| 21 | 2019-04-30 11:45 | jsaltsberg | 38.125.122.10 | Midway Jewish Center Men's Club - Syosset, NY (890) | Jason Saltsberg | jsaltsberg@olshanlaw.com | Monthly Hearing Men's Voices Program | Club visit by New York Metro Region 1st VP Jay Steinmetz | Minyan of Comfort training led by Rabbi Joel Levenson - Men's Club members volunteer to lead shiva minyans | Beatles cover band event and Taste of Israel event held jointly with Sisterhood | Scotch Steak and Seder - Event led by Rabbi Rank prior to Passover to teach how to make seders more meaningful | | High holiday ushering; Donated large screen tv and assembled on rolling cart for use by the synagogue and the religious school | Men's Club Shabbat and Dinner held on March 29, 2019 | | | New York Islanders game | Annual Golf Outing with Plainview Jewish Center and Woodbury Jewish Center | | Matthew Kogan | Weekly e-mail to all members | Yes | Yes | Jason Saltsberg - New York Metro Region 3rd VP | Jonathan Brody - Yellow Candle | New York Metro Region Man and Youths of the Year Awards Dinner - Over 30 members attended | | |
| 20 | 2019-04-30 09:50 | hibu444 | 24.191.235.91 | East Meadow Jewish Center Men's Club - East Meadow, NY (833) | Jay Steinmetz | jaysteinmetz56@gmail.com | Men's Club Softball every Sunday morning. Riding with the Rabbi; 6 mile bike ride every Friday morning after morning minyan. | Quad Regional Retreat June 8-10, 2018. LDI training Nov 9-11, 2018. | | Concert with Sisterhood. Joint Chanukah program with Sisterhood. | Torah Study with Rabbi. Had a Siyum with Rabbi and completed a book of Talmud. | Collected toys for local hospital during Chanukah. Collected clothing and food items for local shelters and food pantry. | Usher during Shabbat and High Holiday services. Build synagogue sukkah. Man the barbecue during Lag B'Omer celebration. | Had Men's Club Shabbat on Feb. 2, 2019 | | Use bio-degradable plates during dinners and breakfasts. | Father-child mini-golf, Mets Game, NY Jets, NY Giants games. | Scotch Tasting with Temple Beth Sholom Roslyn, Steak & Seder program with Midway Jewish Center. | | Warren Berkowitz, 1st VP | Group email, article in synagogue newsletter every month with list of programs. | Yes | Yes | Jay Steinmetz, NYM 1st VP | Jay Steinmetz, FJMC Int'l. Convention 2019- Regional Focal Chairman | Man of Year Dinner, March 31, 2019 @ Temple Beth Sholom, Roslyn | | |
| 19 | 2019-04-30 07:05 | hfreed | 71.255.248.225 | Har Shalom Men's Club - Potomac, MD (1151) | Harold Freed | hiphal2@verizon.net | HMV program by Richard Sternberg: Nov 18, 2018, Talking Work and Jobs & Feb 7, 2019 Retirement: Living It, Planning it. | Seaboard Retreat at Capital Camps, Penn, June 8-10 attended by several members | | Co-sponsored Oct 14, 2018 Monthly Brunch with Sisterhood | Held annual program in fall to sell Sukkah kits, chaired by Bob Shub | Mark Berlin leads Men's Club participation in Meals on Wheels weekly | Men's club provides dinner for monthly Har Shalom Kesher teen meeting & caters many Shabbat kiddishes and shul events | Men's Club Shabbat held on Saturday, Feb 16, 2019 | | | | | | President Robert Singman: second of 2 yr term starting Jun '19 | Info in shul monthly newsltr, wkly email and email to members | Yes | Yes | | Hal Freed on '18 LDI Com., '19 FJMC Nom Com & '19 Convention Committee | Many members attended Seaboard Blue Yarmulke Man of Year on April 7, 2019 to honor Keith Hartman | | |
