2017-18 Quality Club Award Criteria and Reporting
# | Submitted | User | IP Address | Club Name | Name | Email address | Club Participation Description (for item 5.) | 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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| 32 | 2018-06-04 18:01 | DiamondMC | 32.215.147.23 | Beth El Temple Men's Club - West Hartford (217) | David Diamond | daviddiamond2@comcast.net | Wellness 1-Men's Club Walks Around the Reservoir every Tues/Thurs. 2-Participated in and sponsor of CT Tour de Shuls Oct. 2017 | a. 6/17 Retreat (Marty Melnick, Marty Schulz, Phil Schulz) b. 11/17 LDI (Marty Melnick, Steve Rabb) | Yes, assisted in craft program for religious school students held immediately after World Wide Wrap | Support and publicized efforts to rebuild Jonathan's Dream, an accessible playground on the grounds adjacent to the local JCC. | Support of Sunday morning minyan by encouraging Men's Club attendance and providing breakfast afterwards on the majority of days | Camp Ramah Scholarship | Minyan on the Mountain/Breakfast @ private residence with breathtaking views. With Emanuel Synagogue & Congregation Beth Israel. | Dave Diamond and Steve Rabb (Co-Presidents) | Men's Club e-mails to members, Temple e-mails, Temple website, Temple newsletter, Weekly Shabbat bulletin | Yes | Yes | Marty Melnick (1) FJMC-CVR VP Membership (2) National Regional Consultant | Marty Melnick - Int'l Co-Chair Yellow Candles | FJMC-CVR Keeper of the Flame Brunch 10/17 - Multiple Board Members attended. Beth El honoree: Bruce Shein | ||||||||
| 31 | 2018-06-03 19:45 | jkurtz | 74.105.112.243 | B'nai Israel Men's Club - Toms River, NJ (931) | Joel Kurtz | joku@hotmail.com | We conducted a "Hearing Men's Voices" program about our personal reflections on the creation of the state of Israel | Regional retreat and LDI | Joint Men's club/Sisterhood Shabbat | Yad Shel Chai program | Participation in an Interfaith Hospitality program for the temporarily homeless | High holiday ushering and set up. | Men's Club Shabbat on Sat. AM, Shabbat HaChodesh | Yad Shel Chai | Joel Kurtz | Group email, advertisement in syn. newsletter | No | Yes | Joel Kurtz, FJMC board trustee | Regions and clubs | Multiple members attended regional MOY dinner | |||||||
| 30 | 2018-06-03 13:17 | bflenett | 96.59.13.189 | Beth Shalom Men'S Club - Clearwater, FL (1328) | Blake Lenett | blake.lenett@verizon.net | Held 2 HMV events in June & November. Topics were "Role of Men in Judaism/Synagogue" and "Attracting Younger Members". | Florida West Coast Leadership Training Weekend held December 8-10, facilitated by Allan Kahan & Ed Margolis. | Held joint event in May with Sisterhood on Crime Prevention (Identity Theft, Fraud/Scams, Guns/Weapons, etc.) | Rap & Tap Program held at craft brewery in April for Yom Ha'atzmaut discussion with Rabbi David Weizman. | Sponsored a Movie Night in March with Tampa Bay Jewish Film Festival; introduced Yellow Candle Program to 7 Bay Area synagogues. | Built & took down Sukkah; Setup & ushered for High Holidays; donated Yellow Candle proceeds to youth education & supplies. | Brotherhood Shabbat held in February where men led Friday night and Saturday morning services including Torah reading. | "Suds in the Sukkah" event held in October and weekly Shabbat Kiddush Bar welcomes interfaith families. | Attended Biblical Garden Cleanup Project; Purchased JNF Trees for members who have lost loved ones; | Back to School Breakfast held in August; Hockey Night held in December, Lag B'Omer Pizza Party & Bounce House held in May. | Shabbat Exchange Program, Leadership Training, & Hockey Night held in Dec. Men's Clubs & Jewish Film Festival held in March. | Purchased "Next Generation Judaism: How College Students and Hillel Can Help Reinvent Jewish Organizations" and Youth Medallion | Jeff Brown | Group E-mails, Robo-calls, Shabbat handouts, Event flyers, Constant Contact, Facebook, Synagogue Website | Yes | Yes | Blake Lenett - Vice President Florida Region | Jeff Liss - FJMC Florida Region Shabbat Exchange Program (December 2017). | Promoted several joint programs to bring clubs from MRJ and FJMC together (Shabbat Exchange, Leadership Training, Hockey, Night, Pub Night, Movie Night, etc..) | |||
