Jewish Community Center of Long Beach Island E-Letter
January 7, 2022
5 Shevet 5782
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At the end of each year, we purge the Mishaberah list. Please send your names for healing prayers to the the office email. New list will be read this Shabbat evening.
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A TORAH MESSAGE FROM THE RABBI
PARSHAT BO - GO!
Often we think that it is one event that defines us. In our thoughts who we are is the result of the cataclysmic, tragic, or fortuitous event occurred in our life. But, in truth, one event does not make us who we are. Rather we are the sum of our stories.
A large part of the story of the Jewish people is that we were slaves in Egypt and God, through signs, wonders, and marvels, redeemed us.
God wants us to remember the story and to retell it. We know this from Parashat Bo. Therein at 10:2 God says to Moses:
(I want you to) recount in the hearing of your child and of your child’s child how I made a mockery of the Egyptians and how I displayed My signs among them….”
We know that Moses passed this information on to the Israelites when, at (12:25-27) he said:
And when you enter the land that the LORD will give you, as God has promised, you shall observe this rite. And when your children ask you, ‘What do you mean by this rite?’ you shall say, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, because God passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when God smote the Egyptians, but saved our houses.’”
We have been telling this story ever since the actual event. We have been telling it, and retelling it, singing it and chanting, just as God, and Moses, said we should. Even thousands of years later, it gives us energy and we need to keep telling it to our children.
But the real lesson that God, Moses, and the Torah are imparting on us is to tell all of the stories of our people to our children and grandchildren. We were redeemed by God, but we also received the Torah. And we also were given a land. There was a Saul, and a David, and a Solomon. We unified a kingdom. And we also built a Temple, twice. Like a building, the story of the Jewish people has a sturdy foundation that will not let the tradition fall.
Just as we tell the stories of us as a people, the underlying lesson is that we need to tell our individual stories. More than the money, the stocks, the Jewelry, the house, or the car, that we will eventually leave to our children, our stories will be what provides sustenance to them. Our narratives will strengthen them by fortifying the foundation we have provided for their lives.
Keep reading, and telling, the great stories of our wondrous tradition. Study the Torah, learn about our ancient Rabbis, and gather information about ancient and modern Israel, but make sure to tell your stories as well.
Don’t reduce your life to one event or occurrence. We all have volumes stories. Together they make us who we are. If you take the time to make sure they are told, your children and grandchildren will have the chance to know who you are.
Shabbat Shalom – Rabbi Michael S. Jay
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2022 MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL
Membership renewal letters were sent out last week. 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 communicatios and have not yet joined our congregation, here the a 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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SHABBAT SHALOM
Candle lighting Time
Friday evening,
January 7, 2022
4:30PM
So. Ocean County
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JOIN US FOR
SERVICES
&
SHABBAT
DINNER
Friday evening
Jauary 7, 2022
6:00 PM
ZOOM ONLY
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We look forward to
Julian Brenman
who will be joining us in song this Friday evening.
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to Join
Zoom Services
&
Dinner
Saturday morning
January 8, 2022
Services
9:00 AM
ZOOM ONLY
SHABBAT SERVICES WILL CONTINUE ON ZOOM
FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to Join
Zoom Services
Torah Reading:
Parashat Bo
Exodus 10:1-13:16
Here is the Reading
Parashat Bo tells of the last three plagues on Egypt and the first Passover.
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Haftorah
Jeremiah 46:13-28
Here is the Haftorah
Saturday evening
5:30 PM
Havdallah
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
MONDAY 1/10
10:00 AM
Hartman Institute Seminar
"Foundations for a Thoughtful Judaism"
with Rabbi Jay
TUESDAY 1/11
NO
Open Mah jongg/Canasta
WEDNESDAY 1/12
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 1/13
11:00 AM Torah Study with the Rabbi
2:00 PM Beginning Hebrew with Ira
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Friday, 1/7 SHABBAT DINNER
6:00 PM
Sunday, 1/16 CHILDREN'S TU B'SHVAT PROGRAM
10:00 AM
Thursday, 1/20 "THE CHOSEN"
7:45 PM
Sunday, 1/23 WAX MEETING: "ARE YOU PREPARED?"
