Atlantic City
betterment of the Jewish people.”
The Jewish Federation of Ocean
County will host an event to celebrate
Israel’s 75th anniversary on June
8, including a visit by the Tzofim
Friendship Caravan. The event will
feature “delicious Israeli food.”
The Philadelphia-based “Word
Mavens,” Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen
Scolnic, are appearing at Beth El
Synagogue in Margate on June 28
to share funny stories about Jewish
words. The two are authors of the
book “The Whole Spiel: Funny Essays
About Digital Nudniks, Seder Selfies
and Chicken Soup Memories.”
The Shirat Hayam congregation in
Ventnor will host its “Devotion by the
Ocean” Kabbalat Shabbat services on
the beach on five Fridays this summer,
on the beach behind the Ventnor Library.

Conservative-led services on June 30,
Aug. 4 and Aug. 18, with Reform-led
services set for July 28 and Aug. 11.

On June 24, Margate will host
Beachstock, described as “the planet’s
biggest beach party.” New this year
is an “anti-surf contest surf contest”
called the Red Bull Foam Wreckers
Soft Board Surf Classic. The event is
free, and several area businesses, such
as Margate Dairy Bar and Burger, Tony
Baloney and Vagabond Kitchen and
Taphouse, will provide food.

And the biannual Ventnor City
Garden Tour, presented by the Ventnor
Beautification Committee, is set for
July 15, with a rain date the following
day. The tour will visit around two
dozen locations around Ventnor City. ■
Stephen Silver is a freelance writer.

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