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JEWISH COMMUNITY
CENTER OF
LONG BEACH ISLAND
E-LETTER
May 19, 2023
28 Iyar 5783
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YOM YERUSHALYM
28 IYAR 5783
MAY 19, 2023
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Rabbi & Sheri are probably under the Chuppah with their daughter Sammi and her bridegroom Reid as I write this. I am sure everyone wishes them a hearty MAZEL TOV.
Numbers 2:1-2 - "The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying: 'Everyone of the children of Israel shall camp by his own banner, beside the emblems of his father's house; they shall camp some distance from the tabernacle of meeting'."
This week we begin the fourth book of the Torah with Parshah Bamidbar. It describes in detail the Israelites camp formation as they move through the desert. I remember during Sandy you could see the Island and your street and home from above on your computer. If you were to take a look at the camp set up from the same view, you would see this set up.
The Mishkan (Tabernacle) in the center surrounded by Moses, Aaron and his sons and the tribe of Levi, who G-d chose to be the priests, represented by the clan of Gerson, clan of Merari and the clan of Kohath. The remaining Israelites surround them in camps according to their tribes. This is how they marched through the desert.
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Then G-d asked Moses to "Take a census of the whole Israelite company [of fighters] by the clans of its ancestral houses, listing the names, every male, head by head. You and Aaron shall record them by their groups, from the age of twenty years up, all those in Israel who are able to bear arms."
I have carefully added the numbers shown in the document above and the total is 627,150.
And remember this does not include the women and children and those who came out of Egypt that were not Hebrews. That is a lot of folks to cross the Red Sea and then schlep through the desert. No wonder they had to be organized.
Who did the census? G-d gives Moses the names of those who will assist him with the counting, one from each tribe - except two from the sons of Joseph. Gee once again Joseph is the favorite!!! Each tribe is listed with the name of the consensus taker given for all to see for generations. What an honor!
Did you ever wonder what tribe you come from? Kohanim know they are from the tribe of Levi. But what about everyone else? What were the tribes like? Here are the blessings given by Jacob to his sons as he was dying, it might give you a clue.
CLICK HERE FOR THE BLESSINGS
Next Thursday evening begins the holiday of Shavuot - the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. At Mt. Sinai the formation of the camp looked like the one above. And if WE - YOU AND I - were there when the Hebrews left Egypt, where WE were at Mt. Sinai too when we accepted the Torah !!!!!
Join us for services next week for the Festival of Shavuot.
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SHAVUOT
All Services - Zoom and In-person Friday, May 26th – 10 AM & 7:30 PM
Saturday, May 27th 9:00 AM
Yizkor recited at 10:30 AM
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Candle Lighting time
Friday evening
May 19, 2023
pm
(So. Ocean County)
JOIN US FOR
SERVICES
Friday Night
May 19, 2023
7:30 PM
Services
ZOOM ONLY
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LEAD BY
CANTOR SARA GELLER
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to join
Zoom services
FRIDAY NIGHT
Saturday Morning
May 20, 2023
9:00 AM
Services
ZOOM ONLY
LEAD BY
IRA MORGENTHAL
& STU LEHRER
TORAH CHANTED BY AARON LOMBARDI
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to join
Zoom services
SHABBAT MORNING
TORAH READING
Here is the Reading
Bamidbar
Numbers 1:1-4:20
Here is the Parshah
PARSHAH
Bamidbar (“In The Desert”) is the first Torah portion in the Book of Numbers. It describes God's command to take a census and details the camping formation of the Israelites in the desert. It also begins to enumerate the responsibilities of the Levites when transporting the Mishkan (Tabernacle).
HAFTORAH
I Samuel 20:18-42
Here is the Haftorah
HAFTORAH
NO
HAVDALLAH SERVICE
THIS WEEK
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
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A fabulous program was given by Kathy Lacey of the Terappin Nesting Program here on LBI. We learned some facinating facts about tarappins and their struggle to survive. Did you know that the newly hatched baby turtles make a beeping sound when they work their way up to the surface from their nests below? JUST FACINATING!!!!
Thank you Jill Denker for bringing this program to the JCC.
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The monthly WAX luncheon brunch held Friday at LBI Table was well attended, included some new faces and gals returning to the island for the season.
The next luncheon is June 27 at Compassion Café at The Sea Shell in Beach Haven
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WAX BOOK REVIEW
We were so blessed to have the author of this month's Book "A Memoir of Shame and Secrecy" join us for the book discussion last Wednesday afternoon. Thanks to our discussion leader, Jill Ratner, for bringing Letty Cottin Pogrebin to us close up and personal. Her personal story of secrets in her family, started all of us thinking of our own families and the things that were not talked about or hidden. Another excellent program.
