| 155 | 2021-04-21 10:32 | gtlblum | 184.185.89.49 | Beth Sholom B'Nai Israel Brotherhood - Manchester, CT (205) | Glenn Blumenstein | glenn@blumensteins.net | Usually do, did not due to covid--Usually our Hearing Mens Voices is "Schnapps in the Sukkah" | We were told this is waived due to Covid. | | We invite the Sisterhood to educational speakers. | Build-A-Pair distributed to local children | We raise money annually for local children with health conditions with other religious organizations. Usually in person | We do all of the above. | Ours is rescheduled for the early fall. | No--N/a | Our brotherhood led and supported an effort to replace heating and cooling of the synagogue with more efficient systems. | We normally participate in a program with The Hartford Yard Goats, but this was cancelled due to Covid. | | | Russ Benblatt | Yes | Brotherhood Corner - Monthly article by Brotherhood presidents to Synagogue, email blasts for local events to B'hood. | No | Yes | Phil Margolis, Regional Executive Vice President | | Keeper of the Flame | N/A | bsbi_events_2021.pdf (15 KB) |
| 154 | 2021-04-21 09:30 | tbsnjmensclub | 71.172.87.156 | Temple Beth Shalom Men'S Club - Livingston, NJ (941) | Paul Brownstein | paulhbrownstein@gmail.com | Weekly club bike rides during the summer | Quad Region Virtual Retreat on 12/13/20 attended by Peter Gotlieb | | Outdoor Purim "drive-thru" event on 2/28/21 co-sponsored with Sisterhood | Talmud on Tap learning sessions with Assistant Rabbi held virtually or outdoors in Oct., Jan., Mar. and Apr. | Participate in three Cooking for the Community events with Tikun Olam committee to prepare hot food for needy families | Build synagogue sukkah | In lieu of MC Shabbat this year, helped lead daily minyan | | Planted flowers and shrubs, and did landscape maintenance, on Temple grounds | Father-son softball game in summer 2020; family walk at public park in Livingston in August | Members of Pine Brook Jewish Center attended our Talmud on Tap sessions | | Eric Naggar | Done on 2/22/21 | Regular group emails to club membership; Men's Club article in monthly Temple bulletin | No | Yes | | | Numerous members attended virtual Man of the Year event | | |
| 153 | 2021-04-20 21:11 | zmost71 | 98.116.91.35 | Plainview Jewish Center Men's Club - Plainview, NY (854) | Joel Moskowitz | jsmostz4716@gmail.com | 5A "Walk for A Cause" Yearly fitness and fund raiser for charity Island Harvest Food Distribution for the poor. | Visitation by FJMC Regional Representative Jay Steinmetz, Steak and Scotch for Succoth. | N/A (NOT Applicable) | Joint Men's Club, Women's Club Shabbos held on February 6, 2021 | Active Participation in the Build a Pair Kits program held as a prelude to the World Wide Wrap. | Monthly Food Preparation and distribution to the needy. Island Connections Foundation. | PJC Men's club provided Ushers for In person High Holiday services. 2020. | PJC Men's club organizes and hosts Shabbat Friday and Saturday Services. | N/A ( Not applicable) | N/A ( Not applicable) | N/A (Not applicable) | Joint Texas Holdem and Golf tournaments including Midway and Woodbury JC Men's Clubs | FJMC Supplies include Build a Pair Kits for World Wide Wrap Program | Andrew Bader | Email List was done and Submitted by Stuart Haimes | Club Newsletter "HAKOL", dedicated Website, group-e-mail | Yes | Yes | 17 B Shea Lerner, Second Vice President | !7A, 17C N/A | Man- of- the- Year event Jeff Reiss and Steve Adelman | N/A Not applicable | |
| 152 (draft) | 2021-04-20 12:32 | howard.jacobs20 | 24.0.255.98 | | Howard Jacobs | howard_jacobs20@yahoo.com | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | No | No | | | | | |