| 29 (draft) | 2018-05-31 12:16 | tbo-bt-mmiller | 108.5.58.32 | Temple Beth Or-Beth Torah Men's Club - Clark, NJ (930) | michael Miller | drmike@millerchemist.com | Tbo-bt hosted a NNJR board meeting and presented our 30th anniversary of "The Shabbat Experience for adult With Special Needs" | the Men's Cub supports the TBO-BT Shiva minyans, members often lead the minyan tailored to the Mourners Several members have att | Dec.2017 Men's Club & sisterhood Jewish Movie night | Hosted a Sukkot Puppeteer during a brunch in The Sukkah. The importance of inviting friends and neighbors to the sukka | Our Adults with Special Needs are hosted once a month (Sept. -Jun ) | Provide ushers for High holidays and Bar ant Bat mitzvahs. | August 2017 and May 2018 | Joint TBO-BT, TBEMC & CBI Sunday Breakfast Honoring Veterans Nov. 2017 | At National Convention July 2017 purchased 6 copies of " FJMC store. | Michael Goldstein & michael Miller | Temple bulletin and e-mail blast | Yes | Yes | Michael Miller, Michael Goldstein, Harvin Freedman attended June 2017 NNJR Presidents' dinner | sent donation during world wide warp FJMC fund raiser. Feb. 2018 | |||||||
| 28 | 2018-05-30 20:27 | gstoller | 76.70.95.164 | Adath Israel Brotherhood - Toronto, ON (401) | Gary Stoller | gstoller@sympatico.ca | Ride for Chai | Lake Ontario Region retreat | Sisterhood/Brotherhood Shabbat | Shabbat service at Sunnybrook Hospital | Ushering | Brotherhood Shabbat service | Gary Stoller | Group e-mail; Regular advertising in all Shul communications | Yes | Yes | Hersh Garnick, Lake Ontario Region Vice President | George Nadas and Charles Wrock, members of international FJMC board | Joey Sadofsky and others, Man of the Year event | |||||||||
| 27 | 2018-05-29 23:56 | dduchin | 97.99.68.205 | Beth Torah Men's Club - Richardson, TX (1713) | David Duchin | duchin@gmail.com | b. Two sessions of Hearing Men's Voices, one June 5 and one July 10, 2018 | c. Meetings with Regional representatives Rusty Dworkin and Dave Gerstein | We hold two joint programs with our sisterhood group, one in the fall and one in the spring. | Breakfast program with Rabbi Zelony including a panel of interfaith members throughout the metroplex | Donated and served holiday meals at local woman's shelter for Thanksgiving & Xmas. Did ramp build and home help at disabled vet. | High Holiday ushering. Building the synagogue succah. | Held our annual Men's Club Shabbat on Friday night and Saturday morning | Men's Club Pancake Breakfast with students and parents in our Learning Center. Family day at ballpark with tailgate party. | joint program with Anshai Torah (Plano, TX) and Shearith Israel (Dallas, TX) for World Wide Wrap | purchased Hearing Men's Voices books and purchased Youth Medallion award | Stanton Zeff will be president after my 2nd term. | group email and website | Yes | Yes | Dave Gerstein regional officer and Rusty Dworkin - regional president pro tem | contributed funds to support IDF paratroopers which have masorti members | ||||||
| 26 | 2018-05-29 22:59 | wayne4bnai | 73.133.50.50 | B'nai Israel Men's Club - Rockville, MD (1103) | Wayne Berman | wayneb4me@aol.com | PART a: 1. 25 member spring softball team, 2. Hearing Men's Voices on Interfaith Issues, 3 Basketball w/ USY | Our Immediate Past President and Treasurer will be attending the 2018 Seaboard Regional retreat | 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 regularly do Sunday morning speaker-brunches with our Sisterhood as well as movie nights, Hanukah events and cooking. | Sell sukkahs annually. Teach the talmud torah classes about tefilin. Study torah w/clergy @ Jews & Brews events. | For 13 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 Jauary 6 2018 | 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; Members have purchased books for personal and synagogue use. | 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 | Bernie Rod was BNAI Israel's Blue Yarmulke Man-of-the-Year for 2018 - honored at the Seaboard Region Dinner on May 6 2018 | Not at this time | mens_club_january_february_2018.pdf (416 KB) mens_club_bourbon_steak_night_2018.pdf (322 KB) mens_club_marvin_kalb_flyer_v2_march_2018.pdf (238 KB) mens_club_may_june_2018.pdf (463 KB) mens_club_october_november_2017.pdf (426 KB) |
