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Hello Hal,
Welcome to the FJMC New York Metro Region Newsletter.
In this issue, you will find club announcements, upcoming affinity webinars, insightful articles and exciting events happening around the region, important FJMC programs, and the latest news within the Jewish Community and around the globe.
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MEN ARE LOSING FRIENDS AND STRUGGLING TO MAKE NEW ONES - MISSING HEALTH BENEFITS
Sharing a recent article in BBC Science Focus magazine by Ian Taylor.
The benefits of friendship are profound. Having a strong social circle is associated:
- With a longer life and fewer illnesses.
- Your pals lower your blood pressure and trigger positive chemicals in your brain.
- People with a strong social network are less stressed, more resilient and more optimistic.
- They’re more likely to be a healthy weight and less likely to suffer cognitive decline.
- They also enjoy some protection from cancer, heart disease and depression.
- But there’s one group – a big one – that is missing out on these benefits - MEN. Men are lonely.
A YouGov poll in 2019, concluded that one in five men have no close friends, twice as many as women. In 2021, the Survey Center on American Life found that since 1995, the number of American men reporting that they had no close friends jumped from 3 to 15 per cent. In the same research, the number of men saying they had at least six close friends halved from 55 per cent to 27 per cent.
Why do men struggle to make or maintain friendships? And what can we do about it, not just as individuals but on a societal level? Loneliness is a health hazard, as dangerous as smoking or alcoholism, according to some research.
One profound reason the FJMC and the camaraderie it offers have been around for almost 100 years.
Think about it.
Aaron Altman
New York Metro Region President
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TEL AVIV (JTA) — Devora Zien’s tiny apartment in Bnei Brak runs like a factory, but, she admits, not a very smooth one. With 12 mouths to feed three times a day, single-use plasticware is a basic necessity, she says. So when Israel’s then-Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman increased taxes on disposables in 2021, Zien said she was “in total shock.”
“For me, it’s more important than bread and milk,” she said. “It’s about survival. I can’t stand in front of the kitchen sink all day washing dishes — and where would I put a dishwasher even if I could afford one?”
Read the article in its entirety.
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Glass cosmetic containers, cigarette holders and hundreds of other items found under Lodz building; local Jewish community lit a restored menorah on Hanukkah.
WARSAW, Poland — About 400 items believed to have been hidden in the ground by their Jewish owners during World War II have been accidentally uncovered during home renovation work in a yard in Lodz in central Poland.
History experts say that the objects found in the city’s Polnocna Street include Hanukkah menorahs and items used in daily life, TVN24 reported.
Another Polish media outlet, said that perfume bottles and cigarette holders were also found in the trove, located some 70 centimeters underground.
Read the article in its entirety.
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(JTA) — The zoo in Cologne, Germany, has gotten its first check from the $26 million gift promised by the widow of a Holocaust survivor who credited the city’s residents for saving him during the war.
Elizabeth Reichert willed the funds to the Cologne Zoological Garden in 2017 in honor of her husband Arnulf, who died in 1998. Both Reicherts were born in Cologne and met during World War II, when Elizabeth was part of the local anti-Nazi resistance network and Arnulf, a German Jew, was in hiding with the network’s help.
“They only survived the war in Germany thanks to the help of courageous people from Cologne, who offered hiding places to the Jew Arnulf Reichert,” the zoo said in a statement in German this week.
Though they moved to Israel and, after five years, America after the war, Arnulf and Elizabeth maintained affection to the city for the rest of their lives.
Read the article in its entirety.
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World Wide Wrap!
February 12, 2023
Our theme for this year's Wrap is "Hearing Men's Voices and Tefillin - Inspiring the Daily Tefillin Wrap."
We are asking each Club to implement programming with the goal of inspiring the daily mitzvah of tefillin use and run Hearing Men's Voices sessions as a primary format.
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Hoping the WORLD WIDE WRAP will be in-person for many of you.
