Northern New Jersey Region Men's Clubs
2009-2010


 BRIDGEWATER

Club:
  Temple Sholom
District:         Central
Club #           979
Address:        P. O. Box 6007, 594 North Bridge Street, Bridgewater NJ 08807
Phone:          (908) 722-1339
Rabbi:           Rabbi Ron Isaacs isaacsrl@optonline.net
Cantor:          Natan Fetman  capy32@aol.com
Temple President:  Bruce Miller bruceimiller@verizon.net

Club President: Craig Simon  mensclubpresident@temple-sholom.net or  craig.simon@xerox.com

Club 1st Vice President:  Michael Keats  mkeats@keatsconsulting.com  
Club 2nd Vice President:  Gerry Binder  gerrybinder@hotmail.com
Club NNJR Liaison  Seth Geldzahler  asgeld@optonline.net
Club Sec’y:  Jack Luftman  luftmajf@umdnj.edu
Club Treasurer:  Alan Rubin  arrubin2@gmail.com
Club WWW Chair:  Al Halperin  alhalperin@comcast.net
Club Yellow Candles:  Arnie Holtz  arnieh1953@hotmail.com
NNJR Sport Group:  Bruce Sodowich  brucecurl@optonline.net
Club Liaison to the Temple Board Arnold Hoffman arnold.hoffman2@verizon.net

Club Man of the Year: 2009-2010   Al Halperin    alhalperin@comcast.net
Club Youth of the Year: 2009-2010  Lauren Binder lauren.binder@yahoo.com

Key Club Programs:  High Holiday Ushering, Sukkah Assembly, Monthly Sunday Breakfasts (some with speakers), Super Bowl Party, World Wide Wrap, Yom HaShoah Candles, Men’s Club Shabbat, Sports Memorabilia Auction,
Bark Mitzvah, Horse Race

Driving Directions: 
From Central NJ: Go West on Route 22 to Bridgewater/Somerville exit.  Make right onto exit and continue to end of road (North Bridge Street).  Make right and go approximately 1 mile (thru 2 traffic lights) to Temple Sholom on right.

From South:- Verrazano Bridge to Outerbridge Crossing (440 becomes 287 North).  Take Route 287 North to Somerville.  Exit from left lane at Route 22 West.  Go approx 2 miles to Bridgewater/Somerville exit.  Continue from above.

From North: - Take NJ Turnpike to exit 14.  Take I-78 West to Exit 29.  Take I-287 South to Somerville.  Take Exit 17 to Somerville; make immediate right onto the Commons Way Exit.  Make a right at stop light.  At road end, make a right on Garretson Road East to Woodlawn Avenue.  Continue to end.  Go left at traffic light onto North Bridge Street.  Go one block - Temple is on right.

Updated 11/09


NNJR LIAISON ASSIGNMENT:
District:    Jeff Schulman – V.P.  jlschul@verizon.net

 


CALDWELL

Club:             Congregation Agudath Israel
District:         Central
Club #:          963
Address:        20 Academy Road, Caldwell, NJ 07006-5426
Phone:          (973) 226-3600
Rabbi:           Rabbi Alan Silverstein, Ph.D. alsil@aol.com

Club Co-President:  Adam Shandler  adshandler@gmail.com



Club Man of the Year: 
Larry Dodyk

Key Club Programs: 
Speakers on Israel/Masorti affairs; blood drive; child charities clothing/toy drive; Purim Carnival, College Scholarships, Poker Tournaments, basketball team, World Wide Wrap, Yom HaShoah Yellow Candle Program, Men’s Club Shabbat, Guys’ Night Out.

Driving Directions:  From NYC:
Take GW Bridge to I-80W.  Get off at Exit 52 (Fairfield, Lincoln Park, The Caldwells).  At ramp, stay to right and then make quick right; go south on Two Bridges Road (becomes Passaic Avenue after passing over Route 46). Go straight for about 3.3 miles and make a left onto Bloomfield Avenue.  Intersection has an EDT Tire Store and a Shell Station on the corner.  Proceed uphill for three traffic lights; just past 3rd light; make a right turn, looping around the Caldwell Gas Stop onto Academy Road.  Make quick left turn onto Elizabeth Street, then quick right into the parking lot of the synagogue.

From GSP South:  Exit 156 at Route 80 West-Saddle Brook, follow directions above.

From GSP North:  Exit 145 (Route 280 West).  Get off at Exit 5B (Caldwell).  Exit puts you onto Livingston Avenue.  Continue to end.  Turn right onto Eagle Rock Avenue.  Take first left onto Roseland Avenue.  Continue to end.  Turn left onto Bloomfield Avenue.  Just before 3rd traffic light, turn left just before Texaco Station, then right onto Academy Road.  Shul is 1/2 block down Academy Road, on left.  Entrance is on Elizabeth St, first street on left.

Updated 11/09

NNJR LIAISON ASSIGNMENT:
District:  Jeff Schulman – V.P.  jlschul@verizon.net

 


CLARK

Club:            
Temple Beth O’r/Beth Torah

District:         Central
Club #:          930
Address:        111 Valley Road, Clark NJ 07066-1811
Phone:          (732) 381-8403
Cantor:          Steven Stern

Club President:  Dr. Michael W. Miller  s-mmiller@juno.com

Club Man of the Year:  
Cantor Steven Stern      

Key Club Programs:  Pancake Breakfast; Build Sukkah; Men’s Health speakers;
Yom HaShoah Candle Program; World Wide Wrap; Casino Night fund raiser

Driving Directions:  From New Jersey Turnpike:
Take Exit 14.  Proceed to Route 78 West to the Garden State Parkway South.

From Garden State Parkway:
Take exit 135.  If southbound, proceed 3/4 of the way around the circle, then turn right onto Valley Road.  Continue on Valley Road approximately 1/2 mile(pass through traffic light at Walnut Avenue).  Go past firehouse, see Temple on the right.  If coming from GSP northbound, enter circle and make second right onto Valley Road, then proceed as above.

