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"Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time." - Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Steven Mandel MD is Clinical Professor of Neurology at Hofstra/Northwell and adjunct Professor of Medicine at New York Medical College. He is a Member of Park Avenue Synagogue and Sutton Place Synagogue. His parents immigrated from Hungary and Czechoslovakia in the 1930’s and settled on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
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Attention Golfers!!!
Support the Federation of
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WIN A DREAM GOLF TRIP!
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The new observatory. The strongest of its kind in the world – at the measly cost of about $2 million.Credit: Ben Kelmer/The Weizmann Institute of Science | |
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Israel's Weizmann Institute Scientists Build Strongest Telescope of Its Type
(Haaretz | Israel News) — Built for a pittance – $2 million – new observatory in Arava Desert will have largest field of view of any telescope...
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Evan Gershkovich, a Moscow correspondent at the Wall Street Journal, has been arrested in Russia and charged with espionage. His colleague Shayndi Raice is calling on Jews to place an empty seat at their seder table as a gesture of support. (Photo of Gershkovich: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images; #FreeEvan image via Twitter) | |
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A new symbol at some Passover seders: an empty seat for Evan Gershkovich, Jewish journalist jailed in Russia
(JTA) — Gershkovich, a New York native and the son of Soviet Jewish refugees to the United States, is a Moscow correspondent with the Wall Street Journal...
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In the final scene of “We Will Never Die” at Madison Square Garden in March of 1943, cantors sing kaddish for the 2 million Jews who had already died in the Holocaust. | |
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‘A challenge to the soul of man’: 80 years ago, Hollywood stars pleaded for Europe’s Jews
(Forward) — The audience at the mass memorial overflowed Madison Square Garden, the site four years earlier for a rally of American Nazis...
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Burt Fischman Leadership Development Campaign
- Helps Finance other leadership training programs of the FJMC in the years ahead!
- Provides Leadership Scholarships!
- Brings New Programming and more!
For more than a quarter-century, Helps our friend, mentor, and teacher, Dr. Burton Fischman, z'l, (affectionately known as Captain Ruach) taught and exemplified leadership and leadership development, so that Jewish men and the Federation of Jewish Men's Club became the best leaders that they could be.
For many years, Burt was a fixture at most FJMC Executive Committee meetings, training the International Officers in the myriad skills necessary to lead men to accomplish the organization's goals.
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The FJMC is now offering
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for a very low $36 a year!
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Join us for Yiddish Alive!
Advanced Yiddish Group
Monday, April 17, 2023
at 8pm ET
Hosted by Jeffrey Newton,
Joe Rotstein, Esther Scheer
and Barry Wagner
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Sports Affinity Group
presents:
Author Jonathan Eig
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
at 8:00 PM ET
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Jonathan Eig is the Author of five books three of them New York Times best sellers. Ken Burns calls him a "master storyteller." Joyce Carol Oates referred to his book, Ali: A life, as "an epic of a biography."
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Join us for Torah Talks
Thursday, April 20, 2023
at 7:30pm ET
Conversations with Norm Kurtz and Benny Sommerfeld
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Join us for Yiddish Lite!
Beginner's Yiddish Group
Alternate Tuesday Evenings
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
at 8pm ET
Hosted by Al Davis
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You do not need to be an FJMC member to join.
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“We at Neve Hanna believe in Giving as a way of life. We reshape our children from being the beneficiaries to being donors and contributors to their community. The children who are in-need are now making a difference in the community." | |
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Streetlight Program: Neve Hanna Shines Light and Hope for Families In Need on Passover
by Lisa Pollack
At Neve Hanna Children’s Home in Kiryat Gat, Israel, there is a bright light and its name is Streetlight. Young people lighting up and doing good in their community. The Young Leadership program, Streetlight operates by the motto: “The best thing in the world is to do good deeds for others.” This year for Passover, Neve Hanna planned, fundraised, packed and distributed over 120 parcels of food supplies to families in need within the community.
Click here to read the article in its entirety.
Visit the website to learn more about this incredible magical home.
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FEDERATION OF JEWISH MEN'S CLUBS
BIENNIAL INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
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The NY Metro Region is now offering a $500 stipend to all NY Metro 2023 Convention attendees. | |
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Yom HaShoah
Around the Region
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Yom HaShoah
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Virtual Program
Sunday, April 16 at 7pm
My Conversations with Eli Wiesel:
Lessons Learned for our World Today
presented by Marvin Kalb, Distinguished Journalist
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Congregation Etz Hayim
at Hollis Hills Bayside
210-10 Union Tpke, Hollis Hills, NY
Community Yom HaShoah Observance
Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 11am
Sponsored by:
Congregation L'Dor V'Dor
Temple Torah of Little Neck
Cong. Etz Hayim at Hollis Hills Bayside
Program available via zoom
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Park Avenue Synagogue
50 E 87th Street, New York, NY 10128
www.pasyn.org
Yom HaShoah Commemoration
Monday, April 17, 2023
6:15 pm / Pre-event reception with light refreshments
7:00 pm / Commemorative program and dialogue
PAS Clergy and Guest Richard Hurowitz
Register here
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Temple Israel
108 Old Mill Road, Great Neck, NY 11023
www.tign.org
Yom HaShoah Commemoration
Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at 7pm
Please join us in our Sanctuary (also on TIGN Zoom) when Temple Israel of Great Neck and Temple Beth-El of Great Neck commemorate Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Click here for further information.
