| 75 | 2019-06-05 09:25 | wronzberg | 99.228.155.43 | Beth David B'Nai Israel Beth Am Brotherhood - Toronto, ON (403) | Richard Wronzberg | wronzberg@bell.net | DISCUSSION WITH THE YOUTH AS A MENTORING PROGRAM - SMALL GROUPS OF DISCUSSIONS | REGIONAL RETREAT - 4 MEMBERS; LDI - 1; | BROTHERHOOD BOARD MEMBERS ACTIVE IN ATTENDING AT SICK / SHIVA - ALSO LEADING SERVICES | PASSOVER WINE AND CHEESE - PROMOTE SALE OF KOSHER PASSOVER WINE | | SOUP KITCHENS, ASSISTANCE AT COOKING OVER 5000 HOT DOGS FOR THE UJA WALK FOR ISRAEL | HIGH HOLIDAY USHERING, DONATED TALLIT TO SYNAGOGUE, TORAH READING | SATURDAY MORNING SHABBAT ANNUALLY | NA | | NA | UJA - JOINT WITH ORTHODOX MENS' CLUB IN PROVIDING THE HOT DOGS FOR EVENT | TALLIT, PRIOR BOOKS - HAVE "LIBRARY" OF FJMC MATERIAL | ARIE FROHLICH | EMAIL BLAST WEEKLY BY SYNAGOGUE; WEEKLY SHABBAT PROMOTIONAL ADVERTISING | Yes | Yes | RICK WRONZBERG - REGIONAL PRESIDENT | | HONOUREE WAS JORDAN FREEDMAN (SON OF REGIONAL AND CLUB EXEC MEMBER ALAN FREEDMAN) | | |
| 74 | 2019-05-31 21:47 | john.chansky | 146.115.57.28 | Temple Beth Sholom Brotherhood - Framingham, MA - DISAFFILIATED | John Chansky | john.chansky@gmail.com | Sponsorship of Torah Yoga as part of Sholomplex services | New England Regional Retreat - 2 attendees | | Game Night during Chanukah | Build-a-pair with Hebrew school for World Wide Wrap | Lead Friday night services at an assisted living facility near the temple | Ushering for weekly services and high holidays | | | | | We had a three group get together with Temple Israel (Natick) and Temple Beth AM (Framingham) once a year | | John Chansky | Group email | Yes | Yes | Stephen Golden Vice President - New England Region | | We had about 6 past winners attend the Keeper of the Flame award ceremony - John Chansky was recipient | | |
| 73 | 2019-05-31 17:04 | BrandeisMensClub | 165.225.38.133 | Brandeis Men'S Club of Temple Israel - Ridgewood, NJ (969) | David Millman | millman.david@gmail.com | JFS Bike Ride, June 2018 | Club President (Arty Freed) attended NNJR-MAR-NY Metro Multi-Region Retreat, June 2018 | | | Build-A-Pair Program with the Religious School | Cemetery Cleanup, Sep 2018 | High Holiday Ushering, Sep 2018 | MCS on Shabbat HaChodesh, April 2019 | | | Hand-deliver Mishloach Manot bags, March 2019 | | | Scott Baslaw | Synagogue weekly announcement; club-wide email | Yes | Yes | Northern NJ Region: Denis Vogel - Vice President; Bob Rohrberger - Financial Secretary | | Northern NJ Region - Man of the Year Dinner: Millman, Landau, Vogel | | 2019-05_bmc_email_list.xlsx (15 KB) |
| 72 | 2019-05-31 13:00 | klltkd | 75.82.85.80 | Etz Chaim Men's Club - Thousand Oaks, CA (1036) | Kenneth L Leon | kleon@templeetzchaim.org | Instead of Hearing Men's Voices we had a guest speaker for a round-table discussion we called Parenting/Grandparenting 2.0 | We had several attendees at the WR Regional Retreat. | | Men's Club and Woment of TEC Shabbat, where we join together to lead both Friday evening and Saturday Morning Services. | TEC MC led the Build-a-Pair program, Tefillin Training and World Wide Wrap. | We held a Mana Food Drive for our Mitzvah Day participation. Food was collected and delivered to our local food bank. | The TEC MC manages the Shabbat and Holiday Usher program, making sure a greeter is at every service. | In concert with Women of TEC, we ran the full weekend. | | | Father-Child Sukkah building is an annual event for the TEC Men's Club. We had over twenty fathers and kids join in this year. | | TEC MC purchased and sent out over 800 candles to our congregation and preschool families. | Our current president is in place through June of 2020. | MC sends out specific emails, targeted evites, and puts ads in each weekly bulletin. | Yes | Yes | Benny Sommerfeld FJMC Western Region President, Gary Katz FJMC Western Region EVP | | Ken Leon attended the WR Man of the Year program (along with several other members of the club) | | |
