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JEWISH COMMUNITY
CENTER OF
LONG BEACH ISLAND
E-LETTER
November 17, 2023
4 Kislev 5784
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FOR THE BEST VIEWING OF THE SHABBAT REMINDER,
CLICK HERE
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A DAY OF MIRACLES FOR THE JCC CONTINGENT TO WASHINGTON
Irene Babst, Mike Babst, Noralyn Carroll, David Carroll, Paul Levine, Stu Lehrer,
Rose Valentine
Tuesdays March was a series of miracles for these JCCers:
- Easy bus ride
- Those without Metro passes were given free cards from people we do not know
- Caught a shuttle bus to Metro while thousands had to walk at least a mile to the Metro (quite a sight)
- Metro ride was so spirited with yeshivah girls leading us in song
- Arrived easily at the Mall
- Found a great spot in front of one of the huge TV screen
- We were thrilled by all of the speeches
- Made it easily back on the Metro just before that station closed
- Bus driver skillfully maneuvered in traffic and we returned to NJ on a less crowded route
A ONCE IN A LIFETIME EXPERIENCE. AM YISRAEL CHAI.
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Bus Captains Rose V & Stuart Pepose | |
Mike Babst proudly holds up a sign | |
Bus Buddies Stu Lehrer & Paul Levine | | |
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WAX Sisters Irene & Noralyn | |
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Noralyn & David Carroll
(and Irene)
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Other JCC folks were at the March. If you were there, let us know.
If you have pictures even better.
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We rendezvoused with Rabbi Jay here with his brother Peter. Peter's son was part of the program, performing with the Macabeats. | |
Ellie Braun. Always proud of you!!! | |
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And this from our own Ellie Braun:
Participating in the March for Israel was a powerful experience. It was amazing to stand with my community from all different religions, races, and places in support of Israel, against hate, and to bring home the hostages. In this time when I often feel uncomfortable as a Jew, being a part of Tuesday’s rally made me feel safe and empowered. We all took the time and energy to show up and stand up for Israel, the hostages, and each-other. This was amazing to me!
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THANK YOU TO THE OCEAN COUNTY JEWISH FEDERATION for making the arrangements for the buses to Washington.
From Annabel Lindenbaum, Board Chair Ocean County Federation....
I am proud to say that there were 10 buses that joined the March for Israel from Ocean County. The greater Lakewood community turned out in force, thanks to the help of a local benefactor – and the Jewish Federation played an important role helping organize and coordinate all these buses. This was an important day.
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WHAT CAN WE DO NOW? (from the URJ)
With the hostages in captivity for over a month, it is imperative that we keep their stories front and center so they are not forgotten. Whether you are an individual or part of a congregation (or other group), there are many ways you can show your support and solidarity with those in captivity. We encourage you to focus on one particular hostage and help raise their profile -- by sharing information on that particular hostage on social media; leaving an empty chair at your table; if appropriate, being in touch with the family; and more generally wearing a blue ribbon or tying a blue ribbon around a tree.
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Here is the button I received on Tuesday. Pictured on the button is the picture of Gabriela Leimberg, 59 years old.
Gabriela was visiting family when she was kidnapped. She is the director of Eyal's Farm, an ecological and treatment center for austistic adults at Kibbutz Ramat Rachel in Jerusalem.
"Our family, the whole house of Israel, who are in distress, or in captivity — who stand either in the sea or on dry land — may the Omnipresent have mercy on them and take them out from narrowness to expanse, and from darkness to light, and from oppression to redemption, now, swiftly, and soon!"
Rose Valentine
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By my count, the JCC had about 20 people at the Washington March for Israel, the hostages, and antisemitism. Not a bad number! It was an incredibly meaningful day. Exhausting, but meaningful. I have tried to express it in the prose below. Our work is only just beginning. Our two-front war is helping Israel to defeat Hammas, and helping ourselves to rid the scourge of antisemitism. And we thought we were exhausted before.
Shabbat Shalom – Rabbi Michael S. Jay
Song of DC
We came by bus, by train, by car.
By plane, by bike, by scooter, by foot.
We came slowly.
We came quickly.
Sneakers, shoes, boots, canes, wheelchairs, walkers.
Young, old, older, younger.
Yarmulka or secular.
We were arm in arm, or just behind, or just ahead.
We were subdued. We were exhilarated.
We were angry. We were sad.
We came to heal scars: physical, visual, emotional.
Homeland scars, family scars, friend scars.
Property scars, personal scars, public scars.
We came to heal strangers’ scars, but there were no strangers.
Shema Yisrael. God is One. We are One.
We came to have our voices heard,
We came to be seen.
We came to be felt.
We came to bring the word, many words:
Peace, strength, love, God.
Humanity, divinity, liberty, comradery.
Prohibit, endurance, pride, resilience.
Reflection, rejection, reconnection.