| 18 | 2019-04-30 00:12 | bnai shalom | 73.93.62.78 | B'nai Shalom Men's Club - Walnut Creek, CA (1094) | Jon Medwin | puckmansr@aol.com | Have held a Lunch & Learn about preventing teen suicide from a father who lost his son to suicide. | Regional LDI training hosted by CBS Men'sClub in Walnut Creek, CA | | We held a joint Sukkah game night program with our Women's League affiliated Sisterhood chapter | Sponsored a Build-A-Pair program with our Religious School and held a program where we showed the video The Ties that B | Several times per year, our CBS Men's Club volunteers to preparemeals at the Homeless Shelter in Pittsburg, CA | Faciltated Community Seder (April 2019) open to all regardless of ability to pay. | Particiated in Men's Club Shabbat May 2018, and June 2019. May 2018 was a Friday and Saturday Men's Club Shabbat. The Ju | We had a Keruv Consultant speak about the new Keruv initiatives to our members. | | Had a Father/Child NFL viewing game party at a local pizzeria. | Worked on joint Purim Program Carnival and Megillah reading with a Reform congregation (Cong, B'nai Tikvah in Walnut Creek, CA) | Purchased Building a Successful Volunteer Culture | Jon Medwin for 2019-2020 | We regularly send out e-mails with calendar updates, as well as other e-mails promoting specific events. | Yes | Yes | Jon Medwin, Regional Secretary 2018-2019 | N/A | Jon Medwin attended Man of the Year/Youth of the Year in Santa Clarita, CA | Donation for t'filin as part of the World Wide Wrap program, | congregation_bnai_shalom_mc_2018-2019_quality_club_award.docx (11 KB) |
| 17 | 2019-04-28 11:54 | elovitzclan | 98.229.66.42 | Neveh Shalom Men'S Club - Portland, OR (1097) | Mitchell Elovitz | elovitzclan@comcast.net | Hearing Men's Voices program in the Sukkah 9/27/18 | LDI 11/9-11/11/18 attended by Mitch Elovitz | | Purchase of Kiddish Cups for Bar and Bat Mitzvah's | Whiskey and Why post Shabbat Services | Building houses with Habitat for Humanity and B'lal Mosque 11/4/18 and 4/7/19 | Building Neveh Shalom's Sukkah 9/20/18 and taking down sukkah 10/07/18 | Men's Club Shabbat 04/05/19 | Free first year membership to all new CNS members and extended outreach | Participated in Neveh Shalom's Shomrei Tevah committee. | Poker tournament raised funds donated to Camp Solomon Schechter Scholarship program $500 donated 4/1/19 | Supported Shaarie Torah's Poker Tournament as a sponsor. Also supported Beth Israel's brotherhood's book talk | | Co President Zachary Horowitz | Emails, phone calls, newsletters, Facebook page, CNS Website, chronicle | Yes | Yes | Mitchell Elovitz Regional Secretary | | | | |
| 16 | 2019-04-26 08:22 | dglass04 | 24.246.124.164 | Temple Beth Ahm Yisrael Men'S Club - Springfield, NJ (921) | David Glass | david.seth.glass@gmail.com | Sunday morning post minyan walking program at Bryant Park in Springfield | David Glass, Glenn Wohl attended the Regional Retreat in 2018, David Glass attended LDI | | We have had two this year. We had a speaker from Stand With Us and another speaker Fraidy Reiss | Monthly Men's Torah Study group with Rabbi Mallach, Third Thursday of month | We sponsor a Holocaust Essay scholarship at the local public high school. Jonathan Dayton HS in Springfield, NJ | We set up the Sukkah each year. This year we purchased and fabricated new beams to hold up skach to replace old dried up beams | Men's Club Shabbat was on April 13th only Saturday. | | | Theme for Men's Club Shabbat was Father-Child. We sponsored 2 youth scholarships one for USY on wheels one for USY Pilgrimage. W | We did a Steak and Scotch with the local Reform shul Brotherhood. Temple Sharey Shalom in Springfield, NJ | | David Glass | Email listserv, Facebook, Snail mail | No | Yes | David Glass NNJR Regional VP | David Glass is Co-Chair Ritual with Denis Vogel for International Convention | 32 of our members attended the NNJR Man of the Year Dinner, our Member Glenn Wohl was honored | | |
