2020-21 Quality Club Award Criteria and Reporting (Application)
# | Submitted | User | IP Address | Club Name | Name | Email address | Club Participation Description (for item 5.) | Regional event attended (for item 6.) | Minyan of Comfort | Joint Program | Jewish Observance | Community Service | Synagogue Service | Men’s Club Shabbat | Keruv program | Shomrei Haaretz | Father- Child | Joint Men's Club Program | Purchasing FJMC Material | Next President | Email list | Communication method | Budget | Published Calendar | Officer Name | Name Commitee | Attend event | Masorti Activity Description | Document For Attaching to Application |
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| 175 | 2021-05-05 19:56 | TBHBE | 71.224.195.110 | Beth Hillel-Beth El Men'S Club - Wynnewood, PA (522) | Samuel Brint | vibrint@aol.com | synagogue softball league | Regional MOTY | provide shiva dinners and contributions in honor of | Sukkah Village | World Wide Wrap, building the Sukkah Village, decorating the Sukkah | Cook for a Friend, food collection for area food pantries | grill / cook serve food outdoors at various community socially distanced events | working with local church's as to joint programming | purchase of bike rack | planning to go to a Phillies game, when able, working with the new Cub Scouts group | Har Zion and Adath Israel - NY trip, was in the planning process | Wine on the Vine | Samuel Brint | regular group emails, monthly Zoom meeting | No | No | Lester Shapiro, incoming regional President | Lawrence Nathanson, Scott Feuer | MOTY - Howard Elgart, Edward Snyder, Alan Horowitz, Jay Perlman | ||||
| 174 | 2021-05-01 13:56 | TempleIsrael | 75.181.0.211 | Temple Israel Men'S Club - Charlotte, NC (1709) | Michael Eisner | eisner@outlook.com | Fall and Spring Golf Outings | Mike Mogilevsky and Michael Abadi attended Anshei Darom Regional Retreat | We donated and spread mulch in our synagogue courtyard in advance of Sisterhood Shabbat's outdoor service. | Sunday minyan with discussion and Geniza parade bringing sacred documents to the Hebrew cemetery | Our Fall clothing drive for Men's Shelter collected more than 200 new garments. Our sock drive collected more than 600 pair | We had an in-person Sunday minyan followed by pressure washing sidewalks at the synagogue. | Men's Club Shabbat included our leading the service with our members' d'var Torah and sermon | After an in-person Sunday minyan, we cleaned up overgrown trees and shrubs at Temple Israel for a few hours. | Our Spring golf outing included Temple Beth El's (Charlotte) Brotherhood | Josh Loewensteiner | We have a facebook page, monthly e-newsletter, and a semi-annual phone bank | Yes | Yes | We reached out to a South American synagogue about joining online for World Wide Wrap | quality_club_award_addendum.docx (119 KB) | ||||||||
| 173 | 2021-04-30 18:08 | BrandeisMensClub | 108.35.62.218 | Brandeis Men'S Club of Temple Israel - Ridgewood, NJ (969) | David Millman | milldog1978@gmail.com | Ramapo Reservation Hike (November 8, 2020) | Northern NJ Region meeting with visits from Allan Kahan and Alan Budman (February, 2021) | Initiated and lead a weekly Tuesday Night minyan. | Ushered at High Holiday services (at an offsite Day Camp); provided people to ferry items back and forth. | Golf Outing combined with Men's Club from Congregation B'ai Israel, Emerson, NJ | Evan Fleischmann | Yes - need corrected Chaverot access to complete update | Weekly emails; reminder emails before events | Yes | Yes | Eric Weis - Yellow Candle Committee, head of Social Media | David Millman and Denis Vogel: Northern NJ Region Man of the Year Celebration (December 6, 2020) | Eric Weis - on Board of Mercaz USA | ||||||||||
