Jewish Community Center of Long Beach Island E-Letter
May 27, 2022
26 Iyar 5782
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LOOKIN' GOOD!!!!
OUR NEW ELECTRONIC SIGN HAS ARRIVED
Thank you to Barbara Lehman for sponsoring the sign which will be dedicated when she is back on LBI with her family and to Rob Van Naarden for making it all happen.
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Sunday we will be celebrating a very important Jewish holiday – no – it’s not Shavuot as that will be in another week.
This holiday falls out on the 28th day of Iyar (Sunday, May 29th this year) and it marks the day on which Jerusalem was reunited as a city during the Six Day war in 1967. We call the holiday Yom Yerushalyim (Jerusalem Day)
Jerusalem became the capital city of the Jewish people in the time of King David who conquered it and made it the seat of his monarchy in approximately 1000 B.C.E. It was conquered twice in antiquity, the second time by the Romans in 70 C.E. The destruction of Jerusalem was a watershed event in Jewish history that began thousands of years of mourning for Jerusalem.
When the Christians took control of Jerusalem, the Church of The Holy Sepulcher was built on the spot where a piece of Jesus’ staff had been found. Where the Temple had once stood, they turned into a garbage heap. They did this to show Christianity’s ascendance over Judaism. When the Muslims conquered Jerusalem they cleared the Temple Mount of the refuse and built the Dome of the Rock. This was also to show domination over Judaism.
During the two millennia of exile, Jerusalem remained the Jews’ spiritual capital. To this day, Jewish people face in the direction of Jerusalem for prayer and Jewish services are filled with references to Jerusalem.
In 1948 the Old City had Jewish, Arab and Christian inhabitants. After the War for Independence the Jewish presence is forced out and the Old City fell into the hands of the Jordanians. They destroyed every synagogue that was in the Jewish Quarter and desecrated the Jewish cemeteries. They sought to wipe out the Jewish present and the Jewish past.
Unlike these other conquerors, when Israel unified Jerusalem they did not deny the presence of the previous inhabitants. No Moslem or Christian sites were demolished. Indeed, ever since 1967, Israel has set out to preserve the presence of Christianity and Islam in the city, never denying their history there. At the same time, Israel has, through excavation and careful study demonstrated that, in the last several thousand years, the only permanent presence has been that of the Jewish people.
Today, according to MyJewishlearning: “Yom Yerushalyim is gradually becoming a “pilgrimage” day, when thousands of Israelis travel (some hike) to Jerusalem to demonstrate solidarity with the city.”
The highlight of any trip to Israel is the trip to Jerusalem and the Western Wall. This Sunday take a few moments to consider how lucky we are to live in a time that the Jewish people have a homeland and that its eternal capital is Jerusalem.
Shabbat shalom – Rabbi Michael S. Jay
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Candle Lighting time
Friday evening
May 27, 2022
7:56 PM
(So. Ocean County)
JOIN US FOR
SERVICES
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Friday Evening
May 27, 2022
6:00 PM
IN PERSON
AND
ON ZOOM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to join
Zoom services
Saturday Morning
May 28, 2022
Shabbat
Service
9:00 AM
IN PERSON
AND
ON ZOOM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to join
Zoom services
Torah Reading:
Parashat Bechukotai
Leviticus 26:3-27:34
Here is the Reading
Bechukotai (“In My Laws”) is the final Torah portion in the Book of Leviticus. It begins describing blessings that follow obedience to God's laws and curses that come with desecration of them. It ends with laws of vows and consecration of people and property.
Haftorah
Jeremiah 16:19-17:14
Here is the Haftorah
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Torah Study
8:00 PM
Havdallah
9:00 PM
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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SHAVUOT SERVICES
Saturday, June 4th 9:00 PM
Zoom Shavuot Services
and then A Night of Study
(Tikkun L’el Shavuot)
Sunday and Monday,
June 5th and 6th 10:00 AM
(Zoom and In-person)
June 6th Yizkor recited at 11:30 AM
A Shavuot recipe from the kitchen of Stu and Eve Lehrer.....
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THIS WEEK'S ACTIVITIES
TUESDAY 5/31
Kol Nashim with Dana Newborn
10:00 AM
WAX Program
with the Beach Haven Fire Department
8:00 PM
WEDNESDAY 6/1/22
Mah jongg/Canasta
12:30 PM
6:30 PM
Open House at Coastal VIM Clinic
with winners of the WAX art contest
SEE DETAILS BELOW
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 6/2
11:00 AM Torah Study with the Rabbi
2:00 PM Beginning Hebrew with Ira
HERE ARE THE LINKS :
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The Last of our Kol Nashim Programs
Dana Newborn will lead us in the reading of the Book of Ruth, as we approach the holiday of Shavuot.
Tuesday, May 31st at 10:00 AM
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May 31 WAX Kol Nashim with Dana Newborn
May 31 WAX Program with the Beach Have Fire Department
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JUNE 8 - Wednesday Walking Tours
JUNE 10 - Shabbat Dinner
JUNE 15 - WAX Book Club
JUNE 17 - WAX Craft Project
JUNE 17 - Shabbat on the Beach (Spray Beach)
JUNE 24 - Shabbat on the Beach (Loveladies)
JUNE 26 - Membership Brunch
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The WAX of the JCC Presents |
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TELL YOUR FIRENDS, NEIGHBORS AND FAMILY ABOUT THIS IMPORTANT PRESENTATION.
ALL ARE WELCOME
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JCC WOMENS AUXILIARY: BOOK GROUP DISCUSSION
WEDNESDAYS AT 4:00 PM
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JUNE BOOK
Wednesday, June 15 at 4:00 PM
Cilka's Journey by Heather Morris
Discussion Leader: Sondi Pripstein
Cilka is just sixteen years old when she is taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp in 1942, where the commandant immediately notices how beautiful she is. Forcibly separated from the other women prisoners, Cilka learns quickly that power, even unwillingly taken, equals survival.
When the war is over and the camp is liberated, freedom is not granted to Cilka: She is charged as a collaborator for sleeping with the enemy and sent to a Siberian prison camp. But did she really have a choice? And where do the lines of morality lie for Cilka, who was send to Auschwitz when she was still a child?
In Siberia, Cilka faces challenges both new and horribly familiar, including the unwanted attention of the guards. But when she meets a kind female doctor, Cilka is taken under her wing and begins to tend to the ill in the camp, struggling to care for them under brutal conditions.
Confronting death and terror daily, Cilka discovers a strength she never knew she had. And when she begins to tentatively form bonds and relationships in this harsh, new reality, Cilka finds that despite everything that has happened to her, there is room in her heart for love.
From child to woman, from woman to healer, Cilka's journey illuminates the resilience of the human spirit―and the will we have to survive.
ORDER YOUR BOOK NOW AND START READING TODAY: Click here to order Cilka’s Journey from Amazon.
Click here to borrow the book from the Ocean County Library.
A Zoom link will be sent shortly before the event.
FUTURE BOOKS:
July 13 - Concealed by By Esther Amini
by Maggie Anton
September 14 - Rav Hisda’s Daughter Book II Enchantress: By Maggie Anton
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UPCOMING ZOOM PROGRAM
with PARTNERS IN JEWISH PROGRAMMING
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CLICK ON EACH EVENT FOR
DETAILED FLYER
Link will be sent out prior to the program
and is free to members of the JCC of LBI
Non-members $18.00
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The following names will be read by the Rabbi on Friday evening
Elaine Frand
Martin Garb
Abraham Joseph Kates*
Jerome Stanley Katz*
Herbert Kramer
Kate Alexander
Mark Babbitt
Richard Gardner, MD
Vera Lipman
Harry Solomon*
Judith Weinstein
Leona Adelman
Louis Gilman
Lilian Herman
Betty Lander
Esther Epstein*
Lance Brusilow
Blanche Lambert*
Sophia Dobrow
Ruth Friedman*
Adele Graboyes
Wilma 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
*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 COalso welcome to share with the minyan some special memories of your loved one.
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Zee Jay Greenspan
May 28
Harriet Sklar
May 28
Gary Silverman
May 29
Sylvain Nakkab
May 30
Arlene Moffitt
May 31
Bernard Rothman
May 31
Lawrence Lerner
June 2
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Marsha & Mark Chazin
May 28
55th Anniversary
Suzy & Jon Geier
May 28
45th Anniversary
Marlene & Ed Herman
May 30
40th Anniversary
Marlene & Warren Matz
June 1
54th Anniversary
Debbie & David Levy
June 3
38th Anniversary
Deborah & Alan Traster
June 3
11th Anniversary
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SHARE YOUR NEWS
AND PICTURES
CONTACT:
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Judy Nelson & James Donovan
May 24, 1987
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Martin & Ellen Weinberg
Celebrating their 41st Anniversary
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Jenna Lynn Valentine granddaughter of Rose & Rudy Valentine receiving her Masters Degree in The Art of Teaching
from TCNJ
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SEND US YOUR GRADUATES' PICTURES AND INFORMATION
TO BE INCLUDED IN THE SHABBAT REMINDER
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Baby Naming of
Leia Mira Brenman
granddaughter of
Malenie & Mike
Piscetelli
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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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LOOKS WHO’S GRADUATING
FROM RYDELL HIGH
The Class of ‘59 will be Rydell High’s coolest class ever!
Here are the four fantastic triple-threats stars for the cast of
GREASE!
ISAAC SILVER as Danny Zuko, RILEY MARTIN as Sandy Dumbrowski, GARRETT FORRESTAL as Kenickie and SHARAE MOULTRIE as Rizzo.
AXELROD PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
100 Grant Ave., Deal Park, NJ 07723
June 3 - 19
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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
Diane
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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