| 71 | 2019-05-31 10:38 | Baruchleibowitz | 4.14.11.202 | Adath Israel Brotherhood - Cincinnati, OH (301) | Brett Leonard | brettlleonard@gmail.com | Annual Yom Kippur walk / Yellow Candle group discussion - importance and significance of Yellow Candle program | FJMC KIO Regional Retreat - October 26th - 28th | We dedicate Monday evenings as Men's club minyan | We had a joint program for Sukkot. We did a Spirits in the Sukkah program - tasting of alcoholic beverages | We have a monthly program called Bible and Beer - which is a Torah study with the Rabbi | We actively participate in our Mitzvah Day event at our shul | Members actively participate in ushering for regular services and High Holy Day services | We have an annual program for Saturday morning | We've had this program in the past | We have a garden that we use to provide homeless with fresh vegetables | We do not have a program of this sort | Joint participation in our Annual Super Bowl party - we had members from Ohav Shalom help with this event | Yes | We do not have this criteria satisfied | Monthly email, monthly column in Synagogue newsletter | No | Yes | NA | NA | KIO FJMC Regional Luncheon | NA | |
| 70 | 2019-05-30 18:11 | sring | 129.83.31.3 | Temple Ner Tamid Men's Club - Peabody, MA (735) | Steven Ring | sring@mitre.org | Aging Boldly wellness program where we learned how to walk with better posture (walk upright and stick your chest out). | New England Region Retreat in Palmer,MA each year | | Hogan School program with Sisterhood | Torah study with Rabbi | Hogan School program with Sisterhood for local special need adults | High Holiday ushering and High Holiday Honors assignments database (developed by MC member) | Men's Club Shabbat each year, we read FJMC Sefer Haftorah scroll | | | Members taking their children to Men's Club retreat and to World-Wide Wrap | Texas Hold-em Poker nights with 4 other Men's Clubs in Beverly, Swampscott, Newburyport, & Peabody | Purchased FJMC "Undertanding Havdalah" & "Understanding Ma'ariv" guides to work with our board on leading services | Steven Ring | Frequent emails and monthly temple bulletin articles | Yes | Yes | Mark Rudin, Past President New England Region | | Keeper-of-the-Flame - we have over 13 former KOF recipients and they and their families attend each year | | |
| 69 | 2019-05-30 12:50 | jstark9 | 174.44.40.204 | Huntington Jewish Center Men'S Club - Huntington, NY (886) | Jeff Stark | jstark9@optonline.net | Began Hearing Men's Voices Program. First session conducted by professional counselor who is a member of HJC Men's club | NY regional retreat attended by Ofer Rind and Ed Fleiss. NY regional May 2019 meeting hosted by HJC Men's club | Developed Minyan of comfort program. Over 10 HJC Men's Club members have been trained as part of the program. | Men's club has participated in programs with HJC sisterhood:Taste of Passover, Sisterhood cookbook, honoree shabbat | Annual building of congregation's Sukkah, sponsored Build-a-Pair and Holocaust education RS program | Supported the HJC Blood Drive | Men's club members cooked and served brunch for Purim and Hanukkah events, built sets for Synagogue play, supported golf outing | Participate with Sisterhood in HJC's Men’s club/Sisterhood shabbat | | | | | Purchased Hearing Men’s Voices book set and Build-a-Pair sets | Ofer Rind | Group emails to all men’s club members informing them of meetings/events. Also in Synagogue bulletin and Facebook page | No | Yes | | | NY regional man of the year event. (J. Stark, O. Rind, Ed Fleiss, B. Fleiss) | | |