| 15 | 2019-04-25 17:04 | jbrajer | 98.193.11.225 | North Suburban Beth El Men's Club - Highland Park, IL (614) | Jori Brajer | jbrajer@gmail.com | Recurring program held in various club member's homes. Topics have included Raising a Jewish Family: The Roots, The Branches. | Several members attended leadership development programs with Rabbi Shugerman | | Co-sponsored a WWII memoirs book lecture as well as game nights | Held D’var sessions tied to current parshah. | The Men's Club sponsored an annual blood drive and has an active leadership role in Moat Chitim food packing and delivery. | The Men's Club provides ushering coordination for the High Holidays and provides food service for the Purim Carnival | Friday night and Saturday morning services. Friday dinner and motzi Shabbos party. | | | The club sponsored a pro hockey game outing and provides scholarships for teen trips to Poland. | Sponsor of softball league with Beth Shalom and Beth Judea. | | Steve Coven | Weekly emails, articles in the Synagogue and shabbat bulletin and program flyers in the lobby. | Yes | Yes | | | Gordon Schwartz and Sawyer Goldsmith were honored as man and youth of the year at the regional event with many members attending | | |
| 14 | 2019-04-24 14:09 | cmandell | 68.0.197.72 | Beth Sholom B'Nai Israel Brotherhood - Manchester, CT (205) | Carl Mandell | carlmandell88@gmail.com | b. W discussed the changing role of men in Jewish families | LDI Members that attended were Carl Mandell, Glenn Hauer and Lou Saftler | | We have a number of joint programs with our Sisterhood | World Wide Wrap: Taught all students (male and female) about Tefillin and wearing it. | Worked with other mens’ groups to fund raise funds for 2 children with medical needs | We have revived several tefillin to loan out at our monthly breakfast meetings. | Two Friday night services and one Saturday morning | | | | | | Next President, Glenn Blumenstein | Monthly updates of meetings and related activities. Also syng. newsletter, monthly article. | Yes | Yes | Glenn Hauer | | Phil Margolis in Toronto. Carl Mandell was our Keeper of the Flame for our region. | We are providing musical instrument to students in Africa | |
| 13 | 2019-04-23 19:51 | mweisel | 107.77.202.226 | Shaare Torah Men's Club - Gaithersburg, MD (1114) | Michael Weisel | michael@weiselfamily.com | HMV (05-21-19) - Topic was How your work defines you led by Greg Gore. | David Frieman - Seaboard Summer Regional Retreat 2018 @ Capital Camps | | | Community wide Yom Hashoah program with a speaker including a special program with 6th graders from the religious school | We donated 8 bins of Judaica to the Jewish Foundation For Group Homes to be used in their group homes. | We constructed the Shaare Torah Sukkah for the Early Childhood Center and to be used by our community. | | We participated in the Covenant and Community project for the future inclusion of Shaare Torah members. | | | | We purchased "Building Shabbat Community" to help us with our Shabbat programming | Co Presidents Todd Haim and Neil Loewentritt | We communicate via email as well as through our STMC Facebook page | No | Yes | | Greg Gore - Yellow Candle Program Chair | We had 7 members attend the Blue Yarmulke Person of the Year in Baltimore April 7, 2019 | We have an ongoing relationship with the Abayudaya community and have raised money for their Hadasah School. | |
| 12 | 2019-04-23 14:39 | howard.jacobs20 | 24.0.255.98 | East Brunswick Jewish Center Men's Club - E. Brunswick, NJ (953) | Howard Jacobs | howard_jacobs20@yahoo.com | We sponsor extensive softball and basketball programs for our members. | NJ | The Minyan of Comfort in our shul is led by the Mitzvah Corps, not by the Men's Club. While we participate, we don't lead them. | We held multiple programs (e.g. Israeli movies) with our Sisterhood, which were popular and well attended. | Besides our Men's Club Shabbat, we hosted World Wide Wrap, and a discussion of how to do a better seder before Passover. | With our temple Social Action Committee by giving gift cards to the needy for Thanksgiving. | We usher and switch sidurim around high holidays. We are also financing a project to install monitors in our lobbies. | We ran a Men's Club Shabbat