Men's Club
MEN'S CLUB OFFICERS
- President: Harold Salters
- Immediate Past President: Elliot Parkin
- Treasurer: Steve Kahn
- Social Activities Vice President: Louis Marcus
- Programming Vice President: Andrew Cohen
- Ritual Vice President: Tobias Dienstfrey
- Scholarship Vice President: Mike Scheinberg
- Historian: Max Friedman
- At Large Board Members: Jim Alper, Don Melman, Mark O'Brien, Harvey Stoler, Pablo Zylberglait
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TEEN experiences in ISRAEL
Israel Pilgrimage Scholarship Fact Sheet 2021
Men’s Club is devoted to educating our youth about Israel. The Men’s Club Israel Pilgrimage Scholarship Program provides scholarships for Israel experiences for our teens. Emphasis is on trips sponsored by the Conservative Movement and Jewish day schools. Over 100 of our teens have been scholarship recipients in the past 30 years. Herb Quint z"l provided the idea for the program, and a bequest from Robert Lainof enabled the program to become self-sustaining over time. Teens or their parents should contact Mike Scheinberg or Elliot Parkin for more information.
SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES
Sunday morning brunch meetings feature guest speakers on a wide variety of subjects to feed the mind and a breakfast buffet to feed the body. Men’s Club sponsors dinners, pub socials, sports events, historical tours, and hikes. Men’s Club provides grill masters for congregation barbecues and caters other family events. We’ve danced, bowled, eaten pizza, brewed beer, watched movies, fished, and had a great time just being with synagogue friends.
RITUAL ACTIVITIES
The Men’s Club provides ushers for High Holiday services and erects the sukkah. We also honor all B’nai Mitzvah with the special gift of an Etz Hayim Humash. Our annual Men’s Club Shabbat weekend features a blend of religious and special events at the synagogue. We devote one of our Sunday brunches to Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs’ (FJMC) Worldwide Wrap, a program that encourages participation in the mitzvah of Tefillin.
YELLOW CANDLE PROGRAM
Men’s Club participates in the FJMC Yellow Candle program that remembers the Holocaust through the distribution of Yahrzeit candles prior to Yom HaShoah. The program has supported donations to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Ed and Charlene Schiff Holocaust Educational Fund, and the Center for Advancing Holocaust Survivor Care.
Fri, January 15 2021
2 Shevat 5781
Superbowl Sunday "Team Goals" with Dina Kraft
Israeli “Football” and Other Stories With Journalist Dina Kraft
All are welcome to join Agudas Achim Congregation’s Men’s Club on Super Bowl Sunday for a discussion of Israeli football — or soccer— Israel’s most popular sport.
We will hear from Dina Kraft, award-winning journalist and host of Hadassah’s podcast “The Branch: Building Bridges to Peace.”
Kraft will share her recent reporting on one of the most successful soccer teams in Israel — an Arab team that includes several Jews as staff and players. Kraft’s reporting reveals the important role soccer plays in the Arab struggle for equality in Israel – for mattering and being seen.
Kraft’s audio reporting offers a glimpse into the everyday lives of Jews and Arabs in Israel who are forging meaningful relationships. She shines a light on the stories of people living the example of a shared society even though it’s complicated.
Her recent stories have focused on a pair of Muslim and Jewish rappers who formed a hip-hop in Jaffa; an Israeli who volunteers to drive a family from the Palestinian town of Hebron to Hadassah Hospital for their 5-year-old’s cancer treatments; and a pair of Jewish Israeli and Arab Israeli midwives who work side-by-side.
Kraft is the Israel correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor. She was formerly based in Jerusalem and Johannesburg for The Associated Press. Dina has taught journalism at Northeastern, Harvard and Boston University and has been a regular contributor to The New York Times and JTA. She recently received a B’nai B’rith World Center-Jerusalem Award for “Journalism Recognizing Excellence in Diaspora Reportage” for her work on Jews in America for Haaretz.”
Upcoming Events
A Beautiful Day on the Waterfront
Sunday, October 18 Men's Club and friends had a lovely day out biking and strolling on the Old Town waterfront.
Pictured: Ken N., Andrew C., Pablo Z.
Pictured: Ken N., Andrew C., Tobias D., Pablo Z.