| 172 | 2021-04-29 11:27 | jmberk | 98.115.100.14 | Ohev Shalom Men's Club - Richboro, PA (564) | Steven I Miller | smdr18@hotmail.com | softball league, How to use AED(automated External Defibrillator) on zoom with RN | Fjmc representative came to Men's Club Shabbot and Came to our Men's Club Zoom meeting. | Joint Zoom with sisterhood with Rabbi Shlomo Pereira | Torah on Tap with Rabbi Perlstein, Sunday morning minyan | Participate on synagogue food drives | provide ushers for services | Saturday Shabbot service | Steven I Miller | This was done and confirmed by FJMC | Monday with Men's Club twice a month with programs and email updates sent twice a month. | Yes | Yes | Ron Wolf | Mark Podob | |||||||||
| 171 | 2021-04-29 03:24 | Friedberg (not verified) | 74.98.187.47 | Beth El Men's Club - Norfolk, VA (1120) | Howard Horwitz | hhorwitzintune@yahoo.com | Men met to discuss issues regarding their personal and family matters as connected to the year's covid-19 crisis | Seaboard Regional Retreat | Delivered Purim shalach manot for sisterhood to the congregation | Talmud study with the rabbi | Delivered food and toys for Park Place School, a private school for disadvantaged youth. Contributed other food donations. | Brought in plastic bags throughout the year enabling the shul to get a bench made from plastic | Contribute funds for Camp Ramah scholarships | Completed email list submitted to"Chaverot" | Group emails and regular program advertising in synagogue bulletin | No | No | Alex Pomerantz is member of membership committee and convention program committee | Alex Pomerantz, co-chair of convention program committee | Attendance and participation in the Man-of-the-Year program | Donating money to the Abuyadaya congregation in Uganda | ||||||||
| 170 | 2021-04-27 20:52 | Rebavram | 74.102.248.51 | Highland Park Conservative Temple Men's Club - Highland Park, NJ (910) | Alan Davis | rebavram28@gmail.com | Two programs were crossover HMV and Wellness dealing with CoVid, the effects of isolation, and coping methods | Retreat and Consultant-led regional training. | Joint Program with Sisterhood -- Panel of Speakers Discussing Post Election Outcomes and Thoughts | Chevrusa program studying Pirkey Avot, Continuation of Yad Shel Chai with youth as CoVid situation allows. | Sukkah Elves helping those who are no longer able to put up a sukkah on their own. Team sets up and takes down post holiday. | Hosted Shavuos Challah and Cheesecake Greeting Drive-through during height of pandemic, erected and took down shul sukkah | Men's Club Shabbat -- Saturday AM Only -- Sponsored Kiddush to Go bags. | Collaborated with several other clubs and organizations to sponsor an online Comedy Night event | Ira Kizner | List updated on Chaverot 4/28/21 by Pres. Spencer Brooks | Facebook page, emails, flyers, website | Yes | Yes | Al Davis, Larry Klioze, Rich Nebb -- regional officers | Al Davis -- FJMC consultant, Leading Yiddish Alive Affinity Group, writing for Advantage | Al Davis, Larry Klioze, Spencer Brooks, Marty Golden, several others | |||||||
| 169 | 2021-04-27 17:38 | Brendad02 | 73.150.88.118 | Temple Beth Sholom Men's Club - Cherry Hill, NJ (561) | Marc Cohen | Brendad02@comcast.net | TBS Softball in JAG (Jewish Athletic Group of Southern NJ), Zoom: Men's Club w/former Yankee Ron Blomberg on 9/16/20 | Marc Cohen and Joseph Swerdlow attended LDI | TBSMC helps set up minyans when needed to assist the congregation | Comedy Night with Sisterhood 2/4/2021 | Men's Club Havdalah with the Young Members Group | The Sunday prior to Memorial Day the TBSMC places flags at the Cresent Memorial Cemetery. Collected Books for BookSmiles. | TBSMC handle all ushering for services and events at TBS | Men's Club Shabbat (on-line) 53 men participated - 3/13/2021 | Zoom: Men's Club w/former Yankee Ron Blomberg on 9/16/20 | Purchases Yellow Candles | Michael Perlow | Uploaded to FJMC.org | Email Blast every Wednesday via Constant Contact | Yes | Yes | Marc Cohen will be Vice President on FJMC Int. Board | Joseph Swerdlow Logistics | Doug Zolotor - MAR MOTY Virtual Event | Participation in the WWW with the Hebrew High School | ||||