NNJR LIAISON ASSIGNMENT:
District:  Jeff Schulman – V.P.  jlschul@verizon.net

Updated 11/09

 


CLIFFSIDE PARK

Club: 
Temple Israel Community Center

District:         North
Club #:          938
Address:        207 Edgewater Road, Cliffside Park NJ 07010-2201
Phone:          (201) 945-7310
FAX:              (201) 945-0863
E-mail:          shul.ticc@verizon.net
Rabbi:           Rabbi Shammai Engelmayer  ketivah@optonline.net

Club President:  David Warner  davidwarner@optonline.net

Key Club Programs:
  Outings to local baseball games, Yom HaShoah Yellow Candles, trip to Holocaust Museum in New York City, World Wide Wrap, Movie and lecture series, The real Jewish New Year’s Party

Driving Directions:
From New Jersey Turnpike:
Take the US-46 exit (Exit 18E or 68) toward the Ridgefields.  Merge onto US 46 East.  Proceed 0.9 mile, make slight right on to ramp.  Keep right at the fork to go onto Maple Avenue (CR 31).  Go ½ mile and make a right turn onto Shaler Boulevard (CR 31).  Continue ½ mile, turn left onto Edgewater Avenue (CR 50).  Continue 1.1 miles to synagogue on Edgewater Road.  Shul is on the left.  Park on side streets or in the municipal lot around the corner on Palisade Avenue.

Updated 11/09

NNJR LIAISON ASSIGNMENT:
District:  
Harvey Hershkowitz, VP    hshinc@aol.com
 


CLOSTER

Club:            
Temple Emanu-El

District:         North
Club #:          982
Address:        180 Piermont Road, Closter NJ 07624-2297
Phone:          (201) 750-9997
Rabbi:           Rabbi David Seth Kirshner  rabbi@templeemanu-el.com
Cantor:          Israel Singer  singeris7@aol.com

Club President:  Joshua Levinson  joshlevinson@artistictile.com

Key Club Programs:  World Wide Wrap; Yom HaShoah Yellow Candle program; Speaker programs; Deep Sea Fishing Trip; Billiards Night; Casino night; Yankee Game; Kristallnacht event; Simon Wiesenthal documentary

Driving Directions:  From the New Jersey Turnpike (or I-80) 
Follow signs to the George Washington Bridge – local lanes.  Get on Palisades Interstate Parkway North.  Get off at Exit 2 (Alpine).  When you come off the exit, bear right.  Turn left onto 9W South.  Turn right at the light at Closter Dock Road.  Go down the hill and turn right at the light at Piermont Road.  The Temple is about one mile on the left.  Look for a sign on the road in front of some woods (temple is not visible from Piermont Road).  Turn in driveway and proceed to parking lot through woods.

NNJR LIAISON ASSIGNMENT:
District: 
Harvey Hershkowitz, VP    hshinc@aol.com

Updated 11/09
 


CRANFORD

Club:            
Temple Beth-El Mekor Chayim

District:         Central
Club #:          909
Address:        338 Walnut Avenue, Cranford NJ 07016-2908
Phone:          (908) 276-9231
Rabbi:           Rabbi Akiba Lubow  arlubow@aol.com

Club President:  Chuck Leavitt  chuckleavitt@verizon.net

Vice President/ Secretary:
  Irwin Rappaport   Irappa@aol.com
Treasurer:  George Forest
Corresponding Secretary:  Abe Klein   meema10@verizon.net

Club Man of the Year: 
Stuart Kaback

Key Club Programs:  High holiday ushering; Great Shofar Blowout & breakfast; Break-the-Fast dinner; raising the synagogue sukkah/barbecue; 4 dinners with special programs each year;.Spaghetti dinner and speaker; Men's Club/Sisterhood Brunch; Men's Club Shabbat; Yom HaShoah Yellow Candle program; Mezuzah and Scrolls and Israel "Myths and Facts” book for college kids; "Bond of Life" presentation to mourners; Fundraising raffle; World Wide Wrap; Thanksgiving kids’ party and bingo; Finance and maintain Holocaust Garden at entrance of Temple; Send Temple students to Jewish Museum in NY; Silver wine cup presentation to bar/bat mitzvahs; Established and maintain a $7500 fund for our Temple Board to draw against in order to promote their fundraising drives


Driving Directions:   From Garden State Parkway:
Take Exit 137.  Turn right onto North Avenue, then left at Walnut Avenue (5PthP traffic light.)  Proceed under trestle.  Go 3 ½ blocks to Temple, on your right.

Updated 11/09

NNJR LIAISON ASSIGNMENT:
District:  Jeff Schulman – V.P.  jlschul@verizon.net

 


EAST BRUNSWICK

Club:            
East Brunswick Jewish Center

District:         South
Club #:          953
Address:        511 Ryders Lane, East Brunswick NJ 08816-2792
Phone:          (732) 257-7070
Rabbi:           Rabbi Aaron Benson  rabbi@ebjc.org

Club President: 
Steve Harkavy  harkavyfam@aol.com
Club e-mail:  mens_club@ebjc.org

Club Executive VP:  Mark Foladare
Club Treasurer: Neil Kosher

Club Man of the Year: Mark Bernstein
Club Youth of the Year Hirsch Alter

Key Club Programs:
  Men’s' Club Shabbat/Scholar in Residence; Father/Son Shabbat; Yom HaShoah Yellow Candle Program; World Wide Wrap; L’Shana Tova Baskets; Father/Daughter Shabbat; Xmas Eve Dinner/Concert (with HPCT); Halloween Mischief Night Patrol; Mothers Day Roses and Lox Box; Monthly Sunday Breakfast

Driving Directions:  Take the New Jersey Turnpike to Exit 9.  Exit from the Turnpike onto Route 18 South (East Brunswick) by bearing left after the toll plaza.  Proceed approximately 3 miles to Milltown Road, Milltown exit.  Take Milltown Road to the 3PrdP traffic light (about 1.5 miles).  Turn left at the light onto Ryders Lane for about ¼ mile. Synagogue will be on your right.

