| 54 | 2017-06-04 08:33 | Don.Smith | 204.101.18.2 | Beth Tzedec Men'S Club - Toronto, ON (409) | Don Smith | smith.don49@hotmail.com | Hearing Men's Voices Program - new - Dr Perry Cooper | LOR 2016 REgional Retreat - Don Smith | given fall 2016, scheduled again for fall 2017 | multiple; Out of The Cold, Chai Tea, Prof Stephen Berk breakfast | Tefillin ritual and application training for youth | Sunnybrooke Hospital Shabbat Srvice for veterans with UCSY youth | update and replace A/V systems and mikes, $40,000 donation for renewal of event hall | Men's Club Shabbat annually | active participation in the Neighbourhood Interfaith program, | | | Man/Youth of The year Program with Adath Israel, Beth Emet, Beth DAvid, etc, bike ride for Chai with Adath Israel | purchase of one of all FJMC literature for the library as well as Minyan of Comfort sets | Don Smith | biweekly avg email to all members, FJMC AND Mens Club section in quarterly shul bulletin, regular news in shul wkly flye | Yes | No | Don Smith, Secretary Lake Ontario Region | | Man/Youth Of The Year we have 30 attendees annually | | |
| 53 | 2017-06-02 15:18 | CAI Mens Club P... | 108.171.130.186 | Agudath Israel Men's Club - Caldwell, NJ (963) | Michael Chiaet | mensclub@agudath.org | United Hatzalah discussed the work they are doing, the benifits on health and how we can help. Also a Weight Lose Contest | 3 NNJR Regional meetings that have training sessions | | Running the Kitchen on the Anual Purim Carnival with Sisterhood | Building the Shul sukka, the Shul's High Holiday Ark, Marshals for the CAI Israel walk and also is a sponsor of the Walk | | Clean Up at the Synagogue Cemetery, High Holiday Ushering | this year on June 3rd | | | NJ Devils Father/Children Hockey game | | Tefillin | Alfi Mahler | Meetings, Club Newsletter, Synagogue Monthly Newsletter and Facebook | Yes | Yes | Harvey Hershkowitz President | | NNJ MOY Dinner | Proceeds from the CAI Walk are used to support Masorti Judaism in Israel. | |
| 52 | 2017-06-02 01:20 | BHCBEMensClub | 99.113.24.155 | Beth Hillel Congregation Bnai Emunah Men's Club - Wilmette, IL (620) | Stewart Miller | smiller_9022@sbcglobal.net | Men's Club bike rides | FJMC Retreat Starved Rock State Park on Friday, May 13, 2016 | | | Men's Club Build-A-Pair Program with Academy students | Monthly assistance at Lieberman Center for Health and Rehabilitation on Shabbat | High Holiday Ushering | Men’s Club Shabbat, Saturday morning, March 25, 2017 | | | SportsFest | | Yom Hashoah Yellow Candle purchase | Mike Reid | Email and Synagouge Bulletin | Yes | Yes | Norwin Merens Past President FJMC Midwest Region | | Stewart Miller 2017 MOY/YOY | | |
| 51 | 2017-05-31 19:29 | WMSter310 | 104.174.71.9 | Ner Tamid Men's Club - Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (1050) | Warren Sterling | WMSter310@gmail.com | Wellness activity: Hiking on trails in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA | Members attended the Western Region LDI meetings in Feb and April 2017. Silverstone attended Nov 2016 LDI. | | | :It's a Wrap" tefillin training for 6th graders; Yad Shel Chai program; Ritual help for Bar Mitzvah families | Sponsored League of Women Voters California Proposition Forum | Help transport synagogue members to services and synagogue events | Men's Club Shabbat held June 17-18, 2016 | | | | | Member purchased Minyan of Comfort material; member purchased FJMC Tallit; possibly other purchases but unknown to me | Craig Goldfarb (continuing as President) | Website; program announcements via Men's Club e-mail, synagogue e-mail, synagogue handouts | Yes | Yes | Steve Silverstone: regional President; Warren Sterling: regional VP Training | Steve Silverstone on Sports Auction and 2017 LDI committees | Warren Sterling and others attended regional Man of the Year/Youth of the Year luncheon August 21, 2016 | | |
