Week of May 28, 2020
Your Weekly News and Updates
May 28 - June 5, 2020
www.thejewishcenter.org
Livestream and Zoom
Available for ALL services!
TJC service schedule and links

In order to maintain security, and prevent zoom bombing, when you enter our zoom service, you must have your video on and show a correct name on your screen. If we cannot identify you, you will not be let into the service. Once you have been let in, you may turn your video feed off.
Shavuot - Akdamut and Book of Ruth for Shavuot
Yizkor Service
Book of Remembrance
More Prayer Book pages can be found on our website at:
https://thejewishcenter.org/Resources/Services-Siddurs.aspx


If you would like the El Maleh Rachamim prayer said for a loved one, please email Cantor Jeff or Rabbi Bob prior to services, but not on holidays or Shabbat.
Note: The Friday Morning Shavuot Service Zoom Link is as follows - all other links are as listed on the schedule:

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89425303868?pwd=dmhCQUo4eVNVKzk5MnJVVlJzM2k1Zz09

Meeting ID: 894 2530 3868
Password: TJCshavuot

Dial by your location
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       +1 929 436 2866 US (New York)
       +1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)
       +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
       +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
       +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)

Meeting ID: 894 2530 3868
Password: 502471

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kTZUslN94
Effective immediately, and continuing through July,
these are our new links:


Friday Night Shabbat Service – 6:30 PM
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87670384283?pwd=b0xoYURNN3RBSDRZM2pHZDdaZzBadz09
Meeting ID: 876 7038 4283
Password: TJCShabbat
Livestream – https://livestream.com/tjc


Saturday Morning Shabbat Service
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88917859044?pwd=bFpCZXIxVGp4RUhhWFEzbHpu
Meeting ID: 889 1785 9044
Password: TJCShabbat
Livestream – https://livestream.com/tjc


Sunday Morning Minyan
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88517105859?pwd=NnU5VFNCbTZjeXNDcURWSHZsYXl5UT09
Meeting ID: 885 1710 5859
Password: TJCminyan
Livestream – https://livestream.com/tjc


Wednesday Morning Minyan
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82303857786?pwd=WEt1WVNBalpUUTNONEV3TkY4N3JYZz09
Meeting ID: 823 0385 7786
Password: TJCminyan
Livestream – https://livestream.com/tjc
As we continue through the pandemic we will be making adjustments in how we offer our programs and services online.  For the month of June we’ll be offering our midweek (Sunday and Wednesday) minyanim only on the Zoom platform, not on LiveStream.  We encourage those of you who attend via LiveStream to try the Zoom platform instead, and let us know if you need help. While we ask that you have your video on when you join the service (for security reasons) you can turn it off after that so you’ll be able to see without being seen.
To Livestream our services, go to  www.thejewishcenter.org . Scroll down to the gold box on the right which will say "Go to livestream." Click on that. On the next page, a grey box will appear. Click on that as well. You will then see our main sanctuary. If we are live, just click the play button. Most often, the camera goes live 10-15 minutes before the service begins.

To join the services via ZOOM, click on the applicable Zoom link above. If you haven't used Zoom before, Zoom will ask you to download its software. Do, that, then follow instructions. Make sure that you enable your computer's audio and video, then mute your own microphone by clicking the icon at the bottom left corner of the window.
Live "From Princeton: It's Friday Night Live" and
"It's Saturday Morning Live" 
 
Attention Families of All Ages, Kids and Adults Alike! 
Everyone loves to see and hear you, and especially your children, at our Zoom services!  
 
If you would like to participate in Friday night and/or Saturday morning Shabbat services via Zoom, please contact Mindy Langer ( mlanger@thejewishcenter.org ), Polly Strauss ( pollystrauss18@gmail.com ) or Cantor Jeff ( cantorjeff@thejewishcenter.org ) 
 
We have special parts for you, including lighting candles, leading Ein Keloheynu, Adon Olam, Kiddush and Motzi, as well as readings in English or Hebrew. 
 
Looking forward to seeing AND hearing you! 
 
Cantor Jeff, Polly, Mindy and the Religious Affairs Committee 
Thursday, May 28 - Erev Shavuot - Candle Lighting is 8:02pm
Tikkun Leil Shavuot: 8pm - To pre-register send your name(s) and workshop of your choice to tikkun@thejewishcenter.org .
Sign on Time: 7:30pm Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82956804473?pwd=MXJzWVVHclh2UW5GYWpRYzc2VE9Zdz09

Meeting ID: 829 5680 4473
Password: cheesecake

Dial by your location
    +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
    +1 929 205 6099 US (New York)
    +1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)
    +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
    +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
    +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)

Meeting ID: 829 5680 4473
Password: 412532

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/keCDqv98Ec

Friday, May 29 - Shavuot - Day 1 - Candle Lighting is 8:02pm
Shavuot Morning Service: 9:30am - Livestream and Zoom only -
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89425303868?pwd=dmhCQUo4eVNVKzk5MnJVVlJzM2k1Zz09

