Jewish Community Center of Long Beach Island E-Letter
August 5, 2022
8 Av 5782
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A TORAH MESSAGE FROM
THE RABBI
We are in the Nine days immediately preceding Tisha B’Av, the Ninth of Av. For our people, it is a time of modified mourning. According to our tradition many tragedies have occurred on this date in Jewish history, including the destruction of the First (586 B.C.E.) and Second (70 C.E.) Temples. The Ninth of Av itself is observed as a major Fast Day, that is we fast from sunset until sunset. (The fast this year is actually on the 10th of Av since the 9th of Ave falls on Shabbat.) In addition we traditionally we refrain from, among other things, bathing, any celebration, and sexual relations.
While there are many reasons leading to the downfall/destruction of civilizations, countries, cities, and great structures, our tradition tells is that it was "Sinat Chinam", translated as “baseless hatred”, that lead to the destruction of Jerusalem and the Jewish Temples built within the city. To be sure, the Talmud and Midrash cite other reasons for the annihilation. Two examples are that the Israelites were engaging in widespread idol worship and prohibited sexual relations. But the most cited reason remains “baseless hatred”.
But what is baseless hatred? No real definition is given; instead the Talmud explains it by providing stories of people treating each other badly. While the stories are illustrative, each highlights a pattern of behavior and the spear of that behavior was “sinat chinam”. Unfortunately we live in a time full of baseless hatred.
We live in an increasingly complex and, frankly, hostile, world. Even in the Olympics, we see that Israel is continually singled out for harsh treatment. On the opening night of the games the Lebanese Olympic team barred the Israeli team’s entrance onto a bus. A Saudi Judo contestant withdrew from her first round bout because if she had won she would have had to face an Israeli. If the Games are supposed to be about harmony and peaceful competition, what, other than “sinat chinam”, could permit such unsavory behavior. And what, other than baseless hatred keeps the bulk of the media from revealing these stories to the world.
Frankly, it is easy to point to the actions of others. However, I would argue that few of us are free from engaging in “sinat chinam”. Each of us needs to take steps to refrain from hurtful activity. To battle “baseless hatred” we need to utilize Hillel’s oft-quoted aphorism: “Don’t do to others that which you would not want done to yourself.”
We need to look at our own lives. We need to look at our families, our friends, our work, our clubs, our synagogues, and our boards. In any of these contexts, if we have done something to someone else that we would not have wanted done to ourselves, or if we have witnessed such activity without speaking up against it, we have engaged in Sinat Chinam.
It is not the imperfect home, organization, city, country, or civilization that falls apart. Diminution occurs only when we fail to actively strive to heal the imperfections that exist.
Reflect, contemplate, think before we act, and adjust for the better.
Tisha B’Av services will be held this coming Saturday evening beginning at 9:00 pm. We will be in the building and on Zoom. As is the tradition, we will refrain from wearing leather shoes, light a candle, sit on the floor (if possible), and chant Eicha (the Book of Lamentations). This service tends to have great meaning for those who are present. Please join us.
Shabbat Shalom and tzom kal (easy fast)
Rabbi Michael S. Jay
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Candle Lighting time
Friday evening
August 5, 2022
7:47 pm
(So. Ocean County)
JOIN US FOR
SERVICES
Friday night
August 5, 2022
8:00 PM
IN PERSON
AND
ON ZOOM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to join
Zoom services
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Saturday Morning
August 6, 2022
9:00 AM
IN PERSON
AND
ON ZOOM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to join
Zoom services
Torah Reading:
Parashat Devarim
Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22
Here Reading
Devarim (“Words”) is the first Torah portion in the Book of Deuteronomy, the final book of the Torah. In it, Moses recounts events from the Israelites’ travels in the desert, like the appointment of judges, the sin of the spies, and the wars with the Emorite kings Sihon and Og.
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Haftorah
Isaiah 1:1-27
Here is the Haftorah
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Havdallah &
Tisha B'Av Service
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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AUGUST 6 - EREV TISHA B'AV
AUGUST 7- TISHA B'AV
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Tisha B’Av (Hebrew: תשעה באב or ט׳ באב, "the Ninth of Av,") is an annual fast day in Judaism, named for the ninth day (Tisha) of the month of Av in the Hebrew calendar. The fast commemorates the destruction of both the First Temple and Second Temple in Jerusalem, which occurred about 655 years apart, but on the same Hebrew calendar date.
