Jewish Community Center of Long Beach Island E-Letter
June 11, 2021
1 Tamus 5781
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THIS WEEK'S
SHABBAT SERVICE SCHEDULE
Friday night - June 11
6:00 PM
Shabbat Dinner & Service
with Hazzan Geller
on ZOOM ONLY
Saturday morning – June 12
9:00 AM – 10:15 AM
IN THE SANCTUARY
AND
ON ZOOM
Click the button below for Zoom links)
IN PERSON ATTENDEES MUST REGISTER FOR
SATURDAY MORNING SERVICES
Here are the instructions to register to attend services
- Click on Religious Life and then Shabbat & Holiday Services (If using phone or iPad click on three bars on the upper left side of the home screen).
- Scroll down to Sign up Services in Person.
PLEASE RESPOND TO THI EMAIL IF YOU WOULD LIKE AN ALIYAY THIS WEEK.
LET US KNOW IF YOU ARE A KOHAN, LEVI OR ISRAELITE
AND YOUR HEBREW NAME.
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 to enter. The handicapped door is also available.
INFORMATION FOR THE FOLLOWING SHABBAT WILL BE SENT NEXT WEEK.
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Community Shabbat Dinner
Friday, June 11, 2021
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We will start our evening with the blessings and services and to make this evening even more special, Cantor Geller will be joining us. Please join us as Cantor Geller will teach us special Shabbat z’merot (songs). Following our services, there is a period of sharing your Shabbat dinner with family and friends in a breakout room. If you have no specific request and are open to making new friends, please respond to this email and we will arrange for you to be seated with a fabulous group of people.
Please click on this link and fill in the form by Friday, June 11 at 3:00 PM. List your name(s), (couple(s) or single(s), and include the names of friends and family to be included in your private breakout room or send an email to: JCCOFLBIShabbatDinner.
Or join at the last minute, all are welcome!
This is our ninth celebration of this type of event, hoping to see you then!!! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Rabbi Jay (973) 865-9534 or Irene B. at (856) 904-5145 for dining arrangements.
Rabbi Jay and Sheri
Michael and Irene B.
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A MESSAGE FROM
THE RABBI
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Shabbat is intended to be a wonderful time in the life of a Jewish family. A weekly, wonderful time in the life of a Jewish family.
On Friday nights, it was rare for Sheri, Sammi, and me not to be joined at our home by another family or two or three. In the alternative, we went to another family for Shabbat dinner. As families gathered together, we lit candles, sang Shalom Aleichem and blessed our children. We sang Eishet Chayil (the last 22 verses of the Book of Proverbs), which praises the wife and mother of the family.
Before singing the Kiddush over the wine, we would go around and have each child say something good that his/her parent(s) did for him/her, that week. In the alternative we would have each child say something good that happened during the week, or something that he/she was hoping would happen in the week to come.
We would sing Kiddush as a group and then do Motzi over the Challah. Our Challah was plain or raisin or chocolate chip or cinnamon. Pieces were dipped in salt, or honey, or Hummus, or olive oil.
The group would then sit for dinner. Dinner usually started with soup (Chicken, vegetable, or squash). There were always multiple salads. The main course was usually, chicken, or brisket, or salmon. Often all three were serviced in various varieties. Desserts were numerous and, often, decadent. The table was never quiet. It was a joy. It was shabbat.
After dinner we would sing Birkat Hamazon(Grace After Meal) preceded by raucous singing of Zemirot (traditional Friday night songs). Though our group also loved to sing Simon & Garfunkel, the Beatles, and other more contemporary songs, for me, the traditional Zemirot set the tone for the rest of Shabbat.
Friday nights have created some of the warmest and most pleasant memories. In large part this is why The Ahad Ha-Am, (a cultural Zionist No less), said: “More than the Jews have kept Shabbat, Shabbat has kept the Jews”.
This Friday night we have the great honor and privilege of being joined again by Hazzan Sara Geller (I love whenever Hazzan Geller joins us). In addition to leading us in Friday night services, Hazzan Geller has a special treat in store for us.
