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JEWISH COMMUNITY
CENTER OF
LONG BEACH ISLAND
E-LETTER
July 18, 2025
22 Tamuz 5785
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My dear reader, I have an assignment for you at the end of this short message which I hope you will do.
The Haftarah portion normally read with Parashat Pinchas, this week’s Torah portion, is from Kings1. However, since we are in the Three weeks leading to Tisha B’Av, this Shabbat, we will be reading from the Book of Jeremiah. Despite this, I am going to discuss the usual reading from Kings 1.
In, Kings 1, the prophet Elijah is searching for God. This is the very same prophet Elijah (Eliyahu) that we sing about at our seders on Passover. The text tells us that as that Elijah is seeking God and that:
There was a great and mighty wind, splitting mountains and shattering rocks by GOD’s power; but GOD was not in the wind. After the wind—an earthquake; but GOD was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake—fire; but GOD was not in the fire. And after the fire [God was in] a still, small voice.
The prophet is teaching an important lesson. We tend to look for God’s presence in the big moments that we experience. We see God in birth or death or surviving an accident or disasters. The text is telling us to see God in the ordinary or the mundane.
I have a simple question: When have you felt God’s presence?
Your answer can be short or long, in verse or in prose. Your answer might even be that you have never felt God’s presence and this is okay.
Text me at 973-865-9534 or email me at Mjayrab@gmail.com. I am hoping to get many responses to this.
Shabbat shalom – Rabbi Michael S. Jay
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BEACH SERVICES
at 6:00 PM
July 18: Beach Services at Loveladies
July 25: Beach Services at Spray Beach
August 8: Services at Loveladies
August 15: Services at Loveladies
August 22: Services at
Spray Beach
August 29: Services at Spray Beach
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ATTENTION REGISTRANTS FOR THIS SUNDAY NIGHT'S KLEZMER BAND CONCERT IN HARVEY CEDARS:
The event is being held at the Harvey Cedars Bible Conference Center at the Oldman Chapel. The address for the Harvey Cedars Bible Conference Center is 12 Cedars Ave and the Chapel is a left turn after the main hotel building.
Reservations are still open. Click her to register. The festivities begin at 7:00
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SHABBAT SHALOM
Candle Lighting Time
(Southern Ocean County)
Shabbat Eve
Friday, July 18, 2025
8:03 PM
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JOIN US
FOR
SHABBAT
SERVICES
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Friday
July 18, 2024
6:00 PM
Services on the Beach
in Loveladies
just south of
St. Clares Church
with musical guest
Eric Fox
Bring your beach chair!
In case of inclement weather services will be held at the JCC.
IN PERSON AND
ON ZOOM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to join Services
on Zoom
FRIDAY NIGHT
Saturday
July 19, 2025
9:00 AM
IN PERSON AND
ON ZOOM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to join
Zoom services
SATURDAY MORNING
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BABY NAMING OF
WESLEY THOMAS MANCHIN
son of
Lindsay & Chris Manchin
grandson of
Elaine Pripstein Thomas
great grandson of
Don & Judith z"l Pripstein
TORAH READING
Parashat Pinchas
Numbers 25:10-30:1
Pinchas opens with God’s promise of a “covenant of peace” for the zealot Pinchas, followed by a census. The daughters of Tzelofchad request and receive new laws regarding inheritance. God instructs Moses to prepare Joshua for leadership, and God describes sacrifices brought daily and on special occasions
Here is the Torah Reading
HAFTORAH
Jeremiah 1:1-2:3
When Shabbat Parshat Pinchas falls out during the Three Weeks of mourning for Jerusalem, between the fasts of 17 Tammuz and 9 Av as is the case this week, we read a special haftorah which is the first of a series of three "haftorot of affliction". Jeremiah recounts how G‑d appointed him as prophet — despite his initial reluctance to accept the task — and tells of the encouragement G‑d gave him to fulfill his crucial mission.
