Building brotherhood through sports By Dr. Steven Mandel Long before the United Nations recognized sports as a powerful instrument for peace, many of us experienced its impact firsthand. Growing up on the Lower East Side of New York, in the 1950s and ‘60s, I lived in a close-knit Jewish neighborhood. Most families including mine …
A Joyful Israeli Soundtrack for an August Reset By Jason Hecht August arrives with its own kind of glow. The days are long, the heat is steady and everything feels dipped in sunshine. It’s the month of road trips, cold drinks and that moment when you finally look at your car and think, “Okay… …
Bruichladdich Scotch By Al Davis A spirit-loving friend shared a recent acquisition, which I admit to first refusing. Call me names, but I am not a fan of the Bruichladdich family of Scotches. However, after some minor arm-twisting, I consented to a taste, and was thoroughly blown away. The treat was a 16-year-old potable …
Overcoming the constraints of a 250-year-old ideal By Rabbi Noam Raucher As the United States marks 250 years since its founding, it is worth asking what kind of man this country has spent two and a half centuries trying to produce. The answer is not simple. American manhood has never been one thing. It …
Looking forward… to convention By Bruce Tomar The Book of Deuteronomy is Moses’ address to the people. He reflects on all that they have gone through. In last month’s HaD’var, I also started to reflect on the mission and vision of FJMC, our committees, our publications and our retreats. Now, and in future articles, …
Capturing Lightening in a Bottle: Top 10 medical breakthroughs! It’s no surprise to anyone that we are all better off because of many smart, hardworking Jewish doctors and researchers. Here’s our Top 10 list of Jewish medical contributions that help us live longer and better lives: 1. Polio vaccine: Jonas Salk, who said, “Our greatest …
FJMC’s Leadership Development Institute is gearing up By Jonathan D. Epstein We are very pleased to announce that registration for the 2027 Leadership Development Institute in Baltimore next January is now live and ready for signup. We are very excited about our plans for LDI 2027, which will be held Jan. 28-31, 2027, at the …
Rabbi Noam Raucher, MA.Ed – Executive Director, FJMC International The Ten Commandments are listed twice in the Torah. Once in the book of Exodus, and the other time is found in the book of Deuteronomy this week. We would be wise to look at these commandments as more than rules designed to restrain bad behavior. Rules can …
FJMC International 2027 ConventionWestin St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, on Union SquareJuly 8-11, 2027Jay Steinmetz, Chair Photo: Jay Steinmetz, Convention Chair (left) and Rob Blitzer, Convention Co-Chair (right). We are a little more than 11 months away from our ’27 convention and our team has been working hard behind the scenes. PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS!! …
Brothers, Looking to the future is always a very positive thing. That is always the case in FJMC International. Club succession planning is important not only at the executive and regional levels, but internally for clubs as well. How does your succession plan for the next several years look? In many cases no one wants …
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