FJMC International Programs:
Learn about the programs FJMC and the synagogues of our region has to offer. This is what we are all about!
- Presentations on Cooking, Jewish Genealogy, Sports, Yiddish Alive, Yiddish Lite, Financial Insights, and Photography.
Attracting Younger Members to Your Club
- We need our older and younger members in our clubs. They bring differing perspectives to involving Jewish men in Jewish life. The diversity of ages contributes to innovation in developing programming that better connects people of all ages in the community.
- Learn how to be a Quality Club or a Quality Region. Earn Torch Awards for your club’s innovative programming
- Discussion groups at the local watering hole
- Craft projects for kids to make their own Tefillin
- Meaningful alternative prayer services for the entire family
Shomrei Ha’Aretz – Stewards of the Land
- God told Abraham to guard the world he was given. “If you destroy this world,” he was told, “there is no one to come and set it right after you.” (Kohelet Rabbah 7:28) This is the call the New York Metro Region clubs cannot ignore. The well-being and health of our children and grandchildren are on the line.
- A unique program that engages Jewish men in Jewish life, enabling deeper connections and better relationships among our members
- Trained leaders facilitate HMV sessions encouraging men to talk and engage in rich and meaningful dialogues about common issues using materials developed by the FJMC, themselves, and other clubs and leaders
- Hearing Men’s Voices sessions are also an ideal way to inspire the mitzvah of daily tefillin wrapping.
- These books and Hebrew Literacy classes taught over 200,000 adult Conservative and Reform Jews how to read the prayer book
- The Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs (FJMC) and the Women’s League for Conservative Judaism (WLCJ) have worked together over the past year to take action to expand the culture of our synagogues to create an environment that makes all of us, no matter our unique identities and needs, feel welcomed and embraced in our Jewish Community.
We dedicate ourselves to assisting our membership in leading their communities in three (3) primary ways
- Make our communities aware of Israel’s history
- Keep our friends informed of current events
- Assist our friends to advocate for Israel
Keruv/Understanding Intermarriage
- Understanding Intermarriage
The FJMC Keruv initiative is based on a lay/professional partnership that began in 2001. Since then, FJMC has brought together groups of rabbis to learn and to think about the issues that are occurring in their communities and within their member families.
- Develop and improve your leadership skills
- Promote leadership in your Men’s Club
- Men’s Club Shabbat is an opportunity for Men’s Club members to lead the Shabbat service(s)
- Engage your members as leaders
- Expand their comfort level by asking men to do something they have not done before – like reading Torah or leading a Hebrew reading
“Prayer helps us grow into the people who we are meant to be.” – Rabbi Dan Liben
- Tefilat HaNeshama / Prayer of the Soul a Guide to Leading Mindful, Embodied Davening
For answers regarding the mindfulness service, contact [email protected]
- A joint project of the FJMC and the Cantors Assembly
- The project involves a lay training initiative to conduct Minyans during one’s time of need
Special Programs
- Resources to local Men’s Clubs on social activities, group programs, ritual programming, public events and more
Succession Planning
- Offering guidance to local Men’s Clubs on planning executive boards and avoiding being President for life
- Training programs and videos on conducting religious services such as Shabbat and Holiday Services in the new virtual world
- To increase awareness of health and wellness issues in our communities
- Connecting Jews across generations, the continent, and the world
Mark Your Calendars! WWW2024 will be on Sunday, February 11, 2024!
Yad Shel Chai – Torah Reader Recognition Award
- Create a synagogue culture where young people (and your Men’s Club members) regularly read Torah at Shabbat services and minyan
- Reward synagogue youth (and adults) for continuing to read Torah
- Enhance Torah Reading Skills
- Encourage ongoing Torah Study
- More frequent visibility for the Men’s Club/Brotherhood
Yellow Candle and Holocaust Remembrance Program
- Light the candle, remember the 6 million
- Video – Light the Candle, May 5, 2024
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS CONTACT US TODAY!