2016-17 Quality Club Award Criteria and Reporting
# | Submitted | User | IP Address | Club Name | Name | Email address | Club Participation Description | Regional event attended (for item 6.) | Minyan of Comfort | Joint Program | Jewish Observance | Community Service | Synagogue Service | Men’s Club Shabbat | Keruv program | Shomrei Haaretz | Father- Child | Joint Men's Club Program | Purchasing FJMC Material | Next President | Communication method | Budget | Published Calendar | Officer Name | Name Commitee | Attend event | Masorti Activity Description | Document For Attaching to Application |
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| 74 | 2018-03-26 12:16 | BethShalomMensClub | 198.0.253.229 | Congregation Beth Shalom Men'S Club - Northbrook, IL (643) | Dan Sher | bethshalommensclub@gmail.com | Did a four part series of hearing men's voices focusing on our relationships with our parents, our spouse, our children and us. | We had four members at the regional retreat plus members at LDI | Several of our Men's Club members and past presidents are part of our minyan of comfort / shiva leaders. | We do an annual social event with our sisterhood (murder mystery this year) | We did the build-a-pair and also do a men's club shabbat - entirely led by our men's club | Our Lox Box program provides over 600 Lox Boxes for the jewish food pantry (The ARK) and a jewish nursing home (Lieberman Center | We build the sukkah each year for the synagogue | We lead a Men's Club Shabbat annually | The head of the keruv program for our synagogue sits on our board and reports monthly at our meetings | We participate in the yellow candle program every year. | Steven Elisco | We participate in our monthly newsletter for the synagogue, do group emails, facebook, twitter, etc. | Yes | Yes | Harvey Redfern, Executive Vice President | Jerry Agrest - several | We had five tables at our regional Man of the year event | |||||
| 73 | 2017-06-30 18:37 | Friedberg | 67.165.153.81 | Anshe Emet Men'S Club - Chicago, IL (608) | Barry Balik | bmbguy03@yahoo.com | Anshe Emet Men's Club hosts a kayaking on the Chicago River event every year. | Regional retreat, regional Man/Youth of the Year, and annual FJMC Convention | We do several programs with the Anshe Emet Sisterhood including outings to shows and a Passover Wine Tasting and Sale | Men's Club Shabbat service. Instruction to Jews By Choice class on morning minyan and tefillin. | We host a Yom HaShoah program with the Simon Wiesenthal Center that is open to the community. | Subsidize $50 of cost of each of 10 pair of tefillin for purchase by Bnai Mitzvah children and members. Passover wine sale. | Annual Shabbat morning service done entirely by Men's Club. | Jews By Choice class: 2 Men's Club Board members did introduction about Men's Club; instruction on morning minyan and tefillin | Held a religious discussion group with one of our Rabbis in a park overlooking Lake Michigan at sunset. | Several sports event outings and annual talent show were children frequently attend and participate with parents. | Hosted a presentation by an NFL celebrity with a local Bnai Brith lodge. Hosted Yom HaShoah program with Simon Weisenthal Center | Subsidized $500 toward the purchase of tefillin from FJMC. | Barry Balik | Men's Club Facebook page, group email to Men's Club, congregation weekly email and Shabbat morning announcement list. | No | Yes | Gregg Pollack, Jon Norton | We had a full table of attendees at the regional Man/Youth of the Year luncheon. | ||||
