what our JCC is and should be. Synagogues are the modern day version of the Mishkan. While we don’t (as a general rule) see God in the form of a cloud or fire, we do have a sanctuary with an Eternal Light. We may not have the Ark of the Pact carrying the Ten Commandments, but we do have an Ark that holds our Torah scrolls. We may not have Priestly garments, but we do have Tallitot.
When the JCC building was dedicated, it was not dedicated for the use or benefit of a select group of people. The intention was to create a destination where anyone connected to the larger Jewish community could come to pray, or to learn, or to be Jewishly rejuvenated, or to be culturally stimulated.
In addition, today, some folks come to be in the kitchen while cooking, and others come to be in the kitchen while playing pickleball.
The JCC, like the Ocean to which it is so near, has a strong gravitational pull. Like the Lighthouse in Barnegat which guides ships away from the shore, the JCC should be a beacon to all Jews everywhere that brings them safely in from wherever they are. This goal has never been more important than it is today.
As a community, we have an obligation to our biblical ancestors, to our more recent founders, and to God, to make sure that in all we do, we ensure that our “tabernacle” can be seen, and used, by “ALL the House of Israel and at ALL times”.
God seeks relationship with us and desires that we be in (good) relationship with each other. Presence, vision, kindness, and resolve to do what is correct, should always be our intent and in our actions.
A home. A heart. A sanctuary. A place for us. A place for God.
Chazak! Chazak! Venischazeik! (Be Strong! Be Strong! And may we be strengthened)
Shabbat Shalom – Rabbi Michael S. Jay
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Shabbat Candle
Lighting time
Friday evening
March 15, 2024
6:46 PM
JOIN US FOR SERVICES
Friday, March 15, 2024
6:30 PM
ON ZOOM ONLY
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Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to join
Zoom services
FRIDAY NIGHT
Saturday,
March 16, 2024
9:00 AM
IN PERSON
& ZOOM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to join
Zoom services
SHABBAT
TORAH READING
Parashat Pekudei
Exodus 38:21-40:38
Pekudei (“Accountings Of”) is the final Torah reading in the Book of Exodus. It describes the making of priestly garments worn in the Mishkan (Tabernacle) and the completion of its construction. At God’s command, Moses erects the Mishkan and puts its vessels in place, and God's presence fills the Mishkan.
Here is Parshah
HAFTORAH
I Kings 7:51-8:21
This week's haftorah describes the dedication of Solomon's Temple, following the theme of this week's Torah reading: the dedication of the desert Tabernacle.
Here is the Haftorah
HAVDALLAH
6:30 PM
ON ZOOM ONLY
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to join
Zoom services
HAVDALLAH
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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 Rabbi Jay to
join Zoom services:
SHACHARIT
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If you missed any of the three interesting programs last week never fear...
Here are the recordings for you to view at your convenience.
Dr Jerry Faich “Surviving Your Next Prescription”
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Mark Lipman "History of LBI"
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THIS WEEK'S ACTIVITIES
SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 2024
Pickleball
10:00 AM
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MONDAY, MARCH 18, 2024
"Chosing Hope"
Class with Rabbi Jay
10:00 AM
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TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2024
Pickleball
3:00 PM
NEW Beginning Hebrew
Contact Ira Morgenthal for details
inaira213@gmail.com
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2024
Canasta & Mah Jongg
12:30 PM
WAX Book Review
4:00 PM
Rabbi's Class
"The Case for Israel"
7:30 PM following minyan
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THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2024
Pickleball
10:00 AM
Torah Study with the Rabbi
11:00 AM
Intermediate Hebrew with Ira
2:00 PM
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FRIDAY MARCH 22, 2024
Studying the Prophets with Rabbi Jay
9:00 - 9:20 AM
Stop the Bleed
by Jewish Federation of Ocean County
11:00 AM -1:00 PM In Person
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PICKLEBALL
SUNDAY 10:00 AM
TUESDAY 3:00 PM
THURSDAY 10:00 AM
Reminder: Pickleball for members only!