| 50 | 2017-05-31 18:01 | ampress1 | 69.117.188.193 | Orangetown Jewish Center Men's Club - Orangeburg, NY (1886) | Alan Pressman | ampress1@optonline.net | Program on Yom Kippur. Discussed how we model the holidays for our children. Building a Legacy 11/16, Fatherhood 1/17 | June 2016. 6 members. | Did Minyan of Comfort at Retreat. In 2016, 2 members trained for Minyan of Comfort., It is being planned with the Rabbis | Joint program with Sisterhood for Helping Hands- feeding the homeless | Build a pair prior to world wide wrap | We ran a Community Wide Seder with over 90 people. Some were non-OJC members(20) | Sukkah Construction and Ushering during services | Men's Club Shabbat 3/4/17 weekend | We are directly involved in Keruv. Led by Men's Club member that attended training in Maryland. 2 programs so far. | | Annual sports day at local minor league stadium. | Man of the Year was a joint club event. | Bought Build-a-pair and Jewish Men at the Crossroads books. | David Schlossberg | In calendar, Monthly Synagogue newsletter, eblasts and Group emails | Yes | Yes | Javier Rosenzwaig - Vice Pres. | Bart Bookman- Shomrei Ha-aretz | Man of the Year- attended by 20 members. Alan Pressman, Jay Rifkin | | |
| 49 (draft) | 2017-05-31 00:04 | marcrichards | 24.13.230.48 | North Suburban Beth El Men's Club - Highland Park, IL (614) | Marc Richards | mrichards@brinksgilson.com | HMV Program: Jewish Perspectives in a Changing World; Jewish Lifecycle Issues; Seasons of a Man's Life; Raising a Jewish Family | | | Yes. Game Night, Open Mic Night, Rabbi's Dinner. | Yes. Torah Study and Perkei Avot Study program. | Yes. Helping with shabbat services at a nursing home. | Yes. Ushering for High Holidays. Installation of wide area wifi network. | Yes. Both Friday night and Saturday morning. | | | Yes. Day Camp Scholarships. | | | Yes. Marc Richards. | Yes. Mens Club Group Email., Website., Synagogue weekly email., Synagogue newsletters/bulletins | Yes | Yes | Yes. Gerry Brin. Regional Past President. | Yes. Darryl Temkin. Yom Hashoah International FJMC Committee. | Yes. Regional Man-of-the-Year event. | | |
| 48 | 2017-05-30 23:31 | kenmatlick | 68.231.103.10 | Or Tzion Men's Club - Scottsdale, AZ (1074) | Kenneth Matlick | kenmatlick@gmail.com | Monthly Hilkes on Sunday mornings with Men's Club members and family | Attended the Western Region Retreat - 4 members | | | Build A Pair Program combined with our WW Wrap program to educate our youth on tefillin | | Helped the Rabbi pack up his office for move to our new location. | Held Men's Club Shabbat on a Saturday Morning | | | | | Have purchased books and pins for past and present presidents | Our next president is set and will be installed this summer | E-mail blasts, activities posted in weekly announcements in | Yes | Yes | Mitch Ross and Bob Weinstein - Regional VP's | Ken Matlick - Controller of Convention, Long Range Planing Committee, Bob Weinstein - Yom Hashoh Yellow Candles | Attendance at Western Region Man of the Year | Donated funds to FJMC International for the Tefillin Fund | |
| 47 | 2017-05-30 22:32 | lawask | 68.134.148.106 | Beth Israel Brotherhood - Owings Mills, MD (1111) | Larry Waskow | lawask@aol.com | We had an HMV program, titled, "G-d and Me" in April 2017 | Ira Bormel, Larry Waskow, Barry Goldschmidt, Michael Freilich attended our regional retreat at Pearlstone Summer 2017 | Michael Freilich worked with our Cantor in setting up a Minyan of comfort training program | We had a joint speaker program with the Sisterhood, Speaker, Prof. Richard Vatz, University of Maryland | Our brotherhood constructed the Synagogue Sukkah again this year. | Our members were active in providing support to a family in need in our community, ie. food, clothing,furniture, gift cards | We are in charge of providing ushers for our Shabbat and holiday services, year round. | We had our Sheldon Schwartz Brotherhood Shabbat on Feb. 25,2017 | | | Our club provides a scholarship for a child in our religious school, given each June at their awards ceremony | | | Andrew Stolutsky was selected as our new president last fall | Our president sent out regular emails to our members | No | Yes | Larry Waskow, Regional Vice President, Seaboard Region | Michael Frelich - Minyan of comfort program | Ira Bormel, Larry Waskow, Barry Goldschmidt, Howard Bernheim and others attended the Blue Yam. Man of Year Dinner May 21, 2017 | We participated in selling Kipot to support the Abudayah Congregation in Africa | quality_club_award_supplement.docx (13 KB) |
