Regional Activities

Going to Convention is the #1 best thing you can do for your club. Packed with learning, camaraderie, leadership training it is the very best of FJMC and proves that Men's Club doesn't end at your synagogue's driveway entrance. From exciting keynote speakers to strategies to make you, your club and your region better than ever, you'll learn about new initiatives, enjoy inspiring services (really!), make new lifelong friends and have a great time! There are pre-convention activities and additional programming for spouses.

Each year on the morning of the Super Bowl, FJMC promotes a special morning minyan at synagogues around the world where the mitzvah of tefillin is explained and demonstrated. This world-wide event is a fixture in synagogues throughout North America and in Australia, India, Europe, and South America.

FJMC produced a highly acclaimed video entitled, “The Ties That Bind”, which explains the traditions behind, and the use of, tefillin, and published “A Tefillin Spiritual Primer”, a pamphlet giving the prayers over the tefillin.

Men’s Club Shabbat is an opportunity for Men's Club members to lead the Shabbat service(s). Engage your members as leaders.  Expand their comfort level by asking men to do something they have not done before - like reading Torah or leading a Hebrew reading.

For some, Men's Club Shabbat is Friday night services; for others it’s Saturday morning, and in still others it's both. There are also clubs that expand their Men's Club Shabbat observance to include a program on Sunday morning and others make an entire Men's Club Week.  Grow Your Club: Embrace Shabbat!  

The FJMC Committee to Combat Antisemitism is charged with raising awareness of antisemitism and offering clubs specific ways they can contribute to combating this hate. It follows up on our Philadelphia Convention theme of Combating Antisemitism. Our committee will periodically ask clubs and regions to actively engage with their community, to draw attention to antisemitism and its impact on club members and community residents. FJMC is already partnering with organizations such as the Anti-Defamation League to fight antisemitism.

The FJMC is witnessing in many Jewish communities a lack of knowledge and diminishing commitment to the survivability of Israel.

We dedicate ourselves to assisting our membership in leading their communities in three (3) primary ways.

• Make our communities aware of Israel’s history
• Keep our friends informed of current events
• Assist our friends to advocate for Israel

Imagine Life is where mental health issues can be discussed openly. Where we can learn and discuss mental health stigma and can remove the stigma associated with mental health issues. Imagine Life is where everyone can be included.

The FJMC and Women’s League for Conservative Judaism (WLCJ) Inclusion Initiative works to expand the culture of our synagogues to create an environment that makes all of us, no matter our unique identities and needs, feel welcomed and embraced. Our initial focus is on, Single & Non-Traditional Families, LGBTQIA+, Jews of Color, Physical & Neuro Challenged members of the Jewish Community.

FJMC – A Grass Roots Organization
With a New York office of only one employee, FJMC develops all its programs through a cadre of dedicated volunteers. We are a grass roots organization with much of our work being done at the local level. Individual Men’s Clubs and Brotherhoods offer a variety of activities, including father-child activities; programs to enhance Jewish observance; speaker breakfasts; Men’s Club Shabbat; ushering at services; sports activities; and fund raisers. Our clubs are major forces in the activities of our synagogues.