Here is the Haftorah
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Sponsored by
Don Pripstein in honor of the Baby Naming of his
Great Grandson Wesley
and
Julie & Michael Lippmann
in celebration of
Michael's bar mitzvah anniversary
HAVDALLAH
8:45 PM
ON ZOOM ONLY
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to join
Zoom services
HAVDALLAH
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WEEKDAY SERVICES
Monday - Thursday
Ma'ariv Service
7:30 PM
6:30 PM on 7/24
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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Just getting home tonight after the wonderful program at the JCC with Irvin Moreno-Rodroguez, Director of the Sara & Sam Schoffer Holocaust Center at Stockton University. After a talk by Irvin about how the Center was established and the excellent work they are doing, we had a chance to ask Ed Mosberg z"l questions about his Holocaust experience and hear his interesting answers.
Rose Valentine
| | Irvin Moreno-Rodroguez, Director of the Sara & Sam Schoffer Holocaust Center. | | "In memory of my family...If I don't talk, they might be forgotten" Ed Mosberg, Survivor | | |
A Super fun night Sunday evening with Israeli folk dancing teachers Randi and Murray Spiegel, friends of Rabbi Jay and Sherry Jay
and Lorna and Bill Klein
Everyone that came enjoyed a fun night learning the dances together!!
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SUNDAY, July 20
Pickleball
10 AM - 1 PM
Klezmer Concert
7 - 9 PM
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TUESDAY, July 22
Pickleball
3 - 6 PM
WAX Brunch
11:00 AM
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WEDNESDAY, July 23
Canasta & Mah Jongg
12:30 - 4 PM
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THURSDAY, July 24
Torah Study
11 AM
Pickleball
10 AM - 1 PM
Rosh Kodesh Women's Group
7:00 PM
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Klezmer Band World Tour Concert
at Harvey Cedars Bible Center
Sunday, July 20
7:00- 9:30 PM
WAX Brunch
Tuesday, July 22
11:00 AM-1:00 PM
Jersey Girls Beach Haven
Rosh Kodesh Women's Group
7:00 PM
JCC Summer Bazaar
Wednesday, July 30
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Sunday, August 10
75th Anniversary Gala
Thursday, August 21
Tours of Harvey Cedars
Bible Center
10 PM and 11 PM
Sunday, August 31
Comedy Nite at the Surflight
8:00 PM
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JNF COMES TO LBI
As our hearts remain with Israel during these challenging times, we are reminded of the importance of unity, resilience, and connection. Now more than ever, coming together as a community is a powerful way to show our support and maintain our bond with the land and people of Israel. We’re delighted to share a lineup of meaningful events and opportunities to engage, learn, and stand together. I hope you will join us for one or more of these.
Harvesting the Future: An Intimate Discussion with Israeli Heroes
Thursday, July 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Long Beach Island, NJ
Hear from Amit Meir & Noa Zer of Hashomer HaChadash about protecting Israel’s farms and preparing the next generation of agricultural leaders.
Light bites served
RSVP: cleeds@jnf.org or 973-593-0095 x820
Hosted by Mitch Frumkin
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MAH JONGG & CANASTA
WEDNESDAYS
12:30 PM TO 4:00 PM
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PICKLEBALL
Sundays and Thursdays
10 - 1
Tuesdays
3-4 PM Beginners
4 - 6 PM Experienced Players
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WAX BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
THIRD WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH
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Wednesday, August 13th at 4:00 pm
Discussion Leader: TBA
*IN PERSON AT THE JCC LIBRARY AND ON ZOOM
Red Dog Farm
By Nathaniel Ian Miller
Growing up on his family’s cattle farm in western Iceland, young Orri has gained an appreciation for the beauty found in everyday things: the cavorting of a newborn calf, the return of birdsong after a long winter, the steadfast love of a good (or tolerably good) farm dog. But the outer world still beckons, so Orri leaves his nononsense Lithuanian Jewish mother and his taciturn father, Pabbi, to attend university in Reykjavík. Pabbi is no stranger to cycles of life and death, growth and destruction. He is pursued by the memory of a volcanic eruption and its aftermath, and so many years of hard-scrabble farming have left their mark. Jaded, and no longer able to find joy in his way of life, Pabbi falls into a depression soon after Orri goes away to school. Orri, feeling adrift and aimless at the end of his first semester, comes home.
For the first time, Pabbi allows Orri to help him run the farm. Despite their conflicting attitudes, Orri and Pabbi must learn to work together. Meanwhile, Orri meets a kindred spirit on the internet: Mihan, a part-time student. Over time—and countless texts and phone calls—their connection deepens. By year’s end, Orri must decide whether he wants to—or should—return to university, and what a future with Mihan would hold, if she’ll have him.
