Submission #12
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Family fued Game
Non-FJMC Program
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Title:Temple Beth El Men’s Club Family Feud game
Purpose: to boost Jewish community enthusiasm via Men's Club Programming
Implementation: (1) to expand a format similar to Jewperdy (i.e. Jeopardy) game used in prior years
(2) to increase Jewish awareness through informal questions of community and biblical interest
(3) to expand the number of jewish adults and children in the temple community on opposing teams
(4) to create ruach by having as many teams as possible participate before the Temple Beth El Community audience
(5) to implement this program on Sunday morning of the Men's Club Shabbat weekend
Purpose: to boost Jewish community enthusiasm via Men's Club Programming
Implementation: (1) to expand a format similar to Jewperdy (i.e. Jeopardy) game used in prior years
(2) to increase Jewish awareness through informal questions of community and biblical interest
(3) to expand the number of jewish adults and children in the temple community on opposing teams
(4) to create ruach by having as many teams as possible participate before the Temple Beth El Community audience
(5) to implement this program on Sunday morning of the Men's Club Shabbat weekend
Temple Beth El’s Men’s Club Family Feud Program
In January 2012, Temple Beth El’s Men’s Club was looking for a program that would interactively involve men, women, and children from the Temple and accordingly, be of interest to members and non-members of all ages. In previous years, Men’s Club had run a Jewpardy competitive game program on Men’s Club Shabbat, and it was initially thought that a joint Men’s Club and Sisterhood Jewpardy game at a Sunday morning breakfast program might provide this type of event. The problem, however, was that such a program wouldn’t include enough competitors and certainly not enough Hebrew School children competitors. Our Rabbi Garfinkel suggested that if we were running game show competition with Jewish related questions and answers, why not run a Family Feud game competition instead of a Jewpardy competition. This sounded like an excellent idea, and a committee of four individuals (including the Rabbi) went to work in formulating this game show program.
The committee decided on the following:
• The Family Feud Game Competition would be scheduled for Sunday morning, March 18, 2012. Men’s Club and Sisterhood would share the expenses of this program which included a breakfast for all attendees and gift cards for the winning team.
• There would be four teams, with each team made up of five contestants. Where possible, this would include three adults and two Hebrew school children on each team. At the beginning of the competition, two teams would randomly be chosen to compete against each other in round one and the remaining two teams would compete against each other in the second round. In the third round the two winners would compete against each other to see who would be the champion team. Additionally, a bonus round would also be created for audience participation at the end of the formal competition.
• The four members of the committee decided on the Jewish related categories and questions within each category. Darryl Jayson, one of the committee members, with input from the others then assigned percentage popularity values to each of the “most popular answers”.
• I contacted members of Men’s Club and Sisterhood to get the teams for the March 18 competition. I also insured that breakfast arrangements were made, and the Sisterhood representative got the gift cards for the winning team.
• Darryl e-mailed all members of the committee the questions that would be asked along with the most popular answers, and the percentage assignments to these answers. The committee reviewed these and got back to Darryl with any corrections that needed to be made.
• We got publicity out in our monthly Shofar along with separate e-mail mailings, local newspaper community messages, and weekly Temple bulletin schedule of events.
In general, the program ran well and was a lot of fun for the teams and all the attendees. The entire Hebrew School was at the program and they were rewarded with an enjoyable morning and some worthwhile Jewish educational information. A team consisting of Brian Levine (the Somerset mayor), his family, and Steve Finkelstein won this competition, and expressed their pleasure with the program and the opportunity to participate in this fun event. Men’s Club and Sisterhood were very pleased with the program and the participation of entire families, and discussed the idea of running this program in 2013.
In January 2013, the committee of four again got together to organize a game show competition for March 2013. The Rabbi mentioned that maybe this year we should switch to Wheel of Fortune. While the committee appreciated the idea of changing things to stimulate new interest, they felt that the Family Feud format was the best because it allowed for participation of entire families and in particular a number of the Hebrew School children.
The committee then decided on the following:
• The 2013 Family Feud Game competition would be held on Sunday morning, March 3, as the culminating program to the Men’s Club Shabbat weekend.
• A review of last year’s questions and answers was made and more care given that non-selected answers to questions wouldn’t appear on the screen (as they had last year). Additionally, more questions that could more easily be answered by third to sixth grade Hebrew School students were included in the program. Another change made was that for this competition, the bonus round would feature competition between two Hebrew School children rather than just audience participation.
• Since a number of the contestants from last year were away or had other commitments, revised teams were formed with some substitutes on hand in the event of last moment unforeseen events.
• Breakfast preparations were made, and the Sisterhood representative purchased the gift cards.
The Family Feud program again turned out to be a big success and a very fun filled and enjoyable culmination to the Men’s Club Shabbat weekend. While the turnout was maybe not as large as anticipated (we already had had some relatively large crowds on Friday night and Saturday morning of this particular weekend), the Hebrew School students along with their parents were well into this competitive game program. This time the Men’s Club Team consisting of Bob Persily, Andy Sheffrin, Elliott Sacks, and Marc Glessner (a team of 4 rather than 5) won the Family Feud Game Contest and David Merges , son of one of the other competing teams won the bonus round competition. All contestants and attendees had a good time. The very positive response to this program was such that it was felt that this type of program would be good for many years to follow, and would be a good example to both our Men’s Club and other regional Men’s Clubs of programs that could involve and appeal to entire families and not just the men.
