| 45 | 2023-07-04 10:18 | JMarkowitz | 47.187.199.230 | Beth Torah Men's Club - Richardson, TX (1713) | Jeff Markowitz | jeff.markowitz@verizon.net | Held Hearings Men's Voice programs on Sept 14th 2022 & Jan 18th 2023. Theme was "What is a Good Man"? | Bill Miller and Jeff Markowitz at LDI on August 19 thru 21st | | Held joint Breakfast programs with the Sisterhood on Nov 20th, 2022 & Feb 5th, 2023. | For Yom Hashoah, Reading of the Names Havdalah Service; yellow candle lighting followed by 24 hours of reading names | Held Murder Mystery Fundraising Program on Jan 21, 2023. Recipient was Jewish Family Services. Gold Torch Award winner. | Provided High Holiday usher support for all services and built the award winning Sukkah in the Round. | Organized and hosted Friday night and Saturday morning Men's Club Shabbat and prepared food for Oneg and Kiddush. | | | Day at the Ballpark on April 23, 2023. Included Parking Lot Tailgate and baseball game. | Participated with 4 synagogues in the Feb 12, 2023 World-Wide-Wrap program. | Blended Havdalah with two Cigars and Spirits events in the Fall and Spring. | Bill Miller | Four methods - Weekly eNews, Weekly Shabbat Bulletin, Men's Club Website & Weekly Men's Club Newsletter | Yes | Yes | Yes | David Duchin - Anshei Darom Regional Vice President | David Duchin - Regional Liaison on the FJMC Board of Directors | | | |
| 44 | 2023-06-11 16:43 | hibu444 | 100.2.199.97 | East Meadow Jewish Center Men's Club - East Meadow, NY (833) | Jay Steinmetz | jaysteinmetz56@gmail.com | Weekly bike ride with the rabbi. Men gather at shul after shacharit service and ride bicycles to and from our local park. | Jay Steinmetz Attended: LDI, Shabbaton and Regional Retreat. Club visit from NYM Pres. | | Name that Tune, Latke & Vodka, Synagogue concerts co-sponsored by Men's Club & Sisterhood. | Hebrew Literacy, Conversational Hebrew, Torah study w/ Rabbi, Bible study w/ Rabbi. | Deliver food and clothing items to homeless shelter and local community center. Deliver toys to children wing of local hospital | Usher High Holidays, build shul sukkah, secured new bookcases and organized siddurim + chumashim in our daily chapel library | Organized and ran Men's Club Shabbat Sat, Feb. 10, 2023. | | Run annual Mini-golf at local park. We reach out to young families w/ kids in Hebrew School to join us. | Invite younger member and their families to Mets, Yankees, Rangers, and Islander games. | Join local Men's Clubs with their golf outings & scotch tastings. | Annual event: Scotch & Steak in sukkah. Rabbi discusses reference to beer/ alcohol in the torah. | Neil Zuckerman | Send emails and electronic flyers advertising upcoming events and programs. Advertise MC in weekly newsletter. | Yes | Yes | No | | Jay Steinmetz. International Convention Programming Chairman | Warren Berkowitz, Regional Man of the Year Program | | |
| 43 | 2023-06-01 23:11 | Alan Blitz | 98.114.238.245 | Temple Sinai Men's Club - Dresher, PA (551) | Alan Blitz | asblitz@gmail.com | Wellness: disc golf and softball. Men's voices: deconstruct Saturday morning service | Bruce Fagan has attended these events. | | Men's club and Sisterhood held joint Purim event at a bowling alley | World Wide Wrap, Yom Hashoah candle distribution, Shabbat service deconstruction with Rabbi Wohlberg. | Members of the men's club participated in a few of the food drives led by JRA. | Men's Club and local boy scout troop led Saturday morning shabbat. | Yes we organized a Saturday morning shabbat service with the boyscout troop | Every thanksgiving we participate in an interfaith service with the Baptist and Catholic churches in the area | We held a daddy daughter dance. In mid-June we are going to the Phillies/Braves game with congregation families | The men's club has paid for a mother and son to attend the Phillies game. The price of the seat exceeded her monthly budget... | | We held a havdallah service & bonfire. The bonfire was lit and then we held the service. Afterwards, we had a guitarist play. | Alan Blitz for next 2 years | email | No | No | No | Bruce Fagan and Alan Budman | Bruce Fagan and Alan Budman serve | 2 dozen attended the MOTY event. Alan Blitz was a liaison for this years event. | | |