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Temple Beth Sholom
401 Roslyn Road, Roslyn Heights, NY 11577
Phone: 516-621-2288
tbsroslyn.org/event/yom-haatzmaut-weekend/
Yom Ha’atzmaut Weekend
April 20, 2023 - 8:00 pm - April 23, 2023 - 12:00 pm
RSVP by April 18th!
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Temple Beth El of Cedarhurst
46 Locust Avenue, Cedarhurst, NY
Phone: 516-569-2700
office@templebethelofcedarhurst.org
Men's Club Showing Four Academy Award Winning Films
From the Simon Wiesenthal Center
On selected Mondays
from January through April
All Films will be on ZOOM ONLY
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Dix Hills Jewish Center
555 Vanderbilt Pkwy,Dix Hills, NY 11746
Phone: 631-499-6644
DHJC.ECA.PTA@GMAIL.COM
www.dhjc.org
The Early Childhood Academy Invites You to our First Annual
Earth Day Theme Art Show & Fundraiser
Featuring Our Children's Artwork
Sunday, April 23, 2023
1pm - 3pm
Admission: $18/per family
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We are no longer accepting bulk Yellow Candle orders.
However, you can still order individual candles (one or more than one) from the Store. Click here.
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Light on Erev Yom HaShoah
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Monday, April 17, 2023
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How to Celebrate Passover
In New York
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Second Night Online Seder with My Jewish Learning
Rabbi Moishe Steigmann and My Jewish Learning will host “A Night to Remember,” a second night online seder on Thursday, April 6 at 6:30 p.m. Tickets for the interactive, three-hour seder begin at $18. Register here.
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Upstate Vodka, made from New York Apples, is both certified kosher and certified kosher for Passover. (Bill Brady) | |
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This kosher-for-Passover apple vodka lets New Yorkers drink local this holiday
(New York Jewish Week) — When it comes to alcoholic beverages and Passover, the most common association is wine — consuming four cups of wine, after all, is an essential element of the Passover seder. But at Ilio Mavlyanov’s home in Forest Hills, Queens, there will be cocktails on offer, too...
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Intergenerational Community Seder and Israeli Folk Dancing at 92NY
Rabbi Samantha Frank and Rebecca Schoffer will host 92NY’s community seder on Thursday, April 6 at 5:00 p.m. The seder, open to all ages and religious affiliations, will focus on singing and storytelling. Tickets start at $125 and include a full dinner, wine and dessert; the event will take place at the Y’s Buttenweiser Hall (1395 Lexington Ave).
Find more information here.
Bonus: On Saturday, April 8, bring the family to the Y for a Passover Israeli Folk Dance Party, which will teach circle, partner and line dances. Tickets are $20, register here.
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This is the first year that Eli Zabar, the Upper East Side gourmet grocery and cafe chain, has offered chocolate matzah ice cream. | |
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Eli Zabar debuts a chocolate matzah ice cream, just in time for Passover
(New York Jewish Week) — Move over, donut hamantaschen! Now that Purim has come and gone, let's think about Passover desserts. Famously tricky to get right, but with huge potential to steal the show, traditional Passover desserts include macaroons, flourless cakes and chocolate-covered matzah...
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TOP 10 JEWISH HISTORY SITES ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE
(untapped new york.) — Around the turn of the 20th century, thousands of Eastern European Jews immigrated to the United States and settled on the Lower East Side...
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The full cast of "Best Friends," which is being mounted in New York by the Israeli Artists Project. (Ohad Kab) | |
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A 1990s Israeli play is the feminist production NY needs right now
(New York Jewish Week) — When Anat Gov’s play “HaChaverot Hachi Tovot” (“Best Friends”) premiered in 1999, it was an anomaly among Israeli works of theater. In fact, Gov wrote it with anomalous intentions: In an interview before it opened, she called the piece a form of “compensation for the fact that there are no good roles for women...”
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Jeremiah Lockwood, a Brooklyn-based composer and musician, is presenting his latest piece "In di Vayber Shul" in New York on April 2. | |
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A Brooklyn concert will celebrate the forgotten history of women cantors
(New York Jewish Week) — Jeremiah Lockwood, the singer, composer and frontman of The Sway Machinery, is preparing for an upcoming concert by “doing a lot of talking to ghosts...”