in which we led the services, read torah and haftorah, etc. (Saturday AM). | We are planning a welcoming program with with membership committee, to welcome people to our services. | | We supported multiple youth programs, including a "Sukkah Hop" and Hanukah "Sweetheart Dance." | We play softball on a regional Jewish softball league, which includes a number of other synagogues of all Jewish denominations. | We are helping purchase books for Yom Hashoah. | David Julis | website, Facebook Page, emails to MC board members, and emails on activities to entire congregation. | Yes | Yes | David Julis - VP | | We participated extensively in our region's man of the year event, where we named Neil Kosher as our man of the year. | | |
| 11 | 2019-04-23 08:43 | barry518 | 146.14.50.143 | Chizuk Amuno Brotherhood - Baltimore, MD (1106) | Barry Oslick | barry.oslick@gmail.com | Men and their work - program featuring one of our members entitled "My Life in Ruins" as he told of his experiences as archeolog | Eric Beser attended FJMC Leadership Institute at Pearlstone | | | we assemble approximately 125 lulavs & etrogim for the congregation | Our membership participates in a local Adopt-a-Road program; we are responsible for cleaning a section of road in our community. | | Brotherhood Shabbat held yearly on Saturday morning | | | Provide a Camp Ramah Scholarship | | | Barry Oslick | Group e-mail & regular program advertising in synagogue newsletter | Yes | Yes | Eric Beser - incoming 1st VP Seaboard Region | | Barry Oslick (and 20 other members) attended Seaboard Region Man-of-the-Year | | |
| 10 | 2019-04-10 13:53 | zmost71 | 108.41.246.207 | Plainview Jewish Center Men's Club - Plainview, NY (854) | Joel Moskowitz | jsmostz4716@gmail.com | PJC Monthly Stretch and Kvetch - exercise and health lecture program run by a licensed Personal Trainer | 6.b. PJC club member Stuart Haimes, Leader Development Institute,Maryland 10,2018 | Club members along with Clergy have developed and implemented a Minyan of Comfort training for our congregation | Joint Shabbat Program with PJC Sisterhood | Monthly Torah study program with our Rabbi | Monthly- Food Drive for Long Island Cares Program. | Mens club Ushers for High Holiday Services, as well as annual cleaning of tallisim. | Men's club Shabbat Saturday morning. | Not Done | Not Done | Not Done | Texas Holdem Tournament in conjunction with Midway Jewish Center , Golf Program in conjunction with Midway Jewish Center | Purchased Build a Pair kits from FJMC. | Steven Adelman | 14. Hakol Monthly written, Website Plainview Jewish Center.org, Email | Yes | Yes | Stuart Haimes 3rd Vice President of New York Metropolitan Region | Not Done | Bruce Elowsky, New York Metropolitan Honoree Dinner 2018, 2019 | Donated 200 prayer books to Indian congregation located in Mumbai India | |
| 9 | 2019-03-20 16:07 | ampress1 | 174.203.14.76 | Orangetown Jewish Center Men's Club - Orangeburg, NY (1886) | Alan Pressman | ampress1@optonline.net | Hearing Men's Voices program on Yom Kippur. As well as additional dates | Quad retreat at Camp Zeke | | Self-defense and antibullying course with both youth group and sisterhood | | We led a public park cleanup on Mitzvah Day (11-18-18); a Tikun Olam event with Sisterhood (blood drive) | Ushering every Shabbat, Sukkah construction and deconstruction, and setting up additional seating for the high holidays. | February 2, 2018 Men's Club Shabbat | We've had several Programs and have expanded to LGBTQ. Formed a working sub-committee to include this group | | Lessons from golf pro at a local golf course. Attended by both youth and adults. | | | | Group email blasts and synagogue mailings and column in newslettetter. | No | Yes | Javier Rosenzwaig Exec.VP, Bart Bookman Treas. Alan Pressman Trustee | Convention committee and Yellow Candle focal. | Man of the Year-end Bart Bookman, Jeff Lance | | |