| 42 | 2023-05-31 09:48 | howard.jacobs20 | 24.0.255.98 | East Brunswick Jewish Center Men's Club - E. Brunswick, NJ (953) | Howard Jacobs | howard_jacobs20@yahoo.com | We sponsor a basketball league, a very popular pickleball league, and have sponsored several synagogue wide hikes. | David Julis attended FJMC LDI in Pearlstone, February 3-5, 2023. | We work with other arms of the congregation to ensure there are minyanim for people who need to say kaddish. | We work closely with our Sisterhood and co-sponsored several programs, including "Medical Mishegas - Myths & Misconceptions." | We run an ongoing Yad Shel Chai Program, encouraging people to learn to read Torah. | Donated money to JFS which was distributed to needy families to purchase food for Passover. | We provide ushers for services on the high holidays, and on shabbat. | Held a Saturday morning service in which members lead the various parts of the service. | Posted a set of "welcome" signs encouraging inclusion in front of our shul and discussed it in a d'var torah from the bema. | Sponsored a "Suukah Hop" that was well attended by children in our Hebrew School. | We raised money selling Entertainment Books, and then donated our profits to sponsor USY youth programs. | We invited all the other clubs of our region to our Top Golf event in 11/22, and it was attended by David Glass, president NNJR. | Ran a very well attended "Burgers and Brews in the Booth" during Sukkot. | Howard Jacobs / Marty Hoffman / Arthur Fliegelman / Neil Kosher | 1) programs promoted in shul e-newsletter 2) part of our shul's website 3) send out emails to our members and to the whole shul | Yes | Yes | Yes | David Julis (executive VP of Northern New Jersey Region) | | David Libowsky was our Man of the Year. He was honored at the regional dinner which was attended by about 30 of our members. | We approved funds to support members from Africa to attend convention. | |
| 41 | 2023-05-30 22:14 | Joel Herman | 173.91.42.103 | B'nai Jeshurun Men's Club - Pepper Pike, OH (325) | Joel Herman | zmanjoel51@gmail.com | happy hour programs covering varied topics, health, finance, travel, comedy | KIO regional retreat, five members attended | | "Pop Tarts" musical dance event with Sisterhood, over 140 congregants and guests atteed | Torah study with Rabbi regularly attended by members. | Men's Club sponsored blood drives | Provide ushers, provide kitchen aids, provide Purimspiel participation | Saturday Men's Club Shabbat, with over eighteen members participating, followed by a MC sponsored cholent luncheon | | Monsters AHL hockey event, good response, several younger families attended and retained interest in the congregation. | "Sukkah Hop" family competition, families participate in showing their Sukkah, from building to enjoying time in the Sukkahs. | | | Joel Herman, second term | Regular monthly emails to our full membership, monthly tidings event listings, weekly announcements in Shul email blasts | Yes | Yes | Yes | Dale Levy, KIO regional president, Harvey Wasserman, KIO regional treasurer, Jerry Brodsky, Kio regional secretary | Jerry Brodsky, inclusion committee chairman | David Cohen, M-o-t-Y, KIO FJMC biennial luncheon, eight additional members attended as well. | participated in World Wide Wrap with two South American congregations via ZOOM | |