| 72 | 2017-06-14 10:23 | chefmoyel | 168.221.159.28 | Beth Torah Men'S Club - North Miami Beach, FL (DISAFFILIATED) | Mark Moyel | chefmoyel@aol.com | Started a silver sneakers program for our older members, waiting for equipment for program | We had two people attend the keruv training | Rich Burger is doing Minyan of confort program & we are helping with changing shabbat themes to attract more attendees | Kosher cooking deministration for sisterhood | Teaching our lay leaders to help lead services, weekly and shabbat | Dilivering Thanksgiving meals to holocaust suvivors and the shut-ins in our community ( non-members of our Shul) | Ushering at all services not just the holidays, and checking Tallisim and yarmukles | Saturday morning | We welcome all interfaith people and help them acclimate to synagouge life, prayers, services with our Rabbi's | A major reduction in paperwork/mailings etc to help reduce our carbon foot print, more electronics deliverys | Base Ball games, Hockey games and a BBQ at the park for family's Johnithan dickson state park | The sports games we go to are with all of the other mens clubs in south Florida Beth Am, Temple Beth Sarray tezeck | We are planning on purchase materials for the Minyan of comfort at the national Convention | Mr Arnie Schecter | e-mails, shuls website and constant contact | Yes | Yes | Mr Ed Margolis Florida Region President | Mr Rich Berger | We hosted last years Man& youth of the year dinner for the South florida Clubs and had two people selected ( Rich Berger) | We worked with a shul in Canada (skipe) for WWW | |
| 71 | 2017-06-09 21:21 | anneavni@gmail.com | 67.85.121.194 | North Shore Jewish Center Men's Club - Port Jefferson Sta., NY (894) | Aaron Avni | aaronavni@gmail.com | Softball league, bowling, golf outing | Regional Retreat, Leadership Training Institute | Comedy Night, Art Auction | Sukkah building, Cemetery kaddish for forgotten Jews | Community family sponsorship, Rebbes tish donations | Mens Club Shabbat, print calendars, High Holiday ushering, sukkah building | Saturday morning shabbat held | Family bowling, minor league baseball game | Gary Sosnovich | Group email, synagogue newsletter, facebook | Yes | Yes | Dan Granek, President, Metro NY Region | Man-of-the-Year honoree dinner (>10 attended) | ||||||||
| 70 | 2017-06-09 16:58 | lestershapiro | 100.34.221.203 | Beth Hillel-Beth El Men'S Club - Wynnewood, PA (522) | Lester Shapiro | Shapirobusmach@aol.com | We participate with two teams in the Inter-Synagogue Men's Club Softball League in our area. | LDI in November of 2016 in Arlington, Virginia (Lester Shapiro attending) | Joint Sisterhood/Men's Club Passover Wine Tasting Program | Dinner program with our Rabbi Cooper with discussion on various topics including religious. | We have been planning throughout the past year for our upcoming Hava Nagrilla event that will benefit the Mitzvah Food Pantry. | We put and take down our Synagogue Sukkah and also coordinate the High Holiday ushering for our Synagogue. | We hold an annual family event at Citizens Bank Park each summer to watch the Philadelphia Phillies together. | Annual Family Philadelphia Phillies event held this past year in partnership with Adath Israel Synagogue Men's Club Merion, PA | Larry Nathanson | We send out regular Constant Contact announcements to our members. | Yes | Yes | Lester Shapiro MAR Regional Corresponding Secretary | Regional Man of the Year Dinner in December 2016. Many attended including Jeff Bookman, David Oriel and Lester Shapiro. | ||||||||