| 8 | 2019-02-28 10:27 | hrsnow21 | 76.73.253.234 | Synagogue Emanu-El Men'S Club - Charleston, SC (1717) | Howard Snow | hrsnow21@gmail.com | Conduct monthly spirit night which includes discussions of holiday observations, relationnships, topics brought up by members | Regional retreat for southeast region | | Outreach program to senior citizens | Build succah program | Outreach to senior citizens in facilities or at their homes | Ushering | Scheduled for April 5 | | | | Meeting planned with area church men's club | | Howard Snow | Weekly and monthly bulletins, e-mail blasts as needed | Yes | Yes | Charles Richards - regional officer | | | Kippot sales for Uganda congregation | |
| 7 | 2019-02-26 18:24 | GreenbergAlan | 68.199.6.64 | Marlboro Jewish Center Men'S Club- Marlboro, NJ (976) | Alan Greenberg | greenbergalan@yahoo.com | Monthly Volleyball program in our Gym | Regional Retreat - Elliott Brown | | Family Bingo with Sisterhood | Build a Pair & Build a Grogger | | | March 15, 2019 | | | Build a Pair, Build a Grogger, Lakewood Blueclaws Baseball | Rodef Torah, Marlboro - Volleyball | HMV books | Alan Greenberg | We comminicate by emails, e-vites for events, handing out of flyers | Yes | Yes | Elliott Brown, Len Whitman, Lance Adelson | | Alan Greenberg and many more - MOY/YOY, Elliott Brown - NNJR Regional President installation | | mjc_mens_club_2019_roster.xlsx (17 KB) |
| 6 | 2019-02-15 09:29 | miltonlipitz24 | 149.68.240.132 | Beth El Men's Club - Cedarhurst, NY (831) | Milton Lipitz | mlipitz121@aol.com | Collaboration with Northwell Health; and CPR Program organized for our Congregants | Daniel Granek, President NY Metro Region and Reps from FJMC visited 3/12/19 | Minyan of Comfort Program run by Rabbi Kupchik-Three Sessions held in late October and early November, 2018 | Sisterhood and Men's Club Joint Event-Purim Laughathon3/20 | Weekly Torah Study Program; Visit to Holocaust Museum and Tenement Museum | Members conducting Minyans at Shiva Homes; Members participating in Bikur Cholim Program | Ushering during Holidays by Members of Men's Club; members of MC sitting on Bimah during Holiday Services | Saturday 4/6/19-Volunteers from Men's Club&Guest Speaker | | | Bowling Event twice a year; Attendance at Sports Events (NY Mets; NY Islanders; NY Jets; and Fishing Trip) | Northwell Health Collaboration (Temple Hillel; Sons of Israel; Temple Israel); Co-sponsored events (Shaaray Shalom) | | | Temple Newsletter; Weekly News and Notes; e-mails; webpag | No | Yes | | | Man-of-the year event. (Milton Lipitz; Joel Harris; Ephraim Garber); Meeting with Northwell Health (M.Lipitz; P.Yacht) | See attached for correct name of Temple on Plaque | quality_club_award_club_name.docx (11 KB) |
| 5 | 2019-01-30 18:36 | darthzaydah@gma... | 97.88.199.3 | Kol Rinah Men'S Club - St. Louis, MO (633) | Max Brown | darthzaydah@gmail.com | Kol Rinah's Hearing Men's Voices meets bi-monthly. Topics included father son relationships, Belief in God, The world to come, | Five to six members have attended regional retreats, which are held biannually. | We have appointed a chairman for a Minyan of Comfort and training will begin after Pesach. | We have a joint Trivia Night fundraiser with the Sisterhood each year. | We participate in the Build-A-Pair program annually. | Kol Rinah conducts a Kabbalat Shabbat service at The Brentmoor a retirement community in the shul's neighborhood. | The Men's Club organizes and runs ushering for High Holiday services each year. | Men's Club Shabbat is held on Saturday morning. We sponsor the Kiddush for MC Shabbat. | Our Men's Club initiated and actively participates in the Keruv program. We have sent the chair to Keruv training. | | We have held Father-child bowling. This year for the first time we have added to our board a young father to chair youth events. | We hold our annual Man/Youth of the year awards luncheon jointly with B'nai Amoona's Men's Club. | We purchase Build a Pair kits, Hearing Men's Voices materials and other publications from FJMC. Purchased Tefillin from FJMC. | Richard Gavatin | Group email, Constant Contact, article and ads in shul newsletter. | Yes | Yes | Robert Olshan, Region Treasurer; Max Brown, Region Corresponding Secretary; Donald Singer, Recording Secretary | | Active member Bill Solomon was awarded Man of the Year in March and a luncheon was held in his honor with many members attending | | |