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PLEASE REGISTER FOR THE ACTIVITIES BELOW WITH THE QR CODE. JUST POINT TO THE QR ON EACH FLYER
WITH YOUR PHONE CAMERA.
A YELLOW LINE WILL APPEAR. THEN CLICK.
THE REGISTRATION FORM WILL APPEAR
FOR YOU TO FILL OUT.
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SURFLIGHT COMEDY SHOW
To Benefit the JCC of LBI
August 31, 2025
8:00 PM
Contact the Surflight Box Office to order your tickets. 609-492-9477
When you order your tickets, you can request to sit near the JCC section. The JCC will receive a portion of the revenue from ALL seats sold in the theater.
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The JCC section at Crescent Memorial Park is available for sales. Please contact Bonni Rubin-Sugarman at 609-417-7148.
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We are very excited to add to the WAX Gift Shop items from local merchants and artisans. Stop in to look and buy one (or more) of these beautiful pieces for your home, as a gift or just for yourself. The gift shop is open during office hours M-F 10 - 2.
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CALL PAUL LEVINE WITH ANY QUESTIONS
484-802-0586
SEE ORDER FORM BELOW
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The following names will be read by the Rabbi on Friday evening:
Charlotte Falkowsky
Dr. Mark Farin*
John Gottlieb*
Sidney Holtzman*
Earl Levitt
Alan J. Rubinfeld*
Max Silverman
Harry Weiner*
Elizabeth Bat Joseph
Esther Blint
Pauline Cohn
Roy H. Entin
Samuel Hochberger
Frances Indzel
Frank D. Levi*
Rose Albert*
Rose Freeman
Mary Levin
Clara Litovsky
Anne Frances Rubenstein*
A. Paul Greene
Alan Miller
Sidney Zalkind*
Gladys Babbitt
Abraham Cherins
Gertrude Foosaner
Philip Gerstenblatt
Isadore Treatman
Sidney Weinman
Kenneth Wolfe
Benjamin Garb
Gerald Katz
Molly Lang
Marilyn Lerner*
Harry Prebluda
Janet Rothenberg
Nathan Stokes
Rose Telles
Jack Bendavid
Fannie Bzezensky*
Helen Finestone
Roy Finestone
Tillie Fischer
Theodore Flam
Edward Liebowitz
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.
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Jamie Wasserman
July 19
Susanna Lachs Adler
July 20
Jill Grunewald
July 20
Norman Shapiro
July 21
Robert Simandl
July 21
Martin Flumenbaum
July 22
James H. Wolf
July 22
Edward Herman
July 23
Peter Iris-Williams
July 23
Sharon Spina
July 23
Susan Davis
July 24
Lewis Deutsch
July 24
Jodi Stephani Rothman
July 24
Alix DeTullio
July 25
Debra Schweighardt
July 25
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Happy 80th Birthday
Carolyn Fleischer
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SHARE YOUR NEWS
AND PICTURES
CONTACT:
rvalen1963@aol.com
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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.
Go to jccoflbi.org - Giving/Pay
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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:
PAVER 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:
dihoff1@aol.com
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.
See Order form here: Prayer Book
TRIBUTES
SEND ONE OF OUR TRIBUTES IN HONOR OR IN MEMORY OF
See order form here: TRIBUTES
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:
YAHRZEIT
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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2025 MEMBERSHIP FORMS
Your support is so important to the continued success of the JCC.
Here is form for renewal:
RENEW NOW
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:
JOIN NOW
BE A PART OF THE WOMEN'S AUXILLARY
2025 DUES FORM HERE
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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- Jon Geier
Treasurer- Stu Cofsky
Secretary- Cliff Denker
Immediate Past President -Michael Babst
BOARD MEMBERS
Howard Babbitt
Diane Buskirk
Lorna Klein
Paul Levine
Ken Podos
Sondi Pripstein
Terri Robinovitz
Bonni Rubin-Sugarman
Rose Valentine
Ken Yudman
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
Representative to the Board - Sondi Pripstein
Rabbi Michael S. Jay, Spiritual Leader
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