Last updated: 11/09

NNJR LIAISON ASSIGNMENT:

District: Joel Kurtz – V.P. 
joku@hotmail.com

 


EAST WINDSOR

Club:            
Beth El Synagogue

District:         South
Club #:          980
Address:        50 Maple Stream Road, East Windsor NJ 08520-2431
Phone:          (609) 443-4454
Rabbi:           Rabbi Jay Kornsgold  rabbi@bethel.net
Cantor:          Larry Brandspiegel  cantor@bethel.net
Office Mgr:    Lynn Leonard  admin@bethel.net

Club co-President:  Marshall Alter  cfamja181@verizon.net

Club co-President:
  Rob Blitzer  theblitzers@verizon.net

Club Treasurer:  Murray Brenman

Club Man of the Year: 
Rob Schweitzer

Key Club Programs:
  Mystery Road Rally; Latkes at Hebrew School Chanukah Party; Yom HaShoah Yellow Candle Program; World Wide Wrap; Laser Tag, Sukkah Building/Take Down


Driving Directions:  From the New Jersey Turnpike:
Take Exit 8 (Hightstown).  Bear right after the toll onto Route 33 east.  Take jug handle for Route 133 west toward Princeton.  Go to the end of Route 133, crossing over Route 571 at the light (use center lane).  You are now on Windsor Center Drive.  Go 1/3 mile and turn left onto Oak Creek Road.  Go ½ mile and turn left onto Maple Stream Road.  Go to the end of the street and bear to the right.

Last updated 11/09

NNJR LIAISON ASSIGNMENT:
District:   Joel Kurtz – V.P.  joku@hotmail.com

 


FAIR LAWN

Club:            
Fair Lawn Jewish Center/Congregation B’nai Israel

                     Men’s Progress Club
District:         North
Club #:          947
Address:        10-10 Norma Avenue, Fair Lawn NJ 07410-1799
Phone:          (201) 796-5040
Rabbi:           Rabbi Ronald Roth  rabbi@fljc.com
Cantor:          Eric L. Wasser  elw613@optonline.net

Club President: 
Stuart Alper  stuart.alper@gmail.com

Club Man of the Year:   
Scott Pass

Key Club Programs:  Poker Tournament; World Wide Wrap; speaker breakfasts; Game Show Night, Great Shofar Blowout; Yom HaShoah Candles

Driving Directions:  From Route 80E:  Take the Garden State Pkwy North, get off at exit 160; turn left at the traffic light.  Go about half a mile, cross over the highway, and take the first exit onto Route 4 West (it might mention Route 208 North on the sign).
                     From Route 80W:  Get off on Route 17N.  At the Route 4 interchange (by Garden State Plaza), get on Route 4 West.
                     From the GS Pkwy Northbound:  Get off at exit 160, turn left at the traffic light at the end of the ramp, go over the highway, and take the first exit onto Route 4 West (it might mention Route 208 North on the sign).
                     From the GS Pkwy Southbound:  Get off at Exit 163 (Route 17 South), and follow directions from Route 4 West.
                     From Route 4 West:  After Paramus Road exit, Rte 4 splits into three parts (Rte 4, Rte 208, and Saddle River Road).  Stay in the middle and get onto Route 208 north.  Go about 1/2 mile.  Take 2PndP Morlot Ave exit from 208; merge onto Morlot Ave.  Go about ¾ of a mile; turn right onto 12PthP Street.  Turn left onto Alexander Ave (also called Manor Ave); the synagogue is one block on the right.

NNJR LIAISON ASSIGNMENT:
District:  
Harvey Hershkowitz, VP  hshinc@aol.com

Last updated 11/09
 


FLANDERS

Club:            
Temple Hatikvah

District:         Central
Club #:          974
Address:        Pleasant Hill Road, P.O. Box 152, Flanders NJ 07836-0152
Phone:          (973) 584-0212
Rabbi:           Rabbi Moshe Yudin  moshe.rudin@yahoo.com

Club President: 
Larry Lichter  larrycl44@hotmail.com

Club Treasurer:  Jeff Wells  jwellsdc@optonline.net

Key Club Programs:
  Barbeques; card and game night; Kosher Chinese dinners; Chanukah party; digital camera lessons; blood drives; party; digital camera lessons; blood drives; Purim Carnival; bowling; softball; Great Shofar Blowout

Driving Directions:
  Take I-80 west to Exit 27A (US 206 south) toward Somerville. Turn left onto CR – 613 – Main Street – Flanders. Main Street becomes Pleasant Hill Road. Synagogue is on Pleasant Hill Road across from the Flanders Golf Course

Updated 11/09

NNJR LIAISON ASSIGNMENT:
District:  Jeff Schulman – V.P.  jlschul@verizon.net

 


HIGHLAND PARK

Club:            
Highland Park Conservative Temple & Center

District:         South
Club #:          910
Address:        201 South 3PrdP Avenue, Highland Park NJ 08904-2513
Phone:          (732) 545-6482
Rabbi:           Rabbi Eliot Malomet  emalomet@aol.com

Club President: 
Marc Weinstein  weinstein.m1@gmail.com

Club Exec-VP:  Jay Culang
Club Treasurer:  Zoltan Kemeny
Club Secretary:  Craig Artel
Club Membership:  Barry Mael

Club Man of the Year:  Skip Rogers 

Key Club Programs:  Regular breakfast programs with speakers; Yom HaShoah Yellow Candle program; support for synagogue; Xmas eve dinner/concert (with EBJC); golf outing

Driving Directions:    From New Jersey Turnpike:
Take Exit 9 (New Brunswick).  After the exit, stay to the right and get on Route 18 north.  Immediately after you get on Route 18, the highway will divide.  Stay to the left to remain on 18 North.  Take 27 North toward Highland Park.  Entering Highland Park, you’ll go up a steep hill.  Four blocks later, turn right onto South 3PrdP Avenue.  The synagogue is two blocks down on the left.