| 46 | 2017-05-30 20:40 | philipmargolis | 72.200.165.188 | Beth Sholom B'Nai Israel Brotherhood - Manchester, CT (205) | Philip Margolis | philipmargolis@icloud.com | Hi... We had about 30+ men at a HMV event on the subject "How words can affect people" | We had 4 members attend the regional retreat | | Torah Study Shabbat - with Rabbi Simon | Sukkah meal | Brotherhood in Action Breakfast -- fundraiser for families with critically ill service | Co-paid for kitten renovation, volunteers for fall family open house | Both (Separate weekends) | We began Keruv committee/discussions in the spring; Rabbi Simon spoke about intermarraige at our shul as a result | | Provide hands-on support to Hebrew school events in spring | Beth Israel Men's Club (MRJ) Hockey Game | Keruv books purchased | Carl Mandell | Group email, column in synagogue bulletin and email | Yes | Yes | Glenn Hauer, regional EVP (now Pres) | Glenn Hauer, Convention, Kiddush club | Keeper of the Flame Award - about 30+ members | | |
| 45 | 2017-05-30 17:09 | amkampel | 165.155.208.72 | B'Nai Shalom Men'S Club - West Orange, NJ (975) | Ari Kampel | mensclub@bnaishalom.net | Wellness program for all members of the Shul in January 2017. Two guest speakers, one doctor and one physical therapist. | Visitation by Peter Gottlieb who spoke at our Scotch in the Sukkah event. | "Greeter" program: We ensure that new members feel welcome at every minyan | Bowling program for the Shul | Torah study during the World Wide Wrap | Annual Toy Drive for Hannukkah | Ushering for High Holidays | Held in March 2017 | | | Father-son Tailgating event in November 2016 | Joint program with Men's Club of Ohr Torah for the Tailgating event | | Gary Silver | Email, updates in the Hayenu | No | Yes | Ari Kampel, member of Executive Board | | Ari Kampel, Gary Silver, Tom Phon, David Gleaner-Man of the Year event | | |
| 44 | 2017-05-30 15:00 | dscherr | 108.41.11.230 | Temple Israel Men's Club - Great Neck, NY (841) | David Scherr | dsactuary@aol.com | We devoted one of our meetings to strengthening the core. After a demo of what exercises, members then did them. | Dave Scherr attended a tri-regional retreat in June of 2016 | Many members of the Men's Club serve on the Pastoral committee. They attend and lead shiva minyans. | | Scotch and Seder with the Rabbi. A give and take about the seder and its meaning. | Club members participate in the Hatzilu Rescue Organization delivering food to the needy as well as raising funds. | Ushering on the high holidays | Members ran Friday night service, with a dinner and a speaker. | | | We attended a NY Jets football game in the fall, 2016. Several children joined their fathers. | Sponsored a Rabbinic dialogue with Conservative, Orthodox, Reform and Persian rabbis. | | Jack Guberman | Group email; flyers at Shabbat services, synagogue newsletter | No | Yes | David Scherr - Treasurer, New York Metro | | Ron Klempner (and many others) attended the Regional Man of the Year honoree dinner in March, 2017 | | |
| 43 | 2017-05-30 14:48 | Friedberg | 73.215.2.112 | East Brunswick Jewish Center Men's Club - E. Brunswick, NJ (953) | Howard Jacobs | howard_jacobs20@yahoo.com | Wellness: we have an extensive softball program (4 teams partcipate in our Federation league), and extensive basketball program. | David Julis and Dave Mandell both went to LDI. | Shiva minyanim in EBJC are led by Mitzvah Corps and supported by Men's Club. | We held several events with our Sisterhood (a concert and a book discussion). | We held a dinner in the sukkah, including the traditional prayers. | We hosted a community blood drive (40 pints of blood collected by NJ Blood services). | ushered for high holidays; switched prayer books for high holidays; with sisterhood, cleaned Torah silver. | Held a Saturday morning Men's Club Shabbat. | Worked