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January 2018
Millennials and the Jewish Home: An Ansche Chesed Shabbaton
Join us for Shabbat Dinner as we discuss Millienials and the Jewish Home as a part of our Shabbaton on the larger Millenial experience. After dinner, our conversation, which will include both Jewish professionals who work with this age cohort as well as including members of our community who belong to this age-group, as we discuss issues such as intermarriage and relationships, money, professional goals, you know... life.
Find out more »February 2018
Shabbat Dinner with Zemirot
Join Cantor Natasha J. Hirschhorn for a spirited and joyous evening of welcoming Shabbat. Stay for dinner with friends and fellow lovers of singing and raise the roof with soulful and rousing sounds of Zemirot and Nigunim! Gym will be open for supervised play!
Find out more »March 2018
Mahloket Leshem Shamayim: Sacred Art of Disagreeing, with Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Join us for Shabbat Dinner as we welcome Rabbi Amy Eilberg (the first woman ordained as a Conservative Rabbi by The Jewish Theological Seminary) as our scholar in residence. Rabbi Eilberg will discuss Mahloket Leshem Shamayim, the Sacred Art of Disagreeing.
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Annual Tribute
Join us as we honor Brad Rothschild and Michele Sachar Rabbi Jules and Navah Harlow Judith Shulevitz and Nicholas Lemann For their dedicated service to Congregation Ansche Chesed Register on our Tribute Website.
Find out more »June 2018
Jazz Shabbat on the Roof
שִירוּ לַיהוָה, שִיר חָדָשׁ; שִירוּ לַיהוָה, כָל-הָאָרֶץ Sing to God a new song, sing to God, all the earth! - Psalm 96 Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there. - Miles Davis This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before. - Leonard Bernstein On the last Friday of June, we will welcome Shabbat with the help of Mike Cohen Jazz Trio - Mike Cohen, woodwinds, Brian Gelfand, keyboard,…
Find out more »September 2018
Annual Sukkah Dinner & Sing Along
If you love music, but are not ready for a weekly commitment, bring more melodies and harmonies to your holiday celebration by joining Hazzan Hirschhorn and Shirei Chesed for Sing Along event during Sukkot. Partake in a festive meal on our rooftop Sukkah, bring your family, a friend or two, and a dairy or pareve dish to share. We will pick the most beautiful and fun Jewish folk songs from Israel and beyond to sing the night away!
Find out more »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.
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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.
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