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October 2018
Refugee Shabbat: Shabbat Dinner
We join synagogues across America to focus our attention on the current refugee crisis through the commemoration of Refugee Shabbat. Our plans for this Shabbat will be multi-generational, including programming for those of Hebrew School age, adults, and families. Our programming includes Iraqi Refugee Ahmed Badr at Shabbat dinner, reading groups, arts, community service projects, and multi-faith programming. Please plan to join us for these Shabbat activities to give appropriate focus to this important issue.
Find out more »November 2018
Family Shabbat Service and Dinner
Join us for a lively, family-friendly Kabbalat Shabbat service at 5:30pm followed by a Family Shabbat dinner and open gym! We look forward to seeing all of you.
Find out more »Tamar Manasseh: A Mom On A Mission
Tamar Manasseh is the founder of MASK (Mothers/Men Against Senseless Killings). The organization, established in Chicago in 2015, as a way to put eyes on the streets, interrupt violence & crime, and teach children to grow up as friends rather than enemies. A group of caring individuals in the community began to simply hang out on the block, cook food, and emanate love.
Find out more »December 2018
Annual Chanukah Sing-Along & Potluck Dinner
Bring your own menorah, a dairy or parve dish to share, and, if you'd like, a musical instrument to play. Join Hazzan Natasha Hirschhorn, Shirei Chesed, Ansche Chesed Community Chorus and Mike Cohen, Woodwinds, for a rousing Chanukah sing-along from around the world, delicious latkes from Chef's Table, and a potluck dinner.
Find out more »February 2019
Love, Sex, and Relationships Shabbaton: Dinner and Conversation
Our community has no shortage of psychotherapists! Please join us for a conversation with Drs. Esther Altman, Laura Gold, Daniel Oppenheim, and Hadar Schwartz, who will share reflections, based on years of clinical practice, on what people need and want.
Kabbalat Shabbat will begin at 5:30, followed by Shabbat Dinner at 6:30. The program will begin at approximately 7:15.
If enough families register, we will be able to have supervised play in the gym.
Find out more »March 2019
Celebrating Women’s Voices: Zemirot and Niggunim Service and Dinner
Help mark International Women's Day by celebrating musical contributions by Jewish women composers. From early 20th century first women cantors, to historic contributions by the late Debbie Friedman, z’l, to today's many talented and prolific cantors, rabbis, and songwriters, let their songs and stories move and inspire you!
Join us for a spirited and joyous service, and stay for dinner with friends with soulful and rousing sounds of Zemirot and Niggunim.
Find out more »April 2019
Hametzfest Family Shabbat Service and 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. Open Gym for kids.
Please RSVP by Wednesday, April 10th at Noon
June 2019
The Soul of the Stranger
The Torah through A Transgender Perspective with Joy Ladin Join us for Shabbat Dinner with Joy Ladin. Drawing on her own experience and lifelong reading practice, Ladin shows how the Torah, a collection of ancient texts that assume human beings are either male or female, speaks both to practical transgender concerns, such as marginalization, and to the challenges of living without a body or social role that renders one intelligible to others―challenges that can help us understand a God…
Find out more »Ansche Chesed Barbecue On The Roof
Summertime, and the living is easy... Join us as we start our July 4th festivities early at the Ansche Chesed BBQ. As the evening sky emerges, we will enjoy traditional hotdogs and hamburgers (veggies options too), as we enjoy the warmth of Summer. In the event of rain, we will hold this event indoors, so plan on coming!
Find out more »November 2019
The Wide Horizon of American Jewry: Chabad “Beyond Black and White”
Chabad attracts friends, followers, and supporters worldwide yet is not without controversy. What attracts Jews to this spiritual/practical path? How did it become such a global brand? Rabbi Joe Kanofsky grew up in a liberal community and earned a PhD in Literature under Elie Wiesel. He also met the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1989 as part of an undergraduate course on Hasidism, and has been engaged with this path ever since. Rabbi Kanofsky is an excellent interpreter who can help our…
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