Jewish Community Center of Long Beach Island E-Letter
August 12, 2022
15 Av 5782
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CONGREGATION ANNUAL MEETING.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 2022 AT 10:00 AM
Please join us for our Congregationn annual meeting that will be held in person and via zoom. If you are planning on attending in person, please join us for a light snack at 10:00AM, so we can promptly start the meeting at 10:30 AM. You must be a paid member to vote on any motions.
FOR THOSE ATTENDING IN PERSON, THE SOCIAL HALL WILL BE DIVIDED INTO A MASK REQUIRED SIDE AND A MASK OPTIONAL SIDE. THE SIDE CLOSEST TO THE ENTRANCE WILL BE MASK REQUIRED, AND THE SIDE CLOSEST TO THE SANCTUARY WILL BE MASK OPTIONAL.
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A TORAH MESSAGE FROM
THE RABBI
In this week’s Torah Portion, Va’Etchanan, Moses is talking to the generation that is going to enter into the Promised Land about the covenant entered into between God and the Israelites and he says: “Adonai, our God, sealed a covenant with us at [Mt.] Horeb. Not with our forefathers did Adonai seal this covenant, but with us --- we who are here today, all of us alive.
At first blush, Moses’ remarks are puzzling. The Israelites who were about to enter the Promised Land are the children and grandchildren of the folks who stood at Mt. Sinai. Thus, in fact, God did enter into the covenant with the forefathers of the people to whom Moses is talking. So why does the Torah use the strange language?
According to Rashi, Moses is letting the young generation know that their forefathers’ covenant applies to them. Thus the intention is that one should read the Text as follows: “Not with our forefathers alone did Adonai seal this covenant, but with us….”
Why is this important? Because the text is essentially telling the reader that it is always up to the current generation, in every age, to maintain the covenant and the precepts of our Torah. The message is that the older generation did its part, now it is up to us to continue the tradition. The additional implication is that each generation will see the covenant and Torah through a lens that includes how their forefathers saw it, but which also includes the uniqueness that the “current” generation will bring to it.
We are the current generation and it is up to us to maintain, continue and, if possible, to improve upon what our forefathers did. We do this by modeling our traditional behavior. We do this by using Zoom to expand our congregation’s reach. We do this by lighting Shabbat candles. We do this when we come to services. We do this when we perform deeds of loving-kindness. We do this when we have Shabbat beach services. We do this when we hear Eicha read on Tisha B’Av evening. We do this when we prepare for the High Holy Days by discussing Rabbi Alan Lew’s book: “This Is Real and We are Completely Unprepared”. We do this when we meet weekly to discuss Rabbi Jonathan Sacks’ book: “Judaism’s Life-Changing Ideas”. We do this when we admire our JCC building, those who made it possible, and honor those who keep it going. We do this when we speak up on behalf of the State of Israel. We do this when we aid those less fortunate than ourselves.
We also do this when we find unique ways to honor the covenant, Torah, and our traditions. The list is not exhaustive, which is to say that the possibilities are limitless.
We are connected to our forefathers’ ideas and traditions, and we are bound by them. However, we are not intended to be immobilized by them. We are our past, and yet we are unique. The trick is to synthesize what has always existed with what is meaningful for us today.
Shabbat Shalom – Rabbi Michael S. Jay
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SHABBAT
SHALOM
SHABBAT
NACHAMU
(“Sabbath of comforting) takes its name from the haftarah from Isaiah in the Book of Isaiah 40:1-26 that speaks of “comforting” the Jewish people for their suffering. It the first of seven haftarahs of consolation leading up to the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
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Candle Lighting time
Friday evening
August 12, 2022
7:38 pm
(So. Ocean County)
JOIN US FOR
SERVICES
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ON THE BEACH ON
24TH STREET
SPRAY BEACH
Friday night
August 12, 2022
6:00 PM
IN PERSON
AND
ON ZOOM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to join
Zoom services
Saturday Morning
August 13, 2022
9:00 AM
IN PERSON
AND
ON ZOOM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to join
Zoom services
Torah Reading:
Parashat Vaetchanan
Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11
Here Reading
Moses describes his pleading with God to be allowed into the Land of Israel. Moses warns the Israelites not to pursue idolatry and recounts the giving of the Ten Commandments. The portion also contains the Shema, a declaration of faith and a central text in Jewish prayer.