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MAH JONGG & CANASTA
WEDNESDAYS
12:30 PM TO 4:00 PM
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Learn Signing
Friday, March 15, April 5 and 19
10:00 AM
WAX Book Review
The Color of Water
by James McBride
Wednesday, March 20,2024
4:00 PM
Stop the Bleed
by Jewish Federation of Ocean County
Friday, March 22, 2024
11:00 AM -1:00 PM In Person
Magillah Reading
Saturday, March 23, 2024
7:00 PM
Rabbi Jay “The International Court (ICJ) and Current Ruling”
Sunday, March 24, 2024
1:00 - 3:00 PM
In Person & Zoom
WAX Brunch
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
11:00 AM -1:00 PM
Wally’s
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LEARN SIGNING WITH
ANTHONY DEFRANCO
at the JCC
FRIDAYS
10:00 AM - 11:AM
March 15 & April 5 and 19, 2024
Another program brought to you by the JCC Women's Auxiliary
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JCC WOMEN’S AUXILIARY: BOOK GROUP DISCUSSION
WEDNESDAYS AT 4:00 PM
NEXT BOOK REVIEW MEETING
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WEDNESDAY, March 20, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Discussion Leader: Sondi Pripstein
The Color of Water By: James McBride
In The Color of Water, McBride retraces his mother's footsteps and, through her searing and spirited voice, recreates her remarkable story. The daughter of a failed itinerant Orthodox rabbi, she was born Rachel Shilsky (actually Ruchel Dwara Zylska) in Poland on April 1, 1921. Fleeing pogroms, her family emigrated to America and ultimately settled in Suffolk, Virginia, a small town where anti-Semitism and racial tensions ran high. With candor and immediacy, Ruth describes her parents' loveless marriage; her fragile, handicapped mother; her cruel, sexually-abusive father; and the rest of the family and life she abandoned. At seventeen, after fleeing Virginia and settling in New York City, Ruth married a black minister and founded the all- black New Brown Memorial Baptist Church in her Red Hook living room. "God is the color of water," Ruth McBride taught her children, firmly convinced that life's blessings and life's values transcend race. Twice widowed, and continually confronting overwhelming adversity and racism, Ruth's determination, drive and discipline saw her dozen children through college—and most through graduate school. At age 65, she herself received a degree in social work from Temple University.
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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
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Thursday, April 11 @8:30 PM Dr. Andrea Dara Cooper, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
“Jewish Philosophy and Feminism”
In this talk, we’ll consider how scholars and theologians have attempted to find a feminist space within the Jewish interpretive tradition. How can contemporary approaches to gender analysis allow us to understand the use of gendered terms in Judaism, and in what ways can Judaism be both challenged and revitalized by these approaches? Andrea Dara Cooper is Associate Professor and Leonard and Tobee Kaplan Scholar in Modern Jewish Thought and Culture in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she teaches a range of courses on religion and culture, the history of Judaism, gender, and philosophy. She is the author of Gendering Modern Jewish Thought (Indiana University Press, 2021).
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The following names will be read by the Rabbi on Friday evening:
Robert Rothschild
Lawrence Zegas
Isador London
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*
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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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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Hana Cofsky
March 16
Joanne Glass
March 16
Janet Greene
March 17
Eric L. Jay
March 17
Ronnie Konner
March 17
Steven Silverman
March 17
Jonathan Drill
March 18
Richard Davis
March 19
Stewart Fisher
March 20
Mark Rosenthal
March 20
Renee Ward
March 20
Daniel Litovsky
March 21
Linda Chakrin
March 22
Philip Stern
March 22
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Irving & Helen Gross
March 17
64th Anniversary
Bernard & Beverly Rosenberg
March 18
57th Anniversary
Brian & Sara Jane Harris
March 19
29th Anniversary
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SHARE YOUR NEWS
AND PICTURES
CONTACT:
rvalen1963@aol.com
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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:
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
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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
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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
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
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