Showing posts with label Jeremy Gerber. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jeremy Gerber. Show all posts

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Jeremy Gerber Send-Off Party

The crowd was American, the Rabbinic Intern was Swedish and the food was Chinese. This is what you got if you came to the CAI Men's Club's Send-Off Party for Jeremy Gerber at Mr. Chu's Vegetarian Cuisine in West Caldwell on May 14. After two glorious years at CAI, where he overwhelmingly participated in and supported the Men's Club, we said "good-bye" to Jeremy with a (vegetarian) Chinese banquet.



Club President Adam Shandler toasted Jeremy prior to the dinner and presented him with a plaque from the Men's Club. Among Jeremy's contributions to the club were his launch of a liturgical Hebrew class, moderating our Torah on Tap discussions and participating in (and almost winning) our most recent Texas Hold 'Em Poker Tournament. He also taught Judaism to students at the College of St. Elizabeth in Morristown, according to CAI member and CSE faculty member Harriet Sepinwall. (Harriet, by the way is a FOMC or Friend of Men's Club.)


It's a good thing the crowd of close to thirty people came hungry because Harvey Hershkowitz ordered dishes like this was a competitive eating contest. The crowd raved as we enjoyed "ribs", "beef", "sesame chicken" and "tuna" (or because it was imitation tuna, "tu-no".) Mr. Chu's played excellent hosts to our event, and if you're looking for a vegetarian meal with the authentic taste of the real thing, we recommend you give this restaurant a try. (It's BYO as well. No, that's not a Jewish youth movement, but rather Bring Your Own Wine, Beer, etc.) Special thanks and congrats to club VP Marty Schenker for putting this event together.

We wish Jeremy and his wife Rebecca all the best as they start a new life in Wallingford, PA, where Jeremy will serve as pulpit rabbi for Congregation Ohev Shalom. Thanks for all you've done for CAI and our Men's Club. (And if you would like to make a donation in Jeremy's honor to his new synagogue, contact Adam Shandler at adam@adshandler.com)

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Men's Club General Meeting - Tuesday, May 12

The CAI Men's Club will hold its general, monthly meeting on Tuesday, May 12 at 8 pm in the CAI conference rooms. On the agenda:

*Recap of Gloriously Green Event and Garage Sale

*Yom Hashoah Yellow Candle Fundraising

*Preparation for the Rabbinic Intern Jeremy Gerber Send-Off Party

*Judging for the Jack Lippe Scholarship

*Preparation for the Men's Club Shabbat on June 12


We will also be getting a special visit from Eric Weis, President of the Northern New Jersey Region of Jewish Men's Clubs. Eric will speak about the upcoming National FJMC Convention in Philadelphia over July 4th weekend. Eric is pictured, far right, with our own Harvey Hershkowitz, VP of the NNJR (second from right), presenting a check to David Lissy, Executive Director of Masorti Foundation for Conservative Judaism. They are joined by Stuart Millstein, (far left) President of the Shomrei Torah Men's Club of Wayne, NJ. (Photo courtesy of the NNJR.org website.)


All male members of Agudath Israel are welcome to join this meeting. We welcome your presence and your new ideas. For more information contact club president Adam Shandler at adshandler@gmail.com

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Party Honoring Rabbinic Intern Jeremy Gerber

Rabbinic Intern Jeremy Gerber has been a great friend to the Men's Club in his short time at CAI. He's moderated our Torah on Tap events. He's taught liturgical Hebrew to our congregants through the Men's Club's "Learn Hebrew" program. He even placed second in our most recent CAI Texas Hold 'Em Poker Tournament.



Join the Men's Club as we say "Thank You" with a send-off party before he heads to his new pulpit at Congregation Ohev Shalom in Wallingford, PA. The party will be held at Mr. Chu's Vegetarian Asian restaurant on Bloomfield Avenue in West Caldwell, on Thursday, May 14th at 7 p.m.



Contact Adam Shandler at adam@adshandler.com for more info or to RSVP.

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Men's Club General Meeting - Tuesday, April 7th

The next general meeting of the CAI Men's Club will take place on Tuesday night, April 7th, at 8 pm. Meetings are normally on the second Tuesday of each month, but we are bucking the trend in April due to the observance of Passover.
On the agenda for Tuesday's meeting:

*Recaps of our March events

*Men's Club's participation in CAI's Gloriously Green Event on May 3rd

*Thank You Party for Rabbinic Intern Jeremy Gerber (Thursday, May 14th)

*Men's Club Shabbat in June.

We welcome all new members and their ideas to the meeting. You can also witness Secretary Steve Jacobs' masterful minute-taking.

See you there!