Mo Diamant Keeper of the Flame

What is FJMC Keeper of the Flame?

Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs (FJMC) is the international umbrella organization for approximately 200 men’s auxiliaries at Conservative synagogues serving more than 20,000 men around the globe. In 2001, the New England FJMC region founded the “Keeper of the Flame” award program to enable each synagogue’s Men’s Club or Brotherhood to honor one of their greatest contributors, someone who inspires us to rise to a greater purpose. Metaphorically, these Keepers of the Flame illuminate the darkness to keep the fires of brotherhood and community burning. The award is the highest recognition a Brotherhood can offer one of its members.

KOF 2022 is Dedicated to the Memory of Dr. Morris (Mo) Diamant

Mo was the paradigm of what service to a community looks like. He exemplified a deep love of Judaism and love of its institutions. He was generous with his time and his money. He was the heart and soul of the Temple Emunah Men’s Club as well as the New England Region of the Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs. Whether the programs were for the Region (Keeper of the Flame, Tour de Shuls, or the Yellow Candle project) or for his beloved Temple Emunah (annual Sukkah building, World-Wide Wrap, Man of the Year, or bringing Rosenfeld’s bagels to Board meetings), Mo took them all on with an unparalleled standard of excellence.

Mo was much more. There were some paradoxes. He was deeply religious, but not frum. He was meticulous in his work (which is good for a radiologist) but had a great sense of humor. One had to listen to his slow meter to only learn he was pulling your chain. He is the person who you want to talk-to every day. Our hearts go out to his wife, Lisa, his children Sam and Julia, Julia’s wife Maya, and granddaughter, Layla. Like you, there is a huge void in our hearts from his passing in February 2022. May Mo’s memory be for a blessing.

