Fighting negativity with positivity By David Rozenson and Jerry Brodsky Be Pro-Semitic! FJMC International is taking a different approach to combating antisemitism. We are promoting Judaism and why you should be proud to be Jewish! CAMILLE PISSARRO Camille Pissarro (1830 – 1903) was an Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painter who was a pivotal figure in the Impressionist …
Stardate 05/01/26: The trek continues By Bruce Tomar As we continue our ship’s two-year mission into the new frontier, I thought this might be a good time to open a channel from center seat. To provide men with new opportunities and growth – Our away teams are identifying and putting together programs for our …
The lie of masculinity By Rabbi Noam Raucher Dr. Robby in the HBO Max medical drama “The Pitt” is the kind of man our culture still too often mistakes for healthy. He is capable, respected, decisive and endlessly useful. He is the senior doctor everyone else leans on, the man who absorbs chaos without …
FJMC initiative promotes better health for its members By Jonathan D. Epstein Ensuring the future health and vitality of FJMC International has been one of the core subjects animating discussion at conventions, retreats and other gatherings. But Drs. Paul Davidson and Jake Sheff want to make sure that extends beyond just the organization down …
Rabbi Noam Raucher, MA.Ed — Executive Director, FJMC International Grief is one of the places where masculinity most often betrays men. Not because men do not feel deeply. They do. But many men are trained to metabolize loss through motion rather than mourning. Keep working. Keep producing. Keep carrying. Keep the face composed and the …
Rabbi Noam Raucher, MA.Ed — Executive Director, FJMC International There is a particular kind of loneliness that can take root inside a marriage not because love has vanished, but because labor has gone unseen. A wife is carrying the schedule, the remembering, the anticipating, the soothing, the cleaning, the planning, the noticing, the recovering, the …
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) was an Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painter who was a pivotal figure in the Impressionist movement. Born on the island of St. Thomas to parents of Portuguese Jewish and French Jewish ancestry, he is regarded as the “dean of the Impressionist painters” not only because he was the oldest of the group, but …
Rabbi Noam Raucher, MA.Ed — Executive Director, FJMC International There is a certain kind of man our culture still knows how to applaud. He is bold. Unfiltered. A little dangerous. He says what others will not say, does what others will not do, and carries himself with the confidence of someone who mistakes impulse for …
Shalom Brothers! Welcome to FJMC International’s Men’s Haggadah! Passover is the story we tell every year—but for many men, it’s also the story we’re still living: learning how to move from what binds us to what frees us. Egypt isn’t only a place in the ancient world. It can look like distraction, fear, isolation, anger …
Mamas’ Boys sits down with Governor Jared Polis Truly an enlightening episode when Rob and Noam sit down with the Governor of Colorado and Jewish dad, Jared Polis. We talk about politics and young men, and their shift towards the right. And somehow the good Governor is impervious to our questions about masculinity and manhood. …
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