Not Your Father's Men’s Club
Many of us remember when our fathers used to head off to their synagogue men’s club meeting each month with a deck of pinochle cards and a big, fat, stogie in their shirt pocket. Although some of us still might enjoy a good card game and a cigar now and again, today many of us yearn for something more. Temple Or Chadash has progressed to a point where we might be ready to start a modern "men's club" or Temple brotherhood organization. What some of us have in mind is a monthly bagels and lox breakfast at the Temple with a guest speaker (e.g., a sports icon, an investment radio talk host, etc.) and other group outings and events. There are so many possibilities. How about a monthly bowling night, an occasional Hunterdon County hiking or bicycle excursion, a night at the ball park, presentations by a college savings advisor or a physician discussing men's health issues, even a football pool? Although most of the time we'd be doing "guy" things with other guys from the Temple, occasionally we’d invite our spouse or significant other, or our children, to join us.

Does this sound like something you’d like to get involved in? We are currently trying to assess interest in starting a Temple Or Chadash Men's Club. Currently, we have no officers and no members, but I think we do have a NEED for this. If you're interested in participating in an exploratory committee to look into the feasibility of forming a Men's Club, please send an e-mail to Darren Loew at dloew@orchadash-nj.org.