| 68 | 2019-05-30 11:33 | smirowitz | 75.151.182.77 | Temple Beth Sholom Men's Club - Cherry Hill, NJ (561) | Seth Mirowitz | smirowitz@gmail.com | Host multiple softball teams, which including training/health sessions. Hosting the TBS Bike Team, complete with custom jerseys | Leaders attending regional retreats, regional training program, and FJMC Convention. | | Adult Night Out - Havdallah and music by a TBS member's rock band | Bi-monthly Jews Brews and Views Program. Monthly lunch Torah study with rabbi. Study with Josh Kulp, Rosh CYJ | Menches with Wrenches.. Build donation boxes for TBS Mitzvah Comm. Cook for a Friend. | Ushering on High Holidays. Decorate the congregation's sukkah. Cook for TBS Early Childhood Center's annual Transportation Day | Friday night services and shabbat dinner (100 people). Ran Shabbat morning service. Hosted Cong Kiddish. | | Support TBS Sustainability Committee with lectures of about using bicycles, and using cutlery instead of plastic | HaMakom scholarships (TBS high school program). Joint program with TBS Early Childhood Center. | SJ Men's Club. We both participated in the Menches with Wrenches program of JFED. | | Drew Burach | Website, listing in synagogue's newsletter, group emails via Shul Cloud. | Yes | Yes | Marc Cohen, Regional President | Joe Swerdlow, FJMC convention co-chair | Roy Levinson, Regional FJMC Man of the Year | Contributions to the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem | mens_club_roster_2019.xlsx (13 KB) |
| 67 | 2019-05-30 00:41 | a062688 | 73.128.13.161 | Shaare Tikvah Men'S Club - Waldorf, MD (1132) | Keith Meyers | a062688@comcast.net | Hearing Men's Voices Program: Facilitating lunch visit requests to a nursing home to cheer up an incapacitated synagogue member. | Regional Retreat: Keith Meyers, Edwin Rosenzweig June 8-10 2018 | Have used Minyan of Comfort training to facilitate synagogue bereavement program. | Baffle Bowl - Men's Club vs Sisterhood February 24th | Arts & Crafts for children - Edible dreidels for Hannukah December 2nd; Noise-makers & masks for Purim on March 10th | | Cleaning up shul for High Holidays and Passover. | Both | | Lead synagogue's recycling efforts weekly. Replaced memorial lights with energy-saving bulbs. | Father-child attendance at Nationals vs Phillies June 24, 2018; Nationals vs Dodgers July 28, 2019; Havadalah/Movie Night Oct 27 | | | Peter Halikman | Monthly input into synagogue bulletin | Yes | Yes | Keith Meyers - Regional VP | | Blue Yamulke Person of the Year - Howie Levin Seaboard Region - April 7th | | |
| 66 | 2019-05-29 22:01 | kavtil | 174.44.129.93 | New City Jewish Center Men'S Club - New City, NY (1850) | Eric Litvak | kavtil@yahoo.com | Yes, all completed. #5a. is a Retired Walkers Club | We had members attend the Quad region retreat at Camp Zeke in June 2018 | | We held a Murder Mystery event with the Sisterhood | Scotch in the Sukkah with Rabbi leading discussion | Community service scholarship encouraging service across the community. | Set up Chairs and Ushered for High Holidays | We ran a Men's Club Shabbat | | | Provided Kitchen Support for Youth Carnival | | | Eric Litvak | Group e-mail, synagogue newsletter | Yes | Yes | Bruce Sicherman and Andy Alper | Both on the FJMC IT/Communications Committee with Andy Alper as Webmaster | Region Man & Youth of the Year Luncheon | | |
| 65 | 2019-05-29 21:27 | hbr17 | 96.230.191.47 | Temple Emunah Brotherhood - Lexington, MA (714) | Howard Reubenstein | hbr@alum.mit.edu | Softball Teams in MSSL & Tour de Shuls Brotherhood Team | Retreat attended by Ed Willins, Larry Bressler + attendance at regional club leadership meetings | Howard Epstein spoke at Passover Yiskor about importance of Minyan for the community and the participants | Co-sponsored movie nights and new Baby Shabbat and co-sponsor Bmnei Mitzvah Eitz Chayyim gift | Build-a-pair and Sukkah construction | | Ushering and production of Yiskor Book | Brotherhood (led) Shabbat held 6/9/18 | | Battery recycling project and support of Temple recycling and composting programs | | Help Temple Beth Israel Waltham and Beth Israel Merrimack in Andover with their Yom Hashoah Candle program | | David Geisler | Constant Contact, Flyers, and regular article in Temple Bulletin | Yes | Yes | Ed Willins - recording sec, Mo Diamant - VP | Ed Willins - recording sec, Mo Diamant - VP | Delegation attended KOF in honor of Hal Miller Jacobs (including Geisler, Golfberg) | | |