Fight, argue, debate, discuss.
Truth. Truth. Truth.
Prayer. Song.
A sea of beautiful and peaceful humanity.
Three hundred thousand.
Nothing defaced, nothing torn down.
We came with damaged souls.
We left feeling a little more whole.
Not an exodus, but a pilgrimage.
Revealing ourselves to the world, and to each other.
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Candle Lighting time
Friday evening
November 17, 2023
4:21 pm
JOIN US FOR
SERVICES
Friday, November 17, 2023
at 7:30 PM
IN PERSON AND
ON ZOOM
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Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to join
Zoom services
FRIDAY NIGHT
Saturday, November 18, 2023
9:00 AM
IN PERSON AND
ON ZOOM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to join
Zoom services
SHABBAT
TORAH READING
Parashat Toldot 5784
Genesis 25:19-28:9
Here is the Parshah
Toldot (“Generations”) opens with the births of Isaac and Rebecca’s twins, Jacob and Esau. Esau sells his birthright to Jacob in exchange for soup. Isaac and Rebecca travel to Gerar, where Isaac makes a peace treaty with King Abimelech. Isaac gives Jacob the blessing meant for Esau, and Jacob runs away to his uncle Laban.
HAFTORAH
Malachi 1:1-2:7
Here is the Haftorah
HAVDALLAH
5:15 PM
ON ZOOM ONLY
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to join
Zoom services
HAVDALLAH
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Sunday - Thursday
Ma'ariv Service
7:30 PM
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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Thank you to Sherry & Howard Fruchterman for hosting a WAX Luncheon Thursday at their beautiful home.
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JEWISH FEDERATION BRINGS MOVIES TO THE JCC OF LBI | |
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"HUMMUS THE FULL TRAILER"
Sunday, November 19 at 7:00 PM
AT THE JCC
SEE BUTTON BELOW TO PURCHASE TICKETS
TICKETS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR
Three very different shipping containers are mistakenly mixed up resulting in a scramble to find the correct trailer. JOHNNY SALONIKI, the innocent son of a mafiosa, is pulled into the family business to find the missing trailers before time runs out.
HUMMUS FULL TRAILER is a colorful and hilarious look at how a couple of Arabs, Gay florists and orthodox Jews discover each other’s secrets all while trying to keep a wedding on track, hitmen away and flowers alive.
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THIS WEEK'S ACTIVITIES
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19
NO Pickleball
PJP Program 1:00 PM Jewish Cuba
7:00 PM Federation Movie at the JCC
Hummus Full Trailer
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TUESDAY, November 21
Pickleball
3:00 PM Beginners Session
4:00 PM Regular Play
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22
Canasta & Mah Jongg
12:30 PM
NO Rabbi's Class on "The Case for Israel"
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23
NO Pickleball
NO Torah Study with the Rabbi
NO INTERMEDIATE HEBREW CLASS WITH IRA
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PICKLEBALL
NO PICKLEBALL SUNDAY & THURSDAY
SUNDAY 10:00 AM
TUESDAY 3:00 PM
THURSDAY 10:00 AM
Reminder: Pickleball for members only!
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MAH JONGG & CANASTA
WEDNESDAYS
12:30 PM TO 4:00 PM
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PJP Travel Program
“Jewish Cuba”
Sunday November 19 at 1:00 PM
Federation Movie at the JCC
Hummus Full Trailer
Sunday, November 19 at 7:00 PM
Jewish Hollywood: In The Beginning
Thursday, November 30 at 8:30 PM
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JCC WOMEN’S AUXILIARY: BOOK GROUP DISCUSSION
WEDNESDAYS AT 4:00 PM
NEXT BOOK REVIEW MEETING
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Wednesday, December 20th at 4:00 pm
The Women of Rothschild: The Untold Story of the World’s Most Famous Dynasty
By: Natalie Livingstone
From the East End of London to the Eastern seaboard of the United States, from Spitalfields to Scottish castles, from Bletchley Park to Buchenwald, and from the Vatican to Palestine, Natalie Livingstone follows the extraordinary lives of the Rothschild women from the dawn of the nineteenth century to the early years of the twenty-first. As Jews in a Christian society and women in a deeply patriarchal family, they were outsiders. Excluded from the family bank, they forged their own distinct dynasty of daughters and nieces, mothers and aunts. They became influential hostesses and talented diplomats, choreographing electoral campaigns, advising prime ministers, advocating for social reform, and trading on the stock exchange. Rothschild women helped bring down ghetto walls in early nineteenth-century Frankfurt, inspired some of the most remarkable cultural movements of the Victorian period, and in the mid-twentieth century burst into America, where they patronized Thelonious Monk and drag-raced through Manhattan with Miles Davis. Absorbing and compulsive, The Women of Rothschild gives voice to the complicated, privileged, and gifted women whose vision and tenacity shaped history.