After services, as we do the second Shabbat of every month, we will go into breakout rooms to have Shabbat dinner with smaller groups. After about 20 minutes or so, the breakout rooms will be asked to come back to the main zoom room at which time Hazzan Geller will teach the group about, and how to sing, two classic Shabbat Zemirot, Yah Ribon, and Tzur Mishelo.
Copies of the songs can be found below.
Join us for Shabbat, Join us for song. We look forward to seeing you this Friday evening at 6:00 pm.
Shabbat Shalom – Rabbi Michael S. Jay
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Candle Lighting Time
Friday evening,
June 11, 2021
8:06 PM
So. Ocean County
JOIN US FOR SERVICES
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June 11, 2021
6:00 PM
Kabbalat Shabbat & Shabbat Dinner
with
Hazzan Sara Geller
Here is
your invitation from
Rabbi Jay to
Join Zoom Services
Saturday morning
June 12, 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 Korach
Numbers 16:1-18:32
Here is the Parshah
Haftorah
I Samuel 11:14 - 12:22
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
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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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.THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE
MONDAY 6/14
10:00 AM Chumash Class
THURSDAY 6/17
11:00 AM Torah Study with the Rabbi
2:00 PM Beginning Hebrew with Ira
7:45 PM Susan & Friends with Edmund A. Hajim
HERE ARE THE LINKS FOR THE ACTIVITIES FOR THIS WEEK
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and click on the honey link.
Order online by July 7th
to avoid extra shipping fees.
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JUNE ACTIVITIES
Thursday, June 17 at 7:45 PM
SUSAN & FRIENDS 2021
THE MEN SPEAK OUT"
EDMUND A. HAJIM
author, financier and philanthropist will discuss his book
"On the Road Less Traveled:
An Unlikely Journey from the Orphanage to the Boardroom "
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WAX BOOK CLUB
Wednesday, June 23 at 4:00 PM
"The Book of Lost Names"
by
Kristin Harmel
Inspired by an astonishing true story from World War II, a young woman with a talent for forgery helps hundreds of Jewish children flee the Nazis in this unforgettable historical novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the “epic and heart-wrenching World War II tale” (Alyson Noel, #1 New York Times bestselling author) The Winemaker’s Wife.
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UTHE WOMEN'S AUXILIARY
OF THE
JCC OF LBI
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THIS WEEK'S YAHRZEITS
The following names will be read at Friday night services.
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George Cofsky
William Ginsburg
Jesse Halpern
Elayne Leventhal
Mary Levin
Rose Sherwin
Joseph Dicicco Sr.
Albert Jaffe*
Isadore Shrensel*
Edward Mashberg
Jacob Plon*
David Scheer
Theodore Shapiro
Betty Sher*
Rebecca Weiner
Paul Schwartz
I. Sidney Sherwin
Morris Turek
Minnie Abromowitz
Harry Feldgus
David H. Klaiman*
Bradford Saivetz*
Melvin Mauskopf
Max Strassman*
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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CONDOLENCES
to the family of
Elaine Frand z"l
on her passing
"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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Richard Dittrich
June 13
Steven Powitz
June 13
Linda Silverman
June 13
Nona Levin Abrams
June 14
Juli Smith Brasch
June 15
Helen Gross
June 16
Susan Naidoff
June 18
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KAYLA & ZACH LOMBARDI
on their high school graduation.
Kayla is bound for Montclair State University and Zach will be attending Rutgers University in the fall. They are the children of Jon and Patty Lombardi.
NORALYN & DAVID CARROLL
on the birth of their granddaughter
Callie Raine
HELYN & MEL BENJAMIN
on the birth of their
great granddaughter
Lila Rey Simei
MILLIE POLLACK
on her first aliyah at services last
Saturday morning. Millie is a member of Ira Morgenthal's beginning Hebrew Class.
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JOANNE & HOWARD BABBITT
on the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson, Luke Jaclin, on Saturday, June 5, 2021.
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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 - 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, another member has stepped forward to establish an individual Fund. He pledged $50,000 and made a substantial first payment. The announcement of this will take place as soon as all the naming particulars are decided.
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 Pergula on the JCC property is for sale. $600.00. Contact Sherry for further information
fsherryf@yahoo.com
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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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