Last updated 11/09

NNJR LIAISON ASSIGNMENT:
District:  Joel Kurtz – V.P.  joku@hotmail.com

 


LIVINGSTON

Club:            
Temple Beth Shalom

District:         Central
Club #:          941
Address:        193 East Mount Pleasant Avenue, Livingston NJ 07039-3199
Phone:          (973) 992-3600
Rabbi:           Rabbi Geoffrey Spector
(NNJR Rabbinic Advisor,  gspector@TBSnj.org
 Cantor: 
Benjamin Matis
Cantor: 
Sharon Knoller

Club President: 
Ira Sessler  ilsessler@sessleronline.com

Club Man of the Year: 
Barry Schwartz  

Key Club Programs:
  Labor Day Steak and Champagne Barbeque/Blood Drive; Steven A. Gelman Health Forum; Founders Day; Jewish Jeopardy; Build Sukkah; Hanukkah Hilarity Comedy Night; Scotch Tasting in the Sukkah; Lag B'Omer Picnic; Steak & Beer Night; World Wide Wrap; Yom HaShoah Yellow Candle Program; Men’s Club University; Israel Speaker’s Program


Driving Directions:    From the New Jersey Turnpike:
Take Exit 15W (the Oranges) to 280 West.  Continue on 280 West to Exit 6A (Laurel Avenue South).  Turn right on Laurel Avenue, and bearing left at the fork, get on Shrewsbury Drive.  Turn right at the first traffic light onto East Mount Pleasant Avenue (Route 10).  The entrance to the Temple is on the right, after the next traffic light.

Updated 11/09

NNJR LIAISON ASSIGNMENT:
District:  Jeff Schulman – V.P.  jlschul@verizon.net

 


MARLBORO

Club:            
Ohev Shalom/Marlboro Jewish Center

District:         South
Club #:          976
Address:        103 School Road West, Marlboro NJ 07746-1573
Phone:          (732) 536-2300
Rabbi:           Rabbi Toni Shy  RabbiShy@mjcnj.com
Cantor:          Wayne Krieger  CantorKrieger@mjcnj.com

Club President:  Steven J. Solomon  stevenjsolomon@yahoo.com

Club Man of the Year: 
Eric Bonett
Club Youth of the Year:  Matt Herling


Key Club Programs: Sports Bar in the Sukkah; Yom HaShoah Yellow Candle program; Build synagogue sukkot; Regular Breakfast Meetings with Guest Speakers; Hearing Men’s Voices; Poker Tournaments; World Wide Wrap; Cookout

Driving Directions:   
From the New Jersey Turnpike:
Take Exit 11 (Woodbridge-Amboys).  Follow signs to the Garden State Parkway South.  Get on the parkway and take Exit 123 (second exit after the Raritan toll).  Go approx. 7 miles on Route 9 south to Route 18 (Asbury Park – Shore Points).  Note that Route 18 exit is on the left.  Exit onto Route 79 North (Matawan) and turn left at the first light (School Road West).  Continue on School Road West, bearing right around the bend to the synagogue, on the left.

Updated 11/09

NNJR LIAISON ASSIGNMENT:
District:  Joel Kurtz – V.P.  joku@hotmail.com

 


METUCHEN

Club:            
Congregation Neve Shalom
District:         South
Club #:          962
Address:        250 Grove Ave., Metuchen NJ 08840-1646
Phone:          (732) 548-2238
Rabbi:           Rabbi Gerald Zelizer gizel@aol.com
Cantor:          Sheldon Levin

Club Co-President: 
Matt Bonus  matlicia@optonline.net

Club Co-President:  Harold Geller  hsgeller@gmail.com

Club Man of the Year:  Abe Adler
Club Youth of the Year
:  Scott Greenberg


Key Club Programs:
  Activities sponsored previously have included athletic events, trips to Israel, Men’s Club Shabbat and breakfasts with guest speakers who spoke on legal, ethical, and political issues. Funds raised are used to purchase siddurim for Bar/Bat Mitzvah students, World Wide Wrap, Yom HaShoah Yellow Candle program; funds for Sukkah

Driving Directions:   
From New Jersey Turnpike:
Take Exit 10.  Get onto Rte. 287 north (stay in right lane).  Take Exit 1A for Route 1 north.  Stay in right lane.  Exit at Amboy Avenue west, Metuchen.  Turn right at 2PndP traffic light onto Eggert Avenue.  Eggert turns into Grove Avenue.  Go under the train trestle and synagogue will be on the right.

Updated 11/09

NNJR LIAISON ASSIGNMENT:
District:  Joel Kurtz – V.P.  joku@hotmail.com

 


MILLBURN

Club:
             Congregation B’nai Israel
District:         Central
Club #:          920
Address:        160 Millburn Avenue, Millburn NJ 07041
Phone:          (973) 379-3811
Fax:              (973) 379-1941
Rabbi:           Rabbi Steven Bayar  hsbayar14@aol.com
Cantor:          Lorna Wallach  cantor@cbi-nj.org

Club President: 
Jack Wenik  jwenik@sillscummis.com

Man of the Year:  

Key Club Programs:  Guest speakers, World Wide Wrap, Yom HaShoah Yellow Candle project, Men’s Club Book Club, Men’s Club Shabbat, construction of shul Sukkah with Yom Tov lunch, support of impoverished Cuban Jews, special trips to museums, Lag B’Omer picnic with Jewish Nature guide, Passover wine tasting, Hanukkah Party, ushering for the High Holidays, a softball team, a basketball team, siddurim for the religious school and gifts for all B’nai Mitzvah, sponsor shul participation in Israel Day Parade, sponsor special staff seminars for Hebrew School, Papermill Theater & Dinner party and an Israeli Cafe Night with proceeds to support an impoverished Ethiopian community in Kiryat Malachi Israel, volunteers for Israel on an army base, Men’s Health Forum, Hebrew Literacy Program

Driving Directions:   
We are at the intersection of Millburn Ave and Vauxhall Road. From downtown Millburn, approach the synagogue by heading East on Millburn Ave (about 1 mile) and turn right into the first parking lot entrance just past the synagogue building. If you miss the entrance, there is a second parking lot entrance at the traffic light just beyond the first entrance. If you are coming from Route 78 Westbound, take Exit 50B, Millburn. Turn right at the light at the end of the exit ramp onto Vauxhall Road. Follow the road less than 1 mile as it winds through a couple of lights and ends at a light at the T-intersection with Millburn Avenue. Staying in the left lane, turn left onto Millburn Ave, go straight through the light immediately in front of you at the first parking lot entrance and then turn left into the second parking lot entrance just before the synagogue.