with Rabbi Finkelstein to put together a Keruv committee. | Last summer we sponsored a vegetable garden, and donated the produce we raised to local food pantries. | Supported multiple youth initiatives, including a visit to the Holocaust museum in NY, and coffee gift cards to college students | participated in Federation sponsored softball league. | | Have selected co-presidents: Arthur Fliegelman and Sheldon Horowitz | we publicize our activities in the shul newsletter, the shul website, and in weekly emails. | Yes | Yes | David Julis is a VP of our NJJR region. | Dave Mandell is a treasurer of FJMC. | David Julis - regional Man of the Year | | www.flyer_v2.pdf (349 KB) |
| 42 | 2017-05-30 11:14 | tbsnjmensclub | 173.54.17.6 | Temple Beth Shalom Men'S Club - Livingston, NJ (941) | Paul Brownstein | paulhbrownstein@gmail.com | Biking Programs Summer 2016 | Regional retreat (Peter Gotlieb); Consultant-led training (Peter Gotlieb, Jerry Siskind, Phil Crystal) | | Joint kiddush luncheon with Sisterhood for Men's Club Shabbat service | Build-A-Pair Program for Religious School students | | Building congregational sukkah | Men's Club Shabbat Saturday morning service | | | Viewing NFL playoff game; father-child ski trip | Talmud on Tap program (religious discussion led by Cantor at local tavern) with Men's Club of Temple Emmanuel, Livingston, NJ | | Barry Schwartz | Weekly emails; minutes of monthly meetings; article in monthly Temple bulletin | No | Yes | | Peter Gotlieb co-chair of International Committee - Minyan of Comfort | Approx. 50 attendees at Man of the Year Dinner | | |
| 41 | 2017-05-25 13:56 | lhanover | 144.81.85.10 | Beth El Men's Club - Voorhees, NJ (566) | Larry Hanover | hanovers4@comcast.net | Wellness - participation in Tour de Shuls; bowling events | Visitation by Bruce Tomar, international board member | | Breakfast speaker series | Torah on Tap with the Rabbi | Book donation program for needy kids ages 0-8 | High Holiday - set up chairs, Siddurim | Men's Club Shabbat during Pesach - Saturday morning | | | | Event with ADL speaker (with Temple Beth Sholom Men's Club) | | | Group emails; Facebook | Yes | Yes | Bruce Tomar, international VP | Bruce Tomar, international VP | Regional Man of the Year Dinner (club honoree was Henry David) | | |
| 40 (draft) | 2017-05-25 13:24 | Al Mervin | 99.238.71.118 | Beth Emeth-Bais Yehuda Men's Club - Downsview, ON (404) | Al Mervin | al@ljsales.com | Every Shabbat at 10 am a discussion is led about our spiritual being. These discussions are led by the Rabbi or others such as S | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | No | No | | | | | |
| 39 | 2017-05-23 18:39 | slerman | 98.216.132.16 | Temple Emunah Brotherhood - Lexington, MA (714) | Scott Lerman | smlerman@gmail.com | Participate in the New England Region Tour de Shuls; Participate in the Men's Shul Softball League | NERFJMC TheRetreat - Mark Druy, Ed Willins, Larry Bressler; NERFJMC Leadership Training - David Geisler | | Dinner and a Movie events | Build-A-Pair; Sukkah construction; Hanukiah construction | Tour de Shuls Fundraiser | High Holy Day Ushering; Yizkor Books | Brotherhood Shabbat, June 24, 2017 | | | | | | David Geisler, 2018-2020 | Emails to all Brotherhood members are sent through Constant Contact; Brotherhood President's article in monthly bulletin | Yes | Yes | Mark Druy, FJMC Vice President; Ed Willins, NERFJMC Vice President; Mo Diamant, NERFJMC Vice President | | New England Region Keeper of the Flame award - Joe Nissenbaum (honoree), several members attended | | |