| 4 | 2019-01-29 21:47 | BethShalomMensClub | 71.194.43.86 | Congregation Beth Shalom Men'S Club - Northbrook, IL (643) | Dan Sher | bethshalommensclub@gmail.com | Hearing Men's Voices | We have had all three -- we had several members at our Midwest Region retreat, LDI (and Keruv's midwest trainer is at our chptr) | We have a minyan of comfort (Cantor Stoehr) | We do an annual program with our sisterhood (Bingo this year) | | We provided food for our local food pantry as well as our Council for Jewish Elderly | We build the Sukkah for the synagogue, we purchased the video streaming solution for the synagogue | We do an annual Men's Club Shabbat on a Sunday morning | | | Did a child/father Hanukkah program | | We send yellow candles to the entire congregation | Steven Elisco | Monthly meeting, monthly newsletter | Yes | Yes | Harvey Redfern - Midwest Region Executive VP | | We have almost 30 people attend regional Man of the Year | | |
| 3 | 2019-01-29 18:00 | rudoffmm | 108.2.77.228 | Ohev Shalom Men's Club - Richboro, PA (564) | Martin Rudoff | rudoffmm@yahoo.com | We have had various "hearing Men's voices" discussion events where a small group has gotten together to help each other. | Regional Retreat; LDI | | We had a joint fund raising project with the Sisterhood helping with their annual Fashion Show. | Lunch and learn | Helping the JRA with food for the needy. Packing up boxes and driving the Hebrew School students Delivering the packages. | We handle the Ushering for the High Holiday Services. | Men's Club Shabbat, Saturday Morning | We are an active member with the Synagogue"s Inclusion project for interfaith couples | | | | We purchased the make a Teffilin projects for our students to use during the World Widw Wrap. | Mike Zimet | We have an E-mail Communication for each event sent to all members | No | Yes | Ron Wolf, Vice President | Mark Podob LDI | Martin Rudoff-Man of The Year | | membership_list.xlsx (16 KB) |
| 2 | 2019-01-28 09:45 | letraca | 24.228.251.215 | Highland Park Conservative Temple Men's Club - Highland Park, NJ (910) | Craig Artel | craig.artel@yahoo.com | Hearing Men's Voices program held Sun., Oct 21, 2018 ("What Do You Mean, 'I'm A Conservative Jew'?") | Club members attended the 2018 Multi-Regional Retreat on June 8-10, 2018 (Al Davis, Rich Nebb, Larry Klioze, Igor Muraviev) | N/A | N/A | To date, three of our Temple's youths are recipients of the Yad Shel Chai; one just completed 18 Torah readings in 2018 | Men's Club sponsors blood drives twice per year, in January and June | Men's Club coordinates ushering for High Holidays | We held Men's Club Shabbat on Saturday morning, April 6, 2019 | N/A | N/A | Proceeds from our Yellow Candle sales directly fund scholarships for encampment programs | N/A | N/A | Richard Zirin, continuing as President for 2019-2020 | Men's Club email listserv; webpage on Temple's parent site; Men's Club Facebook and Twitter accounts | Yes | Yes | Larry Klioze, Marty Golden, Alan Davis and Rich Nebb, on Northern New Jersey Region board and committees | Larry Klioze - Recording Secretary, Yellow Candle Committee Chair; Rich Nebb - Abayudaya Committee Chair | Regional Man and Youth of the Year Dinner, November 7, 2018. Our club set a record largest attendance of over 50 people | N/A | |