| 25 (draft) | 2018-05-28 22:36 | Cohenlaw | 75.188.212.46 | Tifereth Israel Men'S Club - Columbus, OH (303) | Lawrence Cohen | lawrencehcohen@yahoo.com | Golf Outing, Bike ride led by Karl Rubin | Doug Segerman and Karl Rubin attended the November 2017 LDI | Interpretive Minyan | Men's Club/Sisterhood Shabbat in january | Yad Shel Chai, Tefillin education program | Memorial Day replacing flags on Jewish war veteran graves | Ushering | Men's Club Shabbat | sponsor wine to be included in welcome package for all new members | Composting program | purim carnival and hamentachen programs with USY | Held a joint Brunch with a speaker, worked with Indy club on Hagbah torah | purchased yellow bags (had enough candles for this year) | Lawrence Cohen | Group e-mail, ads in shul newsletter, postings on shul webstie and Facebook | No | Yes | Karl Rubin Regional VP | Doug Segerman LDI | Hosted Man of The Year event | ||
| 24 | 2018-05-28 16:37 | dscherr | 74.108.5.194 | Temple Israel Men's Club - Great Neck, NY (841) | David Scherr | dsactuary@aol.com | Calisthenics before each monthly meeting. Men's Club participation Israel Day parade in New York and local Memorial Day parade. | Three members of our club attended Convention in 2017 | Scotch and Seder with the Rabbi. He discusses with us ways to run a Seder. | We support Hatzilu which assists Jewish needy in our area. We deliver food & also raise funds. Also run two blood drives a year. | Ushering for the high holidays. Rolling Torahs. Ushering for the Temple play. | Men's Club members run a Friday night service with a dinner & speaker. | Men's Club had a trip to a New York Jets football game last October, | We sponsor a rabbinic dialogue along with Great Neck Synagogue (Orthodox), Temple Beth El (Reform) and Beth Hadassah (Persian) | We purchased several books at Convention. | Harold Citron | Men's Club and Synagogue Email, telephone, Shabbat bulletin | No | Yes | David Scherr - Regional Treasurer | Marc Langsner (and a dozen others) attended the NY Metro Region Man and Youth of the Year dinner, April 15, 2018 | |||||||
| 23 | 2018-05-27 15:54 | jbrajer | 73.210.34.192 | North Suburban Beth El Men's Club - Highland Park, IL (614) | Jori Brajer | jbrajer@gmail.com | Hearing Men's Voices program: Our Work Lives & Our Non-Work Lives: Do they Clash or Interact? | Regional retreat | Game Night as well as Dinner with the Rabbi program | Club D'Var Torah | Active in Moat Chitim of Greater Chicago program as well as participating in Shabbat services at Lieberman Rehabilitation Center | The Men's Club coordinates the High Holiday ushering program | Both as well as a special Sunday morning program post minyan | We have sponsored several Green Bagels for Your Brains Sunday morning lectures | Windy City Bulls outing as well as a Chicgo Bears viewing party | Books were bought by our president at the convention | Weekly emails, notices in the shul bulletin and flyers in the shul | Yes | Yes | Darryl Temkin | Rick Small honored at Midwest Region Man of the Year dinner | |||||||
| 22 | 2018-05-24 07:54 | jeffreyadelman | 24.191.39.167 | North Shore Jewish Center Men's Club - Port Jefferson Sta., NY (894) | Jeffrey Adelman | jadelman40@yahoo.com | Annual Soft ball league program | Attended the last FJMC conventuon. Dan Granek. and Jerry Green | Joint breakfast programs , two of them with speakers | Collecting Items for the local Ronald Macdonald House to be given to families | Ushering at High Holidays | A Men's club shabbat saturday program. | Hula Hoop in the Hut program for Sukkot | Gary Sosonvich | group email | Yes | Yes | Dan Granek, regional president | Jeffrey Adelman Man of the year event | |||||||||
| 21 | 2018-05-23 21:41 | rjrpsych | 100.11.24.154 | Temple Sinai Men's Club - Dresher, PA (551) | Robert Rosenthal | rjrpsych@gmail.com | We installed a raised bed for the synagogue garden; members cut wood, shoveled dirt, and planted garden plants. | Alan Budman attended November 2017 LDI | Worked on Project Hope; delivering food for the needy | Ushering | Saturday morning service | Recycling program | Attended Jewish Heritage Night at the Phillies | Ira Letofsky | Newletter; email; group text, website, article in synagogue newsletter | No | Yes | Alan Budman FJMC VP | Alan Budman, Region and Club Services | Greg Fisher, MAR Man of the Year event | Support Israeli scout caravan | |||||||
