| 34 | 2017-05-17 16:37 | wronzberg | 173.34.32.92 | Beth David B'Nai Israel Beth Am Brotherhood - Toronto, ON (403) | Richard Wronzberg | wronzberg@bell.net | Prostate Cancer Dr. Loblaw | LOR Regional Retreat Dec 2016, Nov 2016 LDI | Working with synagogue, developed committee with FJMC Minyan of Comfort as guide | Music events (2), Wine-tasting, Synagogue Purim Party | | Shiva visits, lead shiva services | one member of brotherhood board is weekly usher all year, rest volunteer as required | May 13 2017 | | | Family Day at Toronto Blue Jays Game | Attend and assist Beth Emeth Mens' Club Beer Tasting and Scotch tasting | | Steven Risenman (to July 2018) | weekly participation in Shabbat newsletter, emails to all members wishing to receive emails | Yes | Yes | Richard Wronzberg 1st VP (incoming Regional President - 2017-19 | Richard Wronzberg having discussions with incoming President for involvement with International level | all board attend Man of the Year 2015, 2016 and prior]; | | |
| 33 (draft) | 2017-05-17 10:13 | harrison007 | 50.243.92.113 | Marlboro Jewish Center Men'S Club- Marlboro, NJ (976) | Len Whitman | lenwhitman@gmail.com | | regional retreat NNJR june 2016 | | | we run build a pair with the 6th grade students each year | | building sukkot for congregation, hebrew school, rabbi and cantor | we have a mens club shabbat - friday night service march 17 | | | | | | allan greenberg | group emails regularly about upcoming events | Yes | Yes | len whitman, treasurer nnjr | | 12 members from MJC attened the man of the year dinner in nov 2016 | collected funds for international tefillin project in conjunction with WWW | |
| 32 | 2017-05-16 16:25 | bartneuman | 71.51.72.129 | Ohev Shalom Men's Club - Maitland, FL (1316) | Bart Neuman | bsneuman@aol.com | We have been conducting Hearing Men's Voices programs for five years | Regional retreats twice over the last two years | | Art auction with Sisterhood in spring 2017 | | We provide Maasim Tovim every month of the year | We usher every Shabbat and during the High Holiday services | We conducted the entire Shabbat services on March 24, 2017 | | | | We held the Man and Youth of the year with Beth Am and Temple Israel in November 2016 | | Neal Blaher as of May 1st is the new Co-President | We use constant contact for our email campaigns | Yes | Yes | Two of our members serve on the Regional FJMC Board | | Man of the Year/Youth of the Year in Central Florida | | |
| 31 (draft) | 2017-05-14 12:59 | sandy.victor.fj... | 24.12.150.7 | Beth Judea's Men's Club - Long Grove, IL (642) | Sandy Victor | sandy.victor.fjmc@gmail.com | Sunday morning fitness walking | November 2016 LDI | Alternative Shabbat Minyan | Passover Wine Tasting | Hebrew Literacy, Build-A-Pair | PADS (feed homeless group in community) | Build the shul synagogue, sponsor Local Melton program | Saturday morning April 15, 2017 | | | Camp Ramah Telfillin program | | Tefflin | Gerry Sakol - repeats for 2nd year | Google list emails, facebook notices | Yes | Yes | Eric Yegelwel Regional Vice President | Sandy Victor - LDI | Louis Rabin - Regional Man of the Year | | |
| 30 (draft) | 2017-05-13 14:18 | jkurtz | 74.105.112.243 | B'nai Israel Men's Club - Toms River, NJ (931) | Joel Kurtz | joku@hotmail.com | | Regional retreat and LDI were attended by Joel Kurtz | Alternative Shabbat morning service | Combined Shabbat AM service with Men's Club, Sisterhood, and USY | Yad Shel Chai Program | Participation in Interfaith Hospitality Network | Set up synagogue for high holiday services, purchase items needed by synagogue, host Fri night dinners, etc. | Held Men's Club Shabbat, March 25,2017 | | | | | Purchased Yad Shel Chai, WWW hats | Joel Kurtz | group emai, program advertising in synagogue newletter | No | No | Past Regional President- Joel Kurtz | FJMC Executive board - Joel Kurtz | Multiple members attended Regional Man of the Year Dinner | | |