| 40 | 2023-05-29 21:01 | barrybalik@gmail.com | 67.176.255.183 | Anshe Emet Synagogue, Chicago, IL | Alan Mintz | mintzad@gmail.com | Hearing Men's Voices: 10/26/22 MANAGING STRESS IN A HIGHLY POLARIZED SOCIETY, 01/223 AM I STILL INVINCIBLE? | B. LDI ATTENDED BY ALAN MINTZ | | HIGH HOLIDAY USHERING INITIATIVE AND DEVELOPMENT | 11/09/2022 KRISTALLNACHT PROGRAM-THE ASSAULT ON OUR DEMOCRACY, 04/17/23 YOM HASHOAH VIOLINS OF HOPE | DONATED $1600 TO THE ARK JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION | 02/12/23 WORLD WIDE WRAP-TEACHING ABOUT TEFILLIN TO STUDENTS AND JEWS BY CHOICE, FLOOR BIMA, AND DOOR GABBAIM | 03/18/23 MEN'S CLUB SHABBAT SATURDAY MORNING | JEWS BY CHOICE CLASS PARTICIPATES IN WORLD WIDE WRAP | | INTERGENERATIONAL PARENT-CHILD BASEBALL, BASKETBALL, KAYAK OUTINGS | LIVE FROM NEW YORK ONLINE COMEDIAN PROGRAM FOR ANSHE EMET MEN'S CLUB AND FJMC WEBINAR | 10/12/22 STEAK AND SHOTS IN THE SUKKAH HONORING CANTOR RACHEL BROOK, MEN, MEAT, AND MIDRASH WITH MILT'S BBQ | GREGG POLLACK AND ALAN MINTZ CO-PRESIDENTS | MEETINGS, FACEBOOK PAGE, CONGREGATION NEWSLETTER, REGULAR GROUP EMAIL,WEBSITE, CLUB PROGRAMS | No | Yes | Yes | JON NORTON REGIONAL EXECUTIVE VP, GREGG POLLACK REGIONAL TREASURER | BARRY BALIK, FJMC IT COMMITTEE AND GREGG POLLACK, FJMC 311 COMMITTEE | REGIONAL MAN AND YOUTH OF THE YEAR EVENT ATTENDED BY MANY CLUB OFFICERS AND MEMBERS | DONATED TO ABAYUDAYA OF UGANDA | |
| 39 | 2023-05-29 15:36 | parkmcpresident | 209.221.12.219 | Park Synagogue Men's Club - Cleveland, OH (335) | Richard Price | parkmcpresident@gmail.com | Men in the Mikvah (10/2/2022). Immersion in the Mikvah before Yom Kippur. Discuss the experience of immersion in the mikvah | KIO Regional Retreat (10/21/2022). Danny Silverstein | | Park’s Trivia/Game Night 3/11/2023, Held a joint program with other groups in the synagogue, including sisterhood. | Sponsor Synagogue Selichot Speaker (9/17/2022). | Men's Club members lead daily minyan services to enable congregants to say Kaddish. | Provide Kiddush Cups for all Bar Mitzvah boys in the congregation. | 3/25/2023. Men's Club lead the Shabbat Morning Service, read torah and chanted the haftorah. | | Take Me Out To The Ball Game. 7/6/2023. Sponsor father-child groups to attend Lake County Captain's Baseball game. | | Participated Event Heart Health with speaker Dr. Dale Levy. 3/19/2023. Collaborated with Temple Emanuel Brotherhood. | Rum & The Rabbi. 12/14/2022. The event included studying bible verses with Rabbi Skoff. | | We send out emails and call new Men's Club members regarding upcoming events. We publish announcement in synagogue bulletin. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Tom Sudow | | 7th Biennial KIO Meeting. 5/21/2023. Attended by Tom Sudow. | Participated in joint World Wide Wrap event (2/12/2023) with Jewish communities in several Latin American countries. | |
| 38 | 2023-05-29 13:38 | TBHBE | 71.224.195.110 | Beth Hillel-Beth El Men'S Club - Wynnewood, PA (522) | Samuel Brint | vibrint@aol.com | synagogue softball league | FJMC regional retreat was attended by Lester Shapiro and Lawrence Nathanson | provide shiva dinners and contributions in honor of | Men's Club and Sisterhood Shabbat services | World Wide Wrap, building the Sukkah Village, decorating the Sukkah, Hanukah menorah lighting | Cook for a Friend, food collection for area food pantries, Tzedakah Games | grill / cook serve food outdoors at various community events, High Holiday ushering | held jointly with Sisterhood | working with local church's as to joint programming | Tzedakah Games | Tzedakah Games, Phillies Game, Cub Scouts | | Scotch N. Steak, Drinks, Dinner & Discussion with Rabbi Witkovsky | Josh Schachter and Benji Goldstein, Co-Presidents | direct emails to core group (monthly), targeted Men's Club email blasts, inserts in weekly congregational emails, flyers | No | No | No | Lester Shapiro, regional President | Lawrence Nathanson, regional VP, on inclusion initiative committee | MOTY - Howard Elgart, Scott Feuer, Alan Horowitz, Jeremy Heller, Jay Perlman | some members will be attending the international convention in Phila | |