| 168 | 2021-04-27 15:17 | mariosrodriguez... | 97.97.29.170 | Kol Ami Brotherhood - Tampa, FL (1357) | Mario Rodriguez | mariosrodriguez@gmail.com | HMV sessions held: Men's Health, Men's Search for God, Racial Injustice, Caring for Our Elderly, Estate Planning, & Open Session | FJMC Leadership Development Institute and the Anshei Darom Regional Retreat. | Sisterhood & Brotherhood Shabbat Weekend, and Sisterhood & Brotherhood Bingo Night | Virtual Kabbalah Study Group, and "Virtual Gutsy Torah" study group. | Reverse Tashlich (beach clean-up), and Computer Collections & Donations for schools and kids in need. | Sisterhood & Brotherhood Shabbat weekend, Ushers for High Holy Days, "Chai Guys" (grounds maintenance & beautification) | Sisterhood & Brotherhood Shabbat weekend | Reverse Tashlich (beach clean-up project with other local synagogues) | Yellow Candle Fund scholarship funds for Jewish summer camp, and World Wide Wrap with Kol Yeladim 5th-8th graders. | Speakers program with Congregation Rodeph Sholom, and Craft Beer Tasting & Brewery Tour with Congregation Beth Shalom. | Purchased FJMC Hearing Men's Voices guide books. | Jonathan Zimmer | Yes with 71 of 75 email addresses (94.6%) submitted. | President's column in monthly Chai Lites newsletter, Weekly Watch email announcement, webpage, & Facebook page | Yes | Yes | Florida Region and Anshei Darom Joint Retreat (virtual) | ||||||
| 167 | 2021-04-27 11:03 | hosprx50 | 73.56.157.1 | Temple Torat Emet Men's Club - West Boynton Beach, FL (1344) | Gary Dalin | hosprx50@aol.com | We had a Hearing Men's Voices talk in a outdoor park about expressing Men's concerns about isolation during the pandemic | One of Florida's Regional Vice Presidents makes a report at our Men's Club Board meetings about the activities of the Region | Did not do | We had a Zoom presentation on March 21, 2021 with Sisterhood about the life of Sammy Davis, Jr | Men's Club helped plan the virtual Yom Hashoah program this year with the religious school and the Rabbi | Even during the pandemic, we continued to had Men going to a Jewish Home for the Aged to help package food for those people | Our Men's Club president does screen sharing that shows the prayer book during Shabbat services which makes participation easier | We held our Men's Club Shabbat this year via Zoom on March 12-13,2021 | Did not do | Our Men's Club President asks members to save bottle caps to donate for recycling | We provide summer camp scholarships to Camp Ramah for members children who are attending camp - due to COVID - no takers this ye | We asked a Reform Temple to join us this year for the Yellow Candle program - they did order limited candles from us | We give Art of Jewish Living - The Shabbat Seder Book and Benchers to Bar/Bat Mitzvah's as a Men's Club gift | Currently, nominations committee has not made their slate known yet | Done | We send out weekly E Mails to our members about what is happening not only at our Temple but the local Jewish community | Yes | Yes | Jeffry Charnow, Regional Vice President | The Florida Region did not have any such programs this year due to COVID | For World Wide Wrap, we zoomed this year with a congregation in Kenya - Kehillat Israel - whom we have donated Tefillin to in the past | ||