| 69 | 2017-06-09 16:21 | agross@alangros... | 108.190.22.41 | B'nai Israel Mitzvah Men's Club - St. Petersburg, FL (1305) | Alan Gross | agross@alangrosslaw.com | WELLNESS PROGRAM EMS AND PREPAREDNESS FOR EMERGENCIES | PHIL REDISCH AND JEFF LITT ATTEND REGULARLY | PUT ON A MINYAN BREAKFAST EVERY MORNING INVITE CONG. TO ENHANCE DAILY MINYAN OBSERVANCE | WE PUT ON A JOINT HANUKKAH FEST PROGRAM WITH WOMENS LEAGUE | WE BUILT A KOTEL IN OUR SOCIAL HALL AND HAD SERVICES AT THE KOTEL WE PARTICIPATE IN THE WORLD WIDE WRAP, BUILD SUKKAH | LEAD SERV. ON FRI. NIGHTS AT MENORAH MANOR NURSING HOME WE ALSO HAD AN ACTIVE SHOOTER PROGRAM FOR THE COMMUNITY WITH THE S | WE PREPARE ANNUALLY A PASSOVER BARBEQUE, ANNUAL SET UP OF SYNAGOGUE AND SOCIAL HALL FOR HIGH HOLIDAYS, | WE LEAD SERVICES ON FRIDAY NIGHT, FOLLOWED BY OUR MAN OF THE YEAR DINNER, WE LEAD SERVICES ON SATURDAY MORNING AND PREP | WE PROVIDE SCHOLORSHIPS FOR USY EVENTS AND CAMP RAMAH, WERE THE LARGEST TICKET HOLDERS FOR THE BUCS | WE ATTENDED A BEER NIGHT WITH KOL AMI IN TAMPA. OUR ATTENDANCE WAS REQUESTED BY ED MARGOLIS, WE'VE INVITED KOL AMI TO ATTEND O | WE PURCHASED ALL OF THE HEARING MENS VOICES BOOKS | ALAN M. GROSS TOOK OVER IN FEB DUE TO DEATH OF LEO LANG PRESIDENT | WE HAVE A SECTION ON OUR SYNAGOGUE WEBSITE, WE HAVE OUR EVENTS INCLUDED ON THE FLORIDA REGION WEBSITE, TWE PLACE AN ART | Yes | Yes | JEFF LITT | WE ATTEND THE FLORIDA REGION CONFERENCE CALL ON SUNDAY EVENINGS | |||||
| 68 | 2017-06-09 09:21 | gf28771 | 173.59.48.98 | Temple Sinai Men's Club - Dresher, PA (551) | Greg Fisher | greg.fisher12@verizon.net | Dad and Child Rock Climbing at Doylestown Rock Gym | November 2016 LDI and MAR regional retreat in June 2016 | Sukkah event | Project Hope (deliver Passover food to elderly) | Ushering High Holy Days, Recycling Program | Friday Night Men's Club Shabbat | Help in building a garden for PreSchool | Donuts with Dads, Daddy Daughter Dance | Tour De'Shuls (hosted) | Yellow Candles (joint with other synagogue) | Monthly Men's Club Meetings as well as a Google Group Messenger | Yes | Yes | Bruce Fagan MAR Pres | Alan Budman | David Kepiss - Man of the Year | ||||||
| 67 | 2017-06-08 19:47 | BrandeisMensClub | 165.225.38.188 | Brandeis Men'S Club of Temple Israel - Ridgewood, NJ (969) | David Millman | millman.david@gmail.com | JFS Bike Ride (for Charity) in Rockleigh, NJ; June 2016 | Denis Vogel attended NNJR multi-region Retreat at Camp Zeke, PA; June 2016 | Spaghetti Dinner jointly run/sponsored with Sisterhood | gave multiple sukkot to needy members | Wheels-for-Meals Bike Ride to raise money for meal delivery in Bergen County, NJ | High Holiday ushering | Men's Club lead entire service on Shabbat HaChodesh (March 25, 2017) | Men's Club organized and lead annual Ho-Ho-Kus Brook Cleanup | Youth of the Year recognition, honor, plaque | partnered with Temple Beth Shalom (Fair Lawn, NJ) to purchase and serve drinks and Latkes at childrens Hanukkah Celebration | Arty Freed; selected/accepted in April, 2017 | regular emails to members through server: "mensclub@synagogue.org" | Yes | Yes | Denis Vogel is NNJR VP | over 30 participants at NNJR Man of the Year Dinner in Springfield, NJ (Nov 2016) | ||||||