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Haftorah
Isaiah 40:1-26
Here is the Haftorah
TORAH READER
DR. MICHAEL LIPPMANN
on his bar mitzvah anniversary
HAFTORAH WILL BE
CHANTED BY
IRA MORGENTHAL
KIDDISH SPONSORED BY
DR. MICHAEL & JULIE
LIPPMANN
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Havdallah
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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SUNDAY 8/14
Annual Congregation Meeting
10:00 AM
NO MONDAY CLASS
(resuming 8/22)
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 8/17
OPEN Mah jongg/Canasta
12:30 - 4:00 PM
FINAL Session of a
CANASTA CLASS
12:00 - 2:00 PM
WAX BOOK REVIEW
4:00 PM
by Maggie Anton
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EXCITING NEWS
Dynamic and intriguing author Maggie Anton will be joining us for the book review. Not to be missed.
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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 8/18
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
MONDAY MORNINGS
10:00 AM
RESUMING AUGUST 22
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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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A big heartfelt thank you to all the dedicated volunteers without them the bazaar would not have been a success or possible!! A very special thanks to our tireless Bazaar Chair Jill Denker and our fabulous staff Bazaar Mary Beth and Diane.
Our Entrance Crew:
Paul Levine
Cliff Denker
Marlene Matz
Howard Babbitt
Joanne Babbitt
Renee Ward
David Shatz
Our JCC Table Crew:
Karen Shatz
Phyllis Sisenwine
Sam Sisenwine
Ken Abend
Ina Morgenthal
Ira Morgenthal
Diane Hoffman
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Our Kitchen Crew:
David Carroll
Stu Lehrer
Eve Lehrer
Diane Buskirk
Ron Buskirk
Hedda Chairnoff
Irene Babst and her two granddaughters
Bev Miller and twin granddaughters
Marlene Matz and Linda from Florida (friend )
Jon Geier, hot dog maven
Suzy Geier
Jill Denker
Noralyn Carroll
Our Set Up Crew:
Ron Marr
Paul Levine
Cliff Denker
Jill Denker
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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
Barbara Carey
Jerome Cohen
Sophie Cohen
Benjamin Parker
Burt Schwait
Molly Young*
Angela Dicicco
Betty Jonas
Rosalind Mularz
Gertrude Serepca*
Yetta Elman
Martin Ferber
Cecile E. Kessler
Arnold Rifkin
Barton Bloom
Louis Katz
Robert Warren*
Jack Blecher
Myer Elgart*
Joseph Friedland
Sophie Neustadt*
Leslie Kaufman
Sue Aronson
*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 Abramowitz
August 13th
Adam Fishman
August 13th
David Robinovitz
August 13th
Lynn Sherman
August 13th
Larry Aronson
August 16th
Gloria Canter
August 16th
Steven Hartman
August 17th
Andrea Seidler
August 17th
Warren K. Racusin
August 19th
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Stewart & Susan Fisher
August 13
33rd Anniversary
Robert & Lauren Snyder
August 14
45th Anniversary
James & Stephanie Levey
August 15
30th Anniversary
Hugh & Hedda Chairnoff
August 19
60th Anniversary
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SHARE YOUR NEWS
AND PICTURES
CONTACT:
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Don Pripstein & Gloria Canter at the synagogue in Florence, Italy |
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Suzy Geier and Amelia Fisher, granddaughter of Irene and Mike Babst, making cookies for the bazaar |
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CONDOLENCES TO
DEBBIE SCHWEIGHARDT
Frank Dondershine, Uncle of Deb Schweighardt, Steven and Glenn Dondershine, Great Uncle of Ashley, Tyler, Kasey Dondershine and April Van Bergen passed away on Tuesday, August 9 before Sundown. A graveside funeral was held today. Evening Zoom shivah minyans will be held at the JCC evening zoom minyan times, 9:00 pm on zoom following Havdallah on Saturday and on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday evenings at 7:30 pm.
"May God remember forever our dear ones who have gone to their eternal rest. May they be at one with the One who is life eternal. May the beauty of their lives shine for evermore, and may our lives always
bring honor to their memory."
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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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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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