| 37 | 2023-05-28 22:59 | jepstein | 68.133.19.214 | Brotherhood of Temple Beth Tzedek - Buffalo, NY (1226) | Jonathan Epstein | jepstein@buffnews.com | We went on a hike on the Eternal Flame Trail in Chestnut Ridge State Park in Orchard Park, NY on Oct. 2, led by member Gil Wolfe | Three of us attended regional retreat in October. I attended LDI. | | | | | We have actively co-hosted holiday programs with TBT Kesher Committee, for outreach to members in need | We hosted Men's Club Shabbat on April 1, 2023 | | We are routinely working to identify younger men to bring into the club and encourage them to be active. | We held a family BBQ and attendance at the Buffalo Bisons baseball game last summer (and will do so again this summer) | We have routinely collaborated on programs with the Congregation Shir Shalom Men's Group (Reform) in a bid to recruit them. | We held Steak and Scotch in the Sukkah on Oct. 13, 2022 | Jonathan D. Epstein | We regularly send out emails of our programs to our members and the broader shul, and also use the TBT newsletter | No | No | No | Jonathan D. Epstein | Jonathan D. Epstein, Clubs Committee; David Schiller, Israel committee | Jonathan Epstein will attend Man-of-the-Year next month. Three attended a regional social gathering in Erie, Pa. | Raised $2,500 for the Abayudaya and brought in Buffalo Jewish Federation for another $5,000. Raised awareness. | |
| 36 | 2023-05-28 18:35 | jaysalinger | 134.238.179.206 | Temple Israel of Natick Men's Club - Natick, MA (733) | Jay Salinger | salinger29@yahoo.com | We had an HMV on the topic of Mental Health on May 10, 2023 | David Singer attended regional retreat and international convention | | | Built sukkah, Led Build-a-pair, WWW. | Held Blood drive. Delivered food to the needy. FInd raiser for Ukranian refugees | We have promoted, attended, and catered breakfast at Sunday Minyan when the synagogue was having trouble getting a minyan, | Men's club shabbat March 4, 2023 | | Led nature hikes after religious school | | Discussed our programs with "sub-regional" leaders. Send some HMV outlines to Newton, Worcester, and Framingham Clubs. | Scotch in the sukkah | David Landman | regular group emails, temple newsletter, plus we post to the temple facebook page to entice non members to join the fun | No | No | No | David Singer, international secretary | | 10 members attended Keep of the Flame | | |
| 35 | 2023-05-28 12:32 | jonlschwartz | 12.233.98.11 | Beth El Men's Club - South Orange, NJ (945) | Jon Schwartz | jonlschwartz1@gmail.com | Men's Club currently maintains both a softball and basketball team. We also sponsor CPR training that is open to all members | We invite regional reps to our annual Burgers & Beer event. We also have members on the Regional board (Scott Horowitz), | n/a | We run the annual Mishloach Manot program with sisterhood. | Regular events called "Bible and Booze" in which we study with our rabbis (with adult beverages) | regular "blizzard brigade," shoveling out members and local families in need. ` | Annual Men's Club Shabbat; Ushers for services; building and dismantling sukkah | Men's Club Shabbat — annual event, including Friday night, Saturday morning and havdalah services | n/a | Maintain a "How to lead a service" program. | n/a | n/a | Annual Steak and Scotch during Sukkot is a major fundraiser. Also regular bible study. | Current president (Josh Mandell) is staying in his position for at least another year. Jon Schwartz has agreed to be next presid | Monthly email to all members of listserv. Also maintain a robust Facebook presence. | Yes | Yes | No | Scott Horowitz, recording secretary | | Jon Schwartz — Man of Year event. We had more than 10 members attend, as well. | Created a multi-pronged World Wide Wrap program. Led sessions with our Hebrew school students, explaining tfillin and showing them how to put them on. Then held a tzedakah drive during the minyan on the World Wide Wrap day. | beth-el-mens-club.xls (66 KB) |