Updated 6/09

NNJR LIAISON ASSIGNMENT:
District:   Jeff Schulman – V.P.  jlschul@verizon.net


MONTVILLE

Club:            
Pine Brook Jewish Center

District:         North
Club #:          949
Address:        174 Changebridge Road, Montville NJ 07045-8800
Phone:          (973) 244-9800
Rabbi:           Rabbi Mark David Finkel  rabbifinkel@pbjc.org
Cantor:          Menachem Toren  pbjccantor@gmail.com


Club President:  Steve Gothelf  stevegothelf@gmail.com

Club Liaison to NNJR:  Rob Greenfield  pbjcpr@aol.com
Club Vice President:  Alan Zwickel  azwickel@optonline.net

Club Man of the Year: Jeffrey Weiss
Club Youth of the Year:  Julia Schube

Key Club Programs: 
Sunday morning speaker breakfasts; tennis leagues; racquetball leagues; softball temple league; poker nights; cigar nights; fishing trip; father/child bowling; sukkah set-up/take down/maintenance; Hebrew School Hanukah Party; sponsor Shabbat services; Yom HaShoah Candle Program; Passover Wine tasting and wine sale; World Wide Wrap

Driving Directions:    From Garden State Parkway:
Take Exit 153 to Route 3 West to Route 46 West.  Take Route 46 west for about 5 miles to the Route 80 interchange (Wayne).  Take Route 80 West to exit 48.  Turn left at the stop sign at the end of the ramp onto Hook Mountain Road.  Turn right at light onto Old Bloomfield Road.  Turn right at traffic light intersection onto Changebridge Road.  Stay on Changebridge for 2.5 miles.  Synagogue is on the right.

Updated 11/09


NNJR LIAISON ASSIGNMENT:
District:  Brian Frisch, trustee  Brian.frisch@cvstarrco.com

 


NORTH BRUNSWICK

Club:            
Congregation B’nai Tikvah
District:         South
Club #:          973
Address:        1001 Finnegan’s Lane, North Brunswick NJ 08902-1056
Synagogue Phone:   (732) 297-0696
Synagogue Fax:       (732) 297-2673
Synagogue Ex Dir:    Nitsat Hadas Elami  admin@bnaitikvah.org
Rabbi:           Rabbi Robert L. Wolkoff  Rabbi@bnaitikvah.org
Cantor:          Bruce Rockman cantor@bnaitikvah.org

Club President:  Steve Katz  skatz56@aol.com

Club Treasurer:  Andy Ross  adrcpa@aol.com

Key Club Programs:
  Breakfast speakers; softball league; Yom Kippur Break-Fast; Yom HaShoah Yellow Candle Program; Hall of Fame breakfast to honor individual congregants; World Wide Wrap; USY pancake breakfast

Driving Directions:   
Take New Jersey Turnpike to Exit 9.  Follow sign to Route 18 North, to Route 1 South.  Continue on Route 1 South for about 6 miles to Finnegan’s Lane.  Turn right at the traffic light.  The synagogue is on the right.

Updated 9/08

NNJR LIAISON ASSIGNMENT:
District:  Joel Kurtz – V.P.  joku@hotmail.com

 


OCEAN

Club:            
Temple Beth Torah
District:         South
Club #:          902
Address:        1200 Roseld Avenue, Wanamassa NJ 07712-4039
Phone:          (732) 531-4410
Rabbi:           Rabbi Michael Goldstein  rabbi@bethtorah.com
Cantor:          Bruce Siegel  cantor@bethtorah.com
Administrator:           Pam Cardullo  administrator@bethtorah.com

Club President:  Martin Sukinik  add4bux@verizon.net
Club’s e-mail:  mensclub@bethtorah.com

Club VP: 
Gary Gross
Club Treasurer: 
Art Fink

Club Man of the Year: 
Zel Steinberg

Key Club Programs:
  Texas Hold-Em Night; Liquid Chametz; Men’s Club Shabbat
with creative Erev Shabbat service; Chanukah and Purim parties; Hearing Men’s Voices; Annual Golf Outing; Sukkah construction; Annual 50/50 raffle; Sunday breakfast programs; Lake Party; Yom HaShoah Yellow Candle Program; World Wide Wrap

Driving Directions:    From Garden State Parkway Southbound:
Exit 105 (Eatontown & Ocean Township)
Go straight onto Route 36 East.  Bear right before 4th light onto Route 35 South.  Immediately past 5th traffic light, take the jug handle turn on the right for Allaire Avenue.  Go straight (east) to the end.  Turn right onto Logan Road for one block; entrance to Temple parking area is on the right.

                     From Route 18 Southbound:
Exit 12A (West Park Avenue, Oakhurst).  At light, turn right onto Poplar Road.  At next traffic light, turn left onto Deal Road.  At 2nd traffic light, turn right onto Logan Road.  Entrance to temple parking area is 3/4 mile on right.

Updated 11/09

NNJR LIAISON ASSIGNMENT:
District:  Joel Kurtz – V.P.  joku@hotmail.com


OLD BRIDGE

Club:            
Temple Beth Ohr

District:         South
Club #:          939
Address:        P.O. Box 206, Old Bridge NJ 08857-0206
Phone:          (732) 257-1523
Rabbi:           Rabbi Eugene Wernick  bethohr@juno.com

Club President:  Ed Mendlowitz  emcpa1@aol.com

Club Treasurer:  Herb Goldenberg  hjgoldenberg@aol.com

Program VP: Harvey Cohen
Ritual VP: Morton Kamenitz
Asst. Ritual VP: Jonathan Steinklein
Secretary: Kenneth Dietz
Good & Welfare: Ira Donenfeld
Fund Raising: Elliott Lehrer
Trustees: Kenneth Kaufman
               Sydney Lustgarten

Club Man of the Year: Robert Weiss
Club Youth of the Year: Jonathan Steinklein


Key Club Programs:  Commemorative First Day Covers; Lead Sunday Morning Minyon; Monthly Exciting, Essential and Educational Ectitities programs and speakers following bagel breakfast after the Sunday Minyon; scholarship essay competition; World Wide Wrap


Driving Directions:    Take Garden State Parkway to Exit 123.  Take Route 9 South to Route 516 West.  Synagogue will be on the right, just after the football and Little League playing fields and post office.

