| 134 | 2021-03-08 15:02 | miltonlipitz24 | 149.68.240.132 | Beth El Men's Club - Cedarhurst, NY (831) | Milton Lipitz | mlipitz121@gmail.com | "Stop the Bleeding" Demonstration and Participation-2/23/21; and Northwell Health Program (COVID 19 Vaccines-Status-3/17/21 | Dan Granek attended our March 2, 2021 Men's Club Meeting | Learning to Run a Minyan (Mincha and Maariv, and Morning Services). Held weekly on Thursday evenings. | Purim-Worked with Sisterhood on Joint Purim Event Erev Purim | Bible Study with the Rabbi-Held Weekly on Wednesday Mornings. | Worked with JCC-Collecting Food for the Poor-Donations made to "The Shop" (The Rina Shkolnik Kosher Food Pantry)-Nov. 4, 2020. | Do Clean-up campaign around the Temple prior to Jewish Holidays. | Saturday Morning-Feb. 20-Men's Club ran service; and D'var Torah; MC Shabbat 6/5 Shabbot 6/5/21 Torah | | | Young adults and Teenagers involved in TUESDAY TRIVIA" Program; and viewing Intergenerational Program with Holocaust Survivors. | Temple Israel; Hillel; Sons of Israel -Shared Webinars ; ie. UJA's Witness Project-March 7, 21; Northwell Health -March 17, 2021 | | | | "News and Notes"; Letters and Flyers sent to congregants; Website. | No | Yes | | | Man of the Year-May 23rd-Men's Club members will attend; Milton Lipitz; Bob Fischman; Joel Harris; and others. | | quality_club_material.pdf (797 KB) |
| 133 | 2021-02-25 16:19 | BSMC-EP | 151.197.14.166 | Beth Sholom Men'S Club - Elkins Park, PA (532) | Steven Pilchik | shpilchik61@gmail.com | Hearing Men’s Voices Session Devoted to the Coronavirus Issue | QUAD REGION VIRTUAL RETREAT | | MC & Sisterhood Magic Show for the congregation | Passover, Pizza and a Pint: Ten Tips for an Even Better Virtual Seder Than Last Year! with Rabbi | BSMC support of Phoenix Prison - Monthly visits, Holidays, and support of the Jewish inmates. | Evening Minyan (Sunday through Thursday) organized and led by Men's Club | Scheduled for June 16, 2021 (Hoping to be in the sanctuary, Parking Lot and online) | | | | | | | | Group emails, FaceBook, Advertising in Weekly synagogue emails. | Yes | Yes | Arthur Lashin (International Executive) | Art Lashin - Yellow Candle | Steven Pilchik - MAR Man of the Year: March 14, 2021 | | |
| 132 | 2021-02-08 11:55 | Jerry Brodsky | 173.91.37.93 | B'nai Jeshurun Men's Club - Pepper Pike, OH (325) | Jerry Brodsky | jerrybrodsky2@gmail.com | During our weekly 1hour zoom sessions with members, we conducted a discussion of both Father-Son Relationships and Men & Work. | Jerry Brodsky attended the online KIO regional retreat. In addition, our club had Tom Sudow attend a meeting and explain FJMC. | | Conducted virtual bus trip to NYC, author event and trivia nights with Sisterhood. | Participated in chanukah gift bag procurement, distribution and online program participation. | Comedy benefit for food banks in CLE and around the country collecting over $10,000 to go directly to them. | Participated in Mahzor distribution for High Holidays during a pandemic. Helped in synagogue library. | Saturday morning service identified as Mens Club Shabbat. We speak about the club and its programs and accept aliyot. | | | | We partnered with Tiffereth Israel (Columbus) on the comedy-benefit night. | | Current officers have agreed to remain in place a second year. Younger members are being approached about succession planning. | | Monthly synagogue publications and weekly emails include Men's Club activities. We also do monthly member emails. | No | No | Tom Sudow, FJMC International President | Jerry Brodsky has volunteered to participate in Wine on the Vine committee; as of this date no action has been requested. | | Support synagogue librarian by culling from the collection, after which he personally takes Jewish books to So. Africa and other Jewish library collections. | |