| 151 | 2021-04-20 12:26 | GreenbergAlan | 73.10.168.112 | Marlboro Jewish Center Men'S Club- Marlboro, NJ (976) | Alan Greenberg | greenbergalan@yahoo.com | Manasquan Minyan, a 3 mile walk in total and Daven by the Resevoir. Done multiple times per year | LDI | | | Build a Pair, Build a Grogger | Food drive | Planning Purim Shalos Manot basket routes and providing MC to help drive | May 14, 2021 | | Israel Wine sale and WOTV | | Temple Beth Ahm, Ahovat Olam | | Jay Seliber | Yes | Email blasts, evites, phone calls | Yes | Yes | Len Whitman VP Rosh South | | Alan Greenberg - MOY NNJR South | | |
| 150 | 2021-04-19 10:52 | howard.jacobs20 | 24.0.255.98 | East Brunswick Jewish Center Men's Club - E. Brunswick, NJ (953) | Howard Jacobs | howard_jacobs20@yahoo.com | We had a "Hearing Men's Voices" program on "Work and Worth" on September 8, 2020. It was led by our member Jordan Feldman. | Quad Region Virtual Retreat (NNJ, NYMetro, MAR, Hudson Valley) | | Held many joint programs with Sisterhood, including movie "Windermere Children." | Sponsored Rabbi's mini course (3 sessions) on Jewish ethics. | Participated in several different Jewish Family Services programs (Passover Food for the needy, Kosher Meals on Wheels). | We typically provide ushers at high holidays, but did not this year because of COVID. Contributed $12,000 to shul budget. | Men's Club Shabbat (4/24) - Saturday AM. | | Initiated a program to recyle ink cartridges and toner cartridges to raise $$$ for congregation. | | We had over 40 people attend a movie ("On the Map") in conjunction with the Jewish Sports Heritage Association. | | Howard Jacobs / Steven Harkavy (co-presidents) | yes, this was done. | done weekly via email ("Tidbits") and monthly in print ("Recorder") | Yes | Yes | David Julis - treasurer, NNJR | | had 20+ members attend Regional Man-of-the-Year event - honoring our MOY Jordan Feldman , YOY Reese Feldman | | |
| 149 | 2021-04-19 00:17 | RoyChesnut | 209.17.40.47 | Temple Aliyah Men'S Club - Woodland Hills, CA (CLUB MERGED) | Roy Chesnut | roy.chesnut@oracle.com | The Psychological Effects of Covid-19. Our speaker was Dr. Gary Katz | FJMC Western Region VIRTUAL Retreat 2020 | | We are competing against the Women of Aliyah in the Temple Aliyah Grand Prix fund raiser | | | Parking Log ushering during high holy days | Men's Club Shabbat 4/10/2021 | | | | | | Richard Kosoff | i did this myself. our list is update to date | We meet monthly thru Zoom for General Meetings and Events. We have a group email. | Yes | Yes | Alan Jacobs, Member of the regional board | | Man of the year, Roy Chesnut | | |
| 148 | 2021-04-18 20:52 | bflenett | 35.137.251.160 | Beth Shalom Men'S Club - Clearwater, FL (1328) | Blake Lenett | blake.lenett@verizon.net | HMV event held on 11/15/20 via Zoom on the impacts of Covid-19 on faith and families. | Attended Virtual Anshei Darom Regional Retreat on 2/23/21, 3/2/21, and 3/10/21. | | Co-hosted Chanukah Gift Bag Drive-by with Sisterhood; Co-hosted Purim Mishloach Manot Drive-by with Sisterhood. | Held weekly Torah Study via Zoom with Rabbi Weizman using Judaism’s Life Changing Ideas by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. | Mitzvah Day 2020 - Collected toiletry samples (shampoos, soaps and toothpaste) for the Homeless Empowerment Program. | Cleaned synagogue grounds; put up and took down Sukkah; provided security/ushering for Shabbat/High Holidays. | | HMV event held on 11/15/20 via Zoom on the impacts of Covid-19 on faith and families. | Cleaned CBS grounds (trimmed trees, raked leaves, pulled weeds, etc..); purchased JNF Trees for those in mourning. | Lag B'Omer Family Picnic to be held on 5/30/21. | Held virtual Superbowl Party on 2/2/21 with Kol Ami Tampa; held Afternoon with Sports Reporter Bruce Lowitt on 3/21/21.. | | Jeff Michaels | Done | Group E-mails; Robo-calls; Facebook; Shabbat handouts; Event flyers | Yes | Yes | Blake Lenett - President Florida Region | Blake Lenett - International Convention Focal Commitee | Blake Lenett to attend regional concert in Margate, FL on 5/2/21. | | |