| 66 | 2017-06-08 10:39 | desesquire | 75.146.254.137 | Beth Sholom Men'S Club - Elkins Park, PA (532) | David Sternberg | sternbergd@comcast.net | Hearing Men's Voices - Our Fathers Ourselves | David Sternberg and Art Lashin attended the Quad Regional retreat | We held a Men's Club Shabbat and have Shabbat Experiences throughout the year | Held a joint Friday Night Service with Sisterhood in November | Held Sunday morning brunch with Jewish speaker | Particpated in Project Hope to deliver Passover Food | Men's club members participate in cleaning and helping throughout the synogogue | Men's CLub Shabbat was held on February 18 | Men's Clun members tend the Mitzva Garden | We working with Adath Jeshurun and Melrose B'ani Israel on the World Wide | Purchased Hearing Men's Voices books | We send out emails of all upcomming events every week | Yes | No | President of MAR - Art Lashin | Many of our members attended the Man of the Year dinner and seminars held througout the year | We work with a sister congregation in Israel on events and fundraising | |||||
| 65 | 2017-06-07 22:35 | DiamondMC | 76.23.232.3 | Beth El Temple Men's Club - West Hartford (217) | David Diamond | daviddiamond2@comcast.net | Walks Around the Reservoir every Tuesday and Thursday, except from late Nov. to early May. HMV: Dinner and Men's Joke Night | Marty Melnick and Phil Schulz attended the Retreat at Camp Ramah, June 2016 | 5/4/17: Co-sponsor w/ Women's Network & Israel Engagement Committee, film and presenter to raise $ for the Yazidis | Year long initiative to support efforts to rebuild Jonathan's Dream, a playground in W. Hartford, CT for those of all abilities. | Substantial donation provided to temple to purchase new industrial ovens for our kitchen. | 5/13/17 - Men's Club let Shabbat services. Included installation of officers and board members for '17-'18. | Provide Camp Ramah scholarships with profits from Yellow Candles. Kosher tailgate BBQ + baseball outing attracted families. | w/ Emanuel Brotherhood, W. Hartford (1) Sun. minyan+breakfast @ private home w/ breathtaking views (2) BBQ + Baseball game. | Co-Presidents: Dave Diamond and Steve Rabb | Temple wide e-blasts, Men's Club member e-blasts, temple newsletter, mailings/inviations to programs; Shabbat leaflets | Yes | Yes | Marty Melnick, President CT Valley Region of FJMC | Marty Melnick, Marketing | ||||||||
| 64 | 2017-06-07 22:02 | DavePropper | 24.107.1.16 | Kol Rinah Men'S Club - St. Louis, MO (633) | S David Propper | k2dp@charter.net | Bike ride program with B'nai Amoona Mens Club - May 2017, HMV program with new rabbi to discuss the spirituality of being Jewish | Visit by FJMC Midwest Region Officers - April 2017 and participation in Regional Retreat for Midwest Region 2016 | Annual Trivia Night co-sponsored with Sisterhood - March 2017 | Build- A Pair, January 2017 | High Holiday Ushering - September 2016, (organized and led by Mens Club) | Men's Club Shabbat - March 2017 | Keruv Scholarship - sponsored synagogue attendance at annual Keruv International Workshop/Convention - 2017 | Bike Riding program with B'nai Amoona Mens Club in St. Louis | Build a Pair Kits for World Wide Wrap - January 2017 | 1)Synagogue Newsletter, Synagogue "E-mail Blast", e-mail from Mens Club president to membership, synagogue "advertising" | Yes | Yes | Bob Olshan - Regional Officer | Multiple members attended the 2017 FJMC Man of the Year/Youth of the Year award luncheon in St. Louis | ||||||||