| 29 | 2017-05-12 16:59 | IraBrandell | 71.196.86.253 | Temple Torat Emet Men's Club - West Boynton Beach, FL (1344) | Ira Brandell | ibmeditating@gmail.com | Wellness program (April 19 – May 17, 2017) We are participating in DietBet – weight loss program - | Regional Picnic at Jonathan Dickinson State Park - March 19. 5 from our club, 60 participants from the region | | Feb 16 -Artists and Artisans -evening presentation of arts by community members, including presentations of their art | Men’s Club raises the Synagogue Sukkah each year - last year on October 9, 2016. | Our members go to a local Jewish campus and help to prepare meals to be distributed within the county. | Men’s Club members are in charge of arranging for Synagogue ushers for Shabbat and Festival Services. Many MC members volunteer | Both days – over 65 Men’s Club members participated from the bimah, 120 people attended Friday night and came to dinner | | Men’s Club promotes recycling in the Synagogue – specifically recycling of plastic cups used for Shabbat Kiddush. | – Miami Marlins Jewish Heritage Day (June 26, 2016), Also a hockey game outing | | Ron Wolfson’s Art of Jewish Living Shabbat Seder - a copy of the book and four copies of the benchers to B'nei Mitvah | Ira Brandell | group emails, mail flyers at the beginning of month for special programs, and mention in the synagogue e-blast each week | Yes | Yes | Charlie Deutch –South Sub Regional VP Regional Board | | 45 people attend the South Florida Man of the Year /Youth of the Year dinner on November 20, 2016 - Gary Dalin was honoree | We contributed to the Mezzuzot for Cuba program. We are partnered with a small community in Kenya and they have participated in | quality_club_award_2016-2017.pdf (348 KB) |
| 28 | 2017-05-09 17:34 | BethShalomMensClub | 75.145.160.162 | Congregation Beth Shalom Men'S Club - Northbrook, IL (643) | Scott Rogoff | bethshalommensclub@gmail.com | We did a four part series on Hearing Men's Voices which was a roundtable discussion of varies topics important to men. | We have had 3 members attend the regional retreat in Starved Rock, Illinois. | We developed one years ago with Cantor Stoehr. | We had a joint Night of Improv dinner with an improv group with Sisterhood. | We provide Build-A-Pair to the Sunday School kids for our World Wide Wrap. | We deliver food to the ARK and Council for Jewish Elderly as part of our lox box program. | We are in charge of ushering for Kol Nidre. It's all Men's Club members. | We had a Saturday morning Men's Club Shabbat on April 8, 2017. | The leader of the Keruv program nationally, and at CBS, is Bob Spector, who is a member of our Mens' Club. | | We had several Daddies and Kiddies events this past year such as attendance at a Chicago Wolves game, baking, etc. | We are in a Men's Club softball league with our Men's Clubs in the area. | We purchase yellow candles and build-a-pair each year. | Dan Sher | We send regular emails to our membershship about our activities as well as post in our monthly synagogue bulletin. | Yes | Yes | Harvey Redfern is the Midwest Region Treasurer and will be President in two years. | | We have a Man of the Year participant every year. | | |
| 27 (draft) | 2017-05-07 21:44 | mweisel | 98.218.4.178 | Shaare Torah Men's Club - Gaithersburg, MD (1114) | Michael Weisel | michael@weiselfamily.com | Greg Gore facilitated a very energetic and engaging "Physically Competitive Sports (You and Your Child)". | We had 8 attendees from ST attend the Good to Great Retreat in July. | | 12/15/2016 - We held a whisky tasting and schmoozing event with our Women’s Club with about 20 people. | STMC sponsors, organizes, and recruits for a bi-weekly Minyan where we provide ruach and nosh. | After Sukkot STMC deconstructs the Sukkah's for group homes throughout Montgomery County for JFGH. | High Holidays setup and takedown. Transfered assets from ST to our local Jr. High where services are held. | 3/25/2017 - Organized, led, participated, read the davar torah, and sponsored a kiddush oneg shabbat | | | | | 2/18/2017 - Purchased HMV-Crossroads Book from the FJMC store. | | We communicate via email to all of the men at ST and manage and update a Facebook page to keep our members informed and engaged. | No | Yes | | David - Convention Focal Group. Greg - Chair of LDI. Greg - Chair of Training for Convention. | We had two full tables of attendees at the 2016 BYMOY honoring our own David Freiman. | We raised over $1200.00 for the Abayudaya community and have built a healthy relationship with Aaron Kintu and Allan Zilaba. | |