| 147 | 2021-04-18 13:23 | hondoman18 | 24.254.195.142 | Temple Israel Men'S Club - Norfolk, VA (1121) | Norman Soroko | nsoroko@cox.net | With Covid-19, things were hard. Alex Pomerantz, Past Pres. visited us virtual to the discuss the new program Wine on the Vine. | Regional Retreat in June 2020 virtually attended by 8 people from our club | We perform Zoom Shiva minyans when the death has occured from members of our temple. | Joint Sisterhood and Men's Club Shabbat virtuallyin October 2020 | Torah at The beach virtually with Rabbi Michael Panitz | Collected food for the Food pantry at Jewish family Service | Even though we were under a pandemic, we built the succah at temple and for our rabbi's family at his home | May 1st is our Virtual Men's Club Shabbat | We had our monthly meeting and invited our newly converted members to join us. Bring your own bagels and coffee | | Went to Top Golf for socially distant golfing and nashing | Partnered with Congregation beth el Norfolk to read the names at the Holocaust Rembrance Ceremony. Over 40,000 names read | | James Gordon | this was completed by our treasurer Richard Yanku. | Emails and Zoom calls. | Yes | No | VA | Norman D Soroko | Blue yarmulke Person of the year virtually attended by 50 from our temple. | | |
| 146 | 2021-04-18 08:54 | mensclub@nevesh... | 69.115.105.234 | Neve Shalom Men's Club - Metuchen, NJ (962) | Lawrence Dombrow | mensclub@neveshalom.net | We conducted a HVM program with a discussion on depression and loss. It was facilitated by a Neve Shalom member who is a psycho | Rob Blitzer spoke at our Men's Club Shabbat. Matt Bonus (of blessed memory) was regional VP. Also - Quad regional retreat | | Our building was closed for most of the year but we did work with sisterhood to fund and distribute challah and wine tw | We do have a yad shel chai program, but we did not have any teens reach the number of Torah readings this year | | Several of our Men's Club members are involved in the setting up of our outdoor and indoor services when we have held them. | We did hold Men's Club Shabbat this year. It was virtual, but we had members lead parts of the service. | | | | | | Dan Hirsch will be our next president. The EVP and presumptive president after that is Keith Boxer | | We have regular group emails and posters on the shul email list. There is a Men's Club article in the monthly shul bulle | Yes | Yes | Matt Bonus of blessed memory was Regional EVP | Jeff Schulman is on the convention committee | We had several members attend Quad retreat and Man/youth of the year - virtual this year | | |
| 145 | 2021-04-14 13:05 | madiamant | 173.76.108.68 | Temple Emunah Brotherhood - Lexington, MA (714) | Mo Diamant | modiamant@gmail.com | Temple Softball League, playing against other synagogue teams in NER. Also a bike club | NER Virtual Retreat June 2020 and 2021. Also, we have 3 NER executive committee members on our board, leading other events | | We have had several joint zoom meetings with special guests and lecturers | Build a Pair 2020 and 2021. Participate in Torah study with our rabbis | | prepare our annual Yizkor book, publishing both paper and pdf copies, raising donations for the temple. Sukkah building | Annual Brotherhood Shabbat | | Composting program at our temple | | | Wine on the Vine | | done | Constant contact, direct emails and mailings | Yes | Yes | Mo Diamant, VP Programming. Ed Willins, VP. Phil Wachsler, Assist. Communications Sec'y | Tour de Shuls, bicycle ride fundraiser for Camp Ramah Tikvah program. Keeper of the Flame. | Keeper of the Flame | financial aid for the Abayudaya Jewish community in Uganda | 2021_tds_flyer.jpg (379 KB) |
