Our friend, mentor and teacher, Dr. Burton L. Fischman, Z-L, passed away April 3, 2018. This is indeed a sad day, and the men of the FJMC shall miss his great wisdom and personality. Some of the comments from FJMC leaders, both current and past, are shown below: Burt was my mentor, friend and inspiration. I …
On February 11 & 12, 2018, the FJMC Executive Committee held a meeting at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City. On Monday, a ribbon-cutting ceremony took place at our new shared office space with Women’s League in the Interchurch Center near JTS. The new office is on the same floor as our previous …
In light of the growing number of reports of sexual harassment in recent weeks, as evidenced in the proliferation of posts using #MeToo and #GamAni hashtags, the Conservative Jewish movement, as represented by the Rabbinical Assembly, the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, Women’s League for Conservative Judaism, Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs, North American Association …
Below, please find a statement protesting recent policies in Israel that severely curtail expressions of religious pluralism. The statement was presented on Tuesday, July 18, 2017 in the course of a reception at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC attended by delegates of the Biennial Convention of the Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs and the …
Rabbi Charles Simon will retire from his role as FJMC Executive Director after the International Convention in July. FJMC is putting together a Festschrift which will provide a historical perspective on the impact Rabbi Simon and the FJMC have had on the Conservative movement over the last 35 years. We who love and respect Rabbi Simon and …
Alan Cooperman of the Pew Research Center made a presentation on Jewish Demographic Trends at the FJMC Keruv Advanced Training Workshop in Bethesda, Maryland on March 17, 2017. Please see the below video, or for all four parts of the presentation, please follow this link.
The FJMC, with funding from the National Center to Encourage Judaism, has awarded $1,000 grants to twenty Conservative/Masorti Congregations in North America that met requirements for a welcoming website. An application and proposal were submitted online, and the project was to be completed by March 6, 2017. A list of the winners with their website addresses …
The Nominating Committee has nominated for the 2017-2019 leadership: President – Stan Greenspan (Lake Ontario) First Vice President – Tom Sudow (Kentucky/Indiana/Ohio) Vice-Presidents – Aaron Altman (New York Metro), Bill Becker (Seaboard), Alan Budman (MIddle Atlantic), Allan Kahan (Seaboard), Jeff Schulman (Northern New Jersey), Bruce Tomar (Middle Atlantic) Treasurer – Steve Dix (Anshei Darom) Secretary – David Singer (New England) Honorary President – Allan Gottesman (Florida) In …
This year, 2017, the international Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs (FJMC) brought the annual “World Wide Wrap” to Cuba because we recognized that here we could serve a population of Jewish people yearning to bind themselves to their Jewish identity. For further details and photos follow this link.
Follow this link for a white paper, “The Elephant in the Room: Conservative Judaism and the Patrilineal Question” by Rabbi Charles Simon.
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