Jews and Blacks in America By Johnny Parker Shalom Chaverim! February is Black History Month in the United States of America. I am both Black and Jewish. I’m Black because of the label placed on People of Color during the slave trade and subsequent Jim Crow laws. I’m Jewish because I chose to belong …
Two sides, but one and the same By Dan Rickman Editor’s note: Dan Rickman is one of three new International Region members from the United Kingdom who attended FJMC’s Leadership Development Institute in Baltimore early this month as part of an effort to launch a men’s retreat in the UK in 2027. These are …
Rabbi Noam Raucher, MA.Ed — Executive Director, FJMC International One of the best things about being a rabbi is that oftentimes one finds themselves with real people. Rabbis get to be “in the trenches” with people as they face life head on. We hear real stories of joy and despair, triumph and failure, life and …
Men’s Passover HaggadahWe want you!! Shalom Brothers! Passover is coming fast—and we’re putting together something special: a Men’s Haggadah for FJMC International, built by the voices, creativity, humor, and hard-won wisdom of our own FJMC International guys. This is not a “committee document.” This Haggadah is meant to be a living one. Personal. Honest. Sometimes funny. Sometimes tender. …
Rabbi Noam Raucher, MA.Ed — Executive Director, FJMC International Parashat Beshalach gives us a leadership moment that still stings. Israel is trapped: sea in front, Egyptians behind. Panic spreads. People lash out at Moses: “Was it for lack of graves in Egypt that you took us out to die?” In a single breath, slavery is rebranded as …
Statement from FJMC International on the return of Ran Gvili FJMC International joins the people of Israel and Jewish communities around the world in mourning and honoring Ran Gvili, z”l, whose remains were returned today to Israel for burial after more than 840 days in Gaza. Ran, a 24-year-old Israeli police officer, was abducted on …
Rabbi Noam Raucher, MA.Ed — Executive Director, FJMC International Parashat Bo is often remembered for spectacle — locusts, darkness, the final terror of the tenth plague. But the deeper drama is quieter and more familiar: a leader who can’t bear the feeling of being wrong or taking accountability. The portion begins with God sending Moses …
Rabbi Noam Raucher, MA.Ed — Executive Director, FJMC International Parashat Va’era פָּרָשַׁת וָאֵרָא January 17, 2026 | Tevet 28, 5786 The world feels like it’s on fire. Iran, ICE, Epstein, Venezuela, Greenland are just a few easy one-word examples. But when the temperature rises, a certain kind of masculinity shows up right on cue: the performative strong-man. Loud …
A Statement from FJMC: Attack on Beth Israel Congregation We are devastated and outraged by the arson attack against Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson, Mississippi. This was not only an attack on a building—it was an act of terror meant to intimidate Jews, to desecrate sacred space, and to remind a vulnerable community that hatred still …
Modern Jewish Family by ChoiceJoining the TribeBy Bob Watts I am a convert, not a Jew by Choice. I put in the work. I didn’t flip a switch to be Jewish. I went through a change in family relationships, in practice, in community, and in adjusting to a different belief system. Because of that my …
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