The Temple Torat Emet Men’s Club of Boynton Beach regularly comes together to involve Jewish Men in Jewish life and help address family and community concerns in a spirit of camaraderie and fun. The Men’s Club sponsors blood drives, visits the sick, tutors children, builds sukkot and engages in serious discussions about being a man in an increasingly egalitarian world. They cultivate volunteers and train leaders, find jobs for those in need, sponsor parent-child activities and athletic events, help families learn to make Shabbat, read Hebrew, commemorate Yom HaShoah and put on tefillin, as well as raise needed funds for their synagogue, the community and the global Conservative/Masorti Movement.
Each year the Temple Torat Emet Men’s Club offers its members a array of fun activities. Recent Club activities include “A Chorus Line” at FAU, the Marlins for Jewish Heritage day, the Panthers for “Chanukah Hockey Guys Night Out” and a Sunday morning bagel & lox tailgate breakfast to watch the Miami Dolphins play the Kansas City Chiefs. Other recent Temple Torat Emet Men’s Club programs and events included a sold-out “BEATLEMANIAX-USA” live concert and a trip to MLB Spring Training.
Looking head to the High Holidays 5785 and beyond, Club Co-Presidents Ira Brandell and Harry Saltzman invite you to join your Men’s Club brothers on Sunday morning October 13, 2024 for a delicious Bagel breakfast and help erect the synagogue Sukkah.
The following Sunday October 20, all Men’s Club members are invited to raising a glass and enjoy a kosher Chinese dinner at a special paid-up membership Men’s Club event.
On October 27, the Torat Emet Men’s Club will cosponsor a joint breakfast meeting with our Sisterhood featuring a special presentation by Rabbi Plotkin on his new book, “Wisdom Grows in My Garden”.
As time marches forward it is incumbent on each of us to Zachor; remember and learn about the Shoah and the stories of those that were lost as well as the those who survived.
The Temple Torat Emet Men’s Club is planning a November to remember, beginning on November 10 at 3pm with an afternoon of live theater at FAU to see “The Last Yiddish Speaker” by Deborah Zoe Laufer; a telling tale that takes place in an alternate timeline…. “during the years following a “successful” January 6th insurrection where a white supremacist regime has come into power. Paul and his teenage daughter, Sarah, live under the radar in a small town upstate as Christian-passing, despite being Jews who fled New York City. When an ancient Yiddish-speaking woman arrives on their doorstep, Paul and Sarah are forced to decide between fleeing again or fighting for their faith, their heritage and their identity.” Don’t miss your chance to see this powerful performance.
The theme of Zachor will continue on Sunday morning November 17 when the Temple Torat Emet Men’s Club will host a LIVE & In-Person Men’s Club Breakfast and Kristallnacht commemoration featuring a very special guest speaker: Kindertransport survivor Leo Frydman. For more information or to RSVP and register for this exciting event, please email RichNebb@Gmail.com.
Leo Frydman is a Kindertransport survivor. He was 6-1/2 years old when he left Munich in June 1939 and was lucky to get out with his older brothers and younger sister, very unusual for so many children to get out together, particularly when the charge was 50 pounds per child (the equivalent of about $3,500 per child in today’s money, a huge sum given the fact that their parents had been stripped of their professions and their occupations) to assure the British government that they would not become burdens on the government or the families who were caring for them. His parents were able to leave for Belgium but when the Nazis conquered Belgium, his parents were never heard from after 1942 and he does not know which camp they perished in. Leo was separated from his siblings for a while before the older non-Jewish couple caring for his younger sister decided they could care for him as well. (Initially they refused to do so, but when they realized that the little girl was so easy to care for, they agreed to take him in too.) During the Nazi bombing, he and many others were evacuated to the English countryside. When he turned 10, he was placed in a Jewish hostel in order to have a Bar Mitzvah. After the war, his sister emigrated to Israel while he and his brothers left for America.
