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December 2023
Chanukah Family Celebration, with Yaldaynu Preschool
10:30 - 11:30am Crafts, 11:30am - 12pm Sing-Along Join Yaldaynu and AC for Chanukah crafts, a sing-along with AC's fabulous Mishpacha leader Leilah Rosen, and delicious treats! This program is geared towards families with tots, but all are welcome. Register here!
Find out more »Tzelem Moving Traditions Group (13-18 year olds)
During this group nonbinary, trans, gender expansive, and LGBTQ+ Jewish teens will gather monthly with a trained adult mentor using a dynamic curriculum. Together in a circle of support, participants experience a brave, sacred space to celebrate and support together through joys and challenges, consider the impact of gender norms on their daily lives, be their authentic selves with their peers, and explore topics that matter most to them. This group is a partnership between Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, Ansche…
Find out more »Adult Beginning Hebrew Conversation Course
Would you like to learn how to have simple conversations in Hebrew, build your vocabulary of everyday phrases, and learn more about Israeli culture? Please join Nadav Wiesel, an experienced and skilled teacher, for a 10-session course that will enrich your participation in the language of the Jewish people. This class is appropriate for adults who know the alef-bet and have basic reading ability, but have little or no vocabulary. Nadav's study packets will include examples from Israeli media, like TV…
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Shirei Chesed Community Chorus
Shirei Chesed Community Chorus continues to build community through learning a rich and diverse repertoire of Jewish music, and bring harmony into the world that needs it more than ever. Our 4-part chorus brings together lovers of choral singing from both Ansche Chesed and the wider Jewish community. Recent performances include classical programs with The Bachanalia String Orchestra, a jazz concert with The Afro-Semitic Experience ensemble, Oratorio Souls on Fire based on the book by Elie Wiesel, a celebration of…
Find out more »Wednesday Night Talmud with Rabbi Kalmanofsky
Join us to study tractate Sanhedrin, chapter 4. For those who wish to use the Artscroll Talmud, this is Sanhendrin vol. 1, (or #47 in the whole set). This class is best in person -- so please come! Also available via Zoom (Meeting ID: 837 8598 8052 | Passcode: chesed)
Find out more »Shabbat Chanukah Guest Speaker from Israel: Rabbi Noga Brenner Samia
During Sanctuary Services, Noga will give a Dvar Torah. Following Services, at Kiddush in the multi-purpose room, Noga and Rabbi Kalmanofsky will lead a study session on a - sadly - pressing topic in contemporary Israeli life and classical rabbinic literature: The Mitzvah of Pidyon Shevuyim , seen as the ultimate form of Tzedaka. With a passion for pluralism and peoplehood, Noga holds an MA in Jewish Education (HUC/HUJI) and Rabbinic ordination of the Rabanut Yisraelit (Oranim/Hartman). Currently serving as…
Find out more »Glow in the Dark Family Chanukah Party
Experience the GLOW during a communal Chanukah candle lighting. Eat, sing and enjoy 'glow in the dark' activities! Geared at ages 5-11 and their families. Pizza and Latkes will be served. Registration preferred, walk-ins welcome.
Find out more »AC Intergenerational Mitzvah Knitting Group
Knitters needed! Please join our intergenerational AC Mitzvah Knitting Group. Bubbies, bring your grandkids; kids - bring your parents.
Find out more »Adult Beginning Hebrew Conversation Course
Would you like to learn how to have simple conversations in Hebrew, build your vocabulary of everyday phrases, and learn more about Israeli culture? Please join Nadav Wiesel, an experienced and skilled teacher, for a 10-session course that will enrich your participation in the language of the Jewish people. This class is appropriate for adults who know the alef-bet and have basic reading ability, but have little or no vocabulary. Nadav's study packets will include examples from Israeli media, like TV…
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