Keepers of the Flame

Men honored by the New England Region of the Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs in recognition of their outstanding contributions to their Men's Club, Synagogue and Community. 

About our 2023 Keeper of the Flame

Earlier this year, a committee of past Temple Israel Brotherhood Keeper of the Flame honorees chose Harold Waisel as the Brotherhood of Temple Israel’s 2023-2024 Recipient of the New England Region Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs (FJMC) Keeper of the Flame Award

Harold was recognized for his many years of service, support, and giving to our Brotherhood, to Temple Israel, to the New England Region FJMC, and to the greater Jewish community. 

Harold is a past President of our Brotherhood. He has co-chaired our annual auction as has continually stepped up as a leader and volunteer in so many of our programs. Harold was a founder of our annual charity golf tournament, and he has been instrumental in helping our club achieve many of our annual Torch Awards. Harold has worked diligently to document our program playbooks, event menus, and in coordinating our kitchen crews. In addition, Harold has been active at the Regional FJMC level and at International FJMC Convention. 

This year's New England Regional Keeper of the Flame event – celebrating Harold along with all the honorees from the Region’s other men’s clubs – was hosted right here at Temple Israel of Sharon.

Bob Zeitsiff z"l  2001 
Art Spar   2002 
Motti Pupkin   2003 
Morey Waltuck   2004 
Elliot Feldman   2005 
Sam Hurvitz z"l  2006 
Harvey Wolf   2007 
Neal Fineman   2008  
David Arons  2009  
Larry Lencz   2010 
Irv Kempner  2011 
Paul Davidson 2012
Alan Kritz 2013
Michael Getz 2014
Noah Horowitz 2015
Andy Fandel 2016
Ron Czik 2017
Stephen Shrago 2018
Mark Popovsky 2019
Aaron Kischel 2020
Larry Sandberg 2021
Sonny Michelson 2022
Harold Waisel 2023

 


Men of the Year

Men honored by the Brotherhood in recognition of their outstanding contribution to the Brotherhood and Temple Israel 

Bob Zeitsiff z"l  Founder 
Sidney Smith z"l  1982 
Al Rudner z"l   1983 
George Small z"l 1984 
Edward Morris z"l 1985 
Sam Natansohn z"l 1985 
Joseph Walter z"l 1986 
Al Hoffman z"l  1987  
Motti Pupkin  1988 
Elliot Feldman  1989 
Morey Waltuck   1990 
Sidney Hentoff z"l  1991 
Phill Chapman z"l   1992 
Michael Flatto 1993 
Arthur Spar   1994 
Sam Hurvitz z"l 1995  
Paul Abrams  1996 
Henry Katz  1997 
Jay Schwab z"l 1998 
David Beckman  1999 
Steve Bergel  2000  
Paul Bettan  2001 
Roy Klein z"l  2002 
Harvey Wolf   2003 
Larry Lencz  2004 
Hy Lamb z"l 2005 
Neal Fineman  2006 
Marty Grandberg  2007 
David Arons  2008  
Rob Carver  2009 
Irv Kempner  2010 
Paul Davidson  2011 
Jerry Wine 2012
Brian Brenner  2013 
Ron Czik 2015
Cantor Steven Dress 2016
Gary Keimach 2017
Jimmy Slovin 2018
Michael Getz 2019
Harold Waisel 2020-2021
Scott Shikora 2022
Howard Rothberg 2023