On Thursday morning December 12, the Torat Emet Men’s Club invites you to try your luck, spin the slots and roll the dice at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida. The fun begins at 10am sharp when our air conditioned, Hard Rock Express bus departs from the free parking lot at Movies of Delray at (7421 West Atlantic Avenue at Jog Road in Delray Beach). Return transportation leaves the casino at 4pm sharp, arriving back at the Movies of Delray an hour later. Round trip bus transportation is only $30 (CASH ONLY) and you get back $20 in slot play. Save the gas and tolls, skip the traffic and ride the Hard Rock Express. In order to guarantee your seat on the bus you must RSVP as seating is limited and on a fist come, first serve basis.
Temple Torat Emet Men’s Club invites all Men’s Club members to be the spark and help light the Temple Torat Emet Menorah on the 6th night of Chanukah, Monday December 30. More information coming soon.
Looking ahead to 2025, the Torat Emet Men’s Club is planning a full schedule of programs and events, beginning on Sunday January 12 with a delicious breakfast and informative presentation from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Department Volunteers Against Scam Team (VAST). VAST was created to help fight the growing risk of identity theft and scams by educating and informing residents on how best to avoid scammers and not let them prey on their emotions and bank accounts. Since its inception in 2009, the Volunteers Against Scams Team has helped teach vulnerable seniors how to avoid the latest scams making the rounds.
The FJMC Sefer Haftarah World Tour is scheduled to visit Temple Torat Emet during the first week of February 2025. This is your opportunity to get up close and personal with the FJMC Sefer Haftarah scroll. For more information contact the Florida Region FJMC Sefer Haftarah Program Chair Richard Nebb at RichNebb@gmail.com.
On Superbowl Sunday morning February 9, 2025 the Temple Torat Emet Men’ Club will participate in the FJMC World Wide Wrap, an international, coordinated minyan encouraging Jewish men and women to learn about and participate in one of the basic mitzvot, or commandments, in the Torah: the wrapping of tefillin. The Babylonian Talmud (tractate Eruvin 96a-b) tells us that Michal, the daughter of King Saul and first wife of King David, wore tefillin without objection from the sages of her day. Be like Michal; strap on your Tefillin and join the World Wide Wrap.
Save the Date -Tuesday Match 11, 2025 – for an afternoon of nonstop MLB Spring Training excitement to see the New York Mets play the Houston Astros at Cacti Park of The Palm Beaches in West Palm Beach, Florida. More information coming soon.
The highlight of the annual Temple Torat Emet Men’s Club programming cycle will be Men’s Club Shabbat weekend, including with a delicious Friday night Shabbat Dinner and oneg on March 28 and participatory Shabbat services on Saturday morning March 29. More information coming soon.
Florida Region FJMC Rabbinic Advisor Rabbi Michael Klein will be leading a delegation from Temple Torat Emet to attend the 2025 Federation of Jewish Men’s Club’s Convention to be held on Chicago, Thursday July 3 to Sunday July 6, 2025 in Chicago. More information coming soon.
Join the Temple Torat Men’s Club Today!
The Temple Torat Emet Men’s Club generally meets via Zoom on the first Thursday of every month. Club Co-Presidents Ira Brandell and Harry Saltzman invite you to learn more about the Temple Torat Emet Men’s Club of Boynton Beach at https://www.templetoratemet.org/mens-club/ and on the Torat Emet Men’s Club Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/394082673956959. For more information about the Torat Emet Men’s Club, please email Ira Brandell at IraBrandell@bellsouth.net. or Harry Saltzman at Jets4HS@aol.com.
The Temple Torat Emet Men’s Club is a proud member of the Florida Region of the Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs (FJMC). We serve the needs of affiliated Men’s Clubs and Brotherhoods throughout the State of Florida. Learn more about the FJMC Florida Region and our growing network of Jewish Men’s Clubs and Brotherhoods at: www.floridaregionfjmc.org and please visit & LIKE our Facebook Group at: www.facebook.com/FloridaRegionFJMC.
The FJMC is a confederation of over 200 Jewish Men’s Clubs and Brotherhoods representing over 20,000 members across the United States, Canada, Latin America, and beyond. Learn how YOUR Jewish Men’s Club or Brotherhood can affiliate with the FJMC at: https://fjmc.org/for-clubs/affiliating-with-the-fjmc/.
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