Men's Club
Men's Club
Please note that the Men's Club board meets monthly. Dates and times can be found on the EBJC Calendar . Meetings are open to the general community.
Quality Club Award
Our club belongs to an international association of Men's Clubs - Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs, or FJMC. Each year FJMC recognizes to those clubs that meet a long list of criteria with the Quality Club Award. Our Men's Club has won this award each year since it was established in 2006! So we must be doing something right!
Upcoming Events
- Hanukah Night with the NJ Devils will be held on 12/17. For more information and to buy tickets, please click HERE.
- Men's club will be sponsoring a discussion of Shards of War, on December 20 at 7PM in the Kroll Ballroom. For more information, click HERE.
- Men's Club, in partnership with EBJC, will be sponsoring a pickleball tournament on 12/24 at at 10AM. For more information please click HERE.
- Our annual Man of the Year / Youth of the Year event this year will be held on January 7, 2024 at B'Nai Tikvah in North Brunswick. For more information and to sign up click HERE.
- Our annual blood drive saves lives! This year it will be held on 1/14/2024. Click HERE for more information.
- Men's Club, in conjunction with Sisterhood, is sponsoring a breakfast with a talk on how to be fit. This is being rescheduled from 12/3/23. More information will be made available as soon as we firm up the new date.
Ongoing:
- Basketball (contact Lloyd Shepetin at leshepetin@aol.com )
- Pickleball (contact Joel Greengarten at jgg998@comcast.net )
Recent Events:
- Hike 5.0 was held on 11/5. These hikes are always fun and well attended.
- Sukkah Hop. This was a fun, kids-focused event that visits several sukkot in the EBJC neighborhood.
- Burgers and Brews in the Booth. This is a dinner in the sukkah, to be held on Thursday, 10/5. For more information, click HERE.
Last Year's Events:
- President's Dinner - June 21 at 6:00PM. Each year the Northern NJ Region of Men's Club (more accurately - NNJR of FJMC) has a dinner where the next president of the region, as well as the presidents of the various local clubs, are installed. This year the dinner was at EBJC and our own David Julis was installed as President of NNJR!
- Holocaust Remembrance Program Focusing on the Jews of Italy.
- Medical Mishegos.
- Men's Club Shabbat
- World Wide Wrap - to promote the mitzvah of putting on Tephillin
- Book and Author Breakfast with Michelle Weinfeld, who discussed her book "From Generation to Generation"
- Annual EBJC Men's Club Blood Drive
- Unsung Heroes Breakfast
- Sales of the Entertainment Book discount app for your mobile phone. For each app purchased at $25 Men's Club made a $10 contribution to our EBJC Youth programs
- Hanukah Night with the NJ Devils
- Talk on the Ritchie Boys - 11/16 - to hear a recording, request access from howardjacobs@ebjc.org
- Hikes - fall and spring. For a picture from our last hike, click HERE.
- Top Golf (fall, spring)
- Burgers in the Booth
- Exodus Book club
- L'Shana Tova Greetings Program
Who We Are:
The EBJC's Men's Club is affiliated with the Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs, whose mission is to involve men in Jewish life.
We sponsor numerous events throughout the year which enrich the EBJC family, including:
- participation in basketball and pickleball leagues that promote the physical health of our members
- religious programs like the Federation’s World Wide Wrap as well as other annual events like the Men’s Club Shabbat/Scholar-in-Residence Program, our Father/Child Shabbat, and our Yom Hashoah Candle Program where we distribute yellow candles to memorialize the שֹׁואָה
- programs of interest to the EBJC community, and our L'Shana Tova greetings program before Rosh Hashana, to promote the relationships between men in our congregation, and between members of the congregation in general
- fund raisers to help support EBJC, both in specific projects like chairs and flat panel displays, as well as in the annual budget; we also make contributions to feed the hungry and support survivors of the Shoah
- programs to support the larger community, such as blood drives and forums for political discussions.
The Men's Club is open to all male members of the EBJC community aged 18 and over. For more information about the Men's Club, click HERE. Men's Club membership is $36 per year ($25 for seniors). To ask questions and/or to express your interest, please contact one of the co-presidents (see below for contact information) or email mensclub@ebjc.org
Co-Presidents:
Howard Jacobs - 732-402-2273
Marty Hoffman - 908-380-5448
Arthur Fliegelman - 732-257-0730
Neil Kosher - 732-651-6345
Sun, December 3 2023
20 Kislev 5784
QUICK LINKS TO UPCOMING EVENTS!
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Karaoke Night
Saturday, December 9 @ 5:30 pm. We will have a family havdallah service, followed by a dinner and karaoke. For more information, and to register, CLICK HERE.
What Jews Think
Thursday, December 14 @ 8:30 pm. A part of our Jewish History Series, this 8 part series will explore how Jews think historically, and how we have evolved! CLICK HERE for more information and to Register.
Tot Shabbat Services & Dinner
Friday, December 15 @ 6:00 pm. Join us for a short kid friendly service and delicious dinner. New families are welcome and will be sponsored by our membership committee. All are welcome - Adults $18, kids 10 and over $10.00 each. CLICK HERE for more information and to register.
6-Part Travel Series
Sunday, December 17 @ 1 pm. Part one of a 6-part series featuring "Jewish Greece". CLICK HERE for more information and to register.
Hockey Game
Sunday, December 17 @ 7 pm. Again this year Men's Club, in conjunction with NNJR, is sponsoring a visit to the NJ Devils for Jewish Heritage Night. For more information, and for tickets, CLICK HERE.
Shards of War - Book Discussion
Wednesday, December 20 @ 7 p.m. Men's Club will be sponsoring a discussion of Shards of War, a fascinating book written by our late congregant, Michael Kesler, z"l. The discussion will be led by his wife, Prof. Barbara Reed, and joined by Rabbi Esther Reed. For more information, and to register, please CLICK HERE.
Pickleball Tournament
December 24 @ 10 am-2 pm.
CLICK HERE for more information and to register.
Jewish Images in American Film
Thursday, January 11 @ 8:30 pm. Part 1 of a 3-part series: "Duck Soup". CLICK HERE for more information and to register.
Sisterhood Book Discussion
Thursday, Feb 22 @ 7:30 pm Shanda - Letty Cottin Pogrebin. The story of three generations of Jews for whom the desire to fit in, and the fear of public humiliation, either drove their aspirations or crushed their spirit. CLICK HERE for more information and to register
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