| 131 | 2020-08-31 11:43 | SethSchneids | 73.57.213.38 | B'nai Torah Congregation Men's Club - Boca Raton, FL (1345) | Seth Schneider | seth@schneids.co | Hearing Men's Voices - This year's Sunday Speakers Series presenters including the Mayor of Boca Raton & a Former US Ambassador | Seth Schneider attended LDI | We are developing and funding new shiva prayer booklets with our Rabbis for our synagogue community. | Latkahs and Vodkas | Build-A-Pair | Build a sukkah for an assisted living facility | We spearheaded the 1st annual golf tournament which netted over $30,000 for our synagogue. | MC Shabbat 2-29-20 | | | Through our Rabbi, our Club offers scholarships to Camp Ramah. | | | Ross Berman | | Monthly meetings, email communication | No | No | Elliot Burns, Regional Officer | | We were going to host the regional MOY event but it was canceled. | | |
| 130 | 2020-08-31 09:56 | msmerling | 65.207.105.10 | Temple Beth Sholom Men's Club - Cherry Hill, NJ (561) | Drew Burach | dburach@archerlaw.com | We run a "Jews Brews and Views" program. In 2019 - 2020 we ran two (2) of these programs. | Joe Swerdlow, Marc Cohen, and Adam Pollack from our club have attended retreats / training. | We have a Friday dinner we prepare for Shul and we prepare the Kiddush for Saturday following services for Men's Club Shabbat. | We held an "Eggs and Eagles" program with Sisterhood. | We hold a program where we decorate the TBS Sukkah and have a learning exercise with our Rabbi. | Many of our events included community service: book drive / clothing drive / sock drive. | Our Men's Club heads the High Holy Days ushering program. | We held our annual Men's Club Shabbat in 2020. | | | We were scheduling a father - son day at a minor league ballpark but it was cancelled due to COVID. | | | Michael Perlow | | We use constant contact and direct email communication as well. | Yes | Yes | Marc Cohen - FJMC - MAR President | Joe Swerdlow - FJMC Toronto Convention Co - Chair. | FJMC - MAR Man of the Year 2019 was held at our synagogue. | | |
| 129 | 2020-08-30 17:47 | jeroldgreen | 24.190.29.238 | North Shore Jewish Center Men's Club - Port Jefferson Sta., NY (894) | Jerold Green | jeroldg7@optonline.net | Softball League for 2018-2019 year completed in June 2019 | Dan Granek, a member of the FJMC International board, attended our Scotch and Steak in the Sukkah, 10/20/2019 | | Joint Breakfast 11/17/19 Spotlight on the Jewish Military Chaplain. Comedy Night 11/9/19 Art Auction 2/1/20 | Visit Jewish cemetary on former grnds of Central Islip Psychiatric Hospital to say Kaddish for fmr patients interred thr | | Provide Ushering for High Holiday Services | Friday night 1/10/2020 | | | Family Bowling 1/19/2020, Religious School and Youth Scholarships, Holiday Parade | | | Jerry Green (2019-2021) Ben Etkin (for 2021-2023) | | | Yes | Yes | | Dan Granek member of the Affinity Committee | | | |
| 128 | 2020-08-28 15:37 | Surfer5773 | 47.156.2.106 | Etz Chaim Men's Club - Thousand Oaks, CA (1036) | Benny Sommerfeld | bsommerfeld@fjmc.org | in April: Coping with COVID a Men's Club perspective | 6-7 members attended our virtual retreat; visitation of regional and international representative several times at Board Meeting | | Our MC shabbat was joint program with Women of TEC | Build-A-Pair | | Usher for the High Holiday | Saturday morning from A to Z, 30 + members volunteers participated | | | | | | Brian Tepfer | | Constant Contact Emails | No | Yes | Gary Katz Regional President | Benny Sommerfeld LDI-Regional Track Co-chair | Local LDI meetings | | quality_club_application_comments.docx (13 KB) |
| 127 | 2020-08-27 14:43 | iletofsky | 198.167.186.164 | Temple Sinai Men's Club - Dresher, PA (551) | Ira Letofsky | iletofsky@yahoo.com | group of men's club members periodically get together for Sunday or evening bike rides | Virtual Drink Tank Think Tank/ quad regional retreat-unfortunately covid cancelled | n/a | smoke & mirrors magic theatre show and dessert buffet with synagogue sisterhood | n/a | Project H.O.P.E annual program to deliver food to 800+ needy families,due COVID delivery cancelled but goods distributed others | men's club plays active role in ushering high holiday services, one member is the head of ushering committee | lead saturday morn. serv. 2.8.20 40 participants, all facets of service followed by delicious catered lunch by mens cl | n/a | n/a | looking at go carts with kids cancelled due to COVID | n/a | n/a | Grant Raskin | | constant contact updates, created a Facebook page to reach additional people | Yes | Yes | Alan Budman FJMC International VP and Bruce Fagan FJMC Marketing Task Force | Alan Budman FJMC international VP /marketing Bruce Fagan FJMC marketing comm. | man of the year dinner attended by Paul Bratt Jeff Workman Dan Fein Ray Kail Alan Budman Bruce Fagan Sam Domsky and 8 others | n/a | |
