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First Vice- President: Dr. Perry Cooper
Treasurer: Jerry Grammer
Recording Secretary: Sam Hoffer
Executive Liaison Officer: Dr. Barney Seetner
Immediate Past President: Hersh Rosenthal
Support Your Men's Club - See What We Do
Men's Club President - Mark Lapedus
Among our many activities, Beth Tzedec Men's Club is proud of its commitment to Beth Tzedec and its programmes: Shabbatot, gifts to newlyweds and b'nei mitzvah, congregational breakfast programmes, the Torah Fund, the Museum and the Library, Beth Tzedec's AIDS Committee, the Hesed Committee and Out-of-the-Cold programme, the Congregational School, the Jules Surdin Fund, Adult Jewish Learning courses, concerts and Hanukah programmes, the Beth Tzedec Education Fund, Camp Ramah and USDS. Our ability to assist these purposes grows out of our Hanukah and Yom HaShoa Candles Programmes and the support of our congregants for these endeavours. READ MORE
| Beth Tzedec Online Video--Major Addresses and Study |
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Our Men's Club now has a number of previous Beth Tzedec lectures available online. To view all of the presentations, CLICK HERE. |
To receive e-notification of upcoming Men's Club events, click here.
Ushering Help to make Beth Tzedec friendly and organized 
At the request of the Board, Men's Club has recently assumed responsibility for ushering. We invite men and women who would like to serve as greeters and ushers, full or part-time, to kindly respond by clicking here. Please give us your name and contact information. Thank you.
| Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs |
| The Keiruv Project |
Conservative Movement reaches out to Intermarrieds
The Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs, the male volunteer arm of the Conservative/Masorti Movement has just published the second volume in its "outreach series. The book, Let's Talk About It, A Book of Support and Guidance for Families Experiencing Intermarriage and for Synagogue Leadership has been heralded as a major step in recognizing the issues confronted by families who belong to congregations.
Hailed as "an extraordinary book which should be placed high on the agenda of Jewish lay leadership", by Rabbi Harold Schulweis, (Valley Beth Shalom, Encino-Ca) and as "a valuable tool for rabbis and congregations " (Rabbi Baruch Frydman-Kohl Beth Tzedec Congregation Toronto, Canada). Let's Talk About it provides a method and model to offer comfort and guidance to families who have experienced intermarriage.
The 90-page book is composed of essays by rabbis and lay leaders, and a host of programmatic materials that provide a means for opening the issue for discussion within a congregational setting.
The book was field tested for two years by specially trained "keruv consultants" it is published by the FJMC and can be purchased for $14.95 at FJMC.org or 212-749-8100.
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Beth Tzedec started it, and now people do it all over the world. Our Yom HaShoa Candle Programme helps keep alive the memory of the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust. It is modeled after the traditional yahrzeit memorial candle which burns for twenty four hours during periods of mourning and on the anniversary of the death of a family member. The candle's yellow wax and symbol depicting a Jewish star and strand of barbed wire serve to remind us of the yellow arm band which Jews were forced to wear during the Nazi regime. The photo on the candle showing youngsters departing a concentration camp emphasizes the importance of teaching our youth the lessons of the Holocaust, and of remembering the Six Million.
The Yom HaShoa Candle Programme is one of the most highly regarded of our programmes. Not only does it build an awareness of the Holocaust, it, together with our Hanukah Candle Programme, enables our Men's Club to provide scholarships and meaningful services and programmes to our congregation and community. Through this programme, the FJMC has also established an international scholarship fund ''From Darkness into Light'' available to students of USY groups, to help offset the cost of attending the USY Poland or Eastern Europe/Israel Seminar.
To volunteer to assist in this significant programme, click here.
| Beth Tzedec Hanukah Candle Programme |
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The Hanukah and Yom HaShoa Candle Programmes enable our Men's Club to provide scholarships and meaningful services and programmes to our congregation and community. We will deliver Hanukah candles this year during the second half of November. If you would like to help in this project, please click here. |
| for our Yom Hashoa candle programme, see above |
