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March 2024
ACHS Purim Carnival
Join us for a festive Purim celebration - fun for all ages! Kids and adults are encouraged to come in costume, and are invited to join our exciting Costume Parade at 11:50am! All are welcome! Register online to purchase all-access wristbands at a reduced price. Each wristband includes 1 Open Gym session and unlimited games. $30 online, $35 at the door. Gym session spaces are limited - RSVP now. The Purim Carnival is the annual fundraiser for the Ansche Chesed…
Find out more »April 2024
Aviv / Spring Nature Walk Shacharit
Parents and children are invited to join us for an aviv / spring nature walk in Central Park led by Jewish environmental educator, farmer, and storyteller Jacob Kose and Rabbi Yael Hammerman. We’ll follow the water around the north woods and note how this holy ground has changed since we visited last in October, on Shemini Atzeret. We'll say blessings for the spring blossoms, and bring Torah in teva (nature). Geared at kids ages 5 - 11 and their families.…
Find out more »Rugrats Passover
Join Tommy Pickles, Grandpa Boris and all their Rugrats friends for a morning of Passover fun at Ansche Chesed. We'll watch the classic '90's Rugrats Passover special (entertaining for the pre-schoolers AND nostalgic for their millennial parents!), get our hands dirty with a Passover craft, and do a taste test for the best Kosher for Passover snacks on the market. Geared at kids ages 2 - 6 and their families. Bring your own Rugrat pack -- aka your friends from…
Find out more »Hametzfest Family Shabbat Dinner
Let us take care of Shabbat dinner on the last Shabbat before Passover! Families are invited to join us for a Family Shabbat Service and Dinner, with an Open Gym for kids. Stay tuned for registration details!
Find out more »June 2024
Shavuot Family Pajama Party
Join us for a family-friendly Shavuot celebration with stories, songs, dairy dinner and ice cream, as we celebrate receiving the Torah. Pajamas welcome! Learn More and Register Online
Find out more »Family Summer Sendoff
Join us for a delicious Shabbat dinner before folks head off for the summer! Families with kids are invited to join us for a participatory Family Kabbalat Shabbat Service at 5:30 and dinner at 6:00. Register online by Wednesday June 19th at 10am.
Find out more »October 2024
Boker Tov Tots in the Sukkah
Babies, tots, preschool kids and their families are invited to join us for breakfast before the Mishpacha service. We’ll provide the food. Kids can eat and play, and parents will have time to schmooze and get to know one another. Kids can come in their jammies, and stuffies welcome too!
Find out more »Intergenerational Mitzvah Knitting Group
Knitters needed! Please join our intergenerational AC Mitzvah Knitting Group. Bubbies, bring your grandkids; kids - bring your parents. For our current project, we will be making a sampler blanket, where we each do a square or two and then put them together into a blanket. Each square is a different pattern so you’ll be able to make more than one! Yarn and pattern will be provided. Please RSVP by emailing Emily.
Find out more »Family Sundaes and Ushpizin in the Sukkah
On Sukkot, it’s a tradition to welcome new people into the Sukkah each day. So, bring a friend to AC and join us on the rooftop Sukkah. We’ll make ice cream sundaes and sukkah decorations inspired by the tradition of welcoming ushpizin (guests) into our sukkah. We look forward to welcoming you and your ushpizin! This event is free! Registration encouraged, walk ins welcome.
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