Jewish Community Center of Long Beach Island E-Letter
December 17, 2021
13 Tevet 5782
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MOVIE ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON
IN PERSON ONLY AT THE JCC OF LBI
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In 1941, the inhabitants of a small Jewish village in Central Europe organize a fake deportation train so that they can escape the Nazis and flee to Palestine.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19TH AT 4:00 PM
Vaccination and Masks requried to attend.
Discussion led by Ira Morgenthal following the showing of the movie.
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A TORAH MESSAGE FROM THE RABBI |
We have the privilege of finishing the Book of Genesis this week. In our tradition, the ending of one book only means that we are about to begin the next book. It is our way of saying that every ending is really a beginning.
Life is like that. If we look at the things that have ended in our lives, I think we will find that each ending led into a beginning of one kind or another. The ending of a job or a relationship, leaves a door open for the next job or relationship.
This is an important idea to carry with us as we chart the ups and downs of our lives. Thinking of the opening door with its endless possibilities is a positive way of handling endings.
That is just a small thought about this week’s Torah portion. But what I really want you to do is continue to read this message. On Wednesday evenings we have been reading and studying “Judaism’s Life-Changing Ideas” by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. Therein, Rabbi Sacks takes each Torah portion and briefly tells the reader what that portion teaches us about how to view, or live, life. It provides a great platform from which to enter into discussion on the Torah portion, Judaism, and the world around us.
Click here for the life-changing idea that Rabbi Sacks gleans from this week’s Torah portion, Vayechi (I hope that after you read it, you will be given the impetus to join us on Wednesday evenings): Click on the button below to read Rabbi Sacks' commentary.
Shabbat Shalom – Rabbi Michael S. Jay
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THE ST FRANCIS FOOD PANTRY NEEDS YOUR HELP! |
The St. Francis Human Concerns Food Pantry is one of the largest in Ocean County that distributes food items and personal hygiene products to families in need.
On a recent visit by the JCC Women's Auxiliary they found that the pantry shelves were bare while folks waited for much needed help.
Please bring donations of food/personal hygience/cleaning products to to the pantry during business hours. The Community Center is located at 4700 Long Beach Blvd.,
Long Beach Twp., NJ 08008
Business hours:
Monday: 10:00 AM to 2:00PM
Tuesday: 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Wednesday: 10:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Thursday: 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Friday: Closed
Closed Weekends
We will also be collecting non perishable items/hygience and cleaning products at the JCC. A milk crate will be on the front steps of the synagogue for your items.
If you are unable to make a food donation, monetary donations are also greatly appreciated. Please make checks payable to: St. Francis Human Concerns. Monetary donations may be mailed to the address above or dropped off at the front desk of the Community Center.
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SHABBAT SHALOM
Candle lighting Time
Friday evening,
December 17, 2021
4:16 PM
So. Ocean County
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JOIN US FOR
SERVICES
Friday evening
December 17, 2021
6:00 PM
ZOOM ONLY
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to Join
Zoom Services
Saturday morning
December 18, 2021
Services
9:00 AM
IN PERSON
AND ON ZOOM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to Join
Zoom Services
Torah Reading:
Parashat Vayechi
Genesis 47:28-50:26
Here is the Reading
Parashat Vayechi tells of Jacob's request for burial in Canaan, Jacob's blessing of Joseph's sons Ephraim and Manasseh, Jacob's blessing of his sons, Jacob's death and burial, and Joseph's death.
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Haftorah
I Kings 2:1-12 · 12
Here is the Haftorah
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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
SUNDAY 12/19
4:00 PM
Afternoon Movie at the JCC
In person ONLY
MONDAY 12/20
10:00 AM
Hartman Institute Seminar
"Foundations for a Thoughtful Judaism'
with Rabbi Jay
7:30 PM
CAMERA Seminar on AntiSemetism
TUESDAY 12/21
12:30 - 4 PM
Open Mah jongg/Canasta
WEDNESDAY 12/22
4:00
WAX Book Club
"Last Summer at the Golden Hotel" by Elyssa Friedland
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 12/23
11:00 AM Torah Study with the Rabbi
2:00 PM Beginning Hebrew with Ira
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The JCCof LBI had a great week of programming. 60 houeholds joined our West Point presentation on Sunday morning. There was so much to learn and so much to be proud of. Wednesday evening, The Heroes Against Hate Program from the Ocean County Federation was inspiring and enlightening. SOPHIE BRAUN we are so proud of you! Finally on Thursday evening, a wonderful presentation by WAX featuring Sherry Fruchterman took us on her journey to renovation and design with many hints on how to upgrade your home.
If you missed the Federation Program, you can view it by clicking on this link: HEROES
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CAMERA and the JCC
are sponsoring the 12/20 event below.
It is a very important and informative seminar.
Please join us to learn how to respond to Antisemtism.
Here is the registration link: CAMERA
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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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Chaverah
Were Back and Planning
Looking forward to the coming months when we can be together again. We are planning our first day trip on a Sunday afternoon in the Spring for a visit to the Grounds for Sculpture and lunch at Rat's in Hamilton, NJ. Car pooling will be the mode of transportation, tickets are $18 and senor citizens are $15. Dates and times to be decided, but we are looking for your input:
- Are you interested in this event?
- Other suggestions for future events?
More information to follow.
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The JCC and Southern Ocean County lost a valued
and beloved member of the community last week.
Condolensces to the entire Snyder Family
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Morrie Baker
Bonnie Joy Farin*
Sidney Gottlieb
Martin Kader
Solomon N. Rosenstein
Gil Ross
Jacob Weill*
Frances Berson
Lise Polishook
Ethel Rosenberg
Sam Rosenberg
Esther Sheparde
Florence Cohen Galer
Herb Morton
Ruth Moss
Phyllis Tanenbaum
Murray Weiner
Dora Chazin*
Samuel Cweibel*
Mildred Epstein
Sydney R. Racusin*
Paul Sidel
Ruth Albu
Richard Aronson
Sidney Bitton
Ruth Grossman
Julius Rapaport*
Janet Runko
Sophie Silver*
Walter Blumberg
Rose Gerstenblatt
Evelyn Davis Kolsby*
Andrea Lander
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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Remembering Bonnie Joy Farin, Past Sisterhood President and "joyful' author, star and director of the Sisterhood Shabbat Programs. |
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Jill Berson
December 20
Elyse Pepose
December 20
Elly Rosenthal
December 20
Irwin Sablosky
December 21
Bernard Barrish
December 22
Beverly Miller
December 22
Sheila Weisel
December 23
Craig Israelite
December 24
Ninette Steinberg
December 24
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HAPPY 75TH BIRTHDAY TO
SHEILA WEISEL
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David & Viki Pashman
December 21
53rd Anniversary
Frank & Renee Ward
December 21
35th Anniversary
Mitchell & Arlene Frumkin
December 22
42nd Anniversary
Neil & Rebecca Dolinger
December 23
31st Anniversary
Howard & Sherry Fruchterman
December 24
55th Anniversary
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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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