| 166 | 2021-04-26 21:32 | jbrajer | 24.15.75.189 | North Suburban Beth El Men's Club - Highland Park, IL (614) | Jori Brajer | jbrajer@gmail.com | Hearing Men's Voices program - among other things, did a COVID related program using Zoom allowing for multiple groups | attended Virtual Retreat | Co-sponsored virtual Game and Trivia Night programs | Sponsored the Yom HaShoah event | active leadership role in Moat Chitim food packing and delivery and worked with the clergy to do food donations pickup | Serves as door monitors for Synagogue services, checking temperatures and attendance tracking | Saturday morning services in person and virtual. | Local Men’s Club softball league. 2020 spring/summer league was not played due to COVID, 2021 league will commence in May. | Dan Gross | was updated online by Marc Richards | Weekly club and Synagogue emails and articles in the Synagogue bulletin | Yes | No | Marc Richards | Board of Midwest Region | Jori Brajer - Man of the Year | |||||||
| 165 | 2021-04-26 16:48 | Canadiensa04 | 184.91.127.113 | Ohev Shalom Men's Club - Maitland, FL (1316) | Elliott Davis | Elliottdavisfjmc@aol.com | Hearing Men’s Voices – COVID-19 Pandemic and allow the participants to share their experiences over the past year under COVID. | LDI - Barry LaBoda. | Visit to Leu Gardens in Orlando, Florida to celebrate Tu BiSHvat | Yom Hashoah program, including the lighting of a yellow candle and Holocaust discussion. | Ma'asim Tovim. We prepare food on a monthly basis and deliver and serve the needy at a local shelter. | Our club provides ushers for Shabbat & HH services. | Due to COVID-19 restrictions, we postponed our MC Shabbat until August. | We provide 2 scholarships for children to go to Camp Ramah & 1 scholarship for a child to go to Israel. | Our annual Men's Night In was done virtually with 2 Men's Clubs (Temple Israel, Winter Springs & Congregation Beth Am, Longwood) | Elliott Davis | Monthly Men's Club newsletter (applied for a Torch Award #700) | Yes | Yes | Elliott Davis | Florida Region Board of Directors | cosmensclubnewslettertemplate-october-2020_0.pdf (256 KB) cos_mens_club_newsletter_template_-_november-2020_0.pdf (398 KB) cos_mens_club_newsletter_template_-_december-2020_0.pdf (463 KB) | |||||||
| 164 | 2021-04-26 10:28 | ScottieHo | 72.79.53.90 | Beth El Men's Club - South Orange, NJ (945) | Scott Horowitz | scottieho@gmail.com | We have a Softball Team | LDI - Scott Horowitz attended | We have a semi-monthly program called "Bible and Booze" - A torah study with one of our Rabbis (been virtual this year | During Blizzards, we offer a shoveling service to help out congregants who can't shovel themselves out | Men's Club Shabbat was Saturday 3/6 | this was updated | We have our own email list/google group | Yes | Yes | Scott Horowitz | Trustee - NNJR Region | ||||||||||||
| 163 | 2021-04-25 20:25 | lennyrosenfeld | 173.49.236.205 | Brothers of Israel Men'S Club - Newtown, PA (504) | Leonard Rosenfeld | lennyrosenfeld@msn.com | We hosted speakers on zoom who discussed health related topics including Mental Health (a psychologist) and a Urologist | A regional representative, Michael Dubrow attend all of our meetings | The Mens Club and sisterhood collaborated with our Rabbi on a Jewish Book Author program. | Conducted world wide wrap program. | Food from synagouge member gardens was delivered to local Food Pantries in July and dAugust 2020 | The Mens club provided two $500 schololarships to Synangogue youth doing summer programs | Mens Club Shabbat was held in September. | yes | Weekly emails and Happy Hours | Yes | Yes | Mike Dubrow - Director | Yellow Candle Program | A number of member attended the MAR Man of Year Program | |||||||||