| 20 | 2018-05-23 16:12 | desesquire | 75.146.254.137 | Beth Sholom Men'S Club - Elkins Park, PA (532) | David Sternberg | sternbergd@comcast.net | Particpated in softball activities for wellness | Members attended regional retreat and we were visited by Regional rep. | Veteran's programing | Had a learning seccession with torah scribe | Participated in Project Hope to deliver Passover food to the needy | Members particpated in ushering during synogogue programs and services | We held Men's Men's Club Shabbat services | We give a Ramah scholarship | We particpate with other clubs in the World Wide Wrap | Puchased literature | Steve Pilcik | Yes | No | Yes - President | ||||||||
| 19 | 2018-05-18 15:12 | hondoman18 | 72.218.120.24 | Beth El Men's Club - Norfolk, VA (1120) | Norman Soroko | nsoroko@cox.net | Tour de Cure 10 mile Bike Ride | Howard Horwitz went to Convention and Norman Soroko attended the BYMOY in Rockville on 5/5/18 | Norman Soroko put together a manual on death and Mourning to help families that have suffered a loss or just getting ready to. | Men's Club and Sisterhood worked on a lunchewon for the School we house in our temple | Torah on Tap with our rabbi and Steak and Scotch in the Sukkah with our Rabbi annually | Friday night services at Beth Shalom Nursing Home., | High Holiday Ushering, weekly Shabbat Ushering, World Wide Wrap for our 7th Grade Students | That was done on May 12th, 2018 and all new officers were installed. | We do a brunch from time to time for couples where one is converting | none | Blue yarmulek Breakfast with all Tidewater Clubs, Brews and Steaks with Temple Israel. | Not sure how many, but Alex Pomerantz did buy some things from FJMC | Howard Horwitz | weekly emails, bulletin and Phone calls and facebook | Yes | Yes | Alex Pomerantz | Norman David Soroko | Norman Soroko attended the BYMOY in Rockville on May 5th | We participate in the sale of hand made Kipots with the Abudyaeh Group over seas...I think I spelled it right | ||
| 18 | 2018-05-15 23:00 | rjkantor | 69.26.219.74 | B'nai Torah Congregation Men's Club - Boca Raton, FL (1345) | Robert Kantor | rjkantor@gmail.com | BTC RoadRunners - a weekly running/walking group for the congregation | FL Retreat | Alternative Shabbat Experience services | Latkas and Vodkas Program | Build-A-Pair Program ; Torah study with the Rabbi | delivering food to the needy; Sukkah raising at senior living center | Ushering; Greeters and Bimah Escorts | Men's Club Shabbat Saturday morning and luncheon | Torah Trekking - Family Outing | Florida Regional Jewish Heritage Day at the Marlins - Temple Torat Emet Men's Club | Purchase FJMC HMV Guides | Robert Kantor | group e-mail | Yes | Yes | Robert Kantor - Regional VP | May of the year event - Keeper of the Flame | Tefillin ; World Wide Wrap ; contribute funds to Masorti Movement | ||||
| 17 | 2018-05-15 15:58 | hibu444 | 24.191.235.91 | East Meadow Jewish Center Men's Club - East Meadow, NY (833) | Jay Steinmetz | jaysteinmetz56@gmail.com | We have a weekly "Riding with the Rabbi" 5-6 mile bicycle ride every Friday, after morning minyan. | 2017 LDI, 2017 Convention, 2017 Quad Regional Retreat | We held a joint Concert Program where entire congregation was invited. | Torah/ Bible Study with the Rabbi | We collect non-perishable food items for the local Kosher Food Pantry, & donate lightly used clothing to the homeless shelter | We usher during Shabbat and the High Holiday services. We construct our shul's sukkah. | Men's Club Shabbat took place on Jan 27, 2018. | We use bio-degradable paper goods and "silverware" at our dinners, breakfasts and kiddushes. | We run a mini-golf tournament with our youth and give out awards for the lowest score. | Scotch Tasting Program with Temple Beth Sholom, Roslyn | Warren Berkowitz | Weekly group email | Yes | Yes | Jay Steinmetz 1st VP | Carey Welt - NYM Regional Man and Youth of the Year Dinner Sun., April 15, 2018 | ||||||