| 26 | 2017-05-07 12:09 | larryfaerman | 73.139.125.22 | B'nai Torah Congregation Men's Club - Boca Raton, FL (1345) | Larry Faerman | larryfaerman@gmail.com | Torah Trekking & Half-Marathon Training | Florida Men's Club Family Reunion PIcnic | | Latkes & Vokas with Women's League | Build-A-Pair | Sukkot at Stratford Court Retirement Community | Ushering | Men's Club Shabbat Saturday morning service February 11 | | | | | | Robert Kantor | Weekly Leaflet, Monthly e-mails, Tri-fold brochure | Yes | Yes | Regional Past President, Elliot Burns | | Larry Faerman and others attended Man of the Year (november 2016) | | |
| 25 | 2017-05-07 11:10 | TBEMC Men's Club | 71.187.200.83 | Temple Beth-El Mekor Chayim Men's Club - Cranford, NJ (909) | Craig Schwartz | rcsacs@aol.com | Had a personal trainer come in and speak about proper exercise techniques and eating habbits | NNJR regional retreat | | held a Yom Hashoah program with sisterhood. speaker was an army vet who helped free a concentration camp | monthly meeting with Rabbi and Cantor discussing Jewish ritual and Torah Study | Collect food at Thanksgiving Program for needy. | Ushering on High Holidays | Men's Club Shabbat on March 31st | | | Attended a minor league baseball game | Help a joint Men's club program with Clark and Scotch Plains, NJ for Veteran's day | | | advertising of events on website, weekly temple emails and announcements on Shabbat | No | Yes | | | Man of the year dinner | | |
| 24 | 2017-05-05 17:05 | dmandeau | 71.233.211.42 | Temple Emanuel Brotherhood - Newton, MA (719) | Danny Mandeau | dannyleon825@gmail.com | Last one was on how humor affects are lives, 4/4/17 | Several at the regional Retreat, I went to LDI | | Sisterhood comedy night in December, 2016 | Preparing a meaningful Seder with our senior Rabbi, 4/3/17 | Mass Avenue Baptist Church food pantry, major regular participant | I am one of the head Ushers. | March 11, 2017 was Brotherhood Shabbat. Over 25 participants | | | | | | Steve Goldstein | Constant Communication at least 2Xs a month | Yes | No | Marc Lowenthal, regional communications VP | Danny Mandeau, Sales Manager, YC | Marc Lowenthal was our Keeper of the Flame | | |
| 23 | 2017-05-05 15:58 | jmberk | 100.34.88.147 | Ohev Shalom Men's Club - Richboro, PA (564) | Jeffrey Berk | jberk99@verizon.net | Small groups of men discussing issues common to them all. | Retreat in June of 2016, visits by Regional Officers | members are available to in home minyan comfort. | we occassionally hold joint meetings with our sisterhood counterparts | Torah study | | We provide support and food services to synagouge functions. | Both | | | We send the Hei Class to the Holocaust Museum each year | We are planning a joint meeting with the Club from Shir Ami, a reformed congregation | We purchased the Build A Pair program for the ;ast WWW | Jeffrey Berk | Group emails and a column in the Synagogue Monthly Magazine | Yes | Yes | Ron Wold, VP, Mark Podob, VP | | May of the Year, about 20 members attend. | | |
| 22 | 2017-05-04 20:59 | Neve_Shalom | 24.185.59.89 | Neve Shalom Men's Club - Metuchen, NJ (962) | Steven Schneider | mensclub@neveshalom.net | Minyan in Motion - walking and biking after minyan on Sunday mornings | Multiple members attended regional retreat | | Purim social with Sisterhood | | | set up and break down for high holidays and sukkot | Men's Club Shabbat | Keruv chairperson to discuss Keruv in our synagogue as well as the larger community | | Family Fun Day on Dec 25 | | | Lon Dobbs | Weekly email to all members | Yes | Yes | Matt Bonus, officer | Jeff Schulman, VP | Ron Becker, regional man of the year | | |