Of course, it can be done virtually if needed, and whether virtual or in person,
FJMC has created an entertaining and educational WWW ’22 Video for you to use! Download the video and have it on the ready during your Wrap program.
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Welcome to the
Build-A-Pair Program! Now in stock!
The "Build-A-Pair" Program is a fun learning program to introduce 5th to 7th graders to the joy of and mitzvah of Tefillin in Jewish life. The website has an extensive library of educational and How-To documents and multiple videos!
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If your synagogue doesn't have an FJMC-affiliated men's Club, you may not be aware of the Build-A-Pair program, an outstanding arts and crafts and religious education program about tefillin.
Questions:
Buildapair.fjmc@gmail.com
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New York Metro Region
Is Seeking A Volunteer
Marketing Communications "Maestro"
- Newsletter
- Email Announcements
- Mailing Lists
- And more
Inquiries and questions, contact: Aaron Altman at aaltman@fjmc.org
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New Affinity Group!
Israeli Music Today
Hosted by Jason Hecht
Sunday, January 15, 2023
12:30pm ET
11:30am CT
10:30am MT
9:30am PT
Israeli Music Today - It's much more than "Hava Nagila"!
Join us for a presentation hosted by Jason Hecht, featuring songs and singers popular in Israel, over the past few years.
Register here!
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Questions or more info? Have a suggestions for a presentation?
Please contact group leader, Jason Hecht.
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Sports Affinity Group
presents:
Steve Rosenberg, Author
Managed, Marketed, and
Operated some of America's best
known and most interesting Sport events.
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
at 8:00 PM ET
Register here!
We look forward to seeing you there!
Your Group Leaders:
David Kravitz & Danny Mandeau
Questions? Email us at sports@fjmc.org
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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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East Meadow Beth-El Jewish Center
1400 Prospect Avenue, East Meadow, NY 11554
516-483-4205
www.eastmeadowjc.org
World Wide Wrap & Breakfast
Sunday, February 12, 2023
At 9:00 AM
RSVP by February 8 with Michael Turner
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Welcome to the
Build-A-Pair Program! Now in stock!
The "Build-A-Pair" Program is a fun learning program to introduce 5th to 7th graders to the joy of and mitzvah of Tefillin in Jewish life. The website has an extensive library of educational and How-To documents and multiple videos!
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If your synagogue doesn't have an FJMC-affiliated men's Club, you may not be aware of the Build-A-Pair program, an outstanding arts and crafts and religious education program about tefillin.
Questions:
Buildapair.fjmc@gmail.com
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Congregation L'Dor V'Dor-OLNJC
Men's Club and Sisterhood
49-10 Little Neck Parkway, Little Neck, NY
718-224-0404
www.olnjc.org
From the City of David to the Abraham Accords
What Ingredients Were Necessary
To Bring Peace To The Middle East
A Zoom Presentation by Aryeh Lightstone
Author of "Let My People Know"
the inside story of the Abraham Accords
Sunday, February 12, 2023
At 11:00 AM
Register here
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East Meadow Beth-El Jewish Center
1400 Prospect Avenue, East Meadow, NY
www.eastmeadowjc.org
Men's Club Shabbat!
Saturday, February 11, 2023
At 9:00 AM
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Come to the
FJMC Convention!
Make Your Own History!
We've waited four years to get together
in-person and we're doing it in "The City
of Brotherly Love"; the home of Rocky, Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, soft pretzels, and now...FJMC Convention!
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Come early, Stay for Fireworks!
Convention is Thursday-Sunday but there's so much to do you're going to want to enjoy our pre and post-convention activities or plan a longer stay to explore Philly your own then enjoy the 4th of July celebration!
| The NY Metro Region is now offering a $500 stipend to all NY Metro 2023 Convention attendees. | | |
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Order Shoah Yellow Candles now.
Light on Erev Yom HaShoah
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Monday, April 17, 2023
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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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Please check out our website for the latest news around the region,
the exciting club programs and more.
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