Jewish Community Center of Long Beach Island E-Letter
December 4, 2020
18 Kislev 5781
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.CHANUKAH-HANNUKAH-CHANUKA-HANUKAH-CHANUKKAH
FIRST CANDLE THURSDAY EVENING 12/10
JOIN THE JCC ZOOM EACH NIGHT FOR A SPECIAL ACTIVITY
THURSDAY 12/10
7:30 PM
Let us light our Chanukiahs together and sing Chanukah songs
FRIDAY 12/11
6:00 PM
VIRTUAL SHABBAT DINNER
For reservations and table requests contact Irene. Click here for the EMAIL
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SATURDAY 12/12
6:00 Havdallah
6:30 PM Movie
Gather the kids and grandkids around to watch on Zoom
"A Rugrats Chanukah"
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SUNDAY 12/13
6:00 PM
Making Latkes with Rabbi Jay
Join Rabbi in the kitchen and make latkes together
HERE IS THE RECIPE
4 large potatoes (Russet or Yukon Gold works best)
1 medium/large onion
lemon juice
2 eggs
2 tablespoons of matzah meal or flour
salt
pepper
oil for frying
Peel potatoes and finely grate them together with the onions in a food processor. Sprinkle with lemon juice. Empty the grated potato/onion mixture onto a large piece of cheesecloth and squeeze out liquid into a bowl. Let the liquid sit for a while and then pour off the liquid. On the bottom of the bowl will be a "starchy" sediment. Place the grated potato/onion mixture into a large bowl together with the eggs, flour and the starchy sediment from the bowl. Combine well and add salt and pepper.
Fry in hot oil (nonstick skillet or cast iron pot is best) by dropping full tablespoons of the potato mixture into the oil. Flatten mixture and fry in batches over medium-high heat. The latkes should be golden brown on both sides. Place cooked latkes on paper towel to drain oil. To keep warm or reheat, place on a cookie sheet and place in 300 degree oven.
Serve with applesauce or sour cream and enjoy.
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MONDAY 12/14
8:00 PM
The Great Latkes vs Hamantashen Debate
The Latkes–Hamantashen Debate is a deliberately humorous academic debate about the relative merits and meanings of these two items of Jewish cuisine. The debate originated at the University of Chicago in 1946 and has since been held annually.
The JCC of LBI will be holding its own GREAT SYNAGOUE DEBATE
Following a joint communal lighting of the menorah with
Congregation B'nai Tikvah, New Brunswick,
the two spirtual leaders
Rabbi Jay and Rabbi Robert Wolkoff
will be debating the merits of Latkes and Hamantashen.
Mitch Frumkin will be our moderator.
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TUESDAY 12/15
7:30 PM
Let's Play Dreydel
WEDNESDAY 12/16
7:30 PM
Why do we Eat cheese on Chanukah?
We will be answering that question as we
learn the story of the often forgotten Chanukah heroine Judith.
THURSDAY 12/17
7:30 PM
Ocean County Jewish Federation's
Community of Caring Heroes
honoring community leaders, and lighting candles for the last night of Chanukah
Our own Dr. Max Scheer and Lenore Forested will be honored.
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A MESSAGE FROM THE RABBI - POST THANKSGIVING THOUGHTS
As the four of us, Sheri, me, Sammi and Reid, sat down for Thanksgiving dinner, after having had several zoom “gatherings” with our families, something dawned on me. Sometimes it really is the absence of things that enables us to feel gratitude for them. It is not a new or unique thought, but it is true.
Sadly, all-too-often, we appreciate things only after we don’t have them. We certainly appreciate health much more, at a time that we are not healthy. When we lose a loved one, we miss the mundane activities we did together. The phone calls, the lunches, the trips to the grocery store. When we make less money, we come to appreciate the income that has been lost. When the car doesn’t start, we come to appreciate the thousands of times that it had previously started.
The hubbub, the noise, the endless hours of cooking, the preparation, the cleanup, even the drama. I missed it all. And I appreciate it on a much different level today.
God willing, next year we will be able to have a “full” Thanksgiving. And, God willing, we will understand just how wonderful it will be to have the pleasure and freedom to physically share time together.
May we soon have the opportunity to say, with great frequency, Shehechyanu blessing:
Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Sovereign of all, who has kept us alive, sustained us, and brought us (together physically) to this season.
One last note: Next Thursday, December 10, 2020 (24 Kislev 5781), we will be lighting candles for the first night of Hanukkah. I think it would be a great thing if each of us devises a way to make each night’s candle special. Use the light of each new candle to remember a loved one. Use it to remember a favorite hero/heroine from the Torah. Use it to remember a hero in your own lives. Use it to remember a favorite poem. The lights of the Menorah commemorate the miracles that God brought to our ancestors. But we each have miracles in our lives. They are represented by people, events, or simple moments. Let each flame enable you to see the miracles that have been, and are, a part of your life.