1:00 PM
Sunday, 1/30 LANIE KAZAN CONCERT
8:00 PM
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FRIDAY Night Shabbat Dinner (ZOOM)
January 7, 2021
Services at 6:00 PM
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FRIDAY Night Shabbat Dinner (ZOOM)
January 7, 2021
Services at 6:00 PM and Dinner
We will Schmooze, sing, pray, Schmooze, learn, eat, and Schmooze some more! Dinner following candle lighting and kaddish in your own private chat room with friends or new friends.
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Tu B'shvat is
Jewish Arbor Day
children ages 3-7
come and celebrate
ecology, trees and fruits of Israel
Zoom
SUNDAY JANUARY 16,2022
10a.m.
fun crafts, stories, songs and games
sponsored by :
PJ Library
The Jewish Federation in the Heart of New Jersey
Highland Park Conservative Temple-Congregation Anshe Emeth
JCC of LBI
for reservations contact: jccoflbi@gmail.com
after registration you will receive the zoom link and list of materials to have on hand
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MOVIE NITE - Thursday evening January 20th
40th Anniversary of the film "The Chosen"
Watch the film on your own and join us for discussion after Ma'ariv at 7:45.
In this provocative drama based on Chaim Potok’s bestselling novel, frictions over tradition and modernity test the vexed friendship of two Jewish teens from different religious factions in 1940s Williamsburg. Reuven (Barry Miller) is the son of a worldly progressive scholar; Danny (Robby Benson) is the son of an ultra-Orthodox rabbi (iconic Oscar-winning actors Maximilian Schell and Rod Steiger play the fathers). Though ideologically split, the boys bond around their love of stickball, until a rift over the creation of a Jewish homeland prompts painful choices and a search for one’s own destiny. Director Jeremy Kagan crafts a nuanced, authentic portrayal of Hasidic life and post-WWII turmoil within American Jewry.
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Jewish Community Center of Long Beach Island is pleased to present
Lainie Kazan
Up Close and Personal
Sunday, January 30, 2022
8:00 PM EST - Zoom
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Also in stock - Mezuzah Scrolls |
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Marvin Alexander
Romeo Dicicco
Marvin Fitts
Phyllis Greenfield
David Lipsitz
Bernard Matz
Esther Sheparde
Harold Simandl
Mel Ehrich
Abraham Robin*
Todd Michael Specer*
David Brill*
Donald Brill*
Isador Dalinsky
Henry Rosen
Peter Ungar
Erma Glass
Anna Gottlieb*
Edith Konner
Mina Rosenbaum
Joseph Rudnick*
Diane Rudoff
Mollie Segal
Robert Fischer
Sarah Ganek
Hannah Moses*
Max Rosenbaum
Laura Barsh
Thelma Brusilow
Harvey Light
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 also welcome to share with the minyan some special memories of your loved one.
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MAZEL TOV
MALENIE & MICHAEL PISCETELLI
on the birth of their first grandchild
Leia Mira Brenman
The parents are
Krystle & Corey Brenman
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Diane Buskirk
January 9
Kenneth Podos
January 10
Joan Ely
January 11
Barbara Hirsh
January 11
J. Robert Lieber
January 11
Kenneth Abend
January 14
Debra Levy
January 14
Steven R. Sher
January 14
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Louis & Cheryl Celebre
42nd Anniversary
January 13th
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SHARE YOUR NEWS
AND PICTURES
CONTACT:
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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JCC FUNDS
Your gift to the JCC support 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 AD THURSDAYS
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
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
KOL HAKAVOD
TRIBUTES:
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Rabbi Michael S. Jay
Michael Babst, President
E-mail Editor: Rose Valentine
Graphics by
Irene Babst
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