| 126 | 2020-08-23 17:55 | CAI Mens Club P... | 76.117.180.66 | Agudath Israel Men's Club - Caldwell, NJ (963) | Michael Chiaet | mchiaet@gmail.com | Discussions with Medical Professionals about COVID 19. | Harvey Hershkowitz attendng Regional confrences and meetings | | Purim Carnival | World Wide Wrap and selling Teflim | | High Holiday Ushering | was scheduled, canceled due to virus | | | Our Jack Lippe Scholarship | CAI Mn's Club Baseball Team | | Jonathan Mehl | | Email, annocuments in Shul publications(weekly and monthly) and phone calls. | Yes | Yes | Marty S Regional Board Member | Exec Board | Board Meeting, set up the Regional Dinner | Walk for Israel | |
| 125 | 2020-08-19 16:54 | davidj920 | 69.248.88.247 | East Brunswick Jewish Center Men's Club - E. Brunswick, NJ (953) | David Julis | doovey920@gmail.com | We host and sponsor ongoing basketball and softball programs for our membership. | We attend regional meetings which include club training by FJMC representative and/or consultant | Our Minyans are led by our Mitzvah Corps, but Men's Club is an active and vital participant. | We have had joint Friday Shabbat dinners and programs with Sisterhood. | We have instituted the Yad Shel Chai Program | We participate with Jewish Family Services to deliver Passover food to the needy | We usher and welcome during Shabbat Services and the High Holidays. We have refurbished our Beit Midrash. | Annual Men's Club Shabbat on Saturday morning. | We have an ongoing program combined with our membership committee. | | We have an annual Sukkah Hop with youth. Send gift cards to college students for Chanukah. Co-sponsored family Chanukah show. | We participate in a regional Jewish softball league which includes members of other synagouges (Beth Shalom, B'Nai Tikvah) | We have purchased complete HMV sets and other publications. | Howard Jacobs | | Emails, Facebook, Website | Yes | Yes | David Julis - NNJR Treasurer | International Past-President Bob Levine involved in Wine on the Vine program | Attend MOY event | Participate in Mercaz | |
| 124 | 2020-08-13 11:10 | jstark9 | 174.44.40.192 | Huntington Jewish Center Men'S Club - Huntington, NY (886) | Jeff Stark | jstark9@optonline.net | Redeveloping the HJC softball team. | Ofer Rind and Jeff Stark attended FJMC Convention in Toronto (July 2019) Hosted January 2020 Regional dinner/meeting. | Continued support for the Minyan of comfort program. Over 10 HJC Men’s club members have been trained as part of this program. | Participated with Sisterhood on joint honoree shabbat program, Sisterhood cookbook, Corvid-19 Hero Shabbat Dinners | Built the HJC's Sukkah. financially supported the Build-a-Pair and Holocaust education programs for religious school | Supported HJC blood drive, local food bank deliveries and homeless men sheltering in the HJC synagogue during the winter (HIHI) | Cooked & served brunch for Purim and Hanukkah events. Contributed to the HJC Kol Nidre campaign, repaired Rabbi's deck | Participated with Sisterhood in HJC’s Men’s club/Sisterhood Shabbat | | | Family ice skating event | | Purchased FJMC Build-a-Pair sets and other FJMC items at the convention in Toronto. | Ofer Rind | | Group emails informing Men's Club members of meetings/events. Listings in Synagogue weekly mailings and monthly bulletin | No | Yes | | Ed Fleiss FJMC NY Metro Secretary | | | |
| 123 | 2020-07-31 15:53 | Paul Kaplan | 76.99.95.80 | Shaare Shamayim Men's Club - Philadelphia, PA (575) | Paul Kaplan | editright365@gmail.com | Program to introduce members to FJMC membership benefits | Attended Convention in Toronto (2 members) | | Meet the Candidates (with Chaverim) | Build Sukkah; Yellow Candle: distributed 429 candles; earned $779.52 | | Publish annual Yizkor book as synagogue fundraiser; Ushering at fundraising event | Friday night Men's Club Shabbat | | | | | | Neil Goloff | | Articles in synagogue newsletter; emails; phone calls | No | No | Paul Kaplan, Recording Secretary, Middle Atlantic Region | | Barry Leiber, Paul Kaplan attended Man of the Year dinner | | |
