Friday, August 8 at 6:00 pm BYO Dinner (no alcohol) at Seven Presidents Oceanfront Park
Friday, August 8 at 7:00 pm BeachShabbat Service at Seven Presidents Oceanfront Park. Join us to welcome our new educator, Michelle Krain.
Since the beach service cannot be livestreamed, if you are unable to attend in person, let the office know if you would like a name read for Kaddish on a different week.
Saturday, August 9 at 9:00 am Shabbat Morning Virtual Torah Study
Beach BYO Dinner (no alcohol) and Shabbat Service at Seven Presidents Oceanfront Park in Long Branch
Friday, August 8th
Beach service will be led by Rabbi Renee Edelman and Cantor Gabrielle Clissold.
6 pm BYO Dinner (no alcohol, per park regulations)
7 pm Beach Shabbat Service
Since the beach service cannot be livestreamed, let the office know if you would like a name read for Kaddish on a different week.
There are members of our Congregation who are very sensitive to scents and fragrances. MRT strives to provide a “Scent Free” environment in our building. The MRT community asks that you avoid wearing scents of any kind when coming to our synagogue and please inform your guests who visit with us.
TZEDAKAH BOX
The Tzedakah Box recipient isFulfill–the Food Bank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties. The need for food recipients, always present, has increased recently, especially as other funding is diminishing. Jay and Kay Wiesenfeld will be matching donors.
Tzedakah donations (cash or check payable to MRT) can be placed into the lobby Tzedakah box, sent to the MRT office, or made through our website by clicking HERE.*
*If paying by check or online,please make sure to add a note to your payment specifying that the funds should be directed towardsFulfill.
Wear your MRT Pride!
GAN MAZON
Thank you to everyone who helped this week with our weed issue. We still need volunteers to help complete the maintenance. Peppers are ready and the tomatoes and squash are ready to pick this week.
We harvest Wednesday mornings at 9:15 am. We will also tend the plants Thursday evening at 5:30 pm (those who are free, can start earlier).
Food is being delivered to Jewish Family Services in Asbury Park by Judy Rivkin and Barbara Miller.
Thank you to everyone who helps.
Please me call or email, if you would like to join us.
MRT offers two opportunities to meditate together each week.
Boker Tov- Friday, August 8th at 8:00 am.This is MRT’s long-standing Friday morning meditation session consisting of a short reading, 18 minutes of silent meditation, a tiny bit of discussion, and then Kaddish.
Lilah Tov- Monday, August 11th at 9:00 pm. Transition peacefully into sleep with this short and meaningful meditation session. We will start with a reading, 18 minutes of meditation, and then a quiet recitation of a portion of the bedtime Shema.
Each session is a way to inject a little bit of peace into your week and will help you feel calm and centered and connected with your community. If you are new to meditation, these sessions can be a gentle introduction to the practice with a Jewish twist. I hope you will join us.
Both sessions can be accessed via Zoom by following the link below:
Our engaging MRT Sisterhood offers many activities and programs throughout the year to its members. We are also a member of Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ), the umbrella organization of Sisterhoods nationwide. WRJ offers a multitude of educational and social programs to explore and participate in. Feel free to visit http://www.wrj.org to subscribe for updates from WRJ via weekly e-mail.
Sisterhood Judaica Shop
Your MRT Sisterhood Judaica Shop has a selection of beautiful and meaningful gifts for the home, the holidays, special occasions and for the young people in your life.
Below is a catalog showing many of the items we have available. To order any items or visit the shop, contact Racielle Lande hilande0110@gmail.com
Please help us keep our mi shebeirach list current.
If you or a loved one have been included on the Mi shebeirach list and you would like for yours or their name to continue to be read, please let us know as soon as possible so we know to keep the name on the list.
We appreciate your help in keeping the list up to date.
Mi Shebeirach
If you are in need of pastoral care or would like to add a name to our Mi Shebeirach list to be read at Shabbat services, please contact Rabbi Edelman, Cantor Clissold or the temple office.
Please note: Names added to the Mi Shebeirach list will be read aloud during Shabbat Services for two weeks. If you would like to continue to have the name read, you must recontact the temple at the end of the two week period. As always, when you attend Shabbat services, you are welcome to announce the name of a loved one in need of healing.
Yahrzeits
May our loved ones’ memories forever be a blessing
The names of your loved ones will be read during Shabbat services for Yahrzeit, Shiva & Shloshim.
Names to be read on Friday, August 8, 2025
Beach Shabbat Service at 7:00 PM
Since the beach service cannot be livestreamed, if you are unable to attend in person, let the office know if you would like a name read for Kaddish on a different week.
*Esther Baker, Celia Berlin, Harold Cohan, *Mildred B. Cohen, Ann Collins, Morris Cowan, Casreal Finkel, Edith Fleischer, *Louis Gold, Joseph Stanley Goldberg, Phyllis Herbert, *Samuel L. Miller, Abraham Morganoff, David Mulgram, *Reba Ostroff, Ralph Rapisardi, Marvin Rosenberg, *Renee Sosin Schlosberg, Josep Schmitt, *Lt. Howard Jon Schnabolk, *Maurice Schwartz, Paul Scott, Lloyd Shapiro, *Michael Simms, Gussie Stroller, Sheila Diane Weshnak
Names to be read on Friday, August 15, 2025
Summer Shabbat Service at 6:00 PM
Anita Basen, Donald Borges, Daphne Calderwood, Harold Gabel, *Lee Garin, *Robert D. Gelber, *Roy C. Gelber, *Evan Sanford Goodman, Myrna Hassan, William Hillson, Herb Josephson, Harold Kaplan, Rose Kass, *Charles Komar, Lorraine Leifman, Anne Potter, Esther Rapisardo, *Arthur Rosenzweig, *Ralph Schlosberg, Ethel Alpine Semer, Stuart Sperling, *Louis Sternberg, Angelo Vicenzi, Joseph Vogel, *Rose Halpern Zager
*Names with an asterisk have memorial plaques. To order a memorial plaque, please email or call Jordana in the MRT office. Purchasing a plaque ensures that Kaddish will be said, in perpetuity, at temple services during the week of the anniversary of that person’s death.
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE HOURS :
Monday-Wednesday: 10 am – 4 pm
Thursday: Closed
Friday: 10 am – 2 pm
HOWEVER, if the need arises, our clergy and staff are always available to you. Please contact anyone with their information below.
We strive for a “No Conflict” schedule here at MRT. Please contact the office before scheduling any temple events. This way, each event will be on the calendar, and we can all participate in them.
When making payments or donations to MRT, please consider using PayPal in lieu of checks. It’s a safe, easy way to send money.
Simply go to the donation page of our website (https://monmouthreformtemple.org/donate/) and follow the instructions. Don’t forget to include the reason for your payment by clicking “Add a Note” once you are logged onto PayPal. Thank you!