| 21 | 2017-05-02 19:25 | msholk | 99.38.129.214 | Temple Aliyah Men'S Club - Woodland Hills, CA (CLUB MERGED) | Michael Sholklapper and Alex Romano | mike.sholk@mc.templealiyah.org | Men's Club team participation in LA Jewish Federation's Tour de Summer Camps bike-a-thon | Regional LDI 4/30/17 and Keruv training 3/17/17 | | Vodka and Latkas event joint with Women of Aliyah | Build-a-pair teffilin training (Ashkenazi and Sephardi traditions demonstrated) in conjunction with WWW | Volunteering to serve food at the Jewish food bank | We are responsible for providing the volunteers for the Ushering at high holidays | Saturday morning service 3/25/17 | | | | Scotch Tasting with including STS Men's Club and Ahavat Shalom Brotherhood | Youth of the Year medallion and Yad Shel Chai | Alan Jacobs | Group mailing system using Mail Chimp to full member list Shomrei Haaretz 8. Shomrei Haaretz project. Examples: JNF carbon offse | Yes | Yes | Ben Aminnia, Regional Chaplin | | Alex Romano, training | Man and youth of the Year regional luncheon | |
| 20 | 2017-05-02 09:52 | hondoman18 | 72.218.127.107 | Beth El Men's Club - Norfolk, VA (1120) | Norman Soroko | nsoroko@cox.net | Did a program on health at our fomer club president's home in November | Training in Maryland and Board meetings | Perform Minyans at Shiva Homes in lieu of the rabbi Attending | Sisterhood and men's club breakfast discussing health issues with a local medical doctor | Lunch and learn with our Rabbi | Friday night services at the Jewish Nursing home | Weekly emails and updates and monthly articles in our bulletin | April 1st | We had a social to invite members of the congregation where one spouse is Jewish and one is not | | | Rodef Shalom and temple israel in Decmeber and ibnvited members of the Seaboard region to attend | Alex pomerantz took care of this task last summer | Howard Horwitz | Weekly emils to our members and include monthly articles in the bulletin as well as our yearly book. | Yes | Yes | Alex Pomerantz Seaboard New president | Norman David Soroko | Alex Pomerantz and Howard Horwitz | Bought and sold new kippots to benefit over seas clubs | |
| 19 (draft) | 2017-04-28 15:20 | otmember123 | 100.36.181.147 | Olam Tikvah Men's Club - Fairfax, VA (1147) | Steven Tursky | stevetursky@gmail.com | We did two Hearing Men's Voices Programs on Taking Care of Aging Parents, and Telling Our Immigrant Stories. | Last July, 18 members of our Club attended Seaboard Region's Biennial Retreat, From Good to Great | Family Shabbat Dinner | | Selling Sukkah kits. This year our club engineered the Sukkot with materials purchased from Home Depot and sold them for $229.. | Military Shabbat where we hold an annual service to express our support of the Military. | Giving financial support to our Eagle Scout candidates who have build a special cabinet for Talit bags and a storage box | | | Annual gleaning program where congregants go out to a farm and harvest vegetables which are given to a local anti-hunger group.. | Our Men's Club sponsors a Boy Scout troop, Troop 1818, and a Girl Scout troop. | | | Howard Sloan | We have Constant Contact messages to our members. | No | Yes | Bruce Gordon, Seaboard Region President | Robert Watts, FJMC Technology Committee | Steven Tursky, Seaboard Region Blue Yarmulke Man of the Year. Fifteen members attended the event. | Selling kippot made by the Abuyadaya Ugandan Jewish Community; Financially supporting translation of Charles Simon's Book into | |
