March 2020 Issue

You are receiving this email because you are a club leader, a regional president or vice president or you are on the FJMC Honorary Board of Directors.

Dear :

After may succesful World Wide Wrap programs, clubs are turning their attention to distributing Yellow Candles and planing educational Yom Hashoah programs.

In this month's Advantage we are focusing on information shared with our club leaders at the Rabbi Joel S. Geffen Leadership Development Institute which took place in January at the Pearlstone Retreat Center near Baltimore.  Checkout our LDI Highlights photo album.  Use these photos in your club/regional/synagogue emails/websites and Facebook pages.  An album of all the photos (not just the highlights) was shared with all LDI attendeesl

Stay informed by joining our Facebook group where you can share your successes with our FJMC community.

There will be a Virtual Convention Reunion on April 5th at 8 PM EDT via Zoom.  If you have ever attended a Convention or you are thinking about attending the 2021 Convention, please join us.  Our special guest is Ron Wolfson and  Cantor Steve Stoehr will be performing and leading us in song. 

Live Webinars

Thursday, 3/26/20 at 8 PM EDT - Seder Options in This time of a Plague by Rabbi Chuck Simon (https://zoom.us/j/540142465)

Monday, 3/30/20 at 8 PM EDT - Leading the Virtual Seder - with a free Zoom account by Alan Kahan (https://zoom.us/j/251932515)

Tuesday, 3/31/20 at 7:30 PM EDT - COVID-19 - Stress and Coping by Gary Katz (https://zoom.us/j/444208220)

Wednesday, 4/1/20 at 12 PM EDT - How to Exhibit Comfort and Caring When Leading a Shiva Minyan by Bob Braitman (https://zoom.us/j/247181159)

Thursday, 4/2/20 at 8:30 PM EDT - Spicing Up Your Charoset - Beyond the Traditional Ashkenazi by Allan Kahan (https://zoom.us/j/227450022) 

We publish The Advantage in two forms.  We have a Tid-bits version with helpful hints on leading your clubs/regions and a longer format.  This is the latter format.  Next week we return with another Tid-bits verison.
 
The Best Way to Invite People to Your Events

At this year’s LDI, Jon Norton, who is in charge of social media for the city of Chicago, gave a presentation explaining how using a Facebook group is the best way to invite people to your events because Facebook does most of the work for you.  Click below to find out how it works.
Best Way
 
Best Program Practices from LDI

Stephe Sturman, a member of Temple SInai, Middletown, NY in the Hudson Valley Region coordinated a series of "Best Practices Session" at LDI.

Hearing Men's Voices by Aren Horowitz

Men's Club Shabbat by Lester Shapiro

World Wide Wrap by Alex Kidderman

Yellow Candles by Charles Richards
Best Practices
 
Get in the Zone

How readily can your Regional Executive Board communicate with our Men's Clubs Leadership?  Is it possible for your Regional President to identify which Men's Clubs need specific help or training in a particular area?  Does leadership within a club lack direction or need support?  The New England Region (NER) Executive Board may have a solution.
Zones
 
 
 

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