| 31 | 2019-05-07 20:56 | goodmanRB | 107.10.236.180 | Park Synagogue Men's Club - Cleveland, OH (335) | Ross Goodman | goodmanrb@sbcglobal.net | Men in the Mikvah was held during the High Holy Days September 2018 and we discussed our favorite High Holy Day memories. | Danny Silverstein and Tom Sudow attended KIO Regional Retreat. | | Park MC participated with Park Sisterhood in the 2018 JCC Book Sale. | Park MC held 2 Rum and the Rabbi events in 2019 where we studied Jewish Living over nosch. | Park MC participated in the Cleveland Men's Club Northeast Ohio Service organizations cookie program during Christmas 2018. | Park MC is in the midst of the design/build of a portable ark for the Synagogue. | Park MC led both Friday night and Saturday morning Shabbat services March 22/23rd, 2019. | | | Park MC contributes $1000 to Park Synagogue summer camp scholarships. Park MC holds a multigenerational Sports Night and BBQ. | Park MC participated in planning and executing the annual Cleveland MC Dinner and Dance 12/15/18. | | Jeff Schneider/Bruce Friedman | Monthly Board meeting followed up with email of Meeting Notes. Park Weekly Wrap and Monthly bulletin announces Mens Club | Yes | Yes | Danny Silverstein KIO Regional President | Tom Sudow FJMC International President | | | |
| 30 | 2019-05-07 10:48 | hwaisel | 24.34.100.233 | Temple Israel of Sharon Brotherhood - Sharon, MA (738) | Harold Waisel | haroldwaisel@gmail.com | Temple Israel Brotherhood Sharon held a 6 session series of Hearing Men's Voices this year based on the theme "Family Matters." | Several members attended the NERFJMC Retreat in June 2018; others attended local LDI past year | | Joint program - Beer and Burgers in the Sukkah - Sept 2018 | Jewish Routes with our Rabbi - series of breakfasts tying Torah Study to our ancestors. | Served meals at local shelter - Mainspring House, Brockton Massachusetts - June 2018; Meals on Wheels - Thanksgiving and Xmas. | Major sponsor of Holocaust Torah Restoration for Temple Israel. Two members were co-chairs of program. | Annual Brotherhood Weekend - January 2019 | | | Support the Tikveh program (Special Needs) at Camp Ramah in Palmer, MA | | | Scott Shikora | Regular Email Newsletter (The Brotherhood Broadcaster); Facebook page | Yes | Yes | Elliot Feldman - NERFJMC President | Neal Fineman - HMV | Stephen Shrago - 2018 NERFJMC Keeper of the Flame | | |
| 29 | 2019-05-07 08:23 | Lon Dobbs | 74.102.164.46 | Neve Shalom Men's Club - Metuchen, NJ (962) | Lon Dobbs | thedigitalauthor@aol.com | 11/18 - HMV program lead by our Rabbi on "dealing with life changes" | A dozen men attended last year's retreat, in addition have members on Regional and Int'l Board | | | We have participated in Build-A-Pair this year. | | Our chapter has been involved in many of these activities - cleaning up for holidays, polishing silver, general clean-up, etc., | Friday night (w/ community dinner) and Shabbat services | Provided a Keruv program / discussion on "How intermarriage affects the family" (parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, etc.) | | Cancelled due to weather - although used $ to provide entertainment for families during Purim | | | Lawrence Dombrow | Email distribution list for members; also notification in shul's emails & newsletter | Yes | Yes | Matthew Bonus, VP Communications NNJR | Jeffrey Schulman VP Communications | Alan Stern - Club MOY; Matthew Bonus - Regional MOY | Donations from World Wide Wrap were donated | |
| 28 | 2019-05-07 02:00 | svineberg | 184.101.248.115 | Or Tzion Men's Club - Scottsdale, AZ (1074) | Scott Vineberg | scottvineberg@hotmail.com | Wellness: Men's Club Winter Hiking Series. We lead hikes monthly from January-April on Sunday mornings. | LDI Reisterstown attended by Bob Weinstein and Ken Matlick. | | Co-hosted Hanukkah Lunch and Year End BBQ with our Women's League group. | Sukkah Brigade; Build-A-Pair. | | Installed Yom Hashoah display for commemoration; collected batteries for recycling. | Men's Club Veterans Day Shabbat - Friday, Nov 9, 2018 | | | | | Purchased build-a-pair kits. | Scott Vineberg | Group email; regular advertising on congregation's website and in bulletin | Yes | Yes | Ken Matlick, FJMC International Executive, Finance | | Bob Weinstein (MOY) | | |
| 27 | 2019-05-06 17:53 | Mitspi | 68.129.103.244 | Congregation Shir Shalom Men`s Club - New City, NY (1890) | Mitchell Spiegel | mitspi@verizon.net | Wellness Walk is scheduled for Sunday Morning 5/19 | 2 members attended the 9TH Biennial Multi-Region Retreat Camp Zeke, Lakewood, PA - June 8-10, 2018 | Had spiritual english readings (read from congregants in the pews) during MC Shabbat | Pre-Pesach Kedem Winery Visit and tasting with Sisterhood 3/31/19 | Tefillin instruction training for hebrew school students (2- sessions in prep for World Wide Wrap) | Sold Kippot to raise money for Jews in Abayudaya | Men`s Club serves as greeters on high holidays, fund-raised & purchased large screen monitor and flyer holders for lobby of NHC | Men`s Club Shabbat on 1/12/19 | | Ongoing promotion of bottle and can recycling (also fund raiser for Men`s Club) | | | Purchased Body and Spirit and Intermarriage Concepts 2/2/19 | Mitchell Spiegel & Eric Zweigbaum Co-Presidents | Facebook , email, regular advertisements in bulletin, flyers in lobby, trial of Remind app | No | No | | | Man of Year event 5/6/19- 4 members attended (inc. nominee) | Sold Kippot to raise money for Jews in Abayudaya | |
