Submission #28199 by Beth Emeth-Bais Yehuda Men's Club - Downsview, ON (404)

Submission information
Submitted by bruce9
Sun, 2023-04-09 21:43
185.198.240.50
2023
I have read the 2023 Torch Awards Program Guidelines.
Club Name
Beth Emeth-Bais Yehuda Men's Club - Downsview, ON (404)
Mark Oppenheimer
Club Representative
Person completing form
Dr. Jeff Shore
Bruce
Martin
Club President at time of convention if known at this time
Allan
Snow
Club President Now
Allan
Snow
Educational Programming

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Our Synagogue brought in Mark Oppenheimer for a Sunday Evening talk. Mark is the founder and host of Unorthodox, the most popular Jewish Podcast about
Jewish Life and Culture.
We actually had 2 programs. In the morning Mark did a breakfast talk for our men's club and synagogue about his most recent book, Squirrel Hill: The Tree of Life Synagogue shooting and the soul of the area. Mark read his favourite passages from the book and took many questions.
In the evening Men's club sponsored and Evening with Mark Oppenheimer where his topic was Jewcasting: Jewish Media from the Yiddish Press to the Podcast.
The evening was well attended, was free of charge, courtesy of our Men's Club and from all accounts was a resounding success.
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Self Assessment
The program not only invigorated the Club but the Synagogue. We became very relevant to the community by bringing in a high profile. well known guest.
Bringing in a high profile person like Mark was just what our Men's Club and Synagogue needed. Our Shule and club has been very slow to come back from Covid and the fact that we hundreds of people come live was a real plus. We were particularly excited by the number of young people that showed up.
Both of Mark's programs were directly related to involving people in Jewish Life.

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Original Program
Previous Submission
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Honorable Mention