Jewish Community Center of Long Beach Island E-Letter
April 1, 2022
29 Adar II 5782
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DON'T MISS THIS THURSDAY'S BOOK INTERVIEW
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
The setting of the book is Otisville, the only correctional facility in the United States that is populated primarily by Jewish prisoners.
The prisoners enjoy Jewish cooking, prayer services and serious Torah study. The reader gets to enjoy, kibbutzing, schmoozing, kvetching, Jewish wisdom, poetry, and a conflict involving some very unsavory characters.
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This Passover may be the first time in two years that you will physically be together with your extended family and friends for the Seders. As I said in last week’s message, Passover is partially about creating memories. Remember, don’t wait until the first seder to think about how you can make the holiday special and memorable. Our dear friend Susan Werk, has compiled a list of things to do before and during the Seder:
Begin Jewish Memories before the Seder. All of these activities can be done with your children or your grandchildren:
- Take a trip to the supermarket to shop and to tour the Pesach aisles.
- Buy a Pesach item and bake/cook together.
- Clean rooms together.
- Help prepare Charoset, Matzah Balls and other favorite family recipes.
- Bring out the Family Album, Photos and Stories. This is the time to pass on family memories.
- Make place cards.
- Help polish silver. Tell the story behind a family heirloom.
- Practice the 4 Questions together.
- Create “coasters” for the 10 plagues.
- Make an Afikoman bag out of a pillowcase.
- Read books, show videos, play tapes…
- Here is a YouTube of the Maccabeats singing Dayeinu:
- Put a Passover playlist on Spotify or Pandora
- Go to a car wash and clean the car together.
- Do Bedikat Hametz (Search for the Hametz) with a flashlight and explain the meaning.
- Buy a new toothbrush.
- Give out homework for your Seder guests: bring an item you would take out of Egypt to explain at Seder, create a family symbol, bring baby pictures to share, present a family mitzvah project, create a creative Dayeinu book.
- Prepare a skit, commercial, about Passover.
At the Seder: a collection of favorite suggestions:
- Kadesh – A welcome toast
- Urhatz – What would you wash away from this past year?
- Karpas – hors d’oeuvres
- Yahatz – brokenness, hiding and then seeking
- Ha Lakhma An-ya – Bread of Persecution – Family Mitzvah Project
- Ma Nishtana – Family Trivia
- Magid – move to another room, unpack a backpack of objects that you would have taken out of Egypt, tell the Passover story, Discuss Miriam’s cup.
- Play Jewish Jeopardy
- Four Children – What famous characters would represent the four children - Harry Potter, Star Wars, Avengers, Disney, etc.
- Freedom Quotes
- Modern Day Plagues
- Symbols: Family Symbol, beet for vegetarians, orange for inclusion and possibility, olives/dates for sovereign state of Israel, fair-trade chocolate, brick for Civil War story, blue and gold for Ukraine
- B’Chol Dor V’dor – Give a Family History
- Halleluya Moments
After Dinner:
Elijah the Prophet – opening door for possibility, hope, and promise.
It is customary to sell your still-existing Hametz before the Passover holiday begins. Here is a form to authorize me to sell your Hametz: SALE OF HAMETZ
Fill it out the form and send it to me via mail or email.
If you have any questions, comments, or need suggestions reach out to me. Remember to have a wonderful time preparing and observing this year’s Passover holiday.
Shabbat Shalom – Rabbi Michael S. Jay
PASSOVER
APRIL 15 - 23
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Candle Lighting time
Friday Evening,
April 1, 2022
7:02 PM
So. Ocean County
JOIN US FOR
SERVICES
&
SHABBAT DINNER
Friday Evening
April 1, 2022
6:00 PM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to join
Zoom services
&
SHABBAT DINNER
Saturday Morning
April 2, 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 Tazria
Leviticus 12:1-13:59
Here is the Reading
Haftorah
Ezekiel 45:16-46:18
Here is the Haftorah
Saturday Evening
7:00 PM
Torah Study
8:00 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
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to
join Zoom services:
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FRIDAY Night Shabbat Dinner (ZOOM)
April 1, 2022
Services at 6:00 PM
and dinner following. We will Schmooze, sing, pray, Schmooze, learn, eat, and Schmooze some more! Dinner following candle lighting and kaddish in your own private chat room with friends or new friends.
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Please join the WAX of the JCC of LBI as Joanne Babbitt teaches us how
to bake her unforgettable Mandelbrot/Kamish Bread.
Joanne baked these for us prior to Covid and people raved about them. So with the holiday approaching, please gather the ingredients below and join us on Sunday, April 3rd at 1:00 PM as Joanne teaches us how to bake her unforgettable Kamish Bread
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THIS WEEK'S ACTIVITIES
SUNDAY 4/3
1:00 PM
Making Mandel with Joanne
MONDAY 4/4
10:00 AM
Hartman Institute Seminar
"Foundations for a Thoughtful Judaism"
with Rabbi Jay
WEDNESDAY 4/6 B
following Ma'ariv
7:45 PM
Studying the weekly portions
with Rabbi Jay based on the book
"Judaism’s Life-Changing Ideas"
by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
THURSDAY 4/7
11:00 AM Torah Study with the Rabbi
2:00 PM Beginning Hebrew with Ira
HERE ARE THE LINKS :
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JCC WOMENS AUXILIARY: BOOK GROUP DISCUSSION
WEDNESDAYS AT 4:00 PM
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Thank you for all those who participated in this week's Book Review of The Forest of Vanishing Stars and especially those who shared their own stories.
Future books
Wednesday, May 11th at 4:00 pm
"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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UPCOMING ZOOM PROGRAMS
with PARTNERS IN JEWISH PROGRAMMING
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CLICK ON EACH EVENT FOR
DETAILED FLYER
Links will be sent out prior to each program
and are free to members of the JCC of LBI
Non-members $18.00
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CHAVERAH VISIT TO THE GROUNDS FOR SCULPTURE
HAMILTON, NJ
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Chavurah
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
William Berger*
Hannah S. Cohen
Bernice Franks
T. Daniel Lang*
Jacob Liebenberg
Isidore Opatosky
Joseph Schlanger*
Marvin Henry Weinberger*
Ethel Zwillman
Ann Celnik
Chaya Cohen
Samuel Kreiger
Leslie Siegel
Sam Singer
Michael Beck*
Louis Cohen
Irving List*
Lillian Barham
Charles Miller
Fannie Shapiro
Ruth Weisberger
Lawrence Alpert*
Charlotte Chazin*
Minnie Einhorn*
Martin Hartman
Fred Pollack
Jeanette Rosen
Dora Weinstein
Isadore Abend
Mary Halpern
Herbert Iris
Irving Maginsky
Leon Shechtman
Benjamin Epstein*
Shirley Feather*
Rita Haas
Lena Hirschman
Irving Klein
Bertha Stern Landau
Jennie Silverman*
Saul Silverman*
*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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Lewis Chakrin
April 2
David Denenberg
April 2
Mark I. Peroff
April 2
Steven Goldsmith
April 3
Linda Sclarow
April 3
Hugh Chairnoff
April 4
Maxine Paris
April 4
Clifford Denker
April 6
Carl Tepper
April 6
Robert Farin
April 7
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Philip & Shari Garfinkel
April 2
16th Anniversary
Oded Cohen & Joann Ramer
April 6
14th Anniversary
George & Susan Karp
April 7
43rd Anniversary
Scott & Dana Ranani
April 8
22nd Anniversary
Cary & Lynn Reimer
April 8
50th Anniversary
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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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