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The Golden Age of Junk Science Is Killing Us
Misinformation is being spewed, weaponized, and consumed at a deadly rate. Fortunately, there's a way out. Here's how to make sense of what you're seeing...
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Please Apply!
April 27th Deadline!
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- The early bird deadline for Torch Award applications is fast approaching. Submit by March 15th to stay ahead and receive extra credit! We strongly encourage you to please submit your novel program and event ideas in any one of over 20 available and varied categories.
- Don't fret as the application is easy to complete! And there is no limit as to how many applications your club can submit and be awarded! Final Deadline to submit is April 27th.
- Torch Awards will be proudly presented at the FJMC International Convention June 29- July 2nd in beautiful and historic Philadelphia! And prominently featured to all at the International Convention Program Fair!
- Shine the spotlight on your Men's Club to our entire FJMC Community!
- And sharing on your novel and creative programs and events strongly benefits all of our FJMC clubs for the future!
Please visit the Torch Awards site at:
https://fjmc.org/torch-awards-overview
to learn more and submit.
And of course reach out to us for any support needed.
Thank you and in brotherhood,
Torch Award Co-Chairs:
Jonathan Brody
2023 Torch Award Co-Chair
Jbrody627@gmail.com
917-687-4069
Lester Shapiro
2023 Torch Award Co-Chair
lestershapiro@marfjmc.org
610-453-3581
Stephen Sturman
2023 Torch Award Co-Chair
hairman@hairman.net
845-313-0248
Alan Pressman
2023 Torch Award Judging Committee Chair
Ampress1@optonline.net
914-263-5432
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Please Review:
Amendment to the
NYM Region Constitution
To be voted on at our
June 2023 Member Meeting
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Proposed changes to the New York Metro Constitution. Changes are in Blue.
The purposes of this organization shall be as follows:
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To maintain a regional organization of synagogue-affiliated Jewish Men’s Clubs or Brotherhoods and individuals, which are dedicated to the ideals and principles of traditional Judaism, in accordance with the general aims, purposes, and programs of the Federation of Jewish Men’s Club’s (F.J.M.C.), the Masorti Movement, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, the Rabbinical Assembly, and for that purpose, to organize, sponsor, develop, and promote such synagogue-affiliated Men’s Clubs or Brotherhoods.
- To help develop Masorti / Conservative Judaism throughout the Region and among its affiliated clubs through dynamic activities and participation in social, cultural, and /or religious programs.
- To implement the policies and objectives of the F.J.M.C. on regional and club level in conformance with the constitution, by-laws, standards, guides, and resolutions of the F.J.M.C.
4. To participate in the international activities of the F.J.M.C.
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To strengthen the bonds among the constituent clubs, individuals, and regions of the F.J.M.C.
- To carry out such regional projects, activities, and programs as are within the scope of the F.J.M.C.
- To train, motivate and develop leaders within the clubs and region through training and participation in leadership development activities created locally, regionally and by the F.J.M.C.
ARTICLE IV: MEMBERSHIP
Any Men’s Club or Brotherhood within the designated area of the Region affiliated with a Conservative / Masorti synagogue, or any Jewish men’s organization within the region that is in accord with the objectives and goals of the F.J.M.C., the Conservative Movement, and the Region shall be eligible for membership in the F.J.M.C. as a NY METRO F.J.M.C. member. Any individual who is currently not a member of a congregation with an affiliated Club and in agreement with the mission of the FJMC may apply for membership as an “Individual Member”. Organizations and individuals shall be required to pay annual membership dues and supply a current membership roster to the FJMC. The club can terminate its affiliation upon written request to the F.J.M.C. The F.J.M.C. can disaffiliate a club for non-payment of dues and other infractions cited in the F.J.M.C. Constitution and By-Laws.
New Amendment
ARTICLE VI: OFFICERS
SECTION B: QUALIFICATIONS
No person shall be eligible for election to office who is not a member of an affiliate club in good standing.
To be qualified for the position of President of the Region, the candidate must have previously served as President of an affiliated Men’s Club or Synagogue.
Article XIV: CLUBS
The Executive Committee may assign Individual Members to clubs for the purpose of supporting those individual members.
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The answer to the March 24 Issue Trivia: Granada, Spain | |
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40 facts you didn't know about American Jews
Click here!
Do you have any trivia or fun facts that you would like to share for the newsletter? Please contact Lisa at assistant@fjmc.org
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Letters to the Editor
If you have an article of interest, a special event happening at your Men's Club or other news for the New York Metro Region newsletter, please forward them to Lisa Pollack at assistant@fjmc.org
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New York Metro Region Looking for Volunteers!
Marketing
Training
Programming
Fundraising
Inquiries and questions, contact: Aaron Altman at aaltman@fjmc.org
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Please check out our website for the latest news around the region,
the exciting club programs and more.
New York Metro Region Newsletter edited by Lisa Pollack.
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