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Thanks to our membership in the PJP we are able to enjoy a variety of programs. Here are the new programming lists. No need to register in advance. | |
PJP Series "What Jews Think”
2023-2024
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Thursday, December 14 @ 8:30 PM Dr. Brian Gordon Hillman, Towson University “The Beginnings of Kabbalah”
“The Beginnings of Kabbalah” examines the fundamental theological questions that gave rise to the tradition of Jewish texts and ideas known as Kabbalah. The program historically locates Kabbalah’s origins in Medieval Europe and considers how Kabbalah arose, in part, as a response to philosophical conceptions of the divine. The program will then explore some early Kabbalistic texts to understand how Kabbalists understood both the nature of divinity and the relationship between G-d and the world with a focus on humanity’s place therein.
Brian Hillman is an assistant professor in the department of philosophy and religious studies at Towson University in Towson, Maryland. He earned a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Indiana University, Bloomington in 2021. His research focuses on modern Jewish thought and Kabbalah. In addition to being the managing editor of the Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy, his writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Jewish Studies Quarterly, Religious Studies Review, and The Jewish Book Council.
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PJP Travel Programs
2023-2024
Sunday, November 19 @ 1:00 PM
“Jewish Cuba” with Abel Hernandez Eskenazi
This presentation will present a panoramic view of the whole Jewish presence in Cuba since the first group of Jews who arrived to Cuba until today. It will emphasize the different historical periods of the Cuban Jewish Community, the presence of Jews in different cities of the country, the most important Jewish places and the most important Jewish personalities.
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Join us for our 2nd 3-Part Series on Jewish Hollywood
Nov 30 @ 8:30pm
In The Beginning The American film industry was started primarily by Jews who had emigrated from eastern Europe and settled in cities like New York and Chicago, supporting their families by dealing in everything from clothing to food to jewelry. Transfixed with the flourishing of nickelodeons and storefront theaters in the early 20th century, interests for a number of them shifted to the entertainment business. Soon, some made their way to Southern California, where they opened the large-scale motion picture studios that became Paramount, MGM, Warner Brothers, 20th Century Fox, Columbia and Universal. Discover how men like Zukor, Laemmle, Mayer and Cohn began Hollywood with their ambition, ingenuity and keen instincts.
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Funny Girls Part 2
Jan 18, 2024 08:30 PM
Those Were the Days
Feb 22, 2024 08:30 PM
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LAST CALL FOR PAVER ORDERS | |
If you would like to order a paver for this 2023 installation, please fill out the form ( click below ) and return it to the JCC office with payment. | |
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The following names will be read by the Rabbi on Friday evening:
Henry Avondoglio*
Rebecca Cohen
Dr. Milton Lowenthal
Julius Pashman
Milton Batoff
Sophie Brasch*
Lydia Davis
Dr. Seymour Cohen
Dorothy Labran
Ida Liebowitz
Vera Beebe
Harry Entin
Phyllis Potash
Max Silver*
Harry Berkowitz*
Helen Berman
Leon B. Entin
Stuart Gussin
Stanley S. Levy
Abram Piwosky
Lilyan Strassman*
Milton A. Levine
Louis Tkatch
Louis Young*
Donald Cohen
Dr. Joseph Evans
Rae Friedenberg
Rochelle Naftoly
Mortimer Nelson*
Cheryl Newman
Miriam Rebo
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Mitchell Frumkin
November 18
Stephen C. Gilbert
November 19
Marlene Matz
November 22
Rima K. Rosenstein
November 22
Renee VanNaarden
November 23
Art Schreer
November 24
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Steven & Arlene Silverman
November 23rd
38th Anniversary
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MEET THE SOUP TROOP: Noralyn Carroll, Irene Babst and new member Robin Jenna. They made soup in the JCC kitchen to be given to our members who are not feeling well. Contact Irene or Noralyn if you or if you know of a member who needs some Jewish penicillin. Local delivery only!
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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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The Long Beach Island Foundation
of the Arts + Sciences
HOLIDAY MARKET
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November 18 - December 3
M-F 10:00am - 4:00pm; Sat + Sun 10:00am - 3:00pm
Showcasing handmade work in all mediums and price points. From amazing clothing and jewelry to ceramics, paintings, home décor and more!
Food and Drink available for purchase
FREE ENTRY + OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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YOU CAN NOW FILL OUT A GIVING FORM AND PAY ON LINE IN ONE SIMPLE PROCESS.
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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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2023 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:
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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- Rose Valentine
Treasurer- Ira Morgenthal
Secretary- Cliff Denker
Immediate Past President -Michael Babst
BOARD MEMBERS
Howard Babbitt
Diane Buskirk
Mitch Frumkin
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Jon Geier
Paul Levine
Ken Podos
Terri Robinovitz
David Shatz
Bonni Rubin-Sugarman
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
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