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February 2021 Bulletin.Pub Voice of the Shore Congregation Torat El ~ Jersey Shore Jewish Center February 2021 - Shevat/Adar 5781 Thursday, February 25, 6:30-8:30pm Put on a costume, grab your grogger, and be prepared to laugh, make some noise, and sing along! The annual JTS, sold-out Purim Eve off Broadway will stream nationwide for the first time. Visit upcomingevents.torat-el.org to register!! Purim Eve off Broadway will be a side-splitting, “grown-up” celebration. In addition to Ma’ariv and a full Megillah reading, there will be a multi-media, musical shpiel integrated throughout. Featuring satirical songs set to familiar Broadway tunes. Congregation Torat El will be hosting a watch party. You will log on to Zoom and Rabbi Schonbrun will share his screen so our community can all be together to enjoy a wonderful night together. Please note this will be the only Megillah reading for the evening and this program will take the place of our regular weeknight Minyan service. Traditional Megillah Reading Friday, February 26, 8:00am at morning minyan CONGREGATION TORAT EL CONTACT INFORMATION Torat El Professional Staff Committee Contact Info Senior Rabbi Beth El Cemetery - Alan & Sonny Winters 732-670-9200 Aaron Schonbrun Chesed Chair - Alyce Isaacson 732-870-1492 Executive Director Contribution Cards - Beverle Richelson 732-493-1595 Pam Cardullo Dir. Of Ritual Engagement Education Chair - Sherrie Robinson 732-513-9688 Ben Laskowitz Hazak - Marjorie & Stanley Cotler 732-922-6590 Religious School Director Technology - Howard Lang [email protected] Jaclyn Leibowitz Koreen Family Library - Sandy & Carl Koreen 732-229-6125 Bookkeeper/Admin. Joanne Bass Other Contact Info Administrative Asst. Temple President - Laurie Gross 732-531-0511 Lisa Arnold Sisterhood President - Janet Attner 732-918-0987 Men’s Club President - Gregg Taffet 732-544-4957 Meet the Author - Alison Block 732-547-7919 Torat El Executive Board JNF Tree Donations - Sandy Rosen 732-870-2166 President Laurie Gross Facility Rental - Pam Cardullo 732-531-4410 First V.P. Andrew Robins V.P. Neil Becourtney Kiddush Information - Pam Cardullo 732-531-4410 V.P. Linda Pickelny Bulletin - Pam Cardullo 732-531-4410 V.P. Carri Silverberg Gift Cards - Joanne Bass 732-531-4410 V.P. Neil Weitzenkorn Donations - Lisa Arnold 732-531-4410 V.P. Michelle Winters Treasurer Michael Breslow Secretary Alan Morris Congregation Torat El Main Office 732-531-4410 Board of Trustees Rabbi Aaron Schonbrun Dawn Barofsky Susan Berkowitz [email protected] ext.13 Galit Binns Marjorie Cotler Pam Cardullo, Exec. Director Tanis Deitch Mindy Estin Sheryl Kaplan Howard Lang [email protected] ext.10 Beverle Richelson Sherrie Robinson Joanne Bass, Bookkeeper Judy Solomon Mark Steinberg [email protected] ext.11 Neil Warar Monica Weiss Lisa Arnold, Administrative Asst. [email protected] ext.12 Ben Laskowitz, Ritual Engagement Sisterhood Pres. Janet Attner [email protected] ext.16 Men’s Club Pres. Gregg Taffet Jaclyn Leibowitz, Religious School Director [email protected] Robin Wander, Pre-School Director [email protected] ext. 18 facebook.com/CongregationToratEl February Service Announcements Friday, February 5, 2021 Erev Shabbat Service ~ 7:15 pm Candles 4:57pm Saturday, February 6, 2021 Shabbat Morning Service ~ 9:30 am Parsha: Yitro 19:1-20:23 Haftarah: Isaiah 6:1-7:6; 9:5-6 Friday, February 12, 2021 Erev Shabbat Service ~ 7:15 pm Candles 5:05pm Saturday, February 13, 2021 Shabbat Morning Service ~ 9:30 am Parsha: Mishpatim 22:4-23:19 Haftarah: 2 Kings 12:1-17 Friday, February 19, 2021 Erev Shabbat Service ~ 7:15 pm Candles 5:14pm Saturday, February 20, 2021 Shabbat Morning Service ~ 9:30 am Parsha: Terumah 26:1-30 Haftarah: 1 Samuel 15:2-34 Friday, February 26, 2021 Erev Shabbat Service ~ 7:15 pm Candles 5:22pm Saturday, February 27, 2021 Shabbat Morning Service ~ 9:30 am Parsha: Tetsavveh 28:31-29:18 Haftarah: Ezekiel 43:10-27 MEGILLAH READINGS: Thursday, February 25, see front cover Friday, February 26, 8:00am during minyan To get to services use the links provided on our website or emails or visit zoom.us, join a meeting and use the following ID’s: Shabbat: Friday Night, 7:15pm - Meeting ID 859-0261-9504 Saturday Morning, 9:30am - Meeting ID 936-081-766 Minyan: Monday-Friday, 8:00am - Meeting ID 864-689-990 Monday-Thursday, 7:00pm - Meeting ID 859-0261-9504 Sunday, 8:30am - Meeting ID 864-689-990 When The World Turns Upside Down In just a few weeks we will be celebrating the festival of Purim. Normally a time of