Last updated 11/09

NNJR LIAISON ASSIGNMENT:
District:  Joel Kurtz – V.P.  joku@hotmail.com


POMPTON LAKES

Club:            
Congregation Beth Shalom

District:         North
Club #:          959
Address:        21 Passaic Avenue, Pompton Lakes NJ 07442-1815
Phone:          973-835-3500
Fax:              973-835-9785
Rabbi:          
Rabbi David Senter  RabbiDS@aol.com
Office Mgr:    Bea Katz
E-mail:          office@bethshalomnj.org  or  cbsplnj@juno.com

Club President: 
Bruce Weiner  beweiner@msn.com

Man of the Year:  

Key Club Programs: 
Yellow Candles

Driving Directions:  
From Route 287 North and South:  Get off at Exit 53 - Bloomingdale/Pompton Lakes.  Make a right turn at the light (Hamburg Turnpike).  Go past 2 traffic lights and bear right by the war memorial monument (Valley National Bank is on the left, firehouse is across the street) merging onto Paterson-Hamburg Turnpike.  Go to the first traffic light (gas station).  Make a left turn onto Ramapo Avenue.  Go one block to Passaic Avenue and make a left turn.  Temple is halfway up the block on the right.


From Route 23 North:  From Route 80 (Willowbrook Mall) area, follow Route 23 North 3.4 miles past two traffic lights to the Ratzer Road/Service Road exit.  Take the right hand exit lane, and continue straight onto US Route 202 North (Black Oak Ridge Road).  Go 2.9 miles, through three traffic lights, until the end.  Turn left onto Paterson-Hamburg Turnpike.  At the second light (1.4 miles) turn right onto Ramapo Avenue.  Go one block to Passaic Avenue and make a left turn.  Temple is halfway up the block on the right.

From GW Bridge:  Take Route 4 West to Route 208 North which becomes Route 287 South.  Follow directions for I-287.

From Lincoln Tunnel, Routes 46 & 80, Garden State Parkway (GSP), NJ Turnpike:
a.  Lincoln Tunnel to Route 3 West to Route 46 West to Route 23 North.  Follow above directions.
b.  Route 46 West to Route 23 North.  Follow above directions.
c.  Route 80 West to Route 23 North.  Follow above directions.
d.  GSP to Exit 153B to Route 3 West to Route 46 West to Route 23 North.  Follow above directions.
e.  NJ Turnpike Exit 16W to Route 3 West to Route 46 West to Route 23 North.  Follow above directions.

Updated 11/09

NNJR LIAISON ASSIGNMENT:
District:  Brian Frisch, trustee  Brian.frisch@cvstarrco.com

 


PRINCETON

Club:            
The Jewish Center

District:         South
Club #:          981
Address:        435 Nassau Street, Princeton NJ 08540
Phone:          (609) 921-0100
Rabbi:           Rabbi Adam Feldman
Cantor:          Murray Simon
Admin. Director:       Nancy Lewis

Club co-President:  Lou Klimoff  louklimoff@earthlink.net

Club co-President:  
Warren Mitlak  wmitlak@comcast.net

Key Club Programs:
  Rosh Hashanah Israeli honey sale; Men’s Club Shabbat; Tefillin Education program; building the Sukkah; High Holiday Ushers; Men’s Softball League, Yellow candles, Texas Hold’em;

Driving Directions:    From the New Jersey Turnpike:
Take Exit 9 (New Brunswick).  Bear right at the toll booth toward Route 18 North/Route 1 South.  Carefully follow signs to Route 1 South (to Princeton / Trenton).  Stay on Route 1 for 11 miles and bear right onto Raymond Road.  Stay on Raymond Road until it ends (1.3 miles).  Left onto Route 27 South.  Go 2.7 miles through 4 traffic lights.  The synagogue is on the left, just past the 4th traffic light at Riverside Drive/Snowden Lane.  Look for a hidden driveway just past the house on the corner.

Last updated 11/09

NNJR LIAISON ASSIGNMENT:
District:  Joel Kurtz – V.P.  joku@hotmail.com

 


RIDGEWOOD

Club:            
Temple Israel – Brandeis Men’s Club

District:         North
Club #:          969
Address:        475 Grove Street, Ridgewood NJ 07450-5407
Phone:          (201) 444-9320
Rabbi:           David B. Saltzman
Cantor:         
Caitlin Bromberg

Club President: 
Robert Rohrberger RRohrberger@foxrothschild.com


Club Man of the Year: 
Bob Smolen

Key Club Programs:  Casino Night; Wine Tasting party; kiddush cups to the b'nai mitzvah children; Men’s Club Shabbat; High Holiday ushering; Shofar demo for Hebrew school classes and High Holiday children's programs; synagogue Sukkah (construct and take-down); food at Hanukah and Purim parties; World Wide Wrap; Yom HaShoah candle program; Camp Ramah stipends; sports outings (baseball, hockey); Sunday minyan bagels; Lag b’Omer picnic, games and bonfire

Driving Directions:    From the New Jersey Turnpike:
Take Exit 18 (last exit) and follow Route 46 west approx 2-3 miles.  Take Route 17 north exit.  Pass the Garden State Parkway exit and take Midland Avenue exit heading to Glen Rock (west).  After getting on Midland, get into the left lane.  Continue straight through the traffic light at Paramus Road, where Midland becomes Grove Street.  Follow Grove approx 1 mile to Temple building on the right.  Parking lot is in back.

                     From the Garden State Parkway (northbound):
Take Exit 163 to Route 17 North.  Proceed ¾ mile to first exit at Midland Avenue.  Take left at end of ramp, toward Glen Rock (west).  Follow directions above.

