Jewish Community Center of Long Beach Island E-Letter
July 2, 2021
22 Tamuz 5781
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The JCC Office will be open for in-person business Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning Tuesday, July 6 from 10 AM - 2 PM. Visitors must be fully vaccinated and wear a mask in the building. |
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A TORAH MESSAGE FROM THE RABBI
Zelophehad had 5 daughters, but no sons. According to the law as set forth at Sinai, only sons inherited from a father. When the daughters approached Moses and said that their father’s inheritance would be lost to the family because there were no son’s, Moses brings the issue to God Who considers it and amends the law, stating that: “if a man dies without leaving a son, you shall transfer his property to his daughter.”
While the new law still fails to treat sons and daughters equally, it is a step in the right direction. More importantly, what we learn is that not all of the laws are, excuse the term, “written in stone”. The fact that God, in effect, permits a legislative change is not only transformative, but it sets a precedent for the future. If God can determine that a law that God wrote is subject to amendment, how much more so should we be cognizant of the fact that man-made laws should be subject to review and revision.
But the lesson runs deeper than this. The Torah does not become invalidated simply because a portion of it may be seen as incorrect. The power of Torah is that it is capable of change and, at the same time, equally capable of maintaining its strength as the guiding light of our people.
When there is an injustice, it is not permissible to simply say: “Too bad, that is what the law has always been.” Just as Moses, we are required to be the instruments of change. The requirement placed upon us of repairing the world is not a choice.
Each of us must look into our own lives. Is there something going on in our home, or office, or any place else, that has always been going on, but should be changed? Is there an individual or a group of people being treated unfairly who should be entitled to be treated differently.
But the lesson goes yet one step further. I think we tend to overlook the fact that the daughters of Zelophehad actually felt as if they had the right to approach Moses with their problem. And Moses listened.
This is the last part of the lesson. Give voice to those who may not feel as if they have a voice. Keep you door open, keep your arms open, keep your ears open, and keep you heart open.
Change is often the hardest thing to do and sometimes it is not the answer. However, while change is not always the answer, where appropriate, have the courage to ask for it. Have the foresight to permit it. Have the compassion to implement it.
Shabbat Shalom – Rabbi Michael S. Jay
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JCC SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
Emily Irwin
Southern Regional High School
Madison Sawicki
Barnegat High School
Kenley Pavola
Pinelands Regional High School
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SHABBAT SHALOM
Candle Lighting Time
Friday evening,
July 2, 2021
8:10 PM
So. Ocean County
JOIN US FOR SERVICES
Friday evening
July 2, 2021
6:00 PM
SHABBAT IN
THE LOT
and
on Zoom
IN CASE OF RAIN THE SERVICE WILL BE ON
ZOOM ONLY. LOOK FOR AN EMAIL.
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to
Join Zoom Services
Saturday morning
July 3, 2021
Services
9:00 AM
In Person Services
and
Zoom Service
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to
Join Zoom Services
Torah Reading
Parashat Pinchas
Numbers 25:10-30:1
Here is the Parshah
Dr. Michael Lippman will read Torah in honor of his Bar Mitzvah Anniversary
Haftorah
Jeremiah 1:1 - 2:3
Here is the Haftorah
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Saturday evening
9:00 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:
Sunday - Friday
Shacharit Service
8:15 AM
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to
Join Zoom Services:
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NO SIGN UPGENIUS THIS WEEK |
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GUIDELINES FOR INDOOR SERVICES
- All attendees 18 years old and over must be fully vaccinated.
- Attendees must show proof of vaccination (card or on their phone).
- Masks must be worn indoors.
- Children under 18 who are not vaccinated need to wear a mask.
- Singing and participating in service is allowed.
- Social distancing of 6 feet will be observed.
Please use the front door Saturday morning to enter. The handicapped door is also available.
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.THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE
MONDAY 7/4
NO Chumash Class
TUESDAYS
Open Mah jongg
12:30 - 4 PM
THURSDAY 7/7
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 CLASSES FOR THIS WEEK
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THE WEEK THAT WAS....
It was great seeing everyone on the 24th Street Beach past Friday night. Click on this video to get a taste of Shabbat on the Beach.
JULY FRIDAY NIGHT SCHEDULE
July 2 – Shabbat in the Lot
July 9 – Shabbat on the Beach – Loveladies
July 16 – Shabbat in the Lot
July 23 – Shabbat in the Lot
July 30 – Shabbat on the Beach – Spray Beach
YOU CAN JOIN ALL SERVICES ON ZOOM
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THE WOMEN'S AUXILIARY
OF THE
JCC OF LBI
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and click on the honey link.
Order online by July 7th
to avoid extra shipping fees.
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JCC WOMENS AUXILIARY: BOOK GROUP DISCUSSION
THE 4th WEDNESDAY, AT 4:00 PM
Discussion Leader to be Determined
Chava is a golem, a woman made of clay, who can hear the thoughts and longings of those around her and feels compelled by her nature to help them. Ahmad is a jinni, a restless creature of fire, once free to roam the desert but now imprisoned in the shape of a man. Fearing they’ll be exposed as monsters, these magical beings hide their true selves and try to pass as human - just two more immigrants in the bustling world of 1900s Manhattan. Brought together under calamitous circumstances, their lives are now entwined - but they’re not yet certain of what they mean to each other.