| 38 | 2017-05-23 12:59 | redzonehal | 100.37.101.205 | Forest Hills Jewish Center Men'S Club - Forest Hills, NY (822) | fhjcmensclub | redzonehal@aol.com | Al Davis came to our Club 'Talking to your child on Religion' and how we can run our own programs. | Regional retreat myself and 4 others members. 3 attend LDI in Washington | Comfort training session over 2 days. I (Hal) am certified to lead a Comfort of Minyan. I've handled Shiva Minyan for 23 years | | Responsible for decorting the Shul Shukkah and helping building shukkahs for anyone who needs help in the community | Working with the Queens Community House food pantry putting packages together and helping distribute food packages. | Men's Club ushers Shabbat Services and responsible for the Ushering the High Holidays. | Men's Club Shabbat March 11, running the entire Shabbat Servce | | Collecting electronic equipment for recycling, collecting recycle and broken bikes to be repaired for under privilege families | Men's Club Run Family Childern Saturday Night Havdalah Service, with movies,games, pizza and ice cream | 2016 World Wide Wrap FHJC joined with Hillcrest Jewish Center at Hillcrest for WWW | Purchased Yellow candles and Hearing Men's Voices Books | Mark Weinblatt | e-mail, Constant Contacts | No | No | Hal Berkowitz Corresponding Secretary, Bob Koeningsberg Recording Sec. | | Dr. Joshua Lowy Man of the Year Forest Hills Jewish Center Hal Berkowitz Ma'asim Tovim Award International FJMC Convention | Our Club was involved with the Seaboard Region in getting Kippahs made in Uganda to the Seaboard Region picking themup in Kew Gardens, Queens packing 400 in boxes and shipping them to the Seaboard Region. | |
| 37 | 2017-05-22 15:42 | gstoller | 50.101.169.236 | Adath Israel Brotherhood - Toronto, ON (401) | Gary Stoller | gstoller@sympatico.ca | Ride for Chai | Lake Ontario Region retreat | | Sisterhood/Brotherhood Shabbat | | Mitzvah Day - sorting and delivering mens clothing for the homeless | Ushering | Brotherhood Shabbat service in November 2016 | | | | | | Gary Stoller and Sheldon Wayne | Group e-mail; Regular advertising in all Shul communications | Yes | No | George Nadas, Lake Ontario Region President | George Nadas and Charles Wrock, members of international FJMC board | Sheldon Wayne - Man/Youth of the Year event | | |
| 36 (draft) | 2017-05-21 19:49 | mzucherman | 107.185.201.3 | Etz Chaim Men's Club - Thousand Oaks, CA (1036) | Mark Zucherman | mark@zmango.com | Held several Hearing Men's voices programs including Steak, Cigars, Scotch and Talmud in the Sukkah with Rabbi, | WESTERN REGION LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (LDI) April 30, 2017 – Temple Ahavat Shalom (TAS) | | Conducted a Joint Men's Club / Women of TEC Shabbat Weekend Services March 17th / 18th | Conducted Build-A-Pair program and Tefilin Wrap training as part of World Wide Wrap. | Participated in Community Hanukkah Menorah Lighting by providing Latkes to the community | Provide Ushering services durring High Holiday services. | Men's club run Scholar-in-Residance Weekend (Friday/Saturday) featuring guest Lecture on Kabbalah. | | | Men's Club sponsored Havdalah & Bowling event, sold tickets to Jewish Appreciation Dodger baseball game day | | Purchased Yad Shel Chai for youth torah readers. | Ken Leo, Executive Vice President | Published Men's Club event calendar, Temple Bulletins, Flyers, Constant Contact Email comuincations | Yes | Yes | 2017/2018 - Benny Somerfeld Western Region Pres, Gary Katz, Western Region VP | Myles Simson | Chapter attended the 2016 Western Region Man-of-the-Year event | Participated in purchasing hand made kepot from Africa. | tec_bookmark_2016-2017_9-9-16.pdf (144 KB) |
| 35 | 2017-05-18 21:52 | charlesalrichards | 108.93.233.10 | Synagogue Emanu-El Men'S Club - Charleston, SC (1717) | Charles Richards | charlesal.richards@outlook.com | Two sessions on "Aging isn't for Sisses" | Charles Richards and Harold Grater attended Anshei Darom regional retreat; Charles Richards attended November 2016 LDI | | Annual Paid up brunch with Sisterhood, Sisterhood joined us for our Beer & Burgers in the Sukkah | | We held a Hanukkah program at an Assisted Living Facility | We provide ushering for Bar/Bat Mitzahs; we assist High Holy Day ushering | We had Men's Club Shabbat on Saturday March 25 | We hosted a family picnic | | | We had an inter-faith program a Men's Club from a United Methodist Church | | Harold Grater | Monthly Synagogue Magazine; Our weekly Synagogue Bulletin and emails | Yes | Yes | Mike Mills Past International President | | | | |