Rev 11/08

NNJR LIAISON ASSIGNMENT:
District: 
Harvey Hershkowitz, VP    hshinc@aol.com

 


SCOTCH PLAINS

Club:            
Congregation Beth Israel

District:         Central
Club #:          961
Address:        18 Shalom Way, Scotch Plains NJ 07076-2854
Phone:          (908) 889-1830
Rabbi:           Rabbi George Nudell  gbnudell@aol.com
Exec. Director:          Davida Berkowitz Ryan  davida.ryan@verizon.net

Club President:  Jay Goldring  goldjm@hotmail.com

Club Man of the Year:   
Peter Fleischmann

Key Club Programs:  Annual Blood Drive; build and deconstruct the Temple Sukkah; sponsor Temple Chanukah Party; World Wide Wrap; lead shivah minyans in the absence of clergy; hospital visitation and bereavement outreach; Yom HaShoah Yellow Candle program

Driving Directions:  From Garden State Parkway:  Take Exit 135.  Follow signs to Westfield (Central Avenue).  Turn left at the first light onto Raritan Road.  Go to the 5PthP light (Lake Avenue) and turn right.  Follow Lake through six lights (it changes to Martine Avenue).  Synagogue is three blocks past the last light.

Updated 11/09

NNJR LIAISON ASSIGNMENT:
District:  Jeff Schulman – V.P.  jlschul@verizon.net

 


SOMERSET

Club:            
Temple Beth El

District:         South
Club #:          957
Address:        1489 Hamilton Street, Somerset NJ 08873
Phone:          (732) 873-2325
Rabbi:           Rabbi Eli Garfinkel  rabbigarfinkel1@mac.com
Administrator:           Elaine Wasserman  templebethelsomerset@patmedia.net

Club President:  Howard Pearlson  hpearlson@comcast.net

Club Man of the Year: 
Robert
Goldstein


Key Club Programs: 
Men’s Club strives to be an integrative force within our temple and the surrounding Jewish community. We do integrative programs with Sisterhood, Hazak and a consortium of Area Temples known as Jewish Life. Key programs include Speaker breakfasts; Providing Books on Jewish mourning to congregants sitting Shiva. Building synagogue Sukkah; Men's Club Shabbat weekend; Annual Jewpardy contest, Parent/child events; two softball teams; (Beth El Bobcats and Morris Marauders); World Wide Wrap; Yom HaShoah Yellow Candle distribution to synagogue members and Jewish assisted living communities. Coordinate Entertainment Book and men’s Club Raffle Distributions


Driving Directions: 
From North:  NJ Turnpike to Exit 10.  Follow signs to Route 287 North. Take I-287 North to Exit 10 (Easton Ave. New Brunswick & South Bound Brook). Follow signs to New Brunswick.  Rte 527 south is Easton Ave.  Continue on Easton Ave. to JFK Blvd. (just before the 6PthP light).  Turn right on JFK Blvd.  Then make a right at 3PrdP light onto Hamilton Street.  Synagogue will be on the right.

                     From South:  Take NJ Turnpike to Exit 9.  Follow signs to Route 18 North. Exit Route 18 at Easton Ave exit.  Follow ramp to the light and turn left.  At the first light make a right.  This is Easton Ave.  Just before the second light, take the jug handle across Easton Ave onto JFK Blvd.  Turn right at the 3PrdP light onto Hamilton Street. Synagogue will be on the right.

Updated 11/09

NNJR LIAISON ASSIGNMENT:
District:  Joel Kurtz – V.P.  joku@hotmail.com

 


SOUTH ORANGE

Club:            
Congregation Beth El

District:         Central
Club #:          945
Address:        222 Irvington Avenue, South Orange NJ 07079-2298
Phone:          (973) 763-0111
Rabbi:           Rabbi Francine Roston  RabbiR@bethelnj.org
Cantor:          Perry Fine  espritpsf@aol.com
Exec. Director:          Stuart Skolnick  5skols@optonline.net

Club President:  Bill Adelson  wja@olss.com

Key Club Programs:
  Golf Outing; basketball, softball, Israel trip scholarships; Sunday morning breakfast speakers; Community Food Bank Drive;  Bowling Party with Sisterhood;  Cemetery plot sales and management; building the synagogue sukkah;  Men’s Club Shabbat;  High Holy Day and Shabbat ushering; Yom HaShoah Yellow Candle Program

Driving Directions:    From Garden State Parkway:  Take Exit 145, Route 280.  Take 280 West to Exit 10, Northfield Avenue.  Make a left at the light onto Northfield; go to the second light, Gregory Avenue.  Turn left on Gregory and follow it approx three miles (the street name will change to Wyoming Avenue) to the second traffic light at South Orange Avenue.  Turn left on South Orange Avenue and go down the hill through the center of South Orange (“the Village”).  Just after the third light, there will be a flagpole and a fork to the right.  Take the fork onto Irvington Avenue.  The synagogue is 1/4 mile down on the right, after the first traffic light.

NNJR LIAISON ASSIGNMENT:
District:  Jeff Schulman – V.P.  jlschul@verizon.net

 


SPRINGFIELD

Club:            
Temple Beth Ahm Yisrael

District:         Central
Club #:          921
Address:        60 Temple Drive, Springfield NJ 07081-1599
Phone:          (973) 376-0539
Rabbi:           Rabbi Mark Mallach  ridinrebbe@aol.com
Cantor:          Richard Nadel  greatmohel@aol.com

Club Co-President:  Maurice Carchman  Mcarchman@aol.com

Club Co-President:  Hy Kuperstein  hy.kuperstein@barnettcommunications.com

Club Co-President:
Herb Gersh

Club Co-President:
Gerald Weiss

Key Club Programs: 
Men’s Club Shabbat; Holocaust Yellow Candle program; High Holiday Chair Setup and ushering; co-sponsorship of programs with B'nai B'rith (speakers, entertainment); softball team; Holocaust essay contest; Atlantic City senior league trip; Passover wine sale

Driving Directions: 
From New Jersey Turnpike:  Take Exit 14 (Newark Airport).  Just past the toll booth, take Route 78 West (local lanes).  Follow signs to Route 24 West.  Stay on 24 and take the exit for Springfield/Millburn/Summit.  At the head of the ramp, follow the sign for Springfield/Millburn.  Turn right at the 2PndP light onto Baltusrol Way.  At stop sign, turn right toward the Temple.  Go to end of block and enter driveway to Temple parking lot.