| 34 | 2023-05-27 11:26 | jstark9 | 174.44.33.240 | Huntington Jewish Center, Huntington, NY | Jeff Stark | jstark9@optonline.net | Collaborated with HJC inclusion committee to build ramp in sanctuary and purchase of hearing assistance devices | Scott Herskovitz attended LDI training Aug 2022. Visit from Metro president Dec 2022 and May 2023 | | Participated in programs with sisterhood: Taste of Passover, Purim carnival, Hanukkah happening. | Annual building of HJC's Sukkah, sponsored RS Build-a-Pair program. Joint program with Religious school at NY Holocaust Museum | Assist HJC's active JNN program to make lunches and deliver to Helping Hands Missons throughout the year. | Inspected and cleaned HJC tallisim | Participated with sisterhood in HJC's Men club/Sisterhood shabbat | | Younger men's club member organized "Beer and Bible" social event at Six Harbors Brewery | Annual family day at NY Mets game. Father-child ice skating event | | Conducted steak and scotch sukkah event at which the HJC rabbi led a lighthearted discussion on how to cut bamboo. | Scott Herskovitz | Emails sent to all club members informing them of meetings and events. Information is also provided in HJC Bulletin | No | Yes | No | | | Attended Man of the year event: June 2022 Jeff Stark, Ofer Rind, Larry Feibel, Dan Schoeffler | | |
| 33 (draft) | 2023-05-25 19:50 | beztkin | 68.195.35.141 | North Shore Jewish Center Men's Club - Port Jefferson Sta., NY (894) | Benjamin Etkin | betkin@optonline.net | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | No | No | No | | | | | |
| 32 | 2023-05-25 17:07 | newman911 | 108.24.78.18 | Temple Beth Sholom Men's Club - Cherry Hill, NJ (561) | Nuri Boardman | ganuri@gmail.com | We have 3 teams in the Softball League that runs from April to July | Multiple members will be attending Convention including Joe Swerdlow, Marc Cohen, and Nuri Boardman | | We had a joint event with Sisterhood on Bowling Event 12/5/2022 | | Mitzvah Day on Martin Luther King Day - 1/15/2023 - We made chemo bags for local hospital | Ushered for Rosh Hashanah And Yom Kippur | Mens Club Shabbat weekend on jan 20th and jan 21st | | | | | Steak and Scotch in the Sukkah on thursday oct 13th 2022 | Nuri Boardman | We have weekly blasts that we send out via constant contact | Yes | Yes | Yes | Marc Cohen | Joe Swerdlow | | | |
| 31 | 2023-05-25 13:30 | MarkRosenson | 75.187.80.10 | Tifereth Israel Men'S Club - Columbus, OH (303) | Mark Rosenson | mrosen3216@aol.com | Several members go on bike rides of various lengths at various locations in Central Ohio from April to early November | a. FJMC regional retreat autumn 2022 | | Annual Men's Club Sisterhood Shabbat | Yad Shel Chai program | Hold monthly Shabbat service at an assisted living home. A few of our members now reside there. | Provide ushers for services, do a clean up and organizing project | Saturday morning Men's Club Shabbat (See #2) | | | Attended a Columbus Clippers and a Columbus Blue Jackets game with families included | Our Men's Club and Temple Israel (Reform) planted flags at the Veteran's graves for Memorial Day | Steak, Salmon & Scotch in the Sukkah | Open | E-mail our members on upcoming activities. We work with our program director to also include our info in shul publications | Yes | No | Yes | | | Mark Rosenson Man of the Year Annual Event May 21, 2023 | Participated in an international WWW with KIO and several South American synagogues. | |
| 30 | 2023-05-24 17:20 | behemmer | 71.255.224.174 | Olam Tikvah Men's Club - Fairfax, VA (1147) | Barry Hemmerdinger | behemmer@gmail.com | Hearing Men's voices - Inerfaith families | 5+ at Retreat | | Fundraiser - Casino Night | Sold Sukkah Kits. Built Sukkahs. | Built Sukkah at group home | High Holiday ushers. Weeding cleaning up | Friday Night Men's club shabbat with family shabbat dinner | interfaith focused hearing men's voices | Kahoot Trivia night. Kickball game | Nationals Baseball Game | Natonals Baseball - invite extended to regional men's clubs. At least 3 other men's were represented | Sukkot / Jewished themed Kahoot triva wit hbeer and snacks in the Sukkah | Barry Hemmerdinger - 2nd term | email newsletter. Event reminders. Facebook page. Annual Event Postcard. | No | Yes | Yes | Bob Watts International Executive | | Barry Hemmerdinger - Seaboard Blue Yarmulke | | |