| 64 | 2019-05-29 11:09 | bartneuman | 71.214.64.238 | Ohev Shalom Men's Club - Maitland, FL (1316) | Bart Neuman | bsneuman@aol.com | Monthly bike rides and Heariing Men's Voices on various subjects during the years since last convention | New Regional Pres joined our MC Shabbat service and held meeting of met with area club presidents | | Joint bowling night and joint pgm sent gift packages of college students | conducted Shavo'ut services. Held Munch and learn sessions; Chanukah and Purim | Monthly feeding the homeless. Men's Night Out for the Jewish men in the community | High Holiday and Shabbat Ushering; Parsha each Friday; Purchased 50 Etz Chaim Chumashim for the Temple | MC Shabbat conducted entire service with all Torah portions | Started a mentoring pgm for Jews by choice going thru conversion | | MC club runs a Super Bowl fundraiser to fund Camp Ramah scholarships. Men's Night Out provides additional youth scholarships | Men's Night Out is a joint program including Ohev Shalom, Beth Am, SOJC, CRJ, & the Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando | Hearing Men's Voices book set | Dr Steve Herman | Shul Cloud emails, Ohev Bulletins, Week at a glance | Yes | Yes | | | Men's Night Out,,described in Torch Awards | Donations to Puerto Rico Temples post Hurricane and Tree of Life Temple, | |
| 63 (draft) | 2019-05-29 08:54 | JohnnyP | 172.58.157.44 | | Johnny Parker | johnny@stratus-realty.com | | | | | | Assisted with homeless week with local church group | Purchased new tallitsim for Synagogue use | | | | | We had joint program with Temple Sinai ‘s Men’s Club | | | | No | Yes | Dr Bill Becker | | | | |
| 62 | 2019-05-28 22:49 | SethSchneids | 67.191.7.26 | B'nai Torah Congregation Men's Club - Boca Raton, FL (1345) | Seth Schneider | seth@schneids.co | We had a number of programs including keeping our men safe from online scammers | Ed Margolis, Florida Region President, visited with our club. | | Latkas and Vodkas | Build a Pair | Building a sukkah at the local assisted living facility | Men's Club representative on the bimah every Shabbat | 2/9/19 | | | Jewish Heritage Day with the Miami Marlins | | | Seth Schneider | Group email via Mailchimp | No | No | | | Multiple tables at the regional MOY event | | mens_club_list_2018-19.xls (78 KB) |
| 61 | 2019-05-28 16:30 | tbsnjmensclub | 98.109.128.2 | Temple Beth Shalom Men'S Club - Livingston, NJ (941) | Paul Brownstein | paulhbrownstein@gmail.com | Multiple biking programs Summer 2018 | Quad Region Retreat June 2018; also training programs 12/3/18 and 3/11/19 | | Joint sponsoring and preparation of kiddush for Men's Club Shabbat and Sisterhood Shabbat | Two Talmud study programs with Rabbi ("Talmud on Tap") February and June 2019 | Conducted health forum on elder care and money management for elders open to community April 2019 | Ushering on High Holy Days | Men's Club Shabbat 12/1/18 | | Planted shrubbery on Temple grounds | Watched multiple televised sporting events with lunch on large screen at Temple for father/children | Approx. twelve members of Pine Brook Jewish Center joined our Talmud study program with our Rabbi February 2019 | | Barry Schwartz | Bi-weekly emails to men's Club membership | No | Yes | | Peter Gotlieb active member of International FJMC Committee "Imagine Life Program" | Approx. 40 members attended Man of the Year Dinner November 2018 | | |