Next Book: June 21
My Mother's Secret by Alina Adams
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June 4
WAX Paid Up Brunch
June 9
Shabbat on the Beach (Loveladies)
June 11
WAX Walk the Bridge
June 16
Shabbat Dinner
June 22
WAX Maritime Museum Visit
June 21
WAX Book Discussion
June 23
Shabbat on the Beach (Spray Beach)
June 27
WAX Brunch
June 29
JCC George Markey Concert
June 30
Shabbat on the Bridge (Loveladies)
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PICKLEBALL
SUNDAY & THURSDAY
AT 10:00 AM
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MAH JONGG & CANASTA
WEDNESDAYS
12:30 TO 4:00 PM
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EXCITING NEWS FOR THIS WEEK'S BOOK DISCUSSION | |
THIS WEEK'S ACTIVITIES
SUNDAY, MAY 21
Pickleball
10:00 AM
PJP Walking Tour of Jewish Berlin
12:30 PM
MONDAY, May 22
Foundations for a Thoughtful Judaism: Practice
A Hartman Class with Rabbi Jay
10:00 AM
WEDNESDAY, MAY 24
Canasta & Mah Jongg
12:30 AM - 4:00 PM
following Ma'ariv
7:45 PM
Study with with Rabbi Jay
"Jewish Wisdom"
using the book
by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin
Shavuot cooking with Sarah Aeroste
8:30 PM
THURSDAY, MAY 25
Pickleball
10:00 AM
Torah Study with the Rabbi
11:00 AM
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CONTINUING OUR PARTICIPATION IN
PARTNER IN JEWISH PROGRAMMING (PJP)
Sunday, May 21 @ 12:30 PM
“A Live Walking Tour of Jewish Berlin” with Yoav and Natalie Sapir
We will follow the traces of Berlin's Jewish community from its beginnings in the 17th century and up to our days. Having been in continuous existence for 351 years, it witnessed many of the dramatic changes that shaped the Jewish world as we know it - Reform Judaism, the Holocaust, emigration and immigration.
Yoav Sapir is 42 years old, was born in Israel and studied German-Jewish history in Jerusalem, Vienna and Berlin. He's an active member in one of Berlin's synagogue communities and has been guiding since 2009.
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Meeting ID: 824 0884 8982
Passcode: 509445
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JCC WOMEN’S AUXILIARY: BOOK GROUP DISCUSSION
WEDNESDAYS AT 4:00 PM
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NEXT BOOK REVIEW MEETING
Wednesday, June 21st
My Mother’s Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region
By Alina Adams
Discussion Leader: Elsa Dreyfus
As her revolutionary neighbor mysteriously disappears during Josef Stalin's Great Terror purges, 18-year-old Regina suspects that she's the Kremlin's next target. Under cover of the night, she flees from her parents' communal apartment in 1930s Moscow to the 20th century's first Jewish Autonomous Region, Birobidzhan, on the border between Russia and China. Once there, Regina has to grapple with her preconceived notions of socialism and Judaism.
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FUTURE BOOKS
Wednesday, July 19th
Signal Fires
By Dani Shapiro
Wednesday, August 16th
Rebel Daughter
By Lori Banov Kaufmann
A Zoom link will be sent shortly before the event.
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The following names will be read by the Rabbi on Friday evening:
Leona Adelman
Louis Gilman
Lilian Herman
Betty Lander
Esther Epstein*
Gussie Meyerson*
Lance Brusilow
Blanche Lambert*
Sophia Dobrow
Ruth Friedman*
Adele Graboyes
Wilman Lang*
Sheldon Lipsitz
Michael Weinman
Philip Applebaum
Shirley Guttman Frankfurt*
Abraham Fruchtman*
Leah Jacobs*
Harry J. Luterman
Hyman Rubin*
Bob Shrank
Mini Starr*
Leo Wasserman
Fay Baker*
Libby Gurian*
Abe Bernstein
Ruth Brill*
Irving Fingerman
Esther Myers
Shirley Rosner*
George Sesso
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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We are sad to share the news
of the passing of former
JCC member.
JOY KERN
Joy was an active member,
along with her husband Roy z"l,
in our synagogue.
She died on her 90th birthday in Chicago. May her memory be a blessing.
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Benjamin Margulies
May 20
Allen Demby
May 21
Kim Hirsh
May 21
Anne Karp
May 21
David Nelson
May 21
Carol Barsh
May 22
Lawrence Garb
May 22
Michael Miller
May 22
Deede Schneider Rothenberg
May 23
Toby Slomovitz
May 23
Ian Zimmerman
May 23
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James Donovan & Judy Nelson
May 24
36th Anniversary
Martin & Ellen Weinberg
May 24
42nd Anniversary
Roger & Rima Rosenstein
May 25
48th Anniversary
Charles & Barbara Hirsh
May 26
67th Anniversary
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Mazel Tov to
PHYLLIS & SAM SISENWINE
on the birth of their first
great grandchild
Sadie Alma
to Rabbi Tyler and Emily Sellman Dratch
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Jake Garb
son of Stacey & Larry Garb
Bachelor's Degree
from
Sacred Heart University
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Dr. David Millner
son of Jennifer & John Millner
Graduate of Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
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Rachel Denker
daughter of Jill & Cliff Denker
Master's Degree in
Instructional Technology
Stockton University
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Aaron Lombardi
son of Patty & Jon Lombardi
Degree in Engineering
Rutgers University
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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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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:
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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2023 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:
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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
Donald Pripstein
Terri Robinovitz
David Shatz
Rob Van Naarden
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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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
MONDAY - FRIDAY
CLOSED THURSDAY
FROM 10 - 2
Staff:
Leslie Dinkfelt, Office Manager
Mary Beth Krieger, Staff Member
Diane Parzych, Staff Member
Susan Berube, Kitchen Manager
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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
Phil Rosenzweig, President
E-mail Editor: Rose Valentine
Graphics by
Irene Babst
Contributing Columnist
Sheila Weisel
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