SERVICES
Saturday, August 6th
9:00 PM
Havdallah followed by the reading of
Eicha, from the Book of Lamentations
Sunday, August 7th
9:00 AM
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MONDAY 8/8
Preparing for the High Holy Days with Rabbi Jack
10:00 AM
“This Is Real And You Are Completely Unprepared” by Rabbi Alan Lew
WEDNESDAY 8/10
August Bazaar
8 am - 3 pm
NO CANASTA OR MAH JOGG
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 8/11
11:00 AM Torah Study with the Rabbi
2:00 PM Beginning Hebrew with Ira
HERE ARE THE LINKS:
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NEW CLASS WITH
RABBI JAY
Let’s get ready together for the
High Holy Days:
A multi-class discussion using “This Is Real And You Are Completely Unprepared” by Rabbi Alan Lew
MONDAYS BEGINNING
AUGUST 8 AT 10:00 AM
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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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Noralyn Carroll & Harold Farin kicking up their heel |
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Rose Valentine & Don Pripstein saying the Motzi |
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Irene Babst checking out the video |
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What a wonderful Gala Event!!!!
Wine and fabulous hors d'oeuvres out back on a beautiful LBI summer evening.
An inspiring program retelling the history of the JCC building and honoring some special people on the 10th anniversary of rebuild. A sl
A delicious buffet dinner and dessert along with dancing to the music of The Pickles.
Thank you to the Gala Committee for a job well done and to all those who came to the event, donated or participated in the ad journal.
A special thank to a friend of who made a $10,000 donation in honor of one of the honorees.
It is so good to be back in our building!
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WAX Shell Craft Project. A lovely morning creating beautiful shells with origami paper, modge podge and gold paint. A simple and lovely project taught by Jill Denker with help collecting shells and set up from Noralyn Carroll. A fun project and everyone felt like and artist!
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YOU MISSED THE DEADLINE FOR FREE SHIPPING, BUT YOU CAN STILL ORDER HONEY FOR THE HOLIDAY |
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JCC WOMENS AUXILIARY: BOOK GROUP DISCUSSION
WEDNESDAYS AT 4:00 PM
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AUGUST BOOK
Wednesday, August 17 at 4:00 PM
by Maggie Anton
Hisdadukh, blessed to be beautiful and learned, is the youngest child of Talmudic sage Rav Hisda. The world around her is full of conflict. Rome, fast becoming Christian, battles Zoroastrian Persia for dominance while Rav Hisda and his colleagues struggle to establish new Jewish traditions after the destruction of Jerusalem's Holy Temple. Against this backdrop Hisdadukh embarks on the tortuous path to become an enchantress in the very land where the word 'magic' originated.
A Zoom link will be sent shortly before the event.
FUTURE BOOKS:
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
Leslie Barrish
Elaine Gonsalves
Tola Herszenberg
Nellie Lichtenberg
Jennie Oxfeld
Jeanette Shapiro
Sam Glasser
Arthur Goldman
Abbey Koseff
Benjamin Price
Rebecca Rosner
Nathan Stone*
Howard Titlebaum
Evelyn Bookman*
Max Dreyfus*
Shirley Fischer
Sol Daniel Gussin
Doris Morton
Clara Waman*
Herb Josephson*
Mary D. Klein
Emil Mendlow
Esther Saden
Carl Sher*
Sidney Levine
Sadie Taub*
Leslie Blint
Frank Fink*
Alvin Hurwitz*
Benard Miller
Gertrude Oertell
Thelma Petter
Jay Max Starr, MD
Louis Alexander
Deborah H. Barsh
Leon Isanuk*
*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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Roberta Scott
August 6th
Janet Cohen
August 8th
Michael Diesenhaus
August 8th
Annette Kaplan
August 8th
Stacey Wasserman
August 8th
Jan Becker
August 9th
David M. Freedman
August 10th
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Michael Diesenhaus & Sondi Pripstein
August 6
27th Anniversary
Sanford & Ellen Oxfeld
August 8
52nd Anniversary
Zachary & Dana Rosenberg
August 8
9th Anniversary
Marc & Ruthellen Rubin
August 11
49th Anniversary
Marc & Audrey Wisotsky
August 12
38th Anniversary
Correction from last week
Martin & Stacey Chazin
August 4
26th Anniversary
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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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HELP NEEDED
BAZAAR VOLUNTEERS FOR
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10
VOLUNTEERS TO SERVE ON THE MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
call the office if you can help
609-492-4090
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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
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Staff:
Leslie Dinkfelt, Office Manager
Mary Beth Krieger
Diane Parzych
Deb Schweighardt
Susan Berube, Kitchen Manager
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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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