| 63 | 2017-06-07 21:58 | jasonkreisman | 108.24.144.42 | Temple Beth Sholom Men's Club - Cherry Hill, NJ (561) | Jason Kreisman | jasonkreisman@gmail.com | Men's Healthcare Symposium | Joe Swerdlow-Annual Retreats and Convention | Three Minyan Breakfasts with the Rabbis' and Congregants | Jews, Brews, and Views with Sisterhood at TBS featuring David Brill | How to Build a Sukkah (Lowes Sponsorship) | Camden City Jewish Cemetery Clean Up | Staff of 30+ to handle High Holy Days ushering. Power wash exterior of shul. | Both-January 27-28 | Clergy organized with Men's Club board members & synagogue volunteers in various breakout sessions throughout 2016 and 2017. | JNF Joint TBS Men's Club Event (Cheese and Trees) Event to raise money for green growth in Israel | Early Childhood Education Program Grant/Donation of $900 | Joint Event with Beth El Synagogue in Voorhees, NJ-Responding to Anti-Semitism with ADL's Kenneth Jacobson | Purchase Club President Pins and Yellow Candles | Seth Mirowitz | Weekly E-blast announcements and direct mailing. | Yes | Yes | Joe Swerdlow | Adam Pollack and Joe Swerdlow | Jason Kreisman President and Man-of-the Year Dr. Scott Schaffer 2016 | World Wide Wrap-Members visited Israel and donated funds to the Masorti Movement on behalf of Temple Beth Sholom | |
| 62 | 2017-06-06 13:42 | hefcpa | 50.73.210.165 | Temple Beth Or-Beth Torah Men's Club - Clark, NJ (930) | Harvin Freedman | hefcpa@aol.com | January meeting-Hearing Men's Voices When a Spouse is Ill | a. Regional Retreat 4 Regions in Pennsylvania | January 11 Movie Night with Sisterhood | Men's Club Sukkah Program | Throughout the year Adults with Special Needs in conjunction with ARC. | We cleaned out bushes around the Shul. | Men's Club Shabbat Late August and March | NA | Converted plastic and paper plates to environmentally friendly products | December went with children to regional train show and lunch | Veterans day project with Scotch Plains and Cranford temples | April 13th program. | Co Presidents Michael Goldstein and Dr. Michael Miller | Email Blasts | Yes | Yes | Dr Michael Miller Shomrei Horetz Chair | 12 People to Regional MOY dinner in November | ||||
| 61 | 2017-06-06 00:36 | bflenett | 96.59.13.189 | Beth Shalom Men'S Club - Clearwater, FL (1328) | Blake Lenett | blake.lenett@verizon.net | HMV event held on 11/30/16 - "R'fuah Sh'leimah: Healing Men's Mind, Body, and Spirit". Topic: Why Men Don't Go To The Doctor. | Visited by Regional President, Ed Margolis, on 1/7/17. | Musical Friday Night Shabbat services held quarterly. | Karaoke Night held on 9/4/16 with CBS Sisterhood. Back to School Breakfast held on 8/28/16. | Put up Sukkah (10/16/16), Take down Sukkah (10/30/16) | Purim Shpiel at assisted living home (Inn on the Pond). | Contributed funds for new Youth Siddur, Ushering for High Holidays, Hagbah Training during WWW (2/5/17) | CBS Men's Club Shabbat held on Friday, 2/24/17 and Saturday, 2/25/17 | Shabbat Kiddush Bar and Suds in the Sukkah (10/20/16) enhances welcoming of interfaith families. | JNF Trees purchased for members who have lost loved ones. Biblical garden project. | Back to School Breakfast (8/28/16). Family Fishing Trip (11/6/16), Hockey Night (3/16/17), Lag B'Omer Pizza Party (5/17/17) | Family Fishing Trip (11/6/16) held with Temple Ahavat Shalom Brotherhood and Temple B'nai Israel Brotherhood. | HMV - Jewish Men at Crossroads | Jeff Liss | Group E-mails, Robo-calls, Shabbat handouts, Event flyers, Constant Contact, Facebook, Synagogue Website | Yes | Yes | Blake Lenett - Florida Region VP | N/A | Blake Lenett attended Florida Region Man of the Year / Youth of the Year event on 11/20/16. | N/A | |