| 60 | 2019-05-28 16:14 | TBEMC Men's Club | 50.243.79.225 | Temple Beth-El Mekor Chayim Men's Club - Cranford, NJ (909) | Craig Schwartz | rcsacs@aol.com | We held Hearing Men's Voices program. Rabbi lead a discussion about in-law relationships | NNJR Regional retreat in June 2018 | | Joint Program with Sisterhood -- Klezmer Music on Oct 14 2018 | Build a Grogger program for Purim for Religious School | | Ushering on High Holidays, Sukkah Building | Men's Club Shabbat on March 15 2019 | | | | Annual Veteran's Day program on Nov 11 2018 with Clark & Scotch Plains Men's Clubs | | Seth Farber | Via Temple email system | Yes | Yes | | | Several Club Members Attended Man of the year event in Nov 2018 | | |
| 59 | 2019-05-28 16:05 | BSMC-EP | 151.197.12.94 | Beth Sholom Men'S Club - Elkins Park, PA (532) | Steven Pilchik | shpilchik61@gmail.com | b. HMV - Feb 24th: "The Me-Too Movement" Held with light bite at Beth Sholom Elkins Park, PA | a. FJMC MAR Quad Regional June 8-10, 2018 Attended by Steven Pilchik | | Nov 11, 2018 - Vertran's Day recognition with Speaker BSMC & Sisterhood | Tequila, Torah and Tacos - Torah study w/ Rabbi G-K (Drinks and eats included) - April 4, 2019 | BSMC organizes visits and leads various holiday services at Graterford (Now Phoenix) Prison throughout the year. | BSMC Provides ushering for High Holiday Services. | BSMC Shabbat March 1 & 2, 2019 | | | BSMC Fundraising through the year partially goes to the support of Camp Ramah and congregant scholarships.. | | | Steven Pilchik | Email (Constant Contact) and Distribution Lists. Quarterly articles in BSC Connections newsletter. | Yes | Yes | FINANCIAL SECRETARY Elliot Miller | | Harvey Friedrich - BSMC Man of the year. MAR MOTY Dinner December 20, 2018 | | |
| 58 | 2019-05-28 14:57 | Mark Gersten | 96.35.174.218 | B'Nai Amoona Men'S Club - St. Louis, MO (631) | Mark Gersten | markg@axistelesolutions.com | Hearing Mens voices | Midwest | Shabbat Learning with Clergy | bowling | Build a Pair | Cleaning up cemetary | Cleaning the ground of the Synagogue | Yes we did this | | | | | | | | Yes | Yes | Creighton Cohn | | | | |
| 56 | 2019-05-28 13:09 | hhorwitz | 74.98.182.213 | Beth El Men's Club - Norfolk, VA (1120) | Howard Horwitz | hhorwitzintune@gmail.com | Participation in yoga at the shul and a group exercise | Attended regional retreat | | Involved women for the 1st time this year in Scotch and Steak event | Musar study with the rabbi | Held religious services at Beth Shalom Home for the aged | Ushering | Men's Club Shabbat, Saturday morning | | | Camp Ramah scholarships provided | Joint programming with Temple Israel, Norfolk - cook out in conjunction with Norfolk Tides baseball game attendance | | Howard Horwitz | Group email | No | No | Alex Pomerantz, Seaboard Region President | Alex Pomerants on the International Convention Plannning and Fundraising Committees | Several members attended Tidewater area man-of-the-year event | | |
| 55 | 2019-05-28 10:34 | DiamondMC | 32.213.190.202 | Beth El Temple Men's Club - West Hartford (217) | David Diamond | daviddiamond2@comcast.net | Walks Around Reservoir every Tuesday and Thursday throughout the year, weather permitting | The Retreat at Camp Ramah, June 2018 (Marty Melnick, Marty Schulz, Phil Schulz) | | Saturday evening social: Temple Trivia Night, co-sponsored by Beth El Men's Club and Women's Network | | | Support of Sunday morning minyan by encouraging Men's Club attendance and providing breakfast on the majority of days. | Saturday morning Shabbat, services led by Men's Club, followed by sponsorship of kiddush luncheon | | | Camp Ramah scholarship, funded by profits from Yellow Candle program | Minyan on the Mountain and Breakfast (with Emanuel Synagogue and Congregation Beth Israel) held at private home with views | | Co-Presidents Dave Diamond and Steve Rabb | Temple website, e-blasts, publicity flyer postings at shul, Men's Club e-blasts | Yes | Yes | | Marty Melnick - Yellow Candles | Tom Falik, Dave Diamond, and others: FJMC-CTV Keeper of Flame Brunch | | |
