Jewish Community Center of Long Beach Island E-Letter
June 24, 2022
25 Sivan 5782
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WELCOME BACK MEMBERS BRUNCH THIS SUNDAY AT THE JCC
9:15 Morning Service
10:00 Program with Ron Marr highlighting the history of
Tucker's Island
followed by a wonderful Brunch
and a chance to catch up with old friends and meet new ones.
Seating Inside and Outside
Vaccination Required
ZOOM available for services and program
(you will have to provide your own bagel LOL)
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A MESSAGE FROM
THE RABBI
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At the end of this week’s Torah Portion, Shelakh Lekha, we find the third paragraph of the Shema:
Speak to the Israelite people and instruct them to make for themselves fringes on the corners of their garments…. That shall be your fringe; look at it and recall all the commandments of Adonai and observe them, so that you do not follow your heart and eyes in your lustful urge….
The purpose of the Fringe is to remind us of God and that the commandments should be an integral part of our lives.
It might seem a bit ridiculous to be wearing these fringes all of the time but, if you think about it, it is ingenious. Have you ever driven down the road at, say, a few miles over the speed limit and then you see a police cruiser parked? The first thing you do is slow down. Have you ever noticed that when the boss walks into a place of business, the employees tend to work just a bit harder?
The fringes perform the “someone-important-is-watching” function. If we are going through our days with no reminder of who we are, or the higher purpose we might be serving, we might lose the energy to be mindful to the good deeds we should be doing. The fringes’ purpose is to make sure that at all times we remember that we were created in God’s image and that we have a Torah to live up to.
Our tradition has other reminders of holiness. The Mezuzah is a reminder of the gateway into and out of holiness. Tefillin are a reminder that we should always keep Torah close to our head and our heart. The connector here is the Shema. Both the Mezuzah and Tefillin contain the Shema within them. The fringes are a subject contained within the Shema. Inasmuch as the Shema is the protector of a key principle of our faith, that there is only one God, it is not surprising that it connects each of these symbols.
Humans inherently need to be reminded of the higher purposes we serve. The fringes remind us of the Torah and the commandments which were given to us by the one true God.
Look at them, be reminded by them, be move by them to do good in the world. And this should not be a fringe thought.
Shabbat Shalom – Rabbi Michael S. Jay
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JUNE 24 - 6:00 PM LOVELADIES |
Here is a sample of the beautiful Sea Glass Bottles created last Sunday outside the JCC by WAX members. Everyone was delighted with their results and had a good time as well. Thanks to Noralyn Carroll and Jill Denker for organizing this program.
Look for the WAX art project on August 2nd when we will decorating clam shells.
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A HEARTY MAZEL TOV TO SONDI PRIPSTEIN who led a thoughtful review of the book Cilka's Journey by Heather Morris at last week's WAX Book discussion.
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SETTING UP FOR
SHABBAT ON THE BEACH IN SPRAY BEACH 6/17
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Candle Lighting time
Friday evening
June 24, 2022
8:10 PM
(So. Ocean County)
JOIN US FOR
SERVICES
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Friday Evening
June 24, 2022
6:00 PM
ON THE BEACH IN LOVELADIES (JUST SOUTH OF ST. CLARE'S CHURCH)
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 25, 2022
CANTOR SARA GELLER WILL BE JOINING US VIA ZOOM FOR SERVICES
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Shabbat
Service
9:00 AM
IN PERSON
AND
ON ZOOM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to join
Zoom services
Torah Reading:
Parashat Sh'lach
Numbers 13:1-15:41
Here Reading
Shelach (“Send”) tells the story of Israelite spies journeying into Canaan, the negative report they bring back, and the resulting punishment decreed upon the Israelites: to wander and die in the desert over forty years. It ends with laws about sacrifices, the story of a man who desecrates Shabbat, and the commandment to wear ritual fringes
Haftorah
Joshua 2:1-24
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
6/26
SERVICES BEGIN
AT 9:15 am
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to
join Zoom services:
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THIS WEEK'S ACTIVITIES
WEDNESDAY 6/29/22
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 6/30
11:00 AM Torah Study with the Rabbi
2:00 PM Beginning Hebrew with Ira
HERE ARE THE LINKS:
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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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WALKS WILL BEGIN AGAIN IN JULY |
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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
Eldon Dondershine*
Bennie Reiff*
Edward Weiss
Adrienne Cantor
Stanley Fink
Joseph Jagust
Rose Rudnick*
Mollie Soto
Mollie Steinberg
Meyer Dobrow
Patricia Husak
Helen Muscente
Charlotte Rosenberg
Howard Seidler
George Wolpert
Harold Berson
Chester Goldberg
Minnie Lipsitz
Adele Swissman
Betty Sampson
Malcom Zlotkin*
Albert Alexander*
Benjamin Einhorn*
Dr. H. Robert Freed*
Lillian Goodman
Lori-Ann Keating
Milka Meshulam
George Cofsky
*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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It is with sadness that we inform you of the passing of Gloria Koller, beloved wife of Mark Koller and mother of JCC Member Naomi (Adam) Koller-Fishman.
The private funeral for family and close friends is Friday, June 24th at 11 AM at Bet Torah, Mt. Kisco NY and masks are requested. The burial is private. If you would like to watch the service there will be a live stream available via Zoom: https://bettorah-org.zoom.us/s/821867913#success
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Elliott Greene
June 25th
Alan Kanis
June 26th
Martin Hochman
June 27th
Norma Hochman
June 27th
Nathan Fink
June 28th
Vicky Baty
June 29th
Joshua Zalkind
June 29th
Michael Lippmann
June 30th
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Michael & Sheri Jay
July 2
35th Anniversary
Joshua & Kim Braun
July 3
22nd Anniversary
Michael & Beverly Miller
July 5
52nd Anniversary
Max & Pamela Scheer
July 5
46th Anniversary
Alan & Karlene Turtz
July 10
38th Anniversary
Philip & Evelyn Stern
July 11
57th Anniversary
Jeffrey & Ilene Greenbaum
July 30
50th Anniversary
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SHARE YOUR NEWS
AND PICTURES
CONTACT:
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INA & IRA MORGENTHAL
on the bar mitzvah of
their granddaughter
Samantha Ruth Morgenthal
on Saturday, June 25, 2022
(Parshat Shelach)
at Congregation Kenneseth Israel in Bound Brook. Her parents are Mark & Melissa Morgenthal of Somerset.
Her maternal grandparents are Burt & Marina Zocks of Waretown.
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ROSE & RUDY
VALENTINE
on the 8th grade graduation
of their grandson
Jackson Joseph Valentine
from Stone Bridge Middle School in Allentown NJ.
He received the Citizenship Award and the Margie Meredith Memorial Award for demonstrating kindness in the face of adversity.
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MIKE & MALENIE
PISCETELLI
on the engagement of Mike's son and Melanie's stepson
Nicholas Piscetelli
to
Kate McClean
They were engaged at the chapel in Scotland
where her grandparents were married which is pictured behind the couple.
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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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