| 26 | 2019-05-05 21:21 | jordanbakerIP | 173.66.182.153 | Olam Tikvah Men's Club - Fairfax, VA (1147) | Jordan Baker | jordanbakerip@gmail.com | Hearing Men's Voices Program - Our connection to Israel | Seaboard Retreat - Spring/Summer 2018 | | Murder Mystery Event with Sisterhood | Selling and installing sukkah kits; Rum and Rashi with a Rabbi (study night and rum tasting with our junior Rabbi) | Casserole making for SOME (So Others May Eat) organization (our club made casseroles that were delivered to the organization) | Members of the club put down mulch for the playground | Friday/Saturday Military Shabbat Program | | | Men's Club Washington Nationals Game - fathers/kids. Funds raised from Poker Tournament support youth shabbat programming. | | | Current President's term goes until July 1, 2020 | E-mail Newsletter, regular program advertising in synagogue newsletter and listserv | No | Yes | Bob Watts, First Vice President, Incoming Seaboard President | | Jordan Baker, honoree, Blue Yarmulke Man of the Year | Contact with and support of Abayudaya | |
| 25 | 2019-05-05 18:56 | rjrpsych | 108.36.116.231 | Temple Sinai Men's Club - Dresher, PA (551) | Robert Rosenthal | rjrpsych@gmail.com | Bike Club | Mid Atlantic Regional FJMC meeting March 21st 2019: President's training | | | Sponsored Yom Hashoah speaker | PROJECT HOPE: delivery food to those in need just before passover. | | Men's Club Shabbat last February | Easter Egg on your Seder Plate: Making your seder friendly to intermarried families | Gardening Club | Daddy Daughter Dance | | | Ira Letofsky | monthly group email to membership | Yes | Yes | Alan Budman, International VP | Keruv | Man of the Year event- we had over 15 members attend. | | |
| 24 | 2019-05-03 14:15 | savictor | 73.44.118.136 | Beth Judea's Men's Club - Long Grove, IL (642) | Sandy Victor | sandy.victor.fjmc@gmail.com | HMV at Club Retreat - several sessions dealing with inclusion for club and synagogue | LDI attended by club members Lipka, Rotman, Kurtz and Rumack. | Continued Minyan of Comfort program already in place. Weekly alternative Shabbat experience provided for synagogue. | Joint program on Pesach Wine Tasting. | Continued annual Hebrew Literacy program for 30th year. | Organized sponsorship for PADS (homeless peoples program) fundraising bowl-a-thon. Keshet Buddy Baseball program for kids. | Sponsor synagogue website | April 6 Shabbat morning service run by Men's Club | | | | | | Rob Lipka | Google mail list serve sends notices to membership | Yes | Yes | Eric Yegelwel Vice President MW Region | Norm Kurtz (Executive) Evan Rumack (Convention and LDI training) | Brandt Rosen was honored at Mar 3 event. 20+ club members attended. | | |
| 23 | 2019-05-02 10:30 | gstoller | 70.29.101.175 | Adath Israel Brotherhood - Toronto, ON (401) | Gary Stoller | gstoller@sympatico.ca | Ride for Chai (bike ride) | 7 members attended the Nov 30 to Dec 2, 2018 Ansh-eh Zafon regional retreat | | Sisterhood/Brotherhood Shabbat on June 23, 2018 | Torah Study with the Rabbi as part of the World Wide Wrap on February 3, 2019 | Kosher Meals on Wheels (weekly delivery team) | | Sisterhood/Brotherhood Shabbat - June 23, 2018 | | | | | | Gary Stoller | Group e-mails & Advertisiing in Synagogue Newsletter | Yes | Yes | Hersh Garnick, Neil Melman, George Nadas, all Vice Presidents of Ansh-eh Zafon Region | George Nadas, Finance Committee | Joey Sadofsky and others, Man of the Year event - June 6, 2018 | | |
| 22 | 2019-05-01 23:03 | Hairman | 69.206.196.41 | Temple Sinai Men's Club - Middletown, NY (1858) | Stephe Sturman | hairman@hairman.net | We conducted a "Hearing Our Voices (men & women) in 2018 on relationships | We had members attend LDI each year, and Retreat | | We conducted a murder mystery dinner with Temple Sinai Sisterhood | We build the Sukkah as a Synagogue event each year, and Build a Pair program with the Hebrew School students yearly | Food drive for a local food pantry | Men's club helps usher for High Holidays, arranges cleanup projects around our Synagogue and recently sorted the Tallisim. | We do Men's Club Shabbat yearly, Saturday with Kiddush and Lunch and Learn | Not specifically a Men's Club program | N/A | | We had a regional mental heath awareness program/ | I have purchased personally, but not as a club. | | Monthly emails to the membership and congregation | No | Yes | Stephe Sturman/ Secretary HVR | | Hal Marcus, Stephe Sturman, Man of The Year | | |
| 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. | | |
