2024/25 Officers

President: Michael Battat
1st Vice President - Jeff Goldman
2nd Vice President - Glenn Kesselman
Secretary - Dar Bahatt
Treasurer - Neil Oettinger
Immediate Past President - Marc Bender

The PTBE Vision of Brotherhood

The PTBE Brotherhood brings together a group of over 100 Jewish men for many unique bonding and volunteering experiences. Our commitments to Judaism, to our Temple, to friendship, and to our larger community generates good will and service that we share with the entire congregation. We have members of different ages, stages, and interests and each person participates how much and how often they wish.

Join us now and be a part of our active and collegial group!  Download Membership Application

Monthly Events and activities

Monthly meetings are held on the 1st Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m.  Locations will vary within PTBE.  Please refer to email notifications for current information.

Lunch at various restaurants around the Peninsula --  3rd Friday of the month

Bagels & coffee with Sunday School parents -- Starting again in October

upcoming BROTHERHOOD EVENTS

San Jose Earthquakes game – Wed, August 30

Brotherhood Fall Sukkot Celebration: Thursday, October 5

Peninsula Jewish Community Golf Classic: Sunday, October 29

Hanukkah Party: Thursday, December 14

Purim Carnival/Shushan Cafe: TBD (March)

Ski/Golf Weekend in Tahoe: TBD (March/ April)

This is not an inclusive list of activities. As members express interest, we respond and expand our calendar. Previous years have included a Chinese Banquet with a local speaker, Jazz night at a local club, and BBQ’s to watch either the Giants or the Warriors.

THE RICK KADET MEMORIAL SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM

To honor one of our past members and an active contributor to the Brotherhood and PTBE at large, we support an on-going fund to bring speakers and educators of note to the congregation. Past weekends included Yale Strom, a filmmaker, musician, and author specializing in Klezmer and other music of Eastern Europe and Professor Mark Dollinger, a member of the Jewish Studies faculty at San Francisco State University and an expert on the Jewish history of the Bay Area. The Brotherhood sponsors these weekend-long events to support the continuing education of our Temple community, one of Rick’s many passions.