| 122 | 2020-07-27 20:54 | BSMC-EP | 151.197.14.166 | Beth Sholom Men'S Club - Elkins Park, PA (532) | Steven Pilchik | shpilchik61@gmail.com | Me-Too Movement, Let's Discuss It | MAR Biennial Quad-Regional Retreat | | BSMC & Sisterhood Veteran's Shabbat | Taco, Tequilla and Torah with the Rabbi - Apps, Torah Talk and Dinner | Financially support and participate in various Food delivery to the needy in Philly area. Incl: Project HOPE and JRA | BSMC Organizes Evening Minyan leaders throughout the year | MC Shabbat - Saturday, February 29th, 2019 | | | BSMC supports Camp Ramah with Scholarship contributions | Baseball in the Park - Phillies Baseball Game with Adath Jersherun Men's Association | Yes - Jewish Men at Crossroads, CES-Volunteer, Prayers and Invocations | Steven Pilchik | | Installment/Updates in Synagogue Newsletter | Yes | Yes | Elliot Miller - VP MAR Regional Board | Art Lashin - International Executive: Yom Hashoah | David Sternberg - Man Of The Year Gala - Dec 2019 | | |
| 121 | 2020-07-24 16:11 | Friedberg (not verified) | 74.98.184.229 | Beth El Men's Club - Norfolk, VA (1120) | Howard Horwitz | hhorwitzintune@gmail.com | Club is listening to FJMC Webinar on The Changing Role of Jewish Men by Dr. Paul Davidson w/follow-up zoom discussion | LDI | | | Led services at Beth Shalom Home | Delivered food and books for Park Place School, a private school for disadvantaged youth. | Ushering | | | | Contribute funds for Camp Ramah scholarships | | | | | Email and regular program advertising in synagogue newsletter | No | No | | Alex Pomerantz, co-chair of convention program committee | | Donating money to the Abuyadaya congregation in Uganda | |
| 120 | 2020-07-24 00:04 | bnai shalom | 98.35.94.7 | B'nai Shalom Men's Club - Walnut Creek, CA (1094) | Jonathan Medwin | puckmansr@aol.com | Program in Dec. 2019 on taking care of adult parents, estate planning, power of attorney, long term disability insurance,etc. | Several (3) of our clubs members attended the Virtual Western Region Retreat on May 17, 2020including Jon Medwin. | | We held a joint Men's Club/Women ofB'naiShalomgamenight in the Sukkah. | We held a Virtual Seder sponsored and coordinated by the CBS Men's Club | The CBS Men's Club volunteered to prepares and serves food in a Martinez, CA homeless shelter in December,2019 | CBS Men'sClub have volunteered toserve as ushers during the2019 High Holy Days | Held virtually on May 2,2020.WR President Katz participated. | | switched to compostable/biodegradable platesand utensils for Men's Club events involving food. | Had a Father Child Movie Event he Sunday following Thanksgiving 2019 and a Father/Child NFL Viewing Party at a pizzeria. | | Made a book purchase. | Jon Medwin | | We use e-mail blasts with a cbsmensclub@aol.com address, as well as an updated website | Yes | Yes | Jon Medwin, Training Vice President | | Western Region Man of the Year/Youth of the Year attended by Jon Medwin | Contributed funds to a conservative congregation in Santa Rosa that was dealing with wildfire damage. | congregation_bnai_shalom_mc_2019-2020_quality_club_award.docx (11 KB) |
| 119 | 2020-07-23 11:47 | TBEMC Men's Club | 50.243.79.225 | Temple Beth-El Mekor Chayim Men's Club - Cranford, NJ (909) | Craig Schwartz | rcsacs@aol.com | Hearing Men's Voices as part of our Torah on Tap monthly gathering with Rabbi | Member attended Regional retreat and Convention | | Hosted Speaker with Sisterhood | Monthly program for Torah on Tap with Rabbi leading | Collecting food at our annual Thanksgiving program | Ushering on High Holidays, Sukkah Building | Planned Men's Club Shabbat postponed due to Covid-19 | | | | Annual Veteran's Day program on Nov 10 2019 with Clark & Scotch Plains Men's Clubs | | Seth Farber | | Email activities to members | No | Yes | | | Several Club Members Attended Man of the year event in Dec 2019 | | |