Shabbat Shalom – Rabbi Michael S. Jay
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MAKE YOUR OWN ICE MENORAH |
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Click here for instructions
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NEXT WEEK'S SCHEDULE
FRIDAY 12/4 @ 6:00 AM
Kabbalat Shabbat
SATURDAY 12/5
Torah Study 9:00 AM
Services at 10:00 AM
MONDAY 12/7 @ 10:00 AM
Chumash Class (Family Dynamics) with Rabbi Jay
TUESDAY 12/8 @ 8:00 PM
Rabbi's Class at the Jersey Shore Jewish Virtual University (see article below on Virtual University to register)
THURSDAY 12/10 @ 11:00 AM
Torah Study with the Rabbi
2:00 PM Beginning Hebrew with Ira
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HERE ARE THE LINKS FOR THE ACTIVITIES FOR THIS WEEK |
COFFEE, DESSERT AND COMRADERIE
WAX GET-TOGETHER
7:45 PM
TUESDAY DECEMBER 22nd
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Candle Lighting Time
Friday evening,
December 4, 2020
4:14 PM
(So. Ocean County NJ)
JOIN US FOR SERVICES
ON ZOOM
Friday evening
December 4, 2020
6:00 PM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to
Join Zoom Services
Saturday morning
December 5, 2020
Torah Study
9:00 AM
Services
10:00 AM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to
Join Zoom Services
Torah Portion
Parashat Vayishlach
Genesis 32:4-36:43
Here is the Parshah
Haftorah
Obadiah 1:1 - 1:21
Here is the Haftorah:
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Havdallah
Saturday
December 5, 2020
6:00 PM
Sunday - Thursday
Ma'ariv Service
7:30 PM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to
Join Zoom Services:
Sunday - Friday
Shacharit Service
8:15 AM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to
Join Zoom Services:
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JCC WOMENS AUXILIARY: BOOK GROUP DISCUSSION
THE 3RD WEDNESDAY, AT 4:00 PM
CONTINUES....
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The second novel in a dramatic trilogy set in eleventh-century France about the lives and loves of three daughters of the great Talmud scholar
Rashi’s middle daughter, Miriam, is determined to bring new life safely into the Troyes Jewish community and becomes a midwife. As devoted as she is to her chosen path, she cannot foresee the ways in which she will be tested and how heavily she will need to rely on her faith. With Rashi's Daughters, author Maggie Anton brings the Talmud and eleventh-century France to vivid life and poignantly captures the struggles and triumphs of strong Jewish women.
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Wednesday, Jan. 20 at 4:00 PM
The dramatic final book in the epic historical trilogy about the lives and loves of the three daughters of the great Talmud scholar Rashi
Rachel is the youngest and most beautiful daughter of medieval Jewish scholar Salomon ben Isaac, or "Rashi." Her father's favorite and adored by her new husband, Eliezer, Rachel's life looks to be one of peaceful scholarship, laughter, and love. But events beyond her control will soon threaten everything she holds dear. Marauders of the First Crusade massacre nearly the entire Jewish population of Germany, and her beloved father suffers a stroke. Eliezer wants their family to move to the safety of Spain, but Rachel is determined to stay in France and help her family save the Troyes yeshiva, the only remnant of the great centers of Jewish learning in Europe.
ORDER YOUR BOOK NOW AND START READING TODAY!
Click here to purchase all 3 books in the series on Amazon. Click here to go to the Ocean County Library. A zoom link will be sent shortly before the event.
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THIS WEEK'S YAHRZEITS
The following names will be read at Friday night services.
Albert Haas
Israel J. Cramer
Esther Gold Entin
Rachel List*
Henry Medvin
Jerome Polaner
Charles Farin
Houshang Golsaz
Henrietta Schocat
Robert Eisner
Dora Levy
Benjamin Serepca*
Phyllis Schwartz
Albert Goldberg*
Emil Goldstein*
Charles Barsh
Helen Eisen
Ray Farin
Jack Newman*
John Patrician
M. Charles Ross
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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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Debra Traster
December 5
Deanna Feinberg
December 7
Sanford Oxfeld
December 8
Ronald Buskirk
December 10
Wallace Dairman
December 10
Barnett Hoffman
December 10
Lisa Schlossman
December 11
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SHARE YOUR NEWS
AND PICTURES
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
Join Herb and Selma Shapiro z"l to help assure the continuity of our JCC, and our ability to continue providing a full- congregation to serve the Jewish people of the area. Judith z"l & Donald Pripstein have joined the Shapiros with a $50,000 donation and have established The Pripstein Family Endowment Fund.
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 name funds will be joined together to be part of the endowment fund portfolio.
All members are encouraged to help this important effort by contributing to this fund whether as a specific named fund, or as a general donation. 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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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 TEMPORARILY CLOSED.
PLEASE 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
Tony DeGregorio, Custodial Staff
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
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