Updated 11/09

NNJR LIAISON ASSIGNMENT:
District:  Jeff Schulman – V.P.  jlschul@verizon.net

 


STATEN ISLAND, NY

Club:            
Congregation B’nai Jeshurun

District:         Central
Club #:          944
Address:        275 Martling Avenue, Staten Island NY 10314-2499
Phone:          (718) 981-5550
Fax:              (718) 981-8396
Rabbi:           Rabbi Judah  
Kogen clanKogen@aol.com
Cantor:          Mordechai Edry EdryCPA@aol.com
E-mail:          CBJShul@aol.com

Club President: 
Joel Brimmer  brimmer911@aol.com

Club Man of the Year:  
Mark Ben-Aron

Key Club Programs:  Annual Barn Dance; Art Auction; Great Shofar Blowout;
annual softball game M/C vs. Youth Group; World Wide Wrap; Yom HaShoah Yellow Candle program

Driving Directions:    From New Jersey Turnpike:  Take Exit 13.  Follow to Goethals Bridge, cross over to Staten Island.  Take Staten Island Expressway to Todt Hill Exit.  At light, make left turn onto Slosson Avenue.  Go to the end (four lights), which is Martling Avenue.  Make a left turn, go two blocks.  Temple will be on your right.

Updated 11/09

NNJR LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS:
District:  Jeff Schulman – V.P.  jlschul@verizon.net

 


TEANECK

Club:            
Congregation Beth Sholom
District:         North
Club #:          972
Address:        354 Maitland Avenue, Teaneck NJ 07666-3026
Synagogue Phone:   (201) 833-2620
Rabbi:           Rabbi Kenneth Berger  ravkberger@aol.com
Administrator: Deborah Leder Zaffos  bsteaneck@aol.com

Club President:  Myron Schulman  emesesq48@aol.com

Club Treasurer: 
Alan Eras 
aje56@aol.com

Club Man of the Year:  
Jay Greenspan

Key Club Programs:
  Project Ezra Dinner; Shul Service; Hearing Men’s Voices; special educational and social activities; Yellow Candles

Driving Directions:  From GW Bridge:  NJ Route 4 West about 3 miles to Belle Ave. Right on Covington to end.  Left on Windsor Road, go about 1 mile to Maitland (4 blocks past light), turn left, go up one block.

From Garden State Parkway North: Exit 161 to Route 4 East. Exit at Belle Ave, turn left onto Woods Road, go 1 block to end.  Turn left onto Windsor.  Follow directions above.

From Garden State Pkwy South:  Exit to Route 17 to Route 4 East.  Follow directions above.

From Route 80 East:  Exit 67 at Bogota; at top of ramp, turn left onto Palisades Ave.  Go 1.1 miles to Cedar Lane.  Make left on Cedar, go one block (over RR), turn right onto Windsor (looks like a driveway after RR overpass).  Follow directions above.

NNJR LIAISON ASSIGNMENT:
District: 
Harvey Hershkowitz, VP    hshinc@aol.com

 


TOMS RIVER

Club:
            Congregation B’nai Israel
District:         South
Club #:          931
Address:        1488 Old Freehold Road, Toms River NJ 08753-2799
Phone:          (732) 349-1244
Rabbi:           Rabbi Ellen Wolintz-Fields  EWolintz@aol.com
Cantor:          Adam Goldstein

Club President:  Dave Atkins  atkins566@msn.com

Club Man of the Year: 
Bert Natelson
Club Youth of the Year:  Matt Haimowitz


Key Club Programs:
  Speaker programs; Yom HaShoah Yellow Candle Program; World Wide Wrap


Driving Directions:   
From Garden State Parkway South:
Get off at Exit 88 (Lakewood/Brick); turn right onto Route 70.  Follow Route 70 to New Hampshire Avenue south.  Take jug-handle onto New Hampshire Avenue, which becomes Old Freehold Road.  Synagogue will be on the right.


NNJR LIAISON ASSIGNMENT:
District:         Joel Kurtz – V.P.  joku@hotmail.com

 


WAYNE

Club:            
Shomrei Torah, Wayne Conservative Congregation

District:         North
Club #:          960
Address:        30 Hinchman Avenue, Wayne NJ 07470-2314
Phone:          (973) 696-2500
Rabbi:           Rabbi Randall Mark  RMarkWCC@optonline.net
Exec. Director:  Nadia Massuda  admin@shomreitorahwcc.org

Club Co-President:  Mike Green  mhgreen@optonline.net

Club Co-President:
  Stuart Millstein  stumil27@optonline.net

Club Man of the Year: 
Sy Schlossberg
Club Youth of the Year: Laura Seltzer


Key Club Programs:
  1st Day of School "Brunch In A Bag" Give-Away & Flyer Distribution to parents as they drop kids off at school; build the sukkah; Opening Face-Off Brunch; NY Jets Tailgate Party; Blood Drive; Winter Weekend; World Wide Wrap; Purim Carnival; Yom HaShoah Yellow Candles; Men’s Club Shabbat; Poker Night; Lag b’Omer picnic

Driving Directions:  From GW Bridge, take Route 80 West to Exit 55A to Union Blvd. Little Falls; get on Route 46 West, go to 1PstP exit (Riverview Drive).  Follow Wayne signs, bearing left at top of exit ramp, then make next right onto Riverview Drive.  Go 1.4 miles to 6PthP light; bear left, then turn right onto Valley Rd.  Go 2.5 miles to 4PthP light; turn right at Ratzer Road.  Go 1 block, turn left onto Hinchman Avenue (see white church on corner).  Synagogue is down the block on the right.

From Lincoln Tunnel, take Route 3 West to Route 46 West to Riverview Drive, then as above.

From Garden State Parkway Northbound, take Exit 153B to Route 3 West to Route 46 West, then as above.

From Route 80 Eastbound, take Exit 54 (Minnisink Rd. Totowa).  At top of ramp, turn left and then make first left onto Vreeland Ave., proceed to Riverview Dr and follow GWB directions given above
.
Updated 11/09

NNJR LIAISON ASSIGNMENT:
District: 
Harvey Hershkowitz, VP    hshinc@aol.com

 

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