| 16 | 2018-05-15 13:22 | Bubear1115 | 24.103.225.202 | B'Nai Tikvah Men'S Club - North Brunswick, NJ (973) | Joshua Oliver | joshuasoliver@yahoo.com | First-Person Conversation with Holocaust Survivor Mike Jucowics- a candid 92nd Street Y-style conversation between son-in-law an | Regional Event at B'nai Shalom in West Orange | Am I my brothers Keeper on April 22 - This Project Witness film is “a shocking expose of American policy during WW II. | Mens Club participates in the adopt a highway program by Bnai Tikvah | Mens Club throughout the year provides ushering services on shabbat. The men's club has also participated in several clean-up p | Planning to do a Fathers Day Weekend Shabbat | Men's Club assisted in developing and communicating various recycling projects within the temple. Members also provided example | Men's Club Softball team and Weekly Basketball at the temple encourage father/son particpation | Joshua Oliver/Craig Cohen | Temple Newsletter and Group Email | Yes | Yes | Joshua Oliver - Man of the Year Dinner November 15, 2017 | |||||||||
| 15 | 2018-05-09 16:40 | njblaher | 71.55.180.132 | Ohev Shalom Men's Club - Maitland, FL (1316) | Neal Blaher | njblaher@yahoo.com | Monthly Sunday morning bike ride --- the "Peddlers" | Most recent was FJMC International Convention in DC, Summer 2017 | Joint Bowling Competition and Social, w/food of course | Yom HaShoah commemoration - Movie (Life is Good), discussion, refreshment social afterwards | Shabbat/High Holiday ushering every week/year. Possibly unreported last year: Donated 4 sets of t'fillen as part of WWW | Substituted Men's Club Shavuot this year, because Day 1 on Sunday | Contribute most fundraising to youth summer scholarships (Ramah, Israel, etc.) | Men's Night Out prime rib dinner w/nationally known comedian co-sponsored w/Temple Israel & Congregation Beth Am fr Central Fla | Facebook Page, Monthly Business Meeting, Bi-Monthly column in Shul newsletter, monthly+ emails announcing programs | Yes | Yes | See Joint Men's Club Program, #10, above - Men's Night Out hosted by Ohev Shalom Mens Club for local Conservative & Reform clubs | ||||||||||
| 14 | 2018-05-08 23:45 | mweisel | 98.218.4.178 | Shaare Torah Men's Club - Gaithersburg, MD (1114) | Michael Weisel | michael@weiselfamily.com | Our club has a biking club that meets once a month throughout the biking season and goes on long rides throughout Montgomery Co. | We had a group of 3 guys attend LDI in November. Greg Gore, Michael Weisel and David Freiman. | We created a virtual "Lunch & Learn" program that was lead by Rabbi Jacob. We have met once a month. | We deconstructed Sukkahs and met with residents for the Jewish Foundation for Group Homes. | Members of the club helped setup, break down, and schlep items from Shul for our remote services during High Holidays 2017. | Participated with a Men's Club lead Shabbat Service on Saturday morning & donated money for the luncheon that followed. | Participated in a live video latke party with the Abayudaya, New City Jewish Center, Hudson Valley Region FJMC, & other clubs. | We purchased - Building a Successful Volunteer Culture - Finding Meaning in Service in the Jewish Community | Regular emails, Facebook updates, and updates in our Weekly congregation wide emails | No | Yes | Greg Gore chaired the Yom HaShoah Yellow Candle Committee. | We had the highest turnout as a % of our congregation at Blue Yarmulke (31 attendees). | We purchased and sent a case of Yellow Candles to Uganda so they could honor those lost on Yom Hashoah | ||||||||
| 13 | 2018-05-07 20:24 | dglass04 | 24.190.248.84 | Temple Beth Ahm Yisrael Men'S Club - Springfield, NJ (921) | David Glass | david.seth.glass@gmail.com | Walking and Biking Club on Sunday mornings in the Fall and Spring after minyan | Two members attended the FJMC International Convention in 2017, 2 Attending Regional retreat in 2018 | Ongoing effort annually | Joint speaker program with Women's League with a speaker from ADL | Build A-Pair program with Religious School | Sponsor a Holocaust Essay Scholarship at local public high school that the club judges and awards | We built the Sukkah before Sukkot | Saturday AM April 21st | David Glass | Email and Facebook, Snail Mail | No | Yes | David Glass , NNJR Recording Secretary | Club members attended our Regional MOY dinner | tbay_mens_club_2017-2018.docx (71 KB) |