Meeting ID: 894 2530 3868
Password: TJCshavuot

Dial by your location
       +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
       +1 929 436 2866 US (New York)
       +1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)
       +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
       +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
       +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)

Meeting ID: 894 2530 3868
Password: 502471

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kTZUslN94
Pre-Shabbat Meditation - Ruth Goldston Ph.D: 4pm
Please be in touch with Ruth at  ruth.goldston@gmail.com  to get the Zoom link

Kabbalat Shabbat Service: 6:30pm - Livestream and Zoom only

Saturday, May 30 - Shabbat/Shavuot Day 2 and Yizkor
Shabbat/Shavuot Morning Service and Yizkor: 9:30am - Livestream and Zoom only

Bible BaBoker : 8:45am - Zoom video meeting each week. If you wish to participate, all are welcome to join via the Zoom link - contact Michael Goldin for the zoom link at mmgold18@yahoo.com

Havurah: 10am - 9:45am sign in to schmooze / 10am start via Zoom ( for more information please contact Neil Litt at neillitt@outlook.com .)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86142745562?pwd=bEFnY0lGMHBoak1UOEprY1ZRS0JwUT09

Meeting ID : 861 4274 5562
Password: 311195

Dial by your location
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       +1 929 436 2866 US (New York)
       +1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)
       +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
       +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
       +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/keeaMX9krO

Yasher Koach to those participating via Zoom
in our Services

May 29 Shavuot Day 1 morning service:
Torah/Haftarah: Adam Scheer
Ashrei: Debbie Brett
Akdamut: Isaac Mayer
Shomeret: Linda Milstein
Shammash: Mindy Langer

May 29 PM Erev Shabbat:
Linda Milstein Shammash/Shomeret

May 30 Shabbat Morning and Shavuot Day 2:
Sh'ma and V'ahavta: Schnitzer Family
English reading: Adam Warner (after Shacharit)
Torah/Haftarah: Jerry Kauffman
Book of Ruth selections: Isaac Mayer
Prayer for our Country: Mik Rosenthal
Shomeret: Naomi Richman
Shammash: Gil Gordon

Sunday, May 31
Morning Minyan: 9am - Livestream and Zoom only

Tuesday, June 2
EC Meeting: 7:30pm

Wednesday, June 3
Morning Minyan: 7pm - Zoom only
Talmud Study Group: 12:15pm - Close reading and analysis of selected passages and  sugiyot  in the Babylonian Talmud and related texts. To receive a Zoom invitation or for more information contact  neillitt@outlook.com .

Friday, June 5 - Candle Lighting is 8:07pm
 Torah and Tea: 9:30am - see flyer below for Zoom information
Pre-Shabbat Meditation - Ruth Goldson, Ph.D : 4pm via zoom
Please be in touch with Ruth at  ruth.goldston@gmail.com  to get the Zoom link
Kabbalat Shabbat Katan : 5:45pm via Zoom - See flyer below for Zoom information
Kabbalat Shabbat Service: 6:30pm - Livestream and Zoom only


TIKKUN LEYL SHAVUOT
THURSDAY, MAY 28
8-10pm
In Memory of Rabbi Adam Feldman z"l

An engaging evening inspired by Rabbi Adam Feldman's love of learning.

How is THIS night different from all other nights?
It’s the evening of Torah learning in honor of Rabbi Feldman, z’l, and it’s virtual!
The song Tora Ora, Torah is Light, could not be truer, or more needed, in these times.
Bring light into your life with engaging learning from scholars and congregants
plus music and song. We’ll be together, but in our own homes.

Three concurrent workshops , using Zoom breakout rooms, with opportunities for deeper learning and discussion are:

Journey To Sinai - Present at Revelation Presenter: Sharon Diamondstein

Cultivating an Attitude of Gratitude  / Presenter: Rabbi Elisa Goldberg

Megillat Ruth or Two Biblical Women Alone on the Road: A Text for Our Times -
Presenter: Froma I. Zeitlin

To pre-register, send your name(s) and workshop of your choice to tikkun@thejewishcenter.org

ZOOM INFORMATION
Sign on Time: 7:30pm Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82956804473?pwd=MXJzWVVHclh2UW5GYWpRYzc2VE9Zdz09

Meeting ID: 829 5680 4473
Password: cheesecake

Dial by your location
    +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
    +1 929 205 6099 US (New York)
    +1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)
    +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
    +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
    +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)

Meeting ID: 829 5680 4473
Password: 412532

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/keCDqv98Ec


Tikkun Committee
Michele Alperin, Rod Ballard, Suzanne Esterman, Michael Goldin, Arnold Landy,
Linda Milstein, Avi Paradise, Dr. Mik Rosenthal, Shoshana Silberman, Myra Weiner
Shabbat - Parashat Shavuot - Day 1
Friday, May 29
Parashat Shavuot - Day 1
6 Sivan - May 29
5780
If you do not have a Chumash available, below are links to the Torah portion and Haftarah:

Torah -     https://www.sefaria.org/Exodus.19.1-20.23?lang=bi&aliyot=0
Maftir - https://www.sefaria.org/Numbers.28.26-31?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en
Haftarah - https://www.sefaria.org/Ezekiel.1.1-28?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en

Shavuot - Akdamut and Book of Ruth for Shavuot

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer, an expert Torah reader, has recorded this week’s triennial Torah and Haftarah reading. Kudos to Isaac! Please click on this link to see and hear Isaac:

Shavuot day 1 - akdamut, torah, haftarah: https://youtu.be/VEO3nTEaRqg
Shabbat - Parashat Shavuot - Day 2
Saturday, May 30

If you have a Chumash (Five Books of Torah) at home, here is the portion for Saturday:

Parashat Shavuot - Day 2
7 Sivan - May 30
5780
If you do not have a Chumash available, below are links to the Torah portion and Haftarah:

Torah -    https://www.sefaria.org/Deuteronomy.15.19-16.17?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en
Haftarah - https://www.sefaria.org/Habakkuk.3.1-19?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=bi

Shavuot - Akdamut and Book of Ruth for Shavuot
Yizkor Service
Book of Remembrance

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer, an expert Torah reader, has recorded this week’s triennial Torah and Haftarah reading. Kudos to Isaac! Please click on this link to see and hear Isaac:  

Shavuot day 2 — Book of Ruth FROM A KLAF!!: https://youtu.be/p19uJDodlIM  
Shavuot day 2 — torah, haftarah with yatziv pitgam: https://youtu.be/aGIPmw_dync  

Yatziv Pitgam is a similar poem as Akdamut read on day 1 and is recited at the beginning of Haftarah
reading on Shavuot Day 2. We do not have it in any of our prayer books.
If you would like to purchase your own copies of the Etz Chayim and Lev Shalem prayer books, please go to the Rabbinical Assembly website here: http://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/resources-ideas/publications/  Click on Prayerbooks for Lev Shalem. Click on Etz Hayim Humash for the Etz Hayim
CONGREGANT OF THE YEAR
MAZAL TOV SUZANNE ESTERMAN!  
We are pleased to announce that Suzanne Esterman has been named the 2020 Congregant of the Year. The Congregant of the Year award began in 1992. It is designed to recognize a congregant who as made significant and personal contributions to The Jewish Center.
 
Suzanne has served TJC in many different ways - and nearly always under the radar. She has impacted the religious, cultural, social and, yes, the culinary aspects of the TJC life experience! With her modest, soft- spoken style and as a “Shabbat Regular”, Suzanne has volunteered at numerous Jewish Center Women events, the annual Shavuot Holiday Learning events and the annual Sukkot events, and is one of the few key-holders for the Schnapps after Services kiddush - but perhaps her crowning achievement and contribution to TJC has been as the designer, founder, sustainer and true leader of the “Kiddush Krew”. read more

Join us every Friday at 4pm

Weekly Pre-Shabbat Meditation with Ruth B. Goldston, Ph.D. via Zoom
Please be in touch with Ruth at  ruth.goldston@gmail.com  to get the Zoom link
Questiions? Please call or email Sharon Diamondstein
at 609-921-0100 x 220
sdiamondstein@thejewishcenter.org

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/97041183303?pwd=UG5QTzFkTXUwVERIVVJuZ0dSRTMrZz09
Password if asked is Torah

Questions? Contact Sharon Diamondstein - sdiamondstein@thejewishcenter.org
Zoon Link -   https://zoom.us/j/96050022786?pwd=Z0FVV1ZMSUxqVlBvVllqT2V4RUk4Zz09
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
Camp Is Closed. Welcome to Virtual, Free, Super Camp.
Bring Your Friends.

Jewish camps provide us with joy, connection and transformation. Camp and the formative teenage Jewish experiences that come with it are irreplaceable. It is no coincidence that many leaders of our communities were campers and counselors. read more
NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER ISSUES URGENT CALL FOR HEALTHY DONORS AS BLOOD SUPPLY DROPS TO DANGEROUSLY LOW LEVELS

The need for blood has dramatically increased tp pre-COVID19 levels. Donors are needed now to insure the availability of this critical component of emergency preparedness.
Since 2007 the Jewish Center has been holding drives with the New York Blood Center. You can find a convenient community blood drive or a donor center location by going to nybc.org or reaching out to Lynne Ross at 732-616-9284 or lross@nybc.org

Are you looking for work because of the Covid 19 outbreak? The State of New Jersey has over 50,000 jobs listed on this site: jobs.covid19.nj.com. Even if it’s not for yourself, please share with anyone you know who is struggling to find work. Jobs are updated daily. Good Luck.
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