| 162 | 2021-04-25 17:15 | dzwelling | 108.20.153.180 | Temple Israel of Natick Men's Club - Natick, MA (733) | Daniel Zwelling | dzwelling@yahoo.com | We held two HMVs (one hybrid in the Sukkah, one fully virtual, and held 6 walks/hikes and two bike rides | President and a couple other members attended the NERFJMC virtual retreat | We had a Zoom Build a Pair program for our Religious School & Day School 5th graders on 2/7/21 | We funded and delivered Shabbat meals for clients of Jewish Family Service and Temple members on 6/25/20 and 6/26/20 | We constructed the Temple's Sukkah. This year we also executed a 50% expansion of the Temple's Sukkah and paid half the cost | Men's Club Shabbat on 2/27/21 | Purchased Build a Pair kits | Adam Wilen | We submitted our membership lists with email addresses to Chaverot | Regular group emails to the Club and listing of events in Temple's weekly email | No | No | David Singer | FJMC Vice President, Communications | Many members attended NERFJMC's Keeper of the Flame event. We honored our retiring Rabbi of 30 years | activities_in_quality_club_annual_cycle-compressed.pdf (771 KB) | |||||||
| 161 | 2021-04-24 18:10 | bnai shalom | 98.35.94.7 | B'nai Shalom Men's Club - Walnut Creek, CA (1094) | Jon Medwin | puckmansr@aol.com | Hearing Men's Voices Program- The Value of Our Values. This was a discussion and workshop on Jewish values & their importance. | Clubs members attended the virtual regional WWW & awards program 2/6/2021: J. Medwin, Bob Levine, D. Marshak, & G.Knell | Virtual Game Night in the Sukkah with Women of B'nai Shalom:Poker, Mah Jong, and Backgammon. | The CBS Men's Club with our Tikun Olam committee distributed needed personal supplies to refugees affected by COVID-19. | Sponsored free virtual community Second Seder. Also arranged and delivered Seder meals for those who signed up as a pass-through | Held virtually person June 8, 2020 | Yes, purchased Certificate of Appreciation and two Club Past President pins on April 25, 2021 | Jon Medwin | Updated roster on 7/24/2021 and 4/25/2021 | We use e-mail blasts with a cbsmensclub@aol.com address, as well as an updated website | Yes | Yes | Jon Medwin Western Region Training Vice President | Jon Medwin Western Region Nominating Committee | Attended Regional WWW and Man of the Year Virtual Event on February 6, 2021. | Contributed funds to Friends of the FJMC on a monthly basis | congregation_bnai_shalom_mens_club_quality_club_application_supplement_2021.docx (13 KB) | ||||||
| 160 | 2021-04-23 12:26 | DiamondMC | 32.213.190.202 | Beth El Temple Men's Club - West Hartford (217) | David Diamond | daviddiamond2@comcast.net | Men's Club Walk Around Reservoir twice weekly throughout the year, followed by coffee (weather permitting) | New England Region Virtual Retreat in June 2020 attended by Marty Melnick. | Joint programs with Women's Network: 1. Teammates in Citizenship: An Evening With Doug Glanville; 2. World Wide Wrap | Support of the local Kosher Food Pantry, part of the local Jewish Family Services | Provided substantial donation to synagogue to offset costs for High Holiday gifts provided to congregants. | Profits from Yom HaShoah Yellow Candle Program allocated to the Camp Ramah Scholarship Fund | Provided Yellow Candles to a local Reform synagogue that was able to have its first Yellow Candle program | Co-Presidents Tom Falik and Jacob Kovel | Yes | Link on synagogue's website to programming calendar; Synagogue and Men's Club e-mails; Synagogue newsletter | Yes | Yes | Marty Melnick: Advisor to Yellow Candles; Advisor to FJMC Pres. for bylaw changes to permit non-FJMC clubs to affiliate | see above | Tom Falik, David Diamond, and several others attended the regional Keeper of the Flame in March 2021 | ||||||||