It was felt by Men’s Club, Sisterhood, and Temple members that this was a very worthwhile program, which involved men, women, and children of all ages, and that it was an event that certainly merited submission for consideration of a Federation of Jewish Men’s Club Torch Award.
Marc Hilton
2011 – 2013 Temple Beth El’s Men’s Club President
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In January 2012, Temple Beth El’s Men’s Club was looking for a program that would interactively involve men, women, and children from the Temple and accordingly, be of interest to members and non-members of all ages. In previous years, Men’s Club had run a Jewpardy competitive game program on Men’s Club Shabbat, and it was initially thought that a joint Men’s Club and Sisterhood Jewpardy game at a Sunday morning breakfast program might provide this type of event. The problem, however, was that such a program wouldn’t include enough competitors and certainly not enough Hebrew School children competitors. Our Rabbi Garfinkel suggested that if we were running game show competition with Jewish related questions and answers, why not run a Family Feud game competition instead of a Jewpardy competition. This sounded like an excellent idea, and a committee of four individuals (including the Rabbi) went to work in formulating this game show program.
The committee decided on the following:
• The Family Feud Game Competition would be scheduled for Sunday morning, March 18, 2012. Men’s Club and Sisterhood would share the expenses of this program which included a breakfast for all attendees and gift cards for the winning team.
• There would be four teams, with each team made up of five contestants. Where possible, this would include three adults and two Hebrew school children on each team. At the beginning of the competition, two teams would randomly be chosen to compete against each other in round one and the remaining two teams would compete against each other in the second round. In the third round the two winners would compete against each other to see who would be the champion team. Additionally, a bonus round would also be created for audience participation at the end of the formal competition.
• The four members of the committee decided on the Jewish related categories and questions within each category. Darryl Jayson, one of the committee members, with input from the others then assigned percentage popularity values to each of the “most popular answers”.
• I contacted members of Men’s Club and Sisterhood to get the teams for the March 18 competition. I also insured that breakfast arrangements were made, and the Sisterhood representative got the gift cards for the winning team.
• Darryl e-mailed all members of the committee the questions that would be asked along with the most popular answers, and the percentage assignments to these answers. The committee reviewed these and got back to Darryl with any corrections that needed to be made.
• We got publicity out in our monthly Shofar along with separate e-mail mailings, local newspaper community messages, and weekly Temple bulletin schedule of events.
In general, the program ran well and was a lot of fun for the teams and all the attendees. The entire Hebrew School was at the program and they were rewarded with an enjoyable morning and some worthwhile Jewish educational information. A team consisting of Brian Levine (the Somerset mayor), his family, and Steve Finkelstein won this competition, and expressed their pleasure with the program and the opportunity to participate in this fun event. Men’s Club and Sisterhood were very pleased with the program and the participation of entire families, and discussed the idea of running this program in 2013.
In January 2013, the committee of four again got together to organize a game show competition for March 2013. The Rabbi mentioned that maybe this year we should switch to Wheel of Fortune. While the committee appreciated the idea of changing things to stimulate new interest, they felt that the Family Feud format was the best because it allowed for participation of entire families and in particular a number of the Hebrew School children.
The committee then decided on the following:
• The 2013 Family Feud Game competition would be held on Sunday morning, March 3, as the culminating program to the Men’s Club Shabbat weekend.
• A review of last year’s questions and answers was made and more care given that non-selected answers to questions wouldn’t appear on the screen (as they had last year). Additionally, more questions that could more easily be answered by third to sixth grade Hebrew School students were included in the program. Another change made was that for this competition, the bonus round would feature competition between two Hebrew School children rather than just audience participation.
• Since a number of the contestants from last year were away or had other commitments, revised teams were formed with some substitutes on hand in the event of last moment unforeseen events.
• Breakfast preparations were made, and the Sisterhood representative purchased the gift cards.
The Family Feud program again turned out to be a big success and a very fun filled and enjoyable culmination to the Men’s Club Shabbat weekend. While the turnout was maybe not as large as anticipated (we already had had some relatively large crowds on Friday night and Saturday morning of this particular weekend), the Hebrew School students along with their parents were well into this competitive game program. This time the Men’s Club Team consisting of Bob Persily, Andy Sheffrin, Elliott Sacks, and Marc Glessner (a team of 4 rather than 5) won the Family Feud Game Contest and David Merges , son of one of the other competing teams won the bonus round competition. All contestants and attendees had a good time. The very positive response to this program was such that it was felt that this type of program would be good for many years to follow, and would be a good example to both our Men’s Club and other regional Men’s Clubs of programs that could involve and appeal to entire families and not just the men.
It was felt by Men’s Club, Sisterhood, and Temple members that this was a very worthwhile program, which involved men, women, and children of all ages, and that it was an event that certainly merited submission for consideration of a Federation of Jewish Men’s Club Torch Award.
Marc Hilton
2011 – 2013 Temple Beth El’s Men’s Club President
This
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