Men's Club

Men’s Club Spotlight:

Schaarai Zedek Hosts Joint Brotherhood Dinner
On Tuesday, October 28, 2008, the Brotherhood is hosting the Joint Brotherhood dinner, featuring special guest speaker Retired Lieutenant Colonel Bryan Bean will give a presentation on service to our Nation in the demanding and elite Special Operations Forces. This event is free to all Brotherhood and Men's Club members from all synagogues. The evening begins with cocktails at 6:30 PM, and dinner at 7:00PM. Please RSVP Phyllis Roth (813) 876-2377 ext. 200 by 10/24.

The Men's Club is holding our Fall 2008 Texas Hold'em Tournament with 2007 WSOP Tournament Winner Don Baruch

8:00 PM Saturday evening, November 15, 2008 at Congregation Kol Ami. The event is a fundraiser for the Men's Club, to help us provide service to shul. But, more than that - it's fun! An $18 contribution gets you entry into the tournament - with prizes to the top three winners - and two drinks. Need not be a member of Men's Club, of Kol Ami, Jewish or male to play. For more information or to RSVP, contact Chris Shulman, cshulman@tampabay.rr.com.

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Men’s Club President’s Welcome Message:

Welcome!

Chaverim: Thank you for giving me a moment of your time, to let you know all that the Kol Ami Men’s Club does with your $32 annual dues – which haven’t increased in years!

First, as an arm of the shul, the Men’s Club provides service to Congregation Kol Ami. So, we provide ushers for services, when no simcha or b’nai mitzvah family is doing so; we set up the chairs and swap the Mahzorim in the Sanctuary/Social Hall for the High Holy Days; we set up the Congregational Sukkah; and we contribute to making a minyan every Sunday morning. With your help, we will continue and expand these services to Kol Ami.

Second, as a Jewish organization, we are motivated by Jewish ethics, and so we donate time and money to our shul. For example, in 2006-2007, we donated $1,000 to Kol Ami for the purchase of High Holy Days Mahzorim. In 2007-2008, we donated $1,000 to the Kol Ami Yellow Candle Scholarship Fund, to subsidize needy families’ ability to have their children attend Jewish summer camp, and we purchased four new picnic tables ($450) to replace the old, rotting ones in the Sukkah. We coordinate the Yom Hashoah Yellow Candle boxing event. We also co-host an annual Joint Men’s Club/Sisterhood Shabbat, with members of both clubs leading services and doing the davening, and with a congregational kiddush luncheon afterwards. Our Men’s Club has sold Entertainment coupon books for over 20 years, and the proceeds are used to offset expenses and fund programs. With your help, we will continue to expand our tzedakah of time and money.

Third, as a group of men interested in a wide array of topics, your Men’s Club has had diverse speakers at various events: we had Matt Silverman, Vice President of the Tampa Bay Rays, and Ira Kaufman, NFL and Buccaneer writer/reporter for the Tampa Tribune, as speakers at our last two Joint Men’s Club dinners (to which Men’s Clubs from other Bay Area shuls were invited); we have also had financial planning experts, physicians speaking on topics of men’s health, and estate planning experts as well. With your help, we will continue to bring interesting people to spur interesting conversation at Kol Ami.

Finally, as a social club, your Men’s Club has fun! We have hosted poker tournaments, the Congregational Picnic (in cooperation with other arms of the shul), and Chanukah parties. We also sponsored the Congregation Kol Ami Softball team to the JCC Softball tournament. This year, we plan on both a Poker Tournament and a Casino Night. We will also have a number of other social events: bowling and comedy club trips. With your help, we will continue and expand these social activities as well.

We greatly look forward to your involvement, financially and otherwise, in your Men’s Club this coming year. When you receive your Membership Application/Renewal, please remit your dues to the Kol Ami Office in the amount of $32, payable to Kol Ami Men’s Club; you can also use the form to get a discount when you also order a new Entertainment Book and a new Men’s Club polo shirt!

B’Shalom,
Chris Shulman, President (2007-2009)

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Men’s Club Board of Directors:

Chris Shulman – President
Bob Rogin – Vice President
Steven Guindine - Secretary
Alan Borden – Treasurer
Harold Perlman – Immediate Past President

Board members:

Dan Zohar (Membership)
Dave Sklar (Sunshine)
Adam Shor(Publicity/Communications/Internet)
Bob Shaw (Entertainment Books)
Leonard Schuster (Blood Drives)
Chris Shulman (Ushering)
Leonard Plotkin (Joint Men’s Club adviser)
Gary Akrish (Joint Men’s Club adviser)
Dave Sklar (Joint Men’s Club adviser)
Rob Weinberg (Graphics)
Alan Borden (MC Shabbat)
Steven Guindine(Yellow Candle)
Bruce Kensky (at large)
Adam Shor (at large)
Dan Ochman (at large, softball)

In association with Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs http:www.fjmc.org

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