| 29 | 2023-05-24 15:53 | DanHirsch | 69.114.252.146 | Neve Shalom Men's Club - Metuchen, NJ (962) | Daniel Hirsch | danhirsch518@gmail.com | We conducted a HMV program on 11/10/2022 led by Jeff Schulman on the need for men to talk to each other. Basic support systems. | Two of our members (Hirsch, Schulman) went to retreat, and will also attend Convention. | | | We taught the Hebrew school about Tefillin on | We organized a bike ride with the Central Jersey Bike Club in June, 2023 | The Men's club assists with set up and breakdown for the high holy days, the sukkah, engages in clean up efforts | We organized and hosted a men's club shabbat on March 18. | | We participated and helped organize a softball game in the commnity. | The Men's Club held a "welcome back BBQ" and assisted the USY in a an annual carwash | | We held steak and scotch in the sukkah on October 13. | Keith Boxer | We routinely communicate to our regulars via text and to our entire community via email. | Yes | Yes | No | | Jeff Schulman | Jeff Schulman, Stu Mantel | | |
| 28 | 2023-05-24 14:22 | bealbert | 165.225.38.251 | Beth El Men's Club - East Windsor, NJ (980) | Brian Albert | bealbert@yahoo.com | Hearing Men's Voices | Bob Held attended training with the region | | | Lead a World Wide Wrap tutorial for the club and Religious School together | At Synagogue-wide Mitzvah Day the Men's Club leads the Cemetery Clean-up activities | Ushering on High Holidays, Cook/Grill for synagogue functions | We ran Men's Club Shabbat on Parsha Yitro | | | | | Sippin' in the Sukkah | Brian Albert | Write an article in the monthly synagogue builletin. Publish events to a Men's Club email distribution List | No | Yes | No | Bob Held Regional Officer, Rob Blitzer Regional Officer | | We attend Man of the Year | | |
| 27 | 2023-05-24 14:20 | donbocce | 144.160.228.100 | Temple Beth Ahm Yisrael Men'S Club - Springfield, NJ (921) | Glenn Wohl | donbocce@gmail.com | Implemented inclusion signage on property for 2022 High Holidays. Rabbi's Day 1 RH sermon spoke to inclusion. | David Glass, Paul Peyser, and Glenn Wohl attended Quad-Region retreat in June 2022. | | Conducted World Wide Wrap program in conjunction with Women's League. | | | Put up and took down Sukkah for Sukkot. | Men's Club Shabbat to be held on June 10, 2023. Earlier dates not available due to large number of B'nai Mitzvah. | | | | | Steak and Scotch in Sukkah on October 2, 2022. | Glenn Wohl | Monthly emails to membership. Inclusion of events in weekly Temple e-newsletter. Calendar published on website on club page. | Yes | Yes | No | David Glass, President NNJR region | | David Glass and Paul Peyser attended Man-of-the-Year event. | | |
| 26 | 2023-05-22 13:36 | agouraguy | 75.223.227.159 | Temple Etz Chaim, Thousand Oaks CA | Irwin Barney | irwinbarney1@gmail.com | HMV program was conducted on Jun 14 on mentoring -- "who were your mentors, advisors, guides" | Mark Goldstein, club Vice President, attended LDI. Several other senior club members attended as well. | | Led Friday evening and Saturday morning Shabbat services jointly with our Sisterhood on Chol HaMoed Pesach. | Conducted Build A Pair program prior to, and during, the World Wide Wrap. | During the Temple's Mitzvah Day, our club participated in providing sandwiches for Harbor House, which services the homeless | Our club provides ushers for every Shabbat service, as well as the ushers for all High Holiday services | Led Friday evening and Saturday morning services on Shabbat Shuvah | | | Created and promoted new scholarship program to support camp attendance and other youth leadership activities | | Conducted annual Steak, Scotch and Bible BBQ in our Temple's Sukkah on October 12. | Mark Goldstein, our Vice President, has agreed to serve as our next President. | Multiple: Temple email blasts; regular mail; regular club email blasts | Yes | Yes | No | Benny Sommerfeld and Gary Katz are elected EC vice presidents | | | | |