| 60 | 2017-06-05 23:31 | letraca | 24.185.2.143 | Highland Park Conservative Temple Men's Club - Highland Park, NJ (910) | Craig Artel | craig.artel@yahoo.com | Held three Hearing Men's Voices sessions: Listening to God (Jan.26); How Our Work Defines Us (Apr.2); Opening The Soul (Jun.11) | Club members attended Multi-Regional Retreat at Camp Zeke in the Poconos, June 3 - June 5, 2016 | Held weekly class for grade school children to learn parts of Shabbat service (Anim Zemirot, Adon Olam, etc) | Community blood drives held on June 26, 2016 and January 16, 2017 | Assembled sukkah for the Temple (October 2, 2016) and disassembled (October 30, 2016) | Sat., March 25, 2017 (Vayakhel-Pkudei - Shabbat HaChodesh) | Annual sporting event (kickball) - Men's Club vs. USY (Sat., May 27, 2017); donated to USY and Kedima camp scholarship funds | Alan S. Davis | Email listserv; social media (Facebook, Twitter, G+); column in temple newsletter | Yes | Yes | Club members attended Northern New Jersey Region's "Man and Youth of the Year" Dinner on November 9, 2016 | ||||||||||
| 59 | 2017-06-05 21:00 | wayne4bnai | 73.250.193.227 | B'nai Israel Men's Club - Rockville, MD (1103) | Wayne Berman | wayneb4me@aol.com | Our Men's Club has a very active and winning spring and fall Softball team with over 25 members and we play basketball with USY | Our President and other members attened the Seaboard Regional retreat in 2016 at the Pearlstone Center near Baltimore. | We regularly have Men's Club Shabbat led by our members and we have a Tu b'shvat seder as part of the Kiddish experience. | We have held Sunday morning speaker-brunches with our Sisterhood as well as movie nights, Hanukah events and cooking. | We sell sukkahs annually. our members work in talmud torah classses to "Build-A-Pair" | For 12 years, we have held an Health and Fitness Expo for the Rockville community and we cook and deliver food to shelters | We usher and do seat numbering for High Holiday services for our 1100 family congregation. We serve food at other hoildays. | WE held Men's Club Shabbat on Februrary 26, 2016 | Have not done this | Have not done this | OUr very successful "Afternoon with Abba" program brings Dads and kids together for a baseball games, bowling, & laser tag | Have not done this | Purchase "Build-a-Pair" kits for our Talmud Torah | Wayne Berman and Richard Saltzman, co-Presidents | We have weekly e-mail blasts, monthly flyers, articles, and weekly listings in Shabbat program | Yes | Yes | No one at this time | No one at this time | Bram Hass was BNAI Israel's Blue Yarmulke Man-of-the-Year for 2016 - honored at the Seaboard Region Dinner on May 21, 2017 | Not at this time | mens_club_may_june_v2.pdf (610 KB) mens_club_march_april_programs_2017.pdf (403 KB) mens_club_feb_march_programs_2017.pdf (334 KB) |
| 58 | 2017-06-05 20:01 | Ron Freeman | 104.172.166.83 | Shomrei Torah Men'S Club - West Hills, CA (CLUB MERGED) | Ron Freeman | ronfreeman@socal.rr.com | We have had one on Exercise, one on Kaddish and what it means to you and more. | We had 5 members attend Regional Retreat in Malibu. | We had a Jewish Music producers program with Sisterhood as Well as a fun Musugganah Auction | We have donated both funds and time to Sova, a food pantry. | We provide the ushering for the High Holidays, we worked on fencing around an area of the Synagogue. | We had a very well attended Men's Club Shabbat on Saturday Morning | We provide tefillin for all the 7th graders in Religious school. Parents must attend 9 sunday minyans and we provide brunch | We attended Valley Beth Shaloms Steak night and Aliyah's Scotch night. | Purchased another full set of Hearing Men's Voices books. We do about 6 HMV per year. | David Gabai | We have a newsletter 2-4 times a month, with updates | Yes | Yes | Ron Freeman and Mitch Daks | Ron Freeman-Man of the Year program | We have about 15-30 people attend per year. Last year was about 25, this year will be 30 or more | We have donated to the Abuduyah Community | |||||