Both Chava and Ahmad have changed the lives of the people around them. Park Avenue heiress Sophia Winston, whose brief encounter with Ahmad left her with a strange illness that makes her shiver with cold, travels to the Middle East to seek a cure. There she meets Dima, a tempestuous female jinni who’s been banished from her tribe. Back in New York, in a tenement on the Lower East Side, a little girl named Kreindel helps her rabbi father build a golem they name Yossele - not knowing that she’s about to be sent to an orphanage uptown, where the hulking Yossele will become her only friend and protector.
Spanning the tumultuous years from the turn of the 20th century to the beginning of World War I, The Hidden Palace follows these lives and others as they collide and interleave. Can Chava and Ahmad find their places in the human world while remaining true to each other? Or will their opposing natures and desires eventually tear them apart - especially once they encounter, thrillingly, other beings like themselves?
Apeirogon by Colum McCann
Bassam Aramin is Palestinian. Rami Elhanan is Israeli. They inhabit a world of conflict that colors every aspect of their lives, from the roads they are allowed to drive on to the schools their children attend to the checkpoints, both physical and emotional, they must negotiate.
But their lives, however circumscribed, are upended one after the other: first, Rami’s thirteen-year-old daughter, Smadar, becomes the victim of suicide bombers; a decade later, Bassam’s ten-year-old daughter, Abir, is killed by a rubber bullet. Rami and Bassam had been raised to hate one another. And yet, when they learn of each other’s stories, they recognize the loss that connects them. Together they attempt to use their grief as a weapon for peace—and with their one small act, start to permeate what has for generations seemed an impermeable conflict.
This extraordinary novel is the fruit of a seed planted when the novelist Colum McCann met the real Bassam and Rami on a trip with the non-profit organization Narrative 4. McCann was moved by their willingness to share their stories with the world, by their hope that if they could see themselves in one another, perhaps others could too.
With their blessing, and unprecedented access to their families, lives, and personal recollections, McCann began to craft Apeirogon, which uses their real-life stories to begin another—one that crosses centuries and continents, stitching together time, art, history, nature, and politics in a tale both heartbreaking and hopeful. The result is an ambitious novel, crafted out of a universe of fictional and nonfictional material, with these fathers’ moving story at its heart.
ORDER YOUR BOOK NOW AND START READING TODAY!
Click here to borrow book from the Ocean County Library.
If you can lead our book discussion on Wednesday, July 28th or Wednesday, August 25th, please email dschweig19@gmail.com
A Zoom link will be sent shortly before the event.
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Sunday, July 11 at 7:00 PM - Summer Evening Program I
Wednesday, July 14 - JCC Bazaar opening at 8:00 AM
Thursday evening, July 22 at 7:00 - Eric Mandel - "What Is Next After The Gaza War?"
Tuesday, July 27 at 7:45 - "Susan and Friends - The Men Speak Out' - An Interview with Donald Cohen author of "The Inside Ride: A Journey into Manhood"
Mah jongg every Tuesday at 12:30 PM beginning 7/6
Poker Nite Sunday night at 7:00 PM beginning 7/18
SEE DETAILS BELOW
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THIS WEEK'S YAHRZEITS
The following names will be read at Friday night services.
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Charlotte Falkowsky
Dr. Mark Farin*
John Gottlieb*
Sidney Holtzman*
Earl Levitt
Alan J. Rubinfeld*
Max Silverman
Harry Weiner*
Elizabeth Bat Joseph
Pauline Cohn
Roy H. Entin
Frances Indzel
Frank D. Levi*
Rose Albert*
Rose Freeman
Samuel Hochberger
Anne Frances Rubenstein*
A. Paul Greene
Alan Miller
Sidney Zalkind*
Gladys Babbitt
Abraham Cherins
Gertrude Foosaner
Philip Gerstenblatt
Isadore Treatman
Sidney Weinman
Gerald Katz
Molly Lang
Marilyn Lerner*
Harry Prebluda
Janet Rothenberg
Nathan Stokes
Rose Telles
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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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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HAPPY BIRTHDAY
USA
David Shatz
July 4
Joanne Babbitt
July 6
Dale Tebeleff
July 7
Jeffrey Buchalter
July 8
Horace Barsh
July 9
Benjamin Riffle
July 9
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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 - NEW INFORMATION !!!!!!!
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. Judith z”l & Donald Pripstein joined the Shapiros and established The Pripstein Family Endowment Fund.
As recently reported, Don Pripstein pledged another $50,000 to establish The Judith & Donald Pripstein Endowment Fund.
As a result of Don’s letter, Harold Farin has stepped forward and has established “The Farin Family Endowment Fund”. This Fund will join with the three others as part of the JCC Endowment Fund portfolio. Other members are encouraged to also provide for the future of our JCC by establishing similar funds.
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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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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