| 159 | 2021-04-23 12:17 | a062688 | 73.128.13.54 | Shaare Tikvah Men'S Club - Waldorf, MD (1132) | Keith Meyers | a062688@comcast.net | (b) We set aside part of our meeting for Hearing Men’s Voices program in having discussions of health, work, and relationships. | (a) Edwin Rosenzweig attended Seaboard retreat. (a&b) Keith Meyers attended Seaboard retreat and LDI. | Shaare Tikvah Men’s Club using Minyan of Comfort materials to supplement Shiva services during periods of mourning. | Annual Baffle Bowl deferred due to COVID. | Shaare Tikvah Men’s Club weekly hosts a Torah study group program. | Shaare Tikvah Men’s Club participated with members of the local Boy Scout Troop to share religious observances on Feb. 5, 2021. | Shaare Tikvah Men’s Club virtually hosted a Men’s Club Shabbat on March 6, 2021. | Shaare Tikvah Men’s Club extending honorary membership to non-Jewish spouse for appreciation of his community COVID activities. | Maintain recycling vigilance and not using dumpster facility for recyclable items. | Shaare Tikvah Men’s Club instituted holiday youth program via zoom: crafts, prayers, songs, games, and holiday instruction. | Peter Halikman | Monthly Shaare Tikvah Bulletin details events, e-mail blast just before events. | Yes | Yes | Keith Meyers - Secretary - Seaboard Region | Shaare Tikvah participates in the annual Seaboard Blue Yarmulke Man-of-the-Year. | |||||||
| 158 | 2021-04-22 23:16 | Mitspi | 68.129.96.131 | Congregation Shir Shalom Men`s Club - New City, NY (1890) | Mitchell Spiegel | mitspi@verizon.net | Zoom Chair Yoga Event is scheduled for May, also have Zoom stress management event for 5/19-flyers are not yet created | Virtual Quad Retreat 12/12-13-attended by Mitchell Spiegel | Men`s Club built the Nanuet Hebrew Center Sukkah, Tefillin donning instruction with Rabbis at second WWW event | This year our club finished fundraising for, and purchased a new 24x36 sukkah kit for the congregation | Had a virtual breakfast for Tu B`shvat-and had lecture on composting | Co-Sponsored Youth Art Contest for Hebrew School students on Hanukah with Montebello Jewish Center Club for our joint hbrw schoo | Co-sponsored Virtual Bingo Night and Virtual Trivia Night and Youth Art Contest with Montebello Jewish Center Men`s Club | Mitchell Spiegel, Eric Zweigbaum and Bruce Yore-co presidents for our new club | done | NHC Men`s Club Facebook page and pre event group emails | No | No | Mitchell Spiegel regional VP 2020-21 | Mitchell Spiegel attended the Hudson Valley Region - Man of the year Zoom event | |||||||||
| 157 (draft) | 2021-04-21 13:51 | barry518 | 6.49.136.88 | Chizuk Amuno Brotherhood - Baltimore, MD (1106) | Barry Oslick | barry.oslick@gmail.com | Instituted a Men's Wellness Series. Three Sunday mornings - topics Men's Fitness, Trends in Men's Welness, Mental Health | LDI - attended by Eric Beser | Yes | Yes | Eric Beser - Seaboard Region 1st VP | Barry Oslick attended Seaboard Region Man-of-the-Year program | |||||||||||||||||
| 156 | 2021-04-21 11:19 | sarbital | 69.119.107.201 | Temple Beth Ahm Men's Club - Aberdeen, NJ (923) | Seth Arbital | smarbital@gmail.com | We did a informal zoom session of dealing with the lock down and how to stay connected while not being on site at the temple | MOY/YY virtual program | We cosponsored a virtual Israel Tours (2 sessions) with our Sisterhood | Our club works with our social action committee on food drives, and supporting blood drives | Our club was part of the Covid Task Force, allowing safe onsite (outdoor and indoor services), and our security & safety comm | We are doing a Men's Club Shabbat Under the Stars on June 4th | Our Club initative a multi temple MC committee - 2 events - cantorial concert and anti-semtism program | Seth Arbital (1 more year of terMo | yes | Monthly article in temple publication as well as emails to Club disti list. | No | No | Seth Arbital, President | board | Seth Arbital, Howard Schornstein, Mark Rosenthal - Man-of-the-Year event | Virtual Israel tours | |||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||
| 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 |