| 57 | 2017-06-05 10:46 | mensclub | 164.144.248.29 | B'Nai Amoona Men'S Club - St. Louis, MO (631) | Congregation B'nai Amoona Men's Club | mensclub@bnaiamoona.com | We did a CPR program for the congregation prior to the high holidays. We also did our first congregational Bike Ride | We had several members attend our regional retreat. We also had an attendee to LDI | Build-A-Pair | Run Service at a nursing home | Teach Tefillin Wrapping to the Bar Mitzvah Class. Hearing Jewish Voices Program on 2nd Day Rosh Hashanah | Saturday Morning Men's Club Shabbat | Dad and Me Craft Program, Camp Scholarships | Joint Bike Ride and Joint Man of the Year Program - With Kol Rinah Congregation | Mail Chimp is used to inform members of events | Yes | Yes | Creighton Cohn, VP, Ed Herzog, Financial, Marc Givarz Prsident | Marc Givarz attended Chicago Man of the Year | |||||||||
| 56 | 2017-06-04 15:45 | cbernstein | 71.229.76.167 | Etz Chaim Men's Club - Marietta, GA (1711) | Charles Bernstein | csbwsm@aol.com | Financial wellbeing through professional retirement planning | Anshei Darom Retreat Feb 2017 | Joint programs with Sisterhood throughout year | Helping Hebrew school students build tefillin sets | Ushering for High Holidays | Men's Club Shabbaton with Rabbi Simon | Purchased FJMC Books for co-president | group emails of upcoming Men's club activities | Yes | Yes | Steve Dix - Regional President, Steve Krodman - interim president | Steve Dix - FJMC director, incoming FJMC treasurer | Chuck Bernstein presented man of the year award at regional brunch in April. | Contributed siddurim to Masorti congregation in Israel | ||||||||
| 55 | 2017-06-04 13:06 | jforeman | 69.47.48.59 | Tifereth Israel Men'S Club - Columbus, OH (303) | Jonathon Foreman | foreman_jon@hotmail.com | We have successfully encouraged members to participate in walking and bicycling events. And we have a Labor Day golf outing. | 7 members attended regional retreat.KIO regional retreat in September. Doug Segerman and Karl Rubin at LDI. | We have started a monthly interpretive/experiential Shabbat services. | We co-sponsored a program to bring in a former White House chef who walked us through several WH Seder recipes. | We build the Sukkah every year and hold many events in it. And Yad Shel Chai. | We are very active in aiding and comforting incarcerated Jewish men at a local prison. | Men's Club members are very active in the ushering program and are leading the drive to fund new Shabbat prayer books. | We have expanded MC Shabbat to include Kabbalat Shabbat and Ma'ariv services. | We are in charge of restoring a lovely,but neglected courtyard space to become a welcoming space for gatherings and prayer. | We have held family outings to professional sporting events. We have joint activities with USY - i.e. Hamantashen bake. | We have a joint program with Agudas Achim to plant flags and the tombstones of Jewish War Veterans. | We have purchased awards certificates this year, yellow candles and yads. | Lawrence Cohen | E-mail, synagogue bulletin and e-bulletin, facebook pages | Yes | Yes | Karl Rubin, Regional Exec. VP; Dale Levy - VP for Mens Health. | Doug Segerman - Chair of LDI. | Doug Segerman was honored as Maasim Tovim recipient at biennial regional luncheon hosted by TI men's club and attended by many | |||
| 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 | |||||||||
| 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 |