Winner, winner, (Kosher) chicken dinner: Men's Club Poker Tournament

Midbar Kodesh Temple Men's Club recently held its Annual Poker Tournament. Third Place was earned by Rabbi Bradley Tecktiel, Second Place was earned by Mike Malin and First Place was won by Dave Gavrin. The annual poker tournament brings the community together for a morning of play, while raising money used to fund Midbar Kodesh Temple's favorite BBQs, which are sponsored and grilled by Mens Club who enthusiastically serve up over 400 hot dogs each time!

Through common interest and core values, Men's Club at Midbar Kodesh Temple offers support in many ways, including grants and gifts to children's programming, Jewish Camp, Israel travel scholarship and USY scholarship, and funding to repair sefrei Torah and prayerbooks.

MKT Mens Club hosts the annual World Wide Wrap, held on Superbowl Sunday, where men, women, teens and children gather to learn and teach the mitzvah of wrapping tefillin. The Yom Hashoah Yellow Memorial Candle goes into the homes of all synagogue members with an annual mailing from Mens Club. With HAZAK they host the annual dinner in the Sukkah, which they also build and maintain.

Mens Club at Midbar Kodesh Temple, part of United Synagogue's Federation of Jewish Mens Clubs, with a partnership of over 250 affiliated clubs across North American and around the world involves Jewish men in Jewish life by building and strengthening programming that better connect people of all ages to the Jewish community.

For more information on Men's Club at Midbar Kodesh Temple, call the synagogue, located in Green Valley Ranch, at 702.454.4848 or visit www.midbarkodesh.org/mensclub.