| 144 | 2021-04-14 01:08 | colinclp | 69.234.96.49 | Etz Chaim Men's Club - Thousand Oaks, CA (1036) | colin pullan | colinclp@sbcglobal.net | coping with covid | Virtual Man of the Year | | Mens Club/Sisterhood Shabbat | Facilited Drive in Sukkah with Lulav Shaking including prayers | Feeding the homeless at a local church | | Friday night and Saturday morning service | | | | | | Colin Pullan | Yes | Regular group emails | Yes | Yes | gary katz communications, Benny Sommerfeld training and leadership development | Benny Sommerfeld, LDI Regional Track Leader | Colin Pullan attended Man of the Year | | |
| 143 | 2021-04-13 20:15 | parkmcpresident | 68.72.126.213 | Park Synagogue Men's Club - Cleveland, OH (335) | Richard Price | parkmcpresident@gmail.com | We held a Men's Voices program during our "Dip in the Lake" event on September 27th. | Richard Price and Danny Silverstein attended the FJMC Tri-Region 2020 Virtual Retreat, August 1-2, 2020 | | We held our Annual World Wide Wrap Event on February 7th as a joint program with the synagogue Sisterhood. | Torah study with our Rabbis at "Rum and the Rabbi" events, World Wide Wrap | | Many Men's Club members participate as High Holiday ushers. The Men's club is having portable Ark built for outdoor services. | Our Men's Club Shabbat in 2020 was cancelled due to COVID. Our 2021 Men's Club Shabbat will be held June 12, 2021. | | | Contribute Funds for Jewish overnight camp Scholarship | | | Richard Price. Term ends June 2022. | | Club Website with list of upcoming events. Monthly emails to club members with upcoming events. | No | No | Tom Sudow, FMJC International President | | | Sold Kipot for Abayudaya community in Uganda. | |
| 142 (draft) | 2021-04-12 13:00 | meirniad | 67.187.118.31 | Greater Knoxville Jewish Men’s Club - Knoxville, TN (1730) | Meir Niad | meirniad@fjmc.org | | Erik Golub and Meir Niad attended virtual regional retreat. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | No | No | | | | | |
| 140 | 2021-04-06 17:41 | hfreed | 100.36.234.73 | Har Shalom Men's Club - Potomac, MD (1151) | Harold Freed | hiphal2@verizon.net | The Adult Kids (AK) Club has regular weekly golfing as the Club's Wellness program. Very important in the time of COVID | Hal Freed, Co-Chair of International FJMC Regions Comm and Torch Award Com. attends Bd mtgs | | We have joint Monthly Speaker Brunches with Sisterhood. The next is April 11. | Men's Club built the Sukkah for the Synagogue. We usually sell Sukkah kits. But didn't this year due to COVID-19 | Club participates in Meals on Wheels. Members go to the local food bank had help stock the shelves and prepare food boxes | The Men's Club joined the ECEC in a Hannukah program. | Our Men's Club Shabbat will be held this year on June 26, | | | | | | Robert Singman | | Monthly email news ltrs to club members, articles in Shul bi-monthly Tablet newsletter | Yes | Yes | Hal Freed, Co-Chair on two FJMC Int'l committees | , FJMC Regions Committee and Torch Award Committee | Many members attended Seaboard Person of the Year Celebration on Feb 21. Mickey Burstein was honored | | |
| 139 (draft) | 2021-04-05 23:05 | JimmyT | 75.161.42.170 | B'nai Israel Men's Club - Albuquerque, NM (1008) | Jimmy Tran | bnaiisrael@avdeyhashem.com | Hearing Men's Voices sessions for several month of the past year | attended regional virtual retreat for West and MW Region | | | offered sukkah kit | | | Shabbat Morning Men's Club Shabbat | | | | | | | | | No | No | Jimmy Tran | VP for World Wide Wrap | man of the year | | |