| 118 | 2020-07-21 13:48 | mjcmensclub | 108.46.219.148 | Midway Jewish Center Men's Club - Syosset, NY (890) | Matt Kogan | mjcmensclub@gmail.com | Hearing Men's Voices (every other Tuesday during the pandemic with various topics from mental health to family relationships ..) | Jonathan Brody attended regional retreat and we have had FJMC regional reps multiple events (golf outing, Scotch, Steak & Seder) | | Multiple events with Sisterhood (Taste of Israel, Israel Tour Guide Speaker, etc.) | Pirkei Avot learning session in honor of Rabbi Rank's 20th anniversary at Midway | | Men's Club is in charge of High Holiday ushering program each year | We've held Friday Night Men's Club Shabbats | | | Islander game; family bowling night (postponed due to Covid) | | | Matt Kogan (term does not end until July 2021) | | Email, weekly synagogue e-mail blasts, information on synagogue website, printed in booklets on Shabbat | No | Yes | | | Marshall Starkman (along with many of our members) attended Man of the Year | Promoted voting of Masorti movement | |
| 117 | 2020-07-20 16:01 | dscherr | 108.14.92.124 | Temple Israel Men's Club - Great Neck, NY (841) | David Scherr | dsactuary@aol.com | Calisthenics prior to the start of monthly meetings | 2019 Convention attended by David Scherr | Many members of our Club are members of the Synagogue's Pastoral Committee. We visit Shiva homes and also lead Shiva minyans. | | Scotch and Seder meeting with the Rabbi where he has an open discussion about and running the Seder. | Club members deliver food to needy families monthly (currently 21 families). Additional deliveries for Rosh HaShana and Passover | Club members serve as Gabbais. Also, many members read the Torah, Haftorah. Members also lead davening when the Cantor is away. | Members practiced to lead a Friday night service on Shabbat Hachodesh, but Synagogue was closed due to COVID. | | We use recyclable materials for our meetings. | Attended a New York Jets game in November, 2019 - members did bring children. | Rabbinic dialogue via Zoom, sponsored by our club, the club in the orthodox shul and the brotherhood in the reform shul | | Michael Becker (continuing from this past year). | | Regular email communication. Telephone calls to those few members who don't have computers. Programs advertised in Sya | No | Yes | David Scherr - Regional Treasuer | | We scheduled a regional MOY dinner for April. Our honorees were chosen. Ads were submitted. Cancelled due to COVID. | | quality_club_awards_note.docx (12 KB) |
| 116 | 2020-07-20 15:05 | neveshalom18 | 47.22.34.250 | Neve Shalom Men's Club - Metuchen, NJ (962) | Tyler Bonus | matthew.bonus@gmail.com | Minyan ride - People came to a Sumday Morning minyan and then want on a 5- mile bike ride. | Attended LDI - Regional Retreat was cancelled due to Covid | | | We have a weekly talmud study class followed by pizza and beer. | Participate in the town's annual Thanksgiving day parade and run 4 blood drives a year | We have had many a clean up around the synagogue | Men's Club Shabbat was scheduled and then cancelled due to Covid | | | | Bowiling night held with Highland Park, NJ Men's club | | Dan Hirsch | | we send emails to the members as well as a neve Shalom Men's Club facebook group. where we post meeting and other activi | Yes | Yes | Matthew Bonus Vice President of the NNJR Region | Communications Committee | Lon Dobbs was our Man of the Year, Many members attended the Regional Man of the Year dinner | Voted in the Masorti Election - Donated World Wide Wrap collections to Rabbi Simon T'ffilin charith | |
| 115 | 2020-07-20 11:21 | DiamondMC | 32.213.190.202 | Beth El Temple Men's Club - West Hartford (217) | David Diamond | daviddiamond2@comcast.net | Walks around the Reservoir every Tuesday and Thursday, sponsored by Beth El Men's Club | The Retreat at Camp Ramah, sponsored by NE Region, June 2019 | | Co-Sponsored two Saturday evening socials: Trivia Night and This is Jeopardy! | | Provide support for CT Voices of Hope, a local organization created by descendants of Holocaust survivors. | Ushering on High Holidays | | | | Donations to Temple's Camp Ramah Scholarship Fund | Sunday morning Minyan service & breakfast at a home with views. Co-Sponsored w/ Emanuel Synagogue Brotherhood, W. Hartford, CT | | Tom Falik and Jacob Kovel (Co-Presidents) | | e-mails, Temple newsletter, mailings | Yes | Yes | | | | Donations to Mercaz, USA | |
