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Men's Club

Two Hechtman residents form
an initiative to bring men together.

Leslie Spector

Special to the Jewish News

T

here's a preponderance of
women here!" said Mort
Horwitz, a resident of Jewish
Senior Life's Hechtman Apartments on
the Applebaum Jewish Campus in West
Bloomfield. "Not that we have anything
against women, but it was time we get
the men together:'
In early June, Horwitz and fellow resi-
dent and friend Seymour Ungar came up
with the idea to form a Men's Club.
"It was really Seymour's idea: Horwitz
said. "He's the CEO:'
Every other Tuesday, the men meet in
the Hechtman library. When the club was
first initiated, the men held their own
meetings where they learned about each
other and shared family stories.
"There are a lot of interesting people
here with fascinating stories:' Ungar said.
"It was great to get to know each other,
but Mort and I wanted to do something
more — something educational. From
here, we came up with the idea to invite
guest speakers to share their stories at
our meetings:'
The Men's Club has heard from
Michael Liebowitz, retired Kennedy
Space Center employee who worked
on rockets; JN editorial assistant Sy
Manello who spoke about his 25 years
at the newspaper; Joel Shayne, a Morgan
Stanley financial adviser; Friends of

Bar-Ilan University-Detroit director
Les Goldstein, who spoke about higher
education in Israel; and Congregation
Shir Tikvah's Rabbi Dan Horwitz (Mort's
grandson and son of JN publisher Arthur
Horwitz), who spoke about his trip to
China when he was part of the Moishe
House team.
"We're averaging around 15 people at
every meeting; Ungar said. "The group
is for men only, but if we think the
speaker will be of interest and education-
al for the women, we extend an invite:'
At Hechtman, the 44 men are outnum-
bered by 154 women.
"The speakers bring light to the place
Horwitz said. "They talk to us and com-
pliment us. The residents love it."
Jewish Senior Life Foundation Director
Carol Rosenberg said, "There are more
than 900 residents here at JSL. We have
activities and programs planned from 9
a.m. to 9 p.m., but Mort and Seymour
wanted to do something to bring the
men together.
"They are both intelligent, social and
creative gentlemen who have a following
of men impressed with their efforts in
forming the Men's Club. It's truly won-
derful:' she said.
No finances are involved. The Men's
Club is free for residents, and guest
speakers volunteer their services after
being contacted by Horwitz and Ungar.
"We don't just pick anyone out of the
book:' Horwitz said. "Seymour and I use

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Seymour Ungar and Mort Horwitz
started the Men's Club at Hechtman
Apartments.

our resources and choose people who
have special talents in certain fields. And
we do it all by ourselves:'
Melissa Morton, a JSL administrator,
said, "Their initiative seems to be bring-
ing them together. It's always easier for
women to get together and make plans,
but Mort and Seymour created an oppor-
tunity for the men to get to know each
other — exchange phone numbers, go
out for dinner, play cards:'
Horwitz added, "The club makes it
easier for them to get together and bond.
It's been really beneficial, and I know
they are having a lot of fun with it. It's
phenomenal:'
Ungar said, "There are no rules or
regulations. We do it because we love it:'
Horwitz concluded, And although
we're all active outside of Hechtman, this
brings us together:'

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