| 138 | 2021-04-03 18:03 | BethShalomMensClub | 67.175.68.182 | Congregation Beth Shalom Men'S Club - Northbrook, IL (643) | Steven Elisco | swelisco@eliscodesign.com | How to Prevent and Identify a Heart Attack and its Effects on our Lives - Sunday, February 14, 2021 | FJMC Midwest Region LDI January 30-32, 2021 | | Online Jewish Themed Virtual Escape Room Event November 21, 2020 | We Sponsored the Build-A-Pair Program with our school in conjunction with World Wide Wrap 2020 and 2021 | Our 2021 Lox Box Program provided food and funds equaling $20,000 to both the Council for Jewish Elderly and the Ark food pantry | We usher Kol Nidre each year it is in person and Build the Congregational Sukkah each year including in 2020 during COVID-19 | Our Men's Club Shabbat was on March 20, 2021 | | | | We had a joint social program with Beth Israel Ner Tamid of Glendale Wisconsin on Sunday, November 29, 2020 via ZOOM. | The Club purchases these FJMC Publications, Body & Spirit, Listening to God's Voice, Our Fathers Ourselves & Work & Worth | Co-Presidents Steve Lessman and Andy Wagner | Yes | Program Flyers in Congregational monthly bulletin & weekly email & monthly program email | Yes | Yes | Harvey Redfern, President | | The 2020 and 2021 events were cancelled. We sent 30 Members to the 2019 Man & Youth of the Year - President Dan Sher | | |
| 137 | 2021-04-02 15:25 | Perry Pitzele | 104.231.182.216 | Adath Israel Brotherhood - Cincinnati, OH (301) | Perry Pitzele | pesachp@sbcglobal.net | Held a series of Webinars on mental wellness covering topics such as addiction, mental health. | At least two of our membership attended the KIO Region Retreat last fall and one to LDI. | | Held joint program with our Sisterhood for the "Women Dealing with Covid" webinar. | | In leu of normal program of providing meals to homeless made contribution to Queen City Kitchen. | | | | We have an active vegetable garden the produce is sent to a local food kitchen. | | Did joint Webinar with two other synagogue men's clubs for Rabbi's on topic of "Rabbis Coping with Covid" | Yes | Perry Pitzele | | Use our synagogue weekly email to promote our events. | Yes | Yes | Joel Kling, KIO Immediate Past President | KIO Executive Committee | | | |
| 136 | 2021-03-18 12:38 | savictor | 73.209.103.140 | Beth Judea's Men's Club - Long Grove, IL (642) | Sandy Victor | sandy_victor@hotmail.com | Monthly synagogue-wide wellness program involving bicycling, running, or other forms of exercise and report what was done. | Many club members attended the Tri-Region virtual retreat. Chairman was from our club. | Weekly alternative minyan run by Men's Club members overlapping with traditional shabbat services. It includes mindfulness. | Jointly ran holiday box program for Rosh Hashana, Sukkot, Chanukah for shul members. Joint with Sisterhood. | Ran a virtual Hebrew Literacy program including a Friday night service by graduates. Drive thru sukkah created. | Ran Project Isaiah which was a food drive for the Ark's food pantry between the High Holidays. | Re-landscaped the shul's Yom Ha-shoah garden and installed a waterfall. | Ran two virtual shabbat morning services Oct 17 and March 27 | | | | | | Rob Lipka and Brandt Rosen will continue as Club Co-Presidents for 2nd year of term. | | Use email and google groups for monthly and special notifications. Also a monthly article in shul newsletter. | Yes | Yes | Eric Yegewel is Regional VP. | | Regional Man of the year Dinner was cancelled and each individual club honored man and youth of the year. On Oct 27. | | additional_information_for_the_quality_club_application.docx (15 KB) |
| 135 | 2021-03-18 00:00 | elovitzclan | 73.11.32.169 | Neveh Shalom Men'S Club - Portland, OR (1097) | Mitchell Elovitz | elovitzclan@comcast.net | Group Kayaking Event in August of 2020 and Cycling event | Mitch Elovitz attended FJMC Western Region Virtual Retreat May 17th 2020 | | Co-Sponsorship of Back to Shul with Sisterhood | | Toilet Paper Menorah and donation of toilet paper to Neighborhood House a local Community Service center | Men's Club built the Synagogue Sukkah | Scheduled for June 2021 | | | | | | Zachary Horowitz | | Email and Synagogue Newsletter | Yes | Yes | Mitch Elovitz Regional Recording Secretary | Mitch Elovitz Quality Club Committee | Mitch Elovitz attended the Virtual Regional Man of The Year Program | | |