| 18 | 2017-04-27 16:16 | hfreed | 108.31.64.202 | Har Shalom Men's Club - Potomac, MD (1151) | Hal Freed, Past President | hiphal2@verizon.net | We have reguar golf in the fall, spring and summer. | Hal Freed attended the November 2016 LDI and the Seaboard Retreat in July '16 | | Men's Club and Sisterhood support each other's Shabbt by working in the kitchen while other Sabbat service goes on | We annually sell Sukkah kits to members of our congregation and other clubs | We distributed food to Russian Families on High Holidays and conduct monthly Shabbat Services at a Senior's home | We regularly help in the kitchen with the Shabbat Kiddush & jointly hold Purim Carnival and Yom Ha'Atzmaut with shul | We held our Men's Club Shabbat on March 25. | | | A scholarship was give to a worthy student to attend a Jewish program | Members of B'nai Tzedek of Potomac Md and Share Torah of Gaithersburg were included in a Brunch with politicians | | Pres K. Hartman will do the 2nd yr of his 2 year term in 2017-2018. A President Elect, to be elected in May, will succeed him | Club communicates through the synagogue monthly newsletter and a club list serve to our members | Yes | Yes | Hal Freed as Immediate Past President of the Seaboard Region, is an officer of the region | Mark Berlin is on the FJMC Nominations Committee | J. Markowitz will be honored at the Seaboard BYMOY Gala on May 21. | Sold kippahs made by Uganda Jews to rais money for them as part of Seaboard Projecdt that has raised over $3000 for Ungandan Jew | |
| 17 (draft) | 2017-04-25 19:22 | a062688 | 73.201.79.182 | Shaare Tikvah Men'S Club - Waldorf, MD (1132) | Keith Meyers | a062688@comcast.net | Hearing Men's Voices: Discussion of death - November Meeting | Attendance at regional retreat | | Baffle Bowl with Sisterhood | | Donating food to the local food bank. | Providing for the services of a Torah reader for Shabbat services. | Both | | Participation in recycling program. | | | | | Group e-mail and Synagogue newsletter | Yes | Yes | Edwin Rosenzweig | | BlueCademy | | |
| 16 | 2017-04-24 11:28 | jlisman | 74.215.79.202 | Adath Israel Brotherhood - Cincinnati, OH (301) | Josh Lisman | jlisman@earthlink.net | We started a group walking program on Mitzvah Day and have continued it. | KIO Regional retreat (4 of us--Joel Kling, Gary Smith, Josh Lisman, and Mike Mills) | We were/are instrumental in our shul's new roll out of Minyan of Comfort. New book and new training. | 170th Brotherhood/Sisterhood Gala recognizing all past Presidents | Bible & Beer (8 times this year)--Torah study with Rabbi and noshing/drinking | Brotherhood Garden. We grow organic produce for the food pantry. | | 4/29/17 | | | | | | Brett Leonard | Monthly newsletter powered by Constant Contact | No | Yes | Joel Kling Regional Predisent | Gary Smith VP | Man of the Year regional brunch--Mike Weisman, Joel Kling | | |
| 15 | 2017-04-24 10:13 | brian_j_rubenstein | 12.234.201.130 | Beth Torah Men's Club - Richardson, TX (1713) | Brian Rubenstein | brian@lotn.org | Hearing Men's Voices program will be our wrap-up breakfast topic for this year and will be held on Sunday, May 21, 2017 | Rusty Dworkin has an active role with our board and serves as our liason to FJMC. Dave Mandell, and Dave Gerstein as well | | we hold 2 joint breakfasts with CBT Sisterhood, in November and in February | We do have Torah study with our Rabbi ocassionaly & we teach how to lay tefillin with our learning center kids at morning minyan | done outreach at emergency youth shelter, collected food / donated it & meals to the hungry through family services | our club provides ushers for high holidays and other larger services (bar/bat mitzah, etc). also do synagogue handyman work | held this past year on march 24/25. had the FJMC Sefer Haftarah that weekend, too! | | collect cardboard to recycling from events / deposit in on-site container for pick up, also an annual document shredding event | have random bowling mornings for members and their kids (bowling and bagels) | participate in the WORLD WIDE WRAP, which in Dallas is a joint program of the 3 local clubs/ conservative shuls | participate in the youth medalion award | David Duchin will be our next president for the 2017-2018 term | we send 2-3 emails a month with updates on what's going on with our club and upcoming events | Yes | Yes | Rusty Dworkin | Rusty Dworkin, Dave Mandell | | we encouraged our membership to support the mezuzot program for Cuba | |
