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
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Updated 11/09
NNJR LIAISON ASSIGNMENT:
District: Harvey Hershkowitz, VP hshinc@aol.com
