Jewish Community Center of Long Beach Island E-Letter
July 8, 2022
9 Tamuz 5782
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A MESSAGE FROM
THE RABBI
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Parashat Chukkat begins by describing an odd law which requires the location of a red cow that will be sacrificed, its ashes will then be used to purify anyone coming in contact with a dead body. Sounds weird doesn’t it? Sometimes the Torah is like that. If you want to learn more about this red cow, and the ritual surrounding it, email me, text me, or call me. I look forward to your questions or comments.
I do want to reference briefly one piece of text. At the beginning of the Parasha, God tells Moses to “Instruct the Israelite people to bring you a red cow without blemish….” It is an instruction to “all” of the people, not the priests and not the leaders. This indicates two things. First, red cows (without even one non-red hair) are extremely rare, thus the entire community needs to be involved in the search. Secondly, but perhaps not as apparent, when an entire community is involved, it strengthens that community.
It is with the knowledge that an involved community is strong and healthy that I reference some of what is going on in the JCC Community below. Become involved in as many activities as you can!!
This past Wednesday I stopped off at Wally’s to say hello to the members of the Women’s Auxiliary who participated in the group’s Paid-Up Membership Luncheon. First, Wally’s has a really nice outside dining section. Second, thought I did not stay to eat, I saw the food as it was being service and it all looked awesome. Third, it was nice to see so many WAX members in one place, enjoying each other’s company. There was talking, laughing, comradery, and eating.
Don’t forget to join the JCC of LBI for a beach service Friday, July 8th at 6:00 PM in Loveladies. (The beach is just south of St. Clare’s Church by the public tennis courts). Please join us!
This coming Sunday, July 10th, come to a concert at the JCC of LBI featuring the musical stylings of John Ciotta. John is a world-class entertainer, singer, and percussionist. If you have not yet bought tickets, visit the JCC website (WWW.JCCofLBI.ORG) or call the office.
The first JCC bazaar is this coming Wednesday, July 13th! Support the JCC, support the vendors!!
DON’T FORGET TO PURCHASE TICKETS, AND PLACE AN AD IN THE JOURNAL, FOR
THE JCC’S CELEBRATION GALA: CHEERS TO 10 YEARS!! CELEBRATING 10 YEARS IN THE NEW JCC BUILDING. THE GALA IS SUNDAY, JULY 31ST, STARTING AT 5:30PM AT THE JCC!!! HONOREES AND RECOGNIZEES ARE DON PRIPSTEIN, ROSE VALENTINE, MICHAEL AND IRENE BABST, PHIL ROSENZWEIG, IRA MORGENTHAL, DIANE HOFFMAN, DAVID SHATZ, AND JILL DENKER.
THIS WILL BE A NIGHT OF FUN FOOD, MUSIC, AND DANCING!!!
SUPPORT THE JCC AND SUPPORT THE HONOREES AND RECOGNIZEES!
The deadline to place an ad or to reserve your tickets is Monday July 11th. IF YOU HAVVE ANY QUESTIONS, CALL THE OFFICE!
B’Shalom – Rabbi Michael S. Jay
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The WAX paid up membership on Wednesday afternoon at Wally's was a big success. The food was delicious with choices for everyone's dietary needs. 18 women were in attendance and the conversations were engaging and lively. Thanks to Diane Buskirk and the WAX for planning the event. |
NEXT SHABBOS
Next Friday evening, our friend Dr. Eric Mandel will be giving an Update on Israel at 7:00 PM.
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Friday night services will follow and we will be joined by Cantor Sara Geller.
A very special start to Shabbos so join us in person or on Zoom
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Candle Lighting time
Friday evening
July 8, 2022
8:08 PM
(So. Ocean County)
JOIN US FOR
SERVICES
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Friday Evening
July 8, 2022
6:00 PM
IN LOVELADIES
just south of St. Clare's Church
IN PERSON
AND
ON ZOOM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to join
Zoom services
FRIDAY NIGHT ZOOM
Saturday Morning
July 9, 2022
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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:
Numbers 19:1-22:1
Here Reading
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Chukat (“Law Of”) opens by describing the process of burning the red heifer and using its ashes for purification. It also tells the stories of the deaths of Miriam and Aaron, Moses’ striking of a rock to bring forth water, a plague of venomous snakes, and battles against the Emorite kings Sihon and Og.
Haftorah
Judges 11:1-33
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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SUNDAY 7/10
CONCERT with John Ciotta
7:00 PM
WALK-INS ARE WELCOME
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WEDNESDAY 7/13/22
JULY BAZAAR
8 AM - 3 PM
NO Mah jongg/Canasta
WAX BOOK REVIEW
4:00 PM
Concealed by By Esther Amini
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
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THURSDAY 7/7
11:00 AM Torah Study with the Rabbi
2:00 PM Beginning Hebrew with Ira
HERE ARE THE LINKS:
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JULY 8 - Shabbat on the Beach - Loveladies
JULY 10 - John Ciotta Concert
JULY 13 - Bazaar
JULY 13 - WAX Book Club
JULY 15 - Israel Update with Eric Mandel
JULY 22 - Shabbat on the Beach - Spray Beach
JULY 29 - Shabbat on the Beach - Loveladies
JULY 31 - 10TH Anniversary Gala
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AUGUST 2 - WAX Clam Shell Craft Project
AUGUST 10 - Bazaar
AUGUST 12 -Shabbat on the Beach - Spray Beach
AUGUST 14 - Annual Meeting
AUGUST 17 - WAX Book Club
AUGUST 22 - CPR Training
AUGUST 26 - Shabbat on the Beach - Loveladies
AUGUST 28 - Rave-Ons Concert
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DEADLINE FOR INCLUSION IN THE GALA AD JOURNAL IS
7/11/22 - THIS MONDAY!!!!!!
Mail it in to the office with your check or
You can pay on line by clicking on the link below. Scroll down to make your payment (SEE SCREEN SHOT HERE TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE)
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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
Harry Gottlin
Gerald Katz
Mitchell Erlich Silverman*
Shirley Rosen Denker
Betty Goldstein
Florrie Levison
Zolman Okner
George Starr*
Mary Cohen
Larry Gordon
Anna Koller
Mark Richard Becker
Alan Diamond
Dov Koller
Spencer Levin
Ellen Goldstein
Pauline Hurwitz
Harry Koss
Sylvia Ross
Albert Luterman
*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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Horace Barsh
July 9th
Benjamin Riffle
July 9th
Korey Lind
July 11th
Jane Taffet
July 11th
Carolyn Fleischer
July 12th
Judith Sara Landis
July 12th
Phillip Belena
July 14th
Lois Fox
July 14th
Rennie Gonsalves
July 14th
Martha Schleifer
July 15th
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Alan & Karlene Turtz
July 10
38th Anniversary
Philip & Evelyn Stern
July 11
57th Anniversary
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SHARE YOUR NEWS
AND PICTURES
CONTACT:
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Sienna Cohen, granddaughter of Diane & Ron Buskirk is a member of the ensemble in Shrek, The Musical Jr. at the Surflight Theatre through Sunday evening. |
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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 - FRIDAY
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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