joyous laughter and a celebration of the power of good (Esther) over evil (Haman), Purim is usually filled with costume parties, Hamantaschen baking, Megillah reading, and laughter. But Purim is more than simply a fun Jewish holiday. It is also a time when we take a moment to realize just how easy it is for things to turn completely upside down. It is a time when we remember what it is like when a world, or a community, is turned on its head; when life as we know it becomes completely topsy-turvy. V’nahafokh hu is the Jewish term used to describe this phenomenon. Literally it means “and it was reversed/flipped.” One moment, proclaims the Megillah, the Jews of Persia were fine. The next moment, a drunken misogynist king Ahashverosh, and his madman henchman Haman were planning to kill all of the Jews. Fortunately, in marches Esther (thanks to some inspiration from her uncle/cousin Mordechai) v’nahafokh hu, and the tables are turned again. And in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king’s command and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, though it was turned to the contrary , that the Jews had rule over those who hated them. Esther 9:1 Purim is a reminder of just how upside down things can get sometimes. I remember Purim last year very well. There was this virus that was starting to make many of us nervous. Some synagogues cancelled carnivals. Others, like us, decided to take certain precautions but just wait and see. That was before (if we can even remember such a time) masks, six feet and social distancing were an essential part of daily living, flowing off the tip of our tongue multiple times each day. Last year, our Torat El Megillah readings were quick, the festivities were toned down, the kids who showed up were wearing masks of an entirely different kind – and a few days later, just like that, the world was flipped upside down. This virtual Purim will complete the one-year Congregation Torat El cycle of Jewish festivals celebrated in a COVID-19 world. Who would have ever imagined? But as we approach this milestone it occurs to me that this lesson of v’nahafokh hu, is one we would do well to internalize. Things can change in an instant. We can be healthy one minute, and sick the next. We can be enjoying our loved ones one minute, and saying good bye to them in ways that are unimaginable the next. We can make one wrong move, or no wrong moves, and get or spread COVID-19 all too quickly. Life is so precious and so fragile. V’nahafokh hu – and it can be turned upside down in an instant, in the best of ways or the worst of ways. The question for us this Purim is this: how has knowing that changed us? How has our recognition that our circumstances can change in an instant, that we only have so much control in our lives, and that life is so very fragile – changed the way that we behave? How has it informed the choices that we make each day? How has it affected who we prioritize in our lives, who we spend time with on Zoom, on the phone, or in person with our masks? How has the lightning speed in which things can change informed our priorities and the ways that we live our daily lives? These are questions that I invite you to consider this Purim as we look forward to a time when our fortunes have turned again, this virus is behind us, and things can flip over to some new version of “normal” in the year to come. I wish you all a Hag Purim Sameach. May you each find some happiness as Purim approaches. And the next time that you put on a mask, for Purim or for COVID, remember that each type of mask is a reminder of the preciousness and joy of being alive. V’nahafokh hu – because things can change in an instant. Community Food Drive organized by Leora and Gavi Schonbrun As we are preparing to become B’nai Mitzvah in March, we wanted to do something to help people in our community, especially those whose lives have become much harder during the COVID-19 pandemic. Even though many people in New Jersey have been dealing with hunger, the pandemic has made things much worse. According to the Community Food Bank of New Jersey, the food insecurity rate has increased 55% since COVID-19. Before COVID-19, 8.7% of New Jersey residents were food insecure, and now 13.5% are projected to be food insecure. This means, more than 1.2 million people in New Jersey face hunger every day. Nearly 400,000 of them are children. We are organizing a community food drive for Fulfill, the main food bank serving Monmouth and Ocean counties.
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