New England Region Keeper of the Flame Honorees 2001-2024

B’nai Tikvah

Canton, MA

Edward M Shoenig z”l

Stanley Philip Zoll

Paul Sirk

Joseph Doniger

Cong Agudat Achim

Leominster, MA

Bob Sarafconn

Jack Messing

Herb Jones z”l

Alan L. Bernstein

Norman J. Gould z”l

Cong Ahavas Achim

Newburyport, MA 

Michael Pearlman

Michael Fried

Ron Pressler

Barrie Paster

Russ Bernstein

Jerry Litcofsky

Bob Mandel

Robert Kaplan

Rick Linn

Congregation Beth Israel

Worcester, MA 

Manouch Darvish

Joseph Cohen z”l

Richard Silver

Morty Sreiberg

Ronald Silver

David Kravitz

Richard Sobel

Howard N. Fixler

Barry Z. Aframe

Richard Traiger

Steven H. Wolfe 

Adrian Zeffert z”l

Alan Harris

Saul Slovin

Jay Freedman

Cong Merrimack Valley

Temple Beth El, Lowell, MA

Phillip Wizwer

Sidney Mizner z”l

Howard Schiff

Jerold Golner

Cong Mishkan Tefila

Brookline, MA

Sheldon Strauss z”l

Ronald Sieve z”l

Herbert Lerman z”l

Mel Miller z”l

Jonathan Delatizky

Chuck Diamond

Terry Patinkin z”l

Peter Matusow

Gerald Josephson z”l

Morton Gondelman z”l

Murray M. Gorelick z”l

Joseph H. Miller z”l

David Dembling z”l

David Kaplan

Daniel M. Kimmel

David Rubinstein

Mitchell Selig z”l

Robert Cohen

Michael Sheff

Temple Aliyah

Needham, MA

Neil Sacks z”l

Stephen Baum

Murray Davidson z”l

Larry Cohen z”l

Andrew Newman

Jeff Lesse

Martin Sklar

Arnold Bearak

Gilbert Brodsky

Stuart Altman

Howard Hirsh

David S. Lintz

Bruce Patz

Steve Markman

Harold Dubin

Rick Kramer

Howard Kaufman

Bruce Berns 

Fred Borgenicht

Jason Shniderson

Arthur Schwabel

Keith Lewinstein

David Farbman

Temple B'nai Abraham

Beverly, MA

Josh Rudin

Temple Beth Am

Randolph, MA

William Becker z”l

Marshall Silberberg

Paul Greenblatt

Irving Weisberg z”l

Howard Cooper

Scott Belgard

Peter Swartz z”l

Abraham Lookner z”l

Steve Bernstein

Martin Cohne

Barry David Caplan

Stanley L. Jacobs z”l

Douglas Lurie z”l

Floyd Aaron z”l

Jay Wassersug z”l

Jarret Lotto

Harvey Levine

Temple Beth Emunah

Brockton, MA

Arnie Miller

Mark Kaplan

Billy Kracoff z”l

Barry Abrams

Steven Weiner

Ken Goldblatt

Richard Cohen

Larry Strumpf

Dan Goldstein

Leonard Freed z”l

Gary S. Rabinovitz

Melvin H. Spivack z”l

Stanley Marcus

Rabbi H. David Werb

Temple Beth Sholom

Framingham, MA 

Aaron Zwicker

Richard Trompeter

Marc Shapiro z”l

Bill Blumsack

Alan Rothman

Ed Broadwin

Paul S. Kaufman

Dave Steier

Herbert Itzkowitz

Gerald H. Brody

Elliot Pozmanter z”l

Stephen Golden

Carl Barnett

Sidney Katz

John Chansky 

Jonathan Hochman

Eric Pell

Temple Emanuel

Newton, MA

Harold Parritz z”l

Jack Weisman z”l

Sam Silverman z”l

Frank Aronson

Alan Nissenbaum

Irwin Cherniak

Gergory Kaidanov

Daniel Paisner

Robert N. Brown

Bruce A. Gold

Robert A. Finkel

David Greenfield

David Beckman

Dennis Buchenholz

Marc Lowenthal

Martin Paley

Danny Mandeau 

Steven N. Broder

Steve Goldstein 

Rick Thau

David Mamon

Barry Bergman

Larry Glazer

Temple Emeth
Chestnut Hill, MA

Richard Gray

Daniel Smolens z”l

Glenn Mamon z”l

Harris Rosenthal z”l

Samuil Manski z”l

David Decter

Harry Tillinger

Herbert Brody z”l

Leonard Catz z”l

Robert Lefkowith

Yefim Kogan

Alan Barron z”l

Joseph H. Schwartz

Phillip P. Cohen

Elliot Mark

Richard Hodin

Scott C. Gladstone

Julian E. Hyman 

Joel Katz

Mark Gelfand

Temple Emunah
Lexington, MA

Morris Diamant z”l

Barry Seidman z”l

Dave Shnidman

Garry Feldman

Benjamin Cohen

Mark Druy

Howard Epstein

Jack Karmazin z”l

Stephen Dangel

Shelly Lowenthal

Mark Bobrow

Edward Willins

Howard Reubenstein

David Goldberg

Fred Ezekiel

Joe Nissenbaum

Mike Rosenberg

Hal Miller-Jacobs 

Larry Marin

David Srebnick

Harvey Lowell

Scott Lerman

Larry Andler

Buzz Hausner

Temple Israel of Natick

Natick, MA

David Singer

Cary Schwartz

Allen D. Block

Ralph Korenstein

Norm Shufrin

Kurt J. Linden

Mark Needleman

Joel Pravda

John M. Sudenfield

Doug Koltenuk

David Talamo

Philip J. Legro 

David Tursky

Rabbi Daniel H. Liben

Jay Salinger

Daniel Zwelling

Jake Barth

Alan Avery-Peck

Temple Israel
Sharon, MA

Robert Zeitsiff z”l

Arthur Spar

Motti Pupkin

Morey Waltuck

Elliot Feldman

Sam Hurvitz z”l

Harvey Wolf

Neal Fineman

David L. Arons

Larry A. Lencz

Irving Kempner

Paul Davidson

Cantor Alan Kritz

Michael Getz

Noah Horowitz

Andrew Fandel

Ron Czik

Stephen E. Shrago

Mark A. Popovsky, MD

Aaron Kischel

Larry Sandberg

Sonny Michelson

Harold Waisel

Steve Rafsky

Temple Ner Tamid

Peabody, MA

Harvey Cohen z”l

Richard Strauss

Allen Talewsky

Larry Shuman

Mark Rudin

Henry Kaplan z”l

Edward Gustat

Mark Lerner z”l

Elliot F. Wyner

Rich Band

Alan Titelbaum

Sumner Feinstein z”l

Todd Levine

Melvin Babner

Morris Sack z”l

Steven J. Ring

Alan F. Lehman

Eric Richman

Mark Lubarsky

Jeffrey Schultz 

Larry Malatzky

David Ponn

David Goldberg z”l

Neal Kaufman

Temple Reyim
Newton, MA

Bernard Zigman z”l

Arnie Weisman z”l

Bruce Jacobs

Bryon Rakoff

James Bloom z”l

Alan Radding

David Stollar

Leonard Brick z”l

Stephen Soltoff z”l

Lawrence Saloman

David Carlen

Stuart M. Perlmutter

Stuart Horowitz

Fred Mermelstein

Michael Baker

Ian Marinoff

Richard Brunell

Ari Goldberg

Joel Bloom

Temple Shaare Tefilah

Norwood, MA

Bob Braitman

Leonard Kaster z”l

Stu Zorn

Maury Weiner z”l

Stu Green

Ken Turkewitz

Steven Baturin

Robert A. Backman

Marvin Wolfert

Chazzan Joshua Grossman

Peter Kolbe

Mark D. Sukenik

Ken Gordon (Shaare Tefilah / Beth Abraham)

Temple Torat Yisrael

East Greenwich, RI

Alan Olinsky

Steven Shapiro

Barry Kaplan

David Talan

Alan Field

Lary Norin

Jeff Salk

Temple Emanu-El
Providence, RI

Josh Jacob

Cong Beth Israel of the Merrimack Valley

Rick Pike

Region Honoree

Richard Gray

Philip Platcow

David Kravitz (Community Builder)