Jewish Community Center of Long Beach Island E-Letter
June 17, 2022
18 Sivan 5782
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Silent, Strong Dad
by Karen K. Boyer
He never looks for praises.
He's never one to boast.
He just goes on quietly working
For those he loves the most.
His dreams are seldom spoken.
His wants are very few,
And most of the time his worries
Will go unspoken, too.
He's there...a firm foundation
Through all our storms of life,
A sturdy hand to hold onto
In times of stress and strife.
A true friend we can turn to
When times are good or bad.
One of our greatest blessings,
The man that we call Dad.
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A MESSAGE FROM
THE RABBI
In this week’s Torah portion, the Mishkan is assembled and inaugurated. The Israelites are now ready to begin their march toward the Promised Land. The Torah text makes it clear that the Mishkan is intended to be God’s abode on earth, and the Israelites do not move without it. As I have discussed elsewhere, the brilliance of this is that it shows the Israelites, and the world, that God can be anywhere at any time.
The Torah tells us that:
“When the Ark was to set out, Moses would say: “Advance, Oh Lord! May Your enemies be scattered and may Your foes flee before you!”
The depiction here is that God is a warrior getting ready to battle on behalf of the Israelites. This is important for a people who are about to fight the inhabitants of the Promised Land.
But I think there is a bigger message. It’s not only that God is portable, but it is also that God’s message is portable. It is that the divine within us is portable.
We can therefor do the good things that the Torah asks of us anywhere. This is how we have survived as a people. If God and Torah had been tethered to Israel then, when our ancestors were dispersed, we would have disappeared as a people. We would have been a footnote in history.
But, because God is moveable, because the Torah is portable, and because the divine image is portable, we continued to exist, even to thrive, when we had no homeland.
We can do good deeds anywhere. We can make the world a better place from and vantage point. We can care for the Stranger, the widow, and the orphan whether we are home or away, night or day. A portable God helps to create a portable mitzvah machine. What a glorious tradition we are each a part of.
Our mobility continues on our lovely Island. This week we are having Friday night services at 6:00 PM on the 24th Street beach in Spray Beach (the street the JCC is on). Next week we will be having Friday night services at 6:00 PM on the beach in Loveladies, (just south of St Clare Church). Join Us for what are guaranteed to be fun and meaningful services.
Shabbat Shalom – Rabbi Michael S. Jay
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Volunteers are needed to put Bazaar signs up. Volunteers can pick up the signs the last week of June at the JCC and place them out along the Boulevard or Route 72 on July 5th. Please contact the Office to let us know you can help,
609-492-4090 or jccoflbi@gmail.com
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Candle Lighting time
Friday evening
June 17, 2022
8:08 PM
(So. Ocean County)
JOIN US FOR
SERVICES
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SHABBAT SERVICES
June 17. 2022
6:00 PM
ON THE BEACH
ON 24TH STREET
SPRAY BEACH
IN PERSON
AND
ON ZOOM
Bring a chair. Bring a friend. Bring your grandkids
In case of rain, services will be on Zoom at 6:00 PM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to join
Zoom services
Saturday Morning
June 18, 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 Beha'alotcha
Numbers 8:1-12:16
Here is the Reading
Haftorah
Zechariah 2:14-4:7
Here is the Haftorah
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Havdallah
9:00 PM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to
join Zoom services:
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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THIS WEEK'S ACTIVITIES
WEDNESDAY 6/22/22
Mah jongg/Canasta
12:30 PM
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 6/23
11:00 AM Torah Study with the Rabbi
2:00 PM Beginning Hebrew with Ira
HERE ARE THE LINKS :
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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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JULY 8 - Shabbat on the Beach - Loveladies
JULY 6 - WAX Paid Up Membership Luncheon
JULY 10 - John Ciotta Concert
JULY 13 - Bazaar
JULY 13 - WAX Book Club
JULY 22 - Shabbat on the Beach - Spray Beach
JULY 29 - Shabbat on the Beach - Loveladies
JULY 31 - 10TH Anniversary Gala
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JCC WOMENS AUXILIARY: BOOK GROUP DISCUSSION
WEDNESDAYS AT 4:00 PM
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JULY BOOK
Wednesday, July 13 at 4:00 PM
Concealed by By Esther Amini
Esther Amini grew up in Queens, New York, during the freewheeling 1960s. She also grew up in a Persian-Jewish household, the American-born daughter of parents who had fled Mashhad, Iran. In Concealed, she tells the story of being caught between these two worlds: the dutiful daughter of tradition-bound parents who hungers for more self-determination than tradition allows.
A Zoom link will be sent shortly before the event.
FUTURE BOOKS:
by Maggie Anton
September 14 - Rav Hisda’s Daughter Book II Enchantress: By Maggie Anton
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The following names will be read by the Rabbi on Friday evening
Mitchell Konner
Joan Podos
Sidney Tannenbaum
Gernard Gross
Michael Salonsky
Freda Schlanger*
Norton Geier
Sophie Hellman
Fay Neustadt*
Wiliam Schlanger*
Sallie Wichman
Gail Wolfe
Dr. Geraldine Prose Young
Benjamin August
Sherwood Babst
Edith Katz
Arthur Landau
Martin Berger*
Lucille Fisher
Minnie Lisagor*
Sigmund Moskowitz*
Eugene Steinberg*
Howard Breslow
*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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Susan Naidoff
June 18th
David J. Levy
June 19th
Howard Meltzer
June 19th
David Pashman
June 21th
Karlene Turtz
June 22th
Phyllis Sisenwine
June 24th
Carol Zemble
June 24th
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Rennie & Marcia Gonsalves
44th Anniversary
Mel & Sybil Kleinfeld
62nd Anniversary
Jeffrey & Karen Buchalter
30th Anniversary
Herbert & Deanna Feinberg
63rd Anniversary
Fred & Arlene Schragger
57th Anniversary
James & Bonnie Shrager
59th Anniversary
Barry & Bobbi Freedman
43rd Anniversary
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SHARE YOUR NEWS
AND PICTURES
CONTACT:
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MAZEL TOV
TO
SHERRY AND HOWARD FRUCHTERMAN
on the graduation of their
granddaughter
ELLA FRUCHTERMAN
from Mounds Park Academy.
Ella will be attending Indiana U in the Fall majoring in Biology.
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Pictured above is JOAN SILVER
and her grandson ISAAC SILVER following the performance of "Grease" at the Axelrod Performing Arts Center located at the JCC of Greater Monmouth County in Deal. Isaac plays the lead role of Danny Zuko is the beloved musical.
The production was